The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-02-22

a last train was put on the ChOctau
road sunday with new coaches.
John snyder. IA rmer in Nay couu
ty. claims to be able to catch a rabbit
on foot.
Christopher Koch. who lives in No
bic county, has gone completely daft
on religion.
An oklahoma paper advances the
startling theory that kaf.ir corn makes
people go crazy.
An Oklahoma paper declares that the
divorce business has no, hurt OkIaho-
ma little bit
Bin Williams township in Garfield
county has had it, name changed II
j. now Flynn township
Work on the Hutchinson >onthern i
now TO b-gin April J. Let's see.
Isn't that April Pools Day.
An Oklahoma farmer says the grount
j. wet down eight feet and in spleudie
condition for spring blowing
They have class Of men down al
~hawncetown who never let good
thing get away from their town.
Has anyone ever seen a public an
nouneement from Washington OF tn,
fact that Pat Nagle has bcen confirmed
IL anyone Is KILLED at FL PasO il will
in all likelihood be Dick Pluukett. whs
i on the ground. taking leading part
The Commercial club of oklahoma
county have met and discussed freight
rate on the rrads running through OK
Auastasia Novakaws.1 ii has been mar
ried in oklahoma county. II must
have been a relief to her % huf'e Of
that name.
MeSusuky j. the name Of station
on the Choctaw road aud Il i eaid tc
BE- worth a dollar 10 hear the brake
man pronounce il.
The supreme court and the newspa
pcrs should get together. The news
paPers had the Greer county ease de-
cided months ago.
Near sumner. while the young peo
pie were defeating the new school
house. two boys got in row over 6
girl and general stampede resulted.
Education comes high. but some com
munities must have H.
Chief White Water Of the Otocs wh,
are paid large annuity. has notifie,
the merchants of Noble county that
T the Indians would. like 10 trade Will
them but are afraid. II those Indians
will visit Noble county merchants now
they will be treated ike kings
The territorial school fun mas beer
appor,ioncd The total amount Is ss9-
600 which gives ~ cents per capita
The amount apportioned Is very much
less than was expected. IL was be
lieved that the per capita for the yea
would reach sl.5O but II is only 3,
cents.
Prof. G.. w Crosby. superintendent,
Of public instruction for Noble county
says twenty new school houses have
been built in the county in the past
few months. costing from $3.50 :,
$500 each. There are fifty school,
in the county and the school FUND
amounts TO little over $4,000, and
there are :. 100 school children in tn,
county.
A Blaine county man visited neigh
boring town few days ago with sev
eral loads OF fine table salt. which he
T. L. q
spring on his farm. He says that n,
is at present making about twenty
tons OF salt per day. but the spring
furnishes water enough 10 make lGt
tons per day. He has no trouble IN
disposing Of his salt 10 the merchants
in the towns Of his own and adjoin
ing counties.
Oklahoma proverbs: The wise wo-
man chuckcth her hus band under the
I chin and callcth his attention Ia the
! family resen. blance between the baby
/ and its pa, and fcapcth lovely hat
and hose of London length Hut the
I foolish woman raiseth the question
about the indifference of man to the
rapid increase OF population, and 10
I .he sitteth in the congregation wear
( ing "a last years birds nest trimmed
with rooster tails and hollyhoclss.
The Oklahoma Immigration and In
/ formation Bureau is the name OF an
/ organization in oklahoma. lts pur.
7 pose Is 20 prepare advertising matter
aud arrange for its distribution and
10 do anything else that viii benefit
the territory. The members met a
few DAYS ago and every county in the
territory. with one exception, was
represented Arrangements were
made FOR Il new advertising pamphlet
and 5000 copies are 20 be printed.
A dispatch from " ashington say
Dennis Flynn has introduced bin Ia
donate Fort supply. an abandonded
reservation 20 oklahoma, 10 be used
for an institution 10 be known - the
oklahoma soldiers home. lIc al 81
introduced a hin providing that all
soldiers and sailors who served for not
less than ninety days during the war
OF the rebellion, who have exhausted
their homestead rights under existing
laws. shall be entitled to take 100 acres
of public land as an additional home
stead. provided. al the same time. the
person who I, the owner of l6J acres
~ land shall b. entitled 90 make a
homestead entry
CONSERVATION among cattlemen has