The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

= A postoffice has been established at thu
town of North Enid.
During the fiscal year the business of
the same length of time prior to June 80
over 200 per cent.
II. /. Smith, bankar at FL Reno, who
organized company for bank at Enid
has been granted charter for one, the
First National of that town.
The president has refused pardon tc
j. W. Woods, of Oklahoma City, who was
convicted of manslaughter for killing a
man in that town two years ago.
The Kingfisher Free Press says the
local land Office is on a boom. Up to ) p.
M. Thursday, 1874 original homestead
entries had been filed-an average of nearly
seven per day.
The story about James Reardon of Mas
| sachusetts. being found with knife in
his heart near Perry has been proved 10 be
pure fake. just rs most of the other
reported killings will when Investigated.
The selling of privileges at the land of
Gee at Perry became so notorious that
Marshal Nix had to take cognizance of the
accusation, and brief investigation re-
suited in the discharge Of a number Of
deputies.
Perry has the first daily paper. The
Times was on dit sooner than any rival,
but not sooner than it was needed. A city
of 10, 600 such enterprising people as pop
uIate Perry couldn't do without local
daily many days.
Receiver Admire will remain in the
Kingfisher Office until October 1. Mr.
Caldwell, his successor, could not arrange
to take the Office prior to the 18th, ana
concluded TO allow the present incumbent
to close out the quarters business.
1t is denied that the secretary of the
interior announced that those who made
the run from the Chillocco lands We're
sooners. Agents of the government having
authorized thu start to be made from the
point named. those who did so were in no
sense sooners. and their holdings will not
be questioned on that account.
Senator Morgan has introduced bill to
ratify the agreement with the Wichita
Indians made by the Cherokee commission
for the purpose of securing the Wichita
reservation. The bill is the same as in
troduced in the last congress There
seems to be little room for doubt that the
Wichita and kickapoo lands will both be
opened shortly-iu time to take part in the
statehood movement.
The city of Pawnee, county seat of
county @. became town of
1900 people September 16 before o'clock.
Every town lot was taken before o'clock
on tie opening day. Pawnee is east of
Perry, about 20 miles. and about five miles
from the Arkansas river. The country
surrounding it is rather broken. but is
well watered aud the tillable lands are
very rich.
The water question, which for several
days was a really serious one and seemed
to threaten with defeat the permanency OF
some OF the new towns in the strip coun-
try, now appears to be practically settled.
As soon as the new settlers had oppor-
tunity to make practical tests, by sinking
wells, water was discovered at convenient
depths. in ample quantity and of fair to
good quality. This important point set
tied there is plain sailing for The new
country, and il is bound to develop rapidly
and prosper accordingly.
Oklahoma Press-Gazstte: Ellis Kelly
is greatly concerned over the
whereabouts of his brother, Clint Kelly,
and bis anxiety is due to the finding Of
the bodies OF two men who were found
near Saltwater with bullet through the
brain of each. On one of them was found
the name &c c. Kelley" which CORES
ponds to the initials OF Clint Kelley. The
young man had been working in in Wich
ita aud wrote his brother to the effect that
he would leave for Caldwell Friday and
make the ran into the strip from that
point Since then nothing has been
heard from him though his brother has
telegraphed different parties asking il
they had seen anything OF him.