The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-12-11
OVER THE TERRITORY.


AtfNphal MeuitNu.
Wah-shah-she News. A man bon ok.
lahoma by the name Of d. MrGuI has
sued the Usage nation for $40. 900 dam
age for cutting off his hair during one
Of their war dances on Salt Creek.
The Usage council passed bin all
lowing McGill $500 for iniurie. .us-
tained from Usage Indians while cut.
ting of his hair.
News was received sunday Of a ter.
rible fight between officers Of Grant
county and some escaped prisoners iu
the Creek nation in which DR. V. C.
Bow man was mortally wounded and
two other prisoners and one officer
shot DIR. Bowman and five other
prisoners escaped Jail at Pawnee a few
days since, stole horses with which to
make their escape and were furnished
fire arms by friends Officers pursued
them and came mp with them seventy
five miles east OF hero iu the Creek
country Thursday evening and bat
tie took place DIR. Bowman. who was
fatally wounded. was % notorious bur
glar All the men were rccaptured
Wah-Shah-She News. A mlI-btood
Usage Indian boy was found daad near
the Ralston bridge Monday last as vet
.
death The boys name is reported to
be Wilson Kirk
Pawnee Times-Becord. Eobt Leach.
Of the Sac and Fox country. has pur-
chased the grocery stock Of the l..
/ Laughlin store and is moving il to the
/ first door east Of the Pawuep house
where he will open ont grocery and
/ feed store. This leaves the dry goods
and shoe department which VIII
/ Laughliu will close out before Christ
mas and 60 TO his claim. L. Laughliu
and family have already moved to
their claim northeast II town ON the
| Arkansas river.
Perry Democrat. The jury acquit-
/ ted j. Malcolm Johnson yesterday on
the charge OF embezzlemeut For a
long time it stood eleven for acquittal
and one for conviction.
w. II. Horn, a prominent citizen oI
Tecumseh, is dead.
The Tecumseh Herald advises the
running OF boycott on the Choctav
| railroad
Arrangements are i'm progress al
! Oklahoma City for the MiIHgau hang
ing
Chandler Democrat j. A. Mitchell
made about 20 gallons Of wine frou
wild grapes. The wine is Of ~ucl
quality as TO convince any one tha
grapes grown in oklahoma are vel
adapted to wine making.
Perry Times Marion =. Spencer.
representative man from Grant county
/ Oklahoma, who owned fine propcrt,
several miles east Of Perry, fell from
a wagon load Of hay yesterday anC
broke his neck Spencer was coming
to Perry with the hay, when the team
became frightened and ran into gull
ley, throwing him on wheel with ia
tai result
Cross Guide General Jumi.1n. wh,
has been register of deeds of thi
county removed with his family foi
| Guthrie, his old home, Tuesday Th,
| general leaves many warm friends be
hind him who regret To- lose him an,
his esttmable famil Y from among u.s.
| No man ever left Newkirk who left
better record behind him than Gen
Jamison May success attend hin
and his family wherever his lot may
| be cast
Two fellows were contesting for th,
same claim near Enid. The land Of
| flee . lawyers were trying 90 gee
al the money they had and incl
! dentally awarded the claim 90 one or
| the other after all their money wa.
/ all gone. Each Of them put mp about
/ $50 a day for three days 90 pay the
/ costs Of the contest suit, when they
/ both suddenly saw that they were be
/ ing scientifically robbed, like every
| other poor sucker who had gone
/ through the same farcial proceeding
/ ahead Of them, and becoming disgust
/ ed simultaneously they agreed TO play
| q game OF seven mp. the winner oI
/ the game 10 take the claim. They
/ played the game, the lucky man gol
the claim and the lawyer, got-uo fec
The remarks OF President Cleveland
| ln his message regarding allotment oI
Indian lands will not apply 90 or hav,
any weight In the consideration of
/ the lands of the five tribes. II must
always be remembered I'm considering
/ this question that the Indians Of thi,
/ country are not Indians i'm the general
understanding of the name. but are
for the most part as white as any
class Of men in the neigh boring states
and are shrewd, intelligent and fully
capable of caring for themselves All
of real Indians of this country are in
Oklahoma and have been given their
allotments and made citizens of the
United states
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