The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-10
TIE TWO TERRITORIES
Condensed News of OkIaAoma and the
Indian TERRITORY.

The big money Tor the farmers VII
be made in the culture of fruit.
Thomas P. Smith, of the Indian
Territory, has been appointed Indian
Inspector.
The yiels of cotton in some patches
around Ok.ahoma City is 1,9C0
pounds to the acre.
The board of commissioners of |
Cleveland county has accetepd the /
gift of two court houses.
The social features of Ft. Scott have |
been enlarged by the organization of |
two whist clubs on the west side OF
town.
There are but few places i'll Q coun- !
| ty, says the Scout, where good wells !
cannot be secured at reasonable |
| depth.
Guthrie claims the possession of two
madstones; one owned by Captain
| Cannon, and the other by General
| Dearborn.
Coon and 'possum hunting nan
| Arapahoe recreation. We suppose
they have the sweet potato accOmpa-
niments in those parts.
The contract to furnish the Beaver
| county officers with coal has been
let to Mr.. Crammer at S24per ton. This
| is big price for coal.
The Logan county board of commits
sioners of insanity met Tuesday in the
county court room and aAjudged j. ,.
Fox insane and ordered him sent to
! Jacksonville.
The Eagle says FL Reno is destined
to be known as the Sylvan city. The
authorities have concluded to plant
trees, and they will be planted all
over the city.
Caleb C. Brown. of Kentucky, has
been appointed assistant United states
district attorney, vice John Stone.
This makes it almost certain that Ho-
race Speed will serve out his time.
In quarrel near San Antonia, Tex,
Clarence Cotton, 10 years of age, son
of prominent attorney, and Mac
West, we'll known rancher, shot
each other fatally, Cotton dying Mon
day.
Clayton Farmer (colored(, who muir
dered another colored man at King
fisher about a year and half ago, in
, quarrel over IS cents, was sentenced
: Monday. to a life term in the peni-
tentiary.
II Chelsea Forum: The news goes
I over the world that the president and
his wife have decided not to visit the
worlds fair. We and our wife have
4 Just about reached the same conc IL
y sion.
: Frank Ewing, while hunting on the
! Cimarron, shot an enormous pelican,
which measured eight feet from tip to
tip. 1t is by far the largest bird OF
| ~. %, IIn
! killed it with load of bird shot.
{ A Washington telegram says the
u subcommittee of the house committee
: on judiciary having in charge the bill
to increase the number of Judges in
j Oklahoma held meeting Friday and
! decided to recommend that two more
! judges be added.
) Guthrie News: l. y. Terrell has
I been admitted to bail in the sum OF
: 81, 900. That he will have new trial
is now pretty well settled fact: and
4 if he does, his counsel, Judge Buck
' ncr, has an abiding faith that this
: time he viii oe acquitted.
5 Chief Taylor of the Guthrie fire de-
! partment inspected the schimneys OF
' that city. All brick chimneys not
5 three feet above the roof must bC
Quit nISU AL BICOiublOI1o I'll < u
u be taken by the fire department
4 against fires this winter.
n The body of a murdered man has
. been discovered eleven miles southeast
5 of Pawnee. The dece sed, from al
t indications, was murdered about the
time of the opening. His wagon anC
Il camp utensils we've by his body. The
sheriff will make a full investigation
/ Thomas X. Tingle, of Guthrie, Crane
IS master workman of the \. o. L. W. o
/ Oklahoma, accompanied by :. l.
5 johnson grand recorder. was in Nor
1t man Wednesday to make arrange
c ments for paying the g., 600 insurance
3 due to Mrs. w. c. Crawford by reason
g of her husband 5 death.
Attorney General Olney has instruc
1t ted one of his clerks to bundle up the
y charges filed against United State!
If Attorney Speed and send them to him
d This is an unusual proceeding. 1t il
Y very seldom that cabinet officer SENDS
e matter of this sort to the man whos'
Q place is desired by the other fellows
y. At the Indian pipe dance" on CAM
c. creek last week there were more than
=. eighty ponies given away to th'
= dancers Many attended and enjoyed
the sport very much. even if the per
- formers were in rather nude condi
a ton. We presume many of the spec
y tators had visited the art exhibits a
n Chicago.
u The Tecumseh Republican state
that Thomas Afford, the surveyor TO
d Major Neal, was in the city Monday
Il He says the allotments will begin t
be made the first of next month. TIL,
t, Indians are now being enrolled anC
n while there is opposition by some h,
they will all be enrolled. The Indian
" will probably take their allotment
< west from Kickapoo Springs.
/ The drone never thrives n the be-
IL hive: neither can the indolent good