The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25
OKLAHOMA Ann INDIAN rKmaIroRr


The people Of Greer county join Ok
lahoma In the berctical condition Of
being out of debt.
The Great Cimarron Salt bath Sani-
tarium company of Logan county. has
been granted charter.
Mrs. Doolin visited her husband In
the Logan county Jail the other day.
lie looked safe and she went away
satisfied.
w. II. Mccormick Of Pottawatomi
county. knocked G. NJ. Rodman down
the other day because Rodman had
written a letter TO Mrs Mccormick.
In northern oklahoma the only
wheat that has blown out was that
sown very late In the fall. Most Of
wheat Is high enough To hide rabbit
Near the town Of Noble a farmer
named DAILY was taken very sick. The
neighboring farmers to the number of
fifteen plowed his ground for him and
put in his crop.
1tis said that the receiver of the
Hutchisor Southern Is now figuring
On building the line SO that IL will
touch the Rock Island first at some
point In GARFIELD county.
Sam Marshal. the Garfield county
man who was recently shot full Of
holes, is going to pull through. He
will move 20 Colorado. Oklahoma is
too tough for him.
Chief Wa-Pa-S Sho, of the Sac and Fox
tribe, Is In Jail in Oklahoma county
for standing off government officials
who wanted TO take his children To u
government school.
In one vicinity in Oklahoma county
there is great excitement over johnson
grass. Fellows who plant IL are
snubbed, and all the seed at the local
stores has been purchased and burned.
II is thought the 300 feet span bridge
across the Canadian at Purcell will I've
finished by the Santa Fc this week
When completed. IL will cost about
$4,000 and will he magnificent
structure.
A bottle of carbolic acid purchased
ny George Gilmore of Woods county
TO kill prairie dogs exploded, fatally
burning Gilmore and his WIFE, Prox-
unity to the stove was the cause Of
the explosion.
How many people in Payne county
know that during the rebellion a bat
tie was fought In that county? 1t oc-
cured in the eastern part Of Pawnce
township, not far from the twin
mounds. 1t was between about 5000
renegades and n regiment Of Texas
rangers who were attempting to cap
turc and return TIE skedaddlcs to Tex
as The troops overlook the fleeing
columns. when n battle cnsucd, but
the fleeing party succeeded in escap-
ing TO Black Bear, where they forti-
fed themselves aud repulscd the par
~ little later ON. For a number of
years after the fight, Indians picked up
articles cast away by the refugees,
and since the opening of Oklahoma,
wagon tires and fragments of wagons
have been found on the site of the
battle.
G. Il. Hunt, who is charged with
shooting c. A. Garland, with intent To
kill and also killing two of Garland's s
horses, has been taken to Logan coun-
~ and placed under $1,000 bond by
Justice jackson ON the charge of
shooting Garland and under $500 bond
by Judge Lawrence on the charge of
killing two of Garland's horses noth
bonds are good, having reliable citi-
zcns on them. The preliminary cx-
animation is set for the 18th. Gar.
land is said To be In a dangerous con
dition. and may not recover. lie was
shot through the front part Of the alb
domen. the ball passing through and
coming out, broke the left arm of be-
low the elbow. II is said that Gar
land was shot from ambush, while in
the field. The shot came from Hunts
harm. Hunt states that he knows
nothing of the shooting except what
he has heard. Both of the contestants
are good citizens, but their troubles
over the claim have driven them To
desperation.
Henry Dclsarr, chemist and geolo-
gist Of the territorial college of Cleve-
land county spent last Saturday In
examining the mines in Noble county
and In the evening delivered lecture
on the minerals of Oklahoma territory.
The professor said that there was low
grade ore in several places in Oklsho-
ma aud the chief questions were ''can
the ore be found in sufficient quaint
ties to justify considerable outlay u
mine IL properly, and secondly, is the
ore, as it comes from the ground, free
from zine SO far, while the assay o
ore from Noble county has been suiii
cicnt TO justify mining in the absenc,
of zinc, unfortunately that trouble
some metal is almost always present
He said that in the shaft on Clark
claim fine lead was found which, u
followed, would prove remunerative i
sn assay of the ore would show an alb
sence of zinc. The professor further
advised the miners not to get excited
70 take their time and not expect TO,
much In the beginning.
Lincoln county is known as the 'or
iginal Flynn county" When IL wa,
county A, it placed Flynn in nomina
iion.
Grist Mill Jones manages TO wiz
every time. A man whose town is up
permost in his mind always does win.
Al.