The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-10-10
TERRITORIAL SKETCHES.
And Kodak Shots at Passing Iscidents In
Two Domains.

Two domains.
Rev. Mulkey will hold his meetings
at Purcell in tent Sexton feet.
Ardmore Is talking of Incorporating
under a provisional government.
A little boy was asked by an Okla.
homa City school teacher how long he
expected to remain ia towr. He said:
The usual three months" Every body
laughed. His mother is there getting
divorce.
People grow very fast in Kay
county, according 10 the Newark
Times, which says: "Kay conn;y's
population will be increased by at
least three votes next fall, AS there mr.
rived. Tuesday evening, at the home of
Mrs Abbott, three boys. Mother and
children doing we'll.
Arapahoe Bee: Mrs. Viola Bardesty
was killed last Saturday by the acci-
dental discharge of a revolver. The
deceased was the wife OF Bnd Haries
~, the engineer OF the sawmill ON
Turkey creek. younE man staying
at their home accidentally dropped a
revolver, IL went of aud shot her
through the hsart killing her instant
lv.
Captain Kirkman Of Fort Reno is be-
ing tried Is the eonrt martial at Fort
LeavenwoTth, Kan, for the grave
charge of having entered the room ot
Mrs Little, the wife of fellow officer
against herwishgs- Captain Kirkman
IL the brother OF vice-presideDt Kirk
man of the Chicago and North western
railroad, and has Other inhue n tial
connections One of his sons Is u lieu
tenant in the service.
Chandler Publicist: w NJ. Barto,
the cotton buyer for Field end Saxton
of Shawnee, was In town Monday and
bought large amount of cotton. lie
got fifteen bales from ID. r. Owens
He went to the agency Tuesday TO
buy. Field and Saxton propose that
the cotton of Lincoln county shall 20
to Shawnee II paying the top price
will take 1t there.
A Germun living near a neigh hboring
town had a mule stole one night and
advertised IL as follows; "Ven mite
de oder day; ven vas been awake ia
my shleep, l herd Something's vot !
links vas not yust rite in mine barn
and out shumps de bed and rms init
de barn out. Ven vas dere come.
sees dat mine pig mewl he vas bees
tied loose and run init der stable OF
and whoever will him back brine.
yust SO much pay him as vas been Gas.
tomary."
Oklahoma City Times-Journal- Ar
exchange says a little girl wks,. w as
learning to read by studying naa bic
print In the newspapers, prayed ths
other night as follows: Dear LORD
! make me phre-make me sesolutcly
pure, like baking POWDER This beau
tiful, good aud true story by q con
temporary is commended to a PRAYER.
full consideration of people who think
1t does not pay to advertise.
El Reno Globes The Guthrie Leader
states that So. 900 worth Of cotton sold
In that city last week and that tht
crop had Just begun TO come into mar
ket. Cotton ID worth from TX to
cents on this year. while the bnll OF
the crop. was sold last year for 5 eents
Surely there IL a better outlook fol
the tapmers theU there has beeR sol
several years. Times are getting bet
ter right alonR under a Democratic
tarin law IN spite of the calamity how
of the Republican party.
Purcell Register; In charging the
jury at Chickasha while opening court
this week. Jadge Kilgore. held that
the intermarried citizens are not eli
glbie to jury duty in the fesAaraa
conrts. And now the intermarrsed
citizens nre more than ever puzzaad
over the indian as they have no psiee
or vote In the Indian affairs aRsawe
believe they are not allowed 10 sipup.
on Indian court juries. We asIleve
they are the best living illustrati ion
of Hngo's Man Without Qpantry. {"
Chandler Publicist: j. O.. Hatcher
and o. Is. Kee went TO ShaSs.sea last
week and assisted In the formation of
a company 10 put up a telephone line
between shawnee and Chandler, As
soon as the necessary amount of stock
Is subscribed work will commence.
The iine can be eoBpleted in thirty
days after work Is commenced. Chan
dier Is expected TO take s22s, 900 in
stock. Each shareholder will be en-
titled TO the service of the telephone
TO an amount at the usual rates,
equal 10 the par value OF his stock
without charge. This line will be an
immense benefit TO our merchants and
the stock should be taken without de-
lay. RM
oklahomA City Times-Journal: DR.
John X. Furlopg has strong article
In McMaster's Weekly on capital pun
ishmenL The article has considerable
merit from q literary standpoint, aAd
II marks Mr. Fnrlong as a atudeAt OF
human nature and reasoner OF no
mean power We presume thai ID is
one OF the strongest papers epev writ.
ten against capital punishmeAt. Every
day we hear someone declare himsel Ii
In favor of capital punish&eAt bet
after careful reading Of DR.. Fur
longs article. and little indiy idual
thinking, one is not so ready TO cry
out for the blood of vietln,. One
will pause aud consider why th g death
penalty Is In vogue. and what has been
the result where IL has been used the
most freely. lie will question the
Justice OF executing = humaII being 10
deter others, or tAe oenetib. OF man
kind.
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