The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-02
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Beaver county had two-foot snow last
week.
Yukon is still nursing her penitentiary
boom.
Ell Reno has raised the s.. 600 for bridging
the South Canadian river.
Payne county has school houseinamed
Sooner Valley" in pleasant remembrance
of the early settlers.
E. Bee Guthrey, editor of the Hawk, has
sued Payne county for $50 for fees as
deputy county attorney.
Union City wants the penitentiary and
offers large inducements for the location
of the same at that point.
! The Oklahoma Stock Journal will make
I its appearance at Ell Reno next week under
the editorship of r. NJ. Blair.
The Beaver county farmers are almost
| done blowing for corn and are only wait
ing for the snow to go away to begin plant
ing.
Down in the Chickassw nation when
they have it in for man they say that
he ought to be PARSED out of the ter
ritory.
| Professor W. A. Buxton of Guthrie has
been arrested at the instance of Postofice
| Inspector Beebe, charged with fraudulent
use of the United States mails.
| The Muskogee Phoenix proposes that a
! fund be raised to enable disappointed APP
! plicants for Office from the Indian Terri
tory to get home without walking.
| &. g. Jones of Oklahoma City has ar
ranged to build a mammoth elevator in
connection with his big mill. 1t will have
| capacity of Go, 600 bushels Of grain and
| the cost of structure is estimated at all the
way from SIS, 900 to $780, C0.
| On Jan. 1st, a telegram was sent from
Mulvane, Kan, to S. T. Butner of Guthrie,
apprising him of the death of his daue liter,
but it was not delivered for forty-eight
hours, and now he asks the Western
Union Telegraph company for s., 900 dam
ages.
State Capital: p o. Cassidy, now chief
clerk of the house of representatives, has
resigned his position as editor of the West
and South, and Ii. r. Walling of Southern
Kansas, has been appointed by the man
agement in his place. E. II. Cox, ex-
county commissioner, has been appointed
business manager in place of T. Y. Titus
The United States court at Fort Smith
furnish some queer sights. Last Wednes-
day a boy ten years of age was convicted
of murder. The little fellow shot and
killed playfellow who threw stones at
him at krebs, l. T., few months ago.
The judge sentenced the young malefactor
to three years in the reform school.
Kansas farmers have the privilege of
receiving gratis course of lectures at the
State Agricultural college The subjects
treated of are of practical use to farmers
and are delivered by men of thorough ex-
perience and ability. We hope, says the
Chandler News, Oklahoma farmers may
have like opportunities soon. The success
of our agricultural college and station will
soon insure the possibility Of such a
course.
FL Reno Eagle: FL Reno will soon be
connected by telephone with most OF the
important towns of Oklahoma. H p.
Sinner of that city will in n few weeks
have in operation a telephone line en-
bracing FL Reno, Kingfsher. Guthrie and
Oklahoma City. At the latter place it
will connect with the line which takes in
Norman, Tecumseh and intermediate
points. Franchises have been granted in
most of the towns, aud the capital is ready
to complete the lines.
Matthew Orr, farmer living ten miles
north Of Oklahoma City has received in
telligence of a financial windfall which
has lately occurred to him through bis
wife, 1t seems that Mr.. Orr's wife had "a
wealthy uncle in Australia. who, having
no one else to provide for amassed quite
fortune il sheep raising and dealing in
real estate He died recently, and there
being no direct heirs his nieces and
nephews will have the privilege of spend
ing his accumulated earnings which
amonts to about 10000 pounds sterliDg, or
500, 600
Ell Reno Eagle: About the first Of May
El Reno vii! be the scene of great and
notable gathering. The grand reunion Of
the @. a. r. of Oklahoma, IBdan Terri
tory and Arkansas, with the Ladies' Cir
Gle and Relief Corps auxiliary, viii be
held here at that time II is expected that
there will be from 900 TO 5000 delegates
here, and many prominent old soldiers
will be among the number. z Reno will
have an opportunity TO show her liberality
and her appreciation OF the heroic work
done by the countTy's defenders, and that
she Will do it 70 perfection IS attes,ed BY
the manner IN which she has always sB-
tertained her guests. No tins should be
lest in taking the preparatory steps.
Guthrie LEADER -Four Democratic COL
onels left yesterday morning for Washing
ton TO witness the Inauguration and obtain
Tor themselves good fat commissions which
they will bring back 10 their inside pockets
They are rs fellows: !. A. Brace. who -
after the post0ff5ce: A. J. Deal. WAC wants
70 De agent FOR the Usage Indians; {. "
Crews. who IS after the goFeFnorsh.p o.
Tue territory, aad II. J. Mann. who wants
an sgeazy among the Indians They are
al colonies Of the higher order. none beInx
from Kansas. They formerly are from tie
states OF Missouri. Texas AID TENNESSEE
a13 none Of them ever faia % Use taeIE
pocket handAerchie!s Y ease c. BASIS
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