The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-05-02

There are no street railways IN any
of tho cities Of Oklahoma.
"he territorial board Of cqunliza tion
probably wishes now that IL hadn't
Judge McAtcc will arrange for the
future residence Of Bill Raider this
week.
Frank Greer says there Is buoyant
hope in every wave of the emerald
wheat
The Oklahoma County Vinegar fsc-
tory pays out sl 500 per month TO Its
travelling men.
This time seven years ago people
were setting around on the ground
wondering what an opening would he
like.
William Taulk has been found guilty
Of manslaughtcr in the Lincoln conn
~ court. lie killed Jesse Taylor last
summer.
| The next excursion over the Rock
Island will he on the 2ist of this
month. There will be also on the sth
of May.
The ?2nd of this month In Oklahoma
Day and great preparations are being
made all over the territory to celebrate
that day.
The crop prospect in Oklahoma Is
one OF the best eyer seen at this time
Of the year, and everything points to
success and prosperity.
An Oklahoma paper objects to so
many men taking 1O-cent cigars out
of their mouths long enough to an
pouncc that they are too poor to buy
their wives calico dresses.
One man in Greer county protested
against the decision which gave that
county to Oklahoma on the ground
that Oklahoma taxes were twelve
times as high as those of Texas.
Brief research shows that the general
tax in Texas is one and onc-half mills
on the dollar. In Oklahoma II Is four
and six-tcnths mills
Large quantities of hay and several
houses were burned by prairie fires In
the western part Of Noble county We'd
ncstlay. One woman and two children
had narrow escapes while trying To
save their home. A man named Jones
was arrested for disobeying prairie
fire laws. and there was strong talk
of lynching.
Nose Miller, a young Cherokee In
dian, shot and instantly killed 7. II.
Madden, a prominent merchant, at
Bragg, !. T. Sunday. The murder IL
supposed To- have been instigatcd by
the Kec-too-wah, Cherokee secret
society. Nose Miller is the brother Of
Jim Miller. who was killed in the
st 'eets Of Bragg about year ago.
Rev. Geo. johnson. an old colored
preacher who has been serving TWEEN
ty days in the Logan county federal
Jail for introducing whislscy into the
country of "Lo, Was discharged Fri
day. Like many of his race, he has a
story TO tell lie says he had the hon
or Of having canght General Sydney
johnson in his arms when he fell ia
tally wounded at Shiloh.
AT Blackburn the citizens are hold
ing indignation meetings against sa-
looms selling Indians whislsey. Busi-
ness men of the town and other cit
izens have signed petitions to the sa-
loonists, begging them 10 desist The
I'll a
after night and soon get drunk and
make the town hideous Several riots
have been narrowly averted between
drunken Indians and the white citi-
zens.
The first of long list OF perjury
cases in the United States district
court in Noble county was finished
Saturday after trial of four days, l
william Cobb being the defendant,
and the verdict was not guilty. Uni
ted States Attorney Roy Hoffman was
assisted in the prosecution by Harris
and Lafferty and Henry Rucker and
A. Il. Museller defended. Many de-
murrers to indictments, mostly in per-
jury cases. have been sustained by the
court, and thus the wheels of Justice
grind slowly along.
Thomas Ray. who has just returned
from Arapahoc in the Arapahoe and
Cheyenne country, reports that the In
dians are holding dance and feast.
Tho wife of Left Hand took sick, was
supposed To be dead and was buried,
but four days later visitors ut her
grave discovered that she was alive.
She was taken home and Is now fully
recovered. These Indians do not COW
er their dead with earth, but build
loose stone arch over them. The re-
covery of the squaw from her trance,
which is regarded as vcritable resur-
rectiou, is the occasion OF the celebra-
tion.
The commissioner of the general
land Office has recognized the Chick
asaw and Choctaw claim To Greer coun-
IS in communication that was sent
to the house and senate committee, on
Monday. The attorneys having the
claim in hand will endeavor To pre-.
vent the passage in the senate. Sena.
tor Jones of Arkansas, it is said, will
insist on the settlers paying 81 per
acre, the money 10 be held by the gov
ernment. subject to legislation con-
cerning their alleged :claims, the oh
ject being that the money thus col