The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-12
TIE TWO TERRITORIES
Condensod News 81 OkIahoma and the
xndsnn xs7ritory.

be made in the culture of fruit.
Thomas P. Smith, of the Indian
Territory, has been appointed Indian
inspector.
The yiels Of eotton in some patches
around Ok4ahoma City is 1900
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 ia 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.
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
|
IS big price for coal.
The Logan county board of commits
sioners of insanity met Tuesday in the
county court room and adjudged J. S.
Fox insane and ordered him sent to
Jacksonville.
The Eagle says Ell 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, well known rancher, shot
each other fatally, Cotton dying Mon
day.
Clayton Farmer (colored(, who muir
dered another colored man at King.
| fisher about year and a half ago, IN
| a quarrel over rs cents, was sentenced
| Monday, to a life term in the peni-
! ten5iary.
Chelsea Forum: The news goes
over the world that the president and
| his wife have decided not to visit the
worlds fair. We and our wife have
just about reached the same cone n
| sion
Frank Ewing, while hunting on the
Cimarron, shot an enormous pelican,
which measured eight feet from tip to
| tip, It is by far the largest bird of
this kind ever brought to Guthrie. He
killed it with load of bird shot.
4 Washington telegram says the
subcommittee of the house committee
on judiciary having in charge the bill
to increase the number of judges in
| Oklahoma held meeting Friday and
| decided to'recommend that two more
judges be added.
Guthrie News: !. n. Terrell has
been admitted to bail in the sum of
$4,000. That he will have a new trial
is now a pretty well settled fact; and
if he does, his COUNSEL Judge Buck
| ner, has an abiding faith that this
| time he will oe acquitted.
Chief Taylor of the Guthrie fire de-
partment inspected the :chimneys of
that city. All brick chimneys not
three feet above the roof must be
built higher All precautions are to
be taken by the fire department
against fires this winter
The body of murdered man has
been discovered eleven miles southeast
of Pawnee. The dece sed, from all
! indications, was murdered about the
, time of the opening His wagon and
| camp utensils were by his body. The
sheriff will make full investigation.
Thomas K. TingIe, of Guthrie, grand
| OF ha n I NF
| Oklahoma. accompanied by 5. l..
johnson, grand recorder, was in Nor
man Wed esday to make arrange
| ments for laying the 81, 600 insurance
due to Mrs. w. c. Crawford by reason
of her husbands death
Attorney General Olney has instruc-
ted one of his clerks to bundle up the
charges fled against United States
Attorney Speed and send them to him.
This is an unusual proceeding. 1t is
very seldom that a cabinet officer sends
matter of this sort to the man whose
place is desired by the other fellows.
At the ''Indian pipe dance" on Camp
creek last week there were more than
| eighty ponies given away to the
| dancers Many attended and enjoyed
the sport very much, even if the pei
formers were in rather nude condi-
tion. We presume many of the spec
tators had visited the art exhibits at
Chicago.
The Teeumseh Republican states
that Thomas Afford, the surveyor for
Major Neal, was in the city Monday
He says the allotments will begin to
be made the first of next month. The
Indians are now being enrolled and
while there is opposition by some he
they will all be enrolled. The Indians
will probably take their allotments
west from Kickapoo Springs.
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