The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
oKLAHoMA OUTLINES.

school building ut Newoka.
The Carney townsite between Guthri
and Chandler has been proved up befor
the local land office. II covers forty acre
and cost $3.50
Mrs. T. r. Richardson of Saltwater i
an applicant for the position OF one of tn
ladies 10 be in charge of the Oklahoma ex
hibits at the worlds fair.
Frank Greer says that the backbone o
winter is broken and soon the daisy anC
primrose will show their winsome face
along the brooks of Oklahoma.
The Presbyterian mission board vii
erect new building on the site of the OLE
/ Dwight mission, which burned a few
months ago, and will also rebuild tn,
mission school at Tahlequah, recently
burned.
The Cherokee tribe of Indians have per
haps the oldest form of marriage. Tn,
happy couple join hands over runuin.
stream and they become at once man anC
WIFE 1t must be rather compromising fo
Cherokee south to assist lady across {
ditch.
Press: They have ladies band at Nor
man. They appeared in their new uni
form last week. We are not advised, bu
suppose the uniform was swallow TAILED
coat, chapeau and stripes down the sides Of
! thei--well just like the man bands usual
ly have.
The second annual convention of the
| Cattlemen's Protective association of the
| Indian Territory, will be- held at Glare
more, Cherokee nation, on the Goth day OF
February, 1893, All cattlemen are re
quested to be in attendance.
Okarche Times: o. MeMahan made
this office a call Tuesday. He informed
us, that few days ago, while blowing his
last years potato patch for garden, be
uncovered enough good, sound and I'M
frozen potatoes to meet his wants for seed
this season. The old settlers say that this
has been the severest winter experienced
in Oklahoma for twenty-five years, and
still it has not frozen to depth sufficient
to destroy potatoes. Shades OF Ananias!
Where is Mulhattoni
A charter was filed Thursday in the sec
retary's Office by the National Telephone
and Telegraph company. The line will
run from Tecumseh to Norman, thence
through the towns of Moore, Oklahoma
City, Edmond, Chandler and Guthrie.
A line will also be run from Oklahoma
City to Tecumseh. The headquarters of
the company will be at Norman, aud the
charter is for fifty years. The capital
stock is $4,000. The incorporators are:
John O'Connor, president; j. I. O'Connor,
secretary and treasurer; John Sullivan,
vice preSideut-all of Norman
School Herald: Though teachers GER
certificate vouches for the moral character
of the holder, there are, as rule, no
means employed TO satisfy the examiner
that the applicant is person of good
morals. If any examiner were asked.
What is your standard of good morals,
and how many points of the perfect stand
ard must the applicant possess before he
can pass?" l think he would be puzzled to
answer. Candidates for certificates are
frequently total strangers to the examin-
ers. Should there not be some care taken
to guard against the granting of certifi-
Gates to INSCRIPTIONS and unworthy per-
sons?
A important bill for Oklahoma City was
agreed upon in the senate Thursday. IL
the military reservation adjoin-
ing the city. Last session Delegate Har-
vey put the bill through the house donat-
ing the reservation to the city, and when
1t reached the senate Ben Miller who
made fling on the reservation, had
friends enough to keep the bill from being
He held it in that position until
Today, when it was arranged between the
of the city and himself to |
give him forty acres and be would permit
the bill to pass. This agreement was
made known 10 the senate committee and
there is little doubt but the bill will now
pass the senate, aud the question which
has been one of the local issues Of the |
own will be settled.
Saltwater Republican,: A fve-foot vein |
If coal has been found near Saltwater. IL /
las been surmised for several months by !
many Of our citizens that large deposits Of |
,oal have been discovered by claim owners |
n various parts of the county, but so we'll |
rave the settlers guarded their secret that |
title concerning the matter has been made /
public until recently. We are not at |
liberty, even at the present time. to men
ion any names, but it J. absolutely Ger
diu tbdt VEN vi SOBA EtE@is HDSUb I'VE \
DOT thick, exists on claim about four
niles southwest Of town. The vein was
ccidenially found by a surveying party
nd the owner earnestly beseecbed them TO
ay nothing about it, fearing that. should
he existence OF coal on his claim become
n0wD, he might experience some diff
ulty in securing his title. A sample Of
he coal was brought TO this city and was
good quality.
Arspahoe Argus: Al a citizens meet
~ held inthe probate judges office, the
uestion OF suggesting a suitable name for
ouuty G came up. After considerable
iscusson aud the consideration Of vArions
ames, the name Of Morrison WAS adopted.
eng IN honor CT Jesse 1 Morrison, the
rst white man that ever made bis resi-
ence within her bounds, and. who is now
ne az her best ard most worthy citizens
. copy of oar resolutions has been fos
-aried 20 CDR senator aud representative
: Guthrip. with the recon nendatiou that
ar county be 30 named. The Argus APP
roves 81 this name, as Il IS good sound
Y. we.l-ba.a1ced. easily spelled aud az