The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-25

ways tie least givers in the hour of dis
tress says the Perkins Journal.
The Lexington Democrat says that CT
clone cellars have been dug at nearly al
the school houses in that township.
Charles NJ. Becker succeeds j. W. Moat
as editor OF the Saltwater Gazette, which
he says he does with mixture OF sensa
tioIis.'
! In the district courrat Saltwater durin.
the April term the case Of David Terrill
charged with murder, was stricken from
the docket.
Hennessey Democrat: Jim Eccles killed
a gray eagle on Turkey creek one day thii
/ week that measured seven feet from tip Il
tip of wings.
The News says that the large number Of
final proofs being made in Lincoln county
IS an index to the prosperity and diligence
of her people
The Noble Leader says that farmer il
that county had to drive the wild turkeys
out of his field with club, having no gun
to shoot them with.
Frank Greer says that the story started
by some enterprising newspaper mat
| about General Noble moving to Oklahoma
with his eye on "a senatorship, is the yeri-
est sort of buncombe
! Watonga Republican: The copous rain
which commenced here on the 18th was q
magnificent thing for this county. Silver
dollars rained down all over the county,
and the farmers will pick them up next
! fail.
The county commissioners Of Oklahoma
county at their meeting last week ordered
! the construction of five iron bridges, three
| to span the North Canadian, one across
! Deep Fork, and one across Deer creek.
| The estimated cost of the five is s., 500.
The La Crosse. Kan Chieftain says. a
''prairie schooner passed through this
city yesterday the cover of which bore the
following inscription: In God we trust
ed, aud in Colorado busted. Let her rip;
We re going to the Cherokee strip"
Guthrie Leader: A. j. Seay, a prosper
GUS farmer from near kingfisher, came
over TO the capital yesterday, Mr.. Seay
reports crops in fine condition. He will be
remembered as having held an Office in the
territory under the Harrison administra-
ton.
counties OF Oklahoma have thirty-four in
habltants to the square mile. Oklahoma
territorI as whole has nine inhabitants
to the same area; Arizona, five; New Mex.
leo, one and three-tenths; Utah, two and
fiye-tenths. Oklahoma has a greater pop
uiation to the square mile than Oregon or
Nevada.
A wall goes up from the Indians in the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe country over the
fact that when their ponies trespdss on the
fields of white settlers, and devOur their
crops, the settlers impound the horses and
compel the redskins to pay damages which
they claim ara exhorbitant-in some in
stances exceeding the value Of the animals
The Indians have a bitter hatred of the
law which con1pels them to herd their
ponies, or pay for all damage done by
them.
Perkins Bee: From Jesse Minor who
lives six miles northeast of Chandler, in
Lincoln county, the Bee learn that on that
ever to be remembered tornado Tuesday,
about o'clock in the evening. 4 shower
of leaves and twigs began to fall and con-
tinued an hour until the ground was
covered. The wind was blowing from the
west. 1t is supposed the leaves were
whirled from Cleveland county. He did
not know how large an area was covered
by the fall, but knows it extends about
four miles from east TO west.
Guthrie Leader: A year ago there was
beautiful and accomplished young lady
living in Guthrie by the name of Florence
Upton. At the early age of is she seemed
to have become tired of the whrl of life as
experienced by most girls of her opportu-
mites and sought the seclusion of a con-
vent at Crestou, Ia. Her friends have
since heard little of her and Will be sur
prised to know that she has been in our
neighborhood for two weeks, having be-
come connected with ST. JOSEF his academy
west of the city. She is known as Sister
Rose, having renowned her maiden name
with her former pursuits and occupation,
FL Reno Eagle: e. l.. Cobb, president of
the Red River National bank of Dcnson,
Tex, and Z. H. Hannah, one of the direc-
tors of that institution, We're in the city
this week, and filed their acceptance of
the electric light franchise. and their bond
for faithful compliance with all the pro
visions of the ordinance, which bond was
approved by the mayor and council. The
work of construction on the plant will
be begun next week, aud within four
months FL Reno will have the largest and
most complete electric light plant in Ok
lahoms. The company proposes 70 put in
a plant suitable to u city of 80, 600 inhabto
ants, believing that in few years FL Reno
will tax it to its full capacity,