The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-18
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES,

The Muskogee Phoenix is reported for
! sale.
FL Reno is always on the lookout for Ell
Reno.
Oklahoma City talks of paving her
! streets.
The News wants the citizens of Guthrie
to plant trees.
The much talked of strip convention con.
venes at Guthrie today.
The Gazette will put in q power press
and other improvements soon.
Fort Reno troops have gone to axe a
hand in the Mexican border trouble.
Orlando claims to have the best equipped
public school building in the territory.
Linn Mundy of Guthrie had both feet
cut off III a railroad accident at Trinidad,
| Col.
Sam Jones has a brother at FL Reno. He
had better not let Frank Greer know he is
there.
With the strip opened and good crops,
| Oklahoma will take several steps forward
this year.
The News says the Kansas Legislature is a
three ringed circus compared to the Okla
| homa side show.
Orlando claims to have larger number
of strip boomers than any town on the
southern border.
The youngest member of the Oklahoma
| legislature is John Wimbery, who is 26.
Frank Greer comes next, at %.
Councillor Ross is said to be the hand
soonest man in the Oklahoma Legislature,
with Wrightsmsn a close second.
1t is said that an attempt will be made
during the present session of the legis.
ture TO remove the county seat of Payne
county from Saltwater to Clayton.
On Tuesday 1874 beeves We're issued to the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes. THIS number
is issued only twice year, the usual semi
monthly issue consisting OF only sixty-six
head.
BY order of the United States special
agent Deputy Marshal Lille arrested four
teen persons living along the strip line
near Orlando for cutting and hauling of
timber from the strip.
Special Department Agent Harlan Is
raising blizzard among certain land
Office lawyers at Kingisher. Applications
fer disbsrriug several of them for delay
ing accomplishments have been fled.
R. l. Boyd, attorney general of the
Chickasaw nation, states that the days OF
Indian governments are numbered. and
that two years more viii wind them up
he thinks the Indiaus will be forced 10 do
something, and the sooner the better.
Mrs. Q. Beeson OF FL Reno today r.
ceived letter from the president or The
committee on flowers for the worlds fair,
stating that the passion flower had oeen
adopted as the emblem Of Arkansas This
settles the question, says the Eagle. and
leaves mistletoe as OkIahoma's emblem.
G. D. Billiard, living near Colbert, in
the ChOctaw nation, relates a singular
occurrence On his farm last Thursday.
The pasture containing twenty-tour acres
sank four feet aud about forty springs OF
tepid water made their appearance on the
land. \ small log house slid down 10 an
angle Of f0riy-dvs degrees. Nr. Billiard
excavated 10 the depth Of ten fest o. the
suaken land but found it perfectly solid
E. Reno Eagle: W K. Kirkpatrick re-
turned from Anthony, Kan, 10 which
place lie went TO visit sick daughter
On the train he met the officials OF he
Hutchinson, Oklahoma and Calf railroad.
whichis now completed into the strip
Twenty-Five miles northwest Of Poad
Greek They informed aim Jhas the
link would be closed up as sooa as the
WORK can oe done, aud Z connection made
with the Rock Island al poaI Creek. from
which place the new road Wi. use the
new road viii use the Rock Island track
TO this city. This VIII give L. Reno an
other mort b western oqffet