The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29

OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Inc LADIES' DanU OF Norman Will play
at Minco on July 4.
Texas fever in mild form is reported to
have made its appearance near Mulhall.
Roger Mills county wants six new post
offices and seven new postmasters at once
The sportsmen of Roger Mills county
will have great wolf hunt on the 18th of
July.
The outsiders are to have one-half of the
land Office places. So says Hoke's special
agent
So Judge Lowe of Guthrie, and not j ohm
r. Clark of Saltwater, Is the new register
of the Guthrie land Office.
There is war between the city marshal
of Ell Reno and the captain Of the Saliva
ton army stationed there.
FL Reno accounts for its poverty by say
ing: Mediocrity too often has a bank ac-
count, while genius is trying TO get credit
for ham sandwich.
Edmond city council has voted a salary
of - per month to each of its members,
and the Sun wants it made obligatory
upon the members TO attend all meetings.
A Missouri colonel was appointed re-
ceiver of the Oklahoma City land office.
Joe Wisby's saying to Grover that Okla
homa could get along without any Georgia
colonies has had it's effect.
The first car load of new wheat from tine
west side was shipped by Haines Bros.
from kingdsher. 1t was also the first car
of new wheat on the Kansas City market
and graded No. 2.
The Chandler News asks: If at the age
of four years Oklahoma bears comparison
with the oth her states with such credit to
herself, where will she rank when the first
decade of her history has found perman-
ent record?
Edmond Democrat: An eight hour law
is badly needed in Edmond This is,
law compelling some of the professional
loafers who hang around the streets, to
work at eight hours at least two or three
days a week.
It would not come amiss for every
neighborhood TO get up petition praying
congress to relieve US of that obnoxious
81 80 per acre clause in the act opening
this country, and putting us on an equal
footing with old Oklahoma, says the bland
Chief Herald.
most all withdrawn from the uplands to
the old farms and bottom lands along the
streams and gone to farming The allot-
ting agent will have very little to do, as
most OF them have already made selec-
tons
Frank Prouty, secretary OF the editorial
excursion committee, has received letters
from the presidents of the boards of trade
of Kansas City, GalesburE, HIS, and Chi
cago, desiring that the excursion party
become their guests for day on their trip
east.
The Times-Journal says that there were
S4,613.5l in cash collected for the Cleve-
land county cyclone sufferers, and it has
all been distributed by the committee
where il would do the most good. 4
goodly portion Of it WAS expended in pur
chasing lumber. hardware, clothing and
other supplies for the sufferers Several
thousand dollars worth of the supplies
were also donated.
The following decision by the commits
siOner of the general land Office. affirming
the decision OF the officials OF the Okla
homa City land office. is OF much impor-
lance to intending settlers aud settles the
use of the mails for the purpose of getting
fling papers before the officials of tie
various land offices The Times-Journal
says: The case of Kelso vs.. Austine and
January has been affirmed by the general
land office, giving kelso the claim. helso
stood in line at the land Office and offered
his filing in his proper turn. Anstine was
in the city, but instead of going in person
he invoked the aid OF the mail and by
using special delivery stamp he got in
his filing q few minutes before kelso made
his application. Il is claimed by the gem
eral land Office that such an attempt TO
to use the mails in order TO gain an adj
vantage will not be tolerated; that the
law permitting the use Of tie mails was
intended 10 aid thasa who lived long DIS
tauces from the land Office