The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-12
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The Oklahoma City Canning company
| will begin operations next week.
The famous Copeland McClelland cattla
case is again on trial at Guthrie this week,
and for the third time, having twice been
tried each trial resulting in hung jury
The farmers in the country tributary 20
FL Reno have about finished threshiHg and
the Herald says the grain ia rolling in in
earnest at the mill and elevators in that
place.
| Hay making Is the order of the day
around Watouga. That's proper cape-;
not single blade OF grass should be left
unharvested. 1t will be money in the set
| tiers pockets if put into fodder.
| J. NJ Higgins OF Blaine county reports
| to the Watonga Republican that he has
sweet potatoes as big around AS mans
arm. aud that his family has been feasting
on sweet potatoes for four weeks.
A bill OF enforcement was granted by
tn. probate court at Oklahoma City, last
Thursday, that made the Fuhr hy-the
gordian knot being united. Lille and Sam
| flew from 'gether. so the Journal says.
As fruit and melon country Oklahoma
/
will market 66,0O0 pounds of grapes this
season and it Is no uncommon thug tor
him to pull 60-pouud melon from his
patch.
The Canadian has been on a tear and is
higher ut Norman than it has been for
several years. 4 six foot rise was report
ed on Monday and on Wednesday, the
Democrat says, there was no abatement i'll
the volume Of water.
Guthrie is having trouble with her city
clerk He has been collecting all liquor
licenses and turning a smaller amount in
to the city treasurer than he collected.
The newspapers are after him, so he will
have to square up and quit.
The Watonga Republican claims that
Blaine county ''cau raiss corn as big as
saw-Iogs. and watermelons as large
whales" There's nothing like being
modest like and conservative in making
statements of fact, if you want TO impress
the iucreduious.
The Times-J Journal rejoices over the be-
lief that Oklahoma is better off in these
good old Democratic days" than any
other state in the territory. By way OF
eNDlaHdtiOU the ID say. we nave Ucci
doing business largely on II cash basis
and have few debts to squeeze us.
The Herald says the pulsation of bus
mess in FL Reno has been considerably
swollen this week by the payment to the
Indians of their interest money to the
amount OF $50, 900 That amount added to
the normal volume in the circulation IS
calculated TO stimulate to fever heat.
Tom King. the noted female horse thief,
who escaped from Jail at Oklahoma City "a
day or two ago. was captured by Jailor
Wise Wednesday night The Times
Journal says Wise met her AS she was
coming out of IA corn field in which she
hid on leaving the Jail.
Clayton Standard: At Clayton on
Thursday about sun down Leroy Olds was
getting some of his hogs out of Il corn
field into which they had strayed when be
was shot from ben I'D. Mrs. Billy Me.-
ford has been arrested for the shooting
but the indications are that she shot at Il
hog III her garden and did not know that
Odds was in the corn beyond.
This little excerpt from the Norman
Democrat throws light on some recent
evolvements in the territory: Mr.. +.
Caruthers of this city has been appoipted
regent of the Agricultural aud Mechanical
pointed treasurer. Mr.. Carutbers is a
director of the State band, OF which Gov
e4nor Renfrow is president"