The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-04
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Chandler will vote on the advisability of
| issuing water works bonds today.
1t is expected that new governor will
be named for Oklahoma this week.
| Ell Reno's new opera house was christen.
ed with its first play Saturday night.
Lincoln county has twenty-three post
offices, Chandler being the distributing
office.
The new hotel will cost, when complet-
ed, the sum of S24, 900. 1t is already leased
for six years.
The Chandler papers state that the Lin
coin county Jail has not had an occupant
in two months.
Water was turned into the mains of the
Guthrie water works Wednesday, and the
test was eminently satisfactory.
Many farmers in Canadian county will
raise enough fruit this season for their
own use if it is not killed later on.
The Topic says the prospect was never
better for an abundant crop year, than at
the present time, in the vicinity of Pur
cell.
Edmond has row of shade trees along
each side of every residence street. In
few years Edmond will be known as the
forest CITY,"
l. n. Terrll has been released from
prison on 900 bond. This is on ac-
account of an appeal pending before the
supreme court.
The district high school for the Chicka
saw nation is to be located at Minco. The
ccbonl will ha rndar ha of
Nj. E. conference.
The News claims that Guthrie's public
schools are credit to a larger city. That
comes, largely, from having thoroughly
competent man in charge of them.
The Times says that inside of thirty
days Oklahoma City can boast of
foundry and a machine repair shops in adj
dition to her numerous other industries.
Cameron is the latest town to spring up
along the line of the Cherokee strip, and
promises to be the queen of the border.
The town lies eleven miles south of An
thony.
The new lands to be opened in the terri
tory embrace an area of Is, 500 square
miles and are occupied by only about 5000
Indians, including full-blood, mixed and
squaw men.
The merchants of the territory who or
dered hoopskirts have been left in the
soup. 'Rah for the good sense, or taste, or
whatever you may call it, of the women of
the Beautiful land.
There Is a payment to be made by Uncle |
Sam at Anadarko this week amounting to |
about SO. 900. All government employees |
receive their wages, among the number |
being thirty Indian policeman.
Chandler has seven church orgauza- |
tions maintaining ministers, and five |
church buildings. Two, the Congrega- |
tional and Presbyterian, cost about s., 500 |
each. Chandler is good town.
Fifty thousand copies of neat pamphlet |
briefly describing Oklahoma, FL Reno and |
Canadian county have been printed and |
are now ready for distribution. As Mr..
Punch would say. that's the way to do 1t. |
A disastrous prairie fire ragged four miles
southwest of Guthrie all Thursday night. |
The News says many hay presses and lots
of cordwood in that vicinity were destroy
ed p j. Goodrich had all bis fences de-
stroyed.
A large Texas colony en- route for Okla
homa passed through Denison last Mou-
day, the 2Sth ult On one of the wagons
was painted in large letters: "To the
Promised Land. and bayonels will not
keep us out of homes.
The Chickasaw people will meet at
on the second day of May !
The object Of this convention is to decide
upon the course Of action this nation will
adopt in the pending negotiations with
.he United States government
Edmond Sun: The oldest wheat raiser
n this community never saw wheat grow
ng as rapidly as it is at the present tine.
Oats, too, are in 1t and are neck and neck !
with the wheat But then we have the
soil around about here that Will grow any
thing that is planted.
Here is the condition that confronts
Oklahoma City folks. as stated BY the Ga
,ette: After while divorces in Okla
1oma will be granted with the same facil-
ty that man is shaved, and the monet
,nous cadence of the reiteration of next"
will be the only sound TO agitate the Sc
,ene peacefulness of the probate court"
Something like q, 900 head of cattle are
% be placed on the Wichita reservation IN
short tiIhe The first consignment
reached Minco last Wednesday 10y rail.
making a train of thirty-two cars. Tue
Minstrel says that in all there will be
.bout LOCO cars Of these cattle, all OF
which vii. be unlosded At Miuco. and the
,astle turned iato the leased reservation
rom there
II is underrtood that there viii be three
and offices in the strip. bot il = probable
,nly one new one. the Beaver land Office
will be moved TO Woodward. ii is Thought.
md a new Office established st Pond
Creek. 1t IS not improbable the Guthrie
,ffice will be moved to Perry aud the ter
itery of TIE Oklshoms Clay office en-
arged on the north. However, this =
Chickashs Express: Al his home pesr
Ansdarko last Friday neht All tAat wss
Mortal OF Rev Joshus II. Given passed. 70 !
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