Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02
News From Ok. and |. It's.

Enid is to be connected with Alva by
q daily stage line.
A board of trade has been formed in
Enid and articles of incorporation are
being drawn up
A Guthrie man whose mule scared at
a bicycle and broke his neck, has
brought suit for damages against the
man on the wheel.
The city council of Enid fixed the sa-
loon tax at $500 per year. This,
coupled with 5000 Territorial and S25
o. S. license makes rather heavy load
for the boys to carry
A Denver and Chicago Heat, Light
and Power company has secured fran
chises and agreed to put in electric light
plants at once at Ponca City, Perry and
South Enid in the Cherokee strip.
A meeting was held at the court room
in Enid to take steps to organize post
of the Grand Army Of the Republic. All
old soldiers seemed to take an interest.
Comrade Cotton, past department COM
mander was present.
Business men of Alva, so SAYS the
Pioneer, have agreed to place barrel of
salt water at their back doors, to be used
il case of fire. A public we'll has also
been contracted for, to have a force
pump and wind mill and tank, with 500
feet of hose.
The Enid, o. T.. Daily Enterprise, is
certainly appropriately named. 1t is
issued from tent about 10x12 feet, and
printed on small army press. Its pro-
prietors, like all other industrious Strip
people, are expecting to locate it in a
very nice building soon.
Deputy Sheriff G. Thatcher, CT K.
county, was jailed at Guthrie on the
charge of murder. At Ponca he attempt
ed to arrest a man, who jerked away
and ran, when Thatcher opened fire up
on him, one of the bullets hitting a COL
ored man, who died from his wound.
At Ponca's celebration of the opening
of the first school house in the STIR p TO-
600 people were present. In the after
noon there was speech-making, and a
score of Indians, armed with Winches-
tiers, gave an exhibition of cattle killing.
At night there was banquet and a
ball.
The new statehood convention to be
held at Oklahoma City, November 30, will
be unlike its predecessors, as it will be
composed of delegates selected with all
the formality usually observed in state
conventions held for other purposes,
while those heretofore have been COM
posed of self-constituted membership.
The Choctaws by blood are beginning
to come out for statehood. A convention
was held at Caddo to select delegates to
the o. T.. statehood convention and the
Choctaws were in the majority. At the
convention resolution was passed ia
voring statehood with Oklahoma and
the delegates were instructed to cast the
fifty Choctaw votes in the o. T. conven-
ton to that effect. J. A. Lawrence and
J. Y. Schneck we're sent as delegates.
Sheriff Painter captured Henry Mich
OILS and Frank Sharp, cattle thieves, and
jailed them at Guthrie, with John Iron
ton, a farmer with whom they we're stay
ing, and who helped them resist the
officers. He also captured Henry Fes-
sender, notorious horse thief in the
Cherokee strip. Deputy Marshal Pen
tecost also brought in Samuel Collins,
alias Kid Hogan, we'll known as pugil-
list and wrestler, on charge of horse
At Eufaula, in replevin suit for the
possession of number of head of cattle,
the defense set up bill of sale for the
cattle replevined and as a consideration
alleged that the defendant had traded
his wife for the cattle. The plaintiff
proved that he had given the bill of sale
at the muzzle of pistol and though he
had received the woman the court held
that it was against public policy to al
low man to trade his wife for cattle,
and decided for the plaintiff, giving him
back the cattle.
There is very hot fight at the post
Office department over the appointment
of postmaster at Enid to succeed Pat
terson, deceased. The friends of W. L.
McClurg have been very active in wiz
ing the department Endorsements and
that he be given the place. Tt
is understood that it was determined,
however, to appoint R Wilcox, who
served as one of the clerks in the office
This is brought about by the fact that
Wilcox is relative of First Assistant
Secretary Jones, Of the department.
The United States grand jury at
Guthrie reports the discovery of a cipher
used by the government officials and
several prominent politicians previous to
ne opening, and gives translations OF CT
aher dispatches showing the county seats
we're located as dictated by Harry Ba-
,on, the Oklahoma City democratic
eader, and others. The report says the
evidence before the grand jury shows
sales of large numbers of booth certif-
,ates at Oklahoma City, Guthrie and
orlando, and the irregular and improper
lse of certificates at the Orlando booth |
or money.