The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-03-21


in regard &C. ~. Vile. the hog buyer
Of stink Creek"
The grand Jury in oklahoma county
advised that separate place tor f~.
male prisoners be provided in The c,un.
~ Jail.
Two of the greatest muNicr trials Ia
oklahoma have bccn tried cn change
of venue aud in both cases an acQui,.
tai was secured
( A Noble coun,y paper advises rs
readers no, 20 hrar IN uklahomas
winter climate until the month et
March has passed
\ boy In an Oklahoma schoo, read
Z an essay on should Nr,~r hay Rr
{ Observed" To man up tree i, ap.
I pears that !, ough, 10 M
The district ,cur; ip oklahoma coun
+ " has Just held that the county can
not collect taxes 50 l,Sos a. tho issuance
I 81 the patent is prevented
In a bakers advertisement in Noble
/ county Il IS announced iha, since the
! gold cNcitcmcn, IL has turned gu, ,ha
I lots ot people have dough. who were
no, suspected
} The Foster liolbroo> strung MP ia
Wichita Falls. Tex, was one of the
men who got in trouble in oklahoma
county for CARRYING arms ia tho Chris
+ tian brothers
The grand jury OF Nay county. be-
sides returning indictments alans;
the county commissioners. have now
indicted Dan II l.awhead, register. of
I deeds, and Virgil H. Brown. probate
/ judge, charging them with malfcas.
ancc in Office and drunkenness
Elm clubs mus, be in grca, demand
in oklahoma. One OF the leading pa.
/ pers advises its readers To plant shade
trees and adds that good elms can be
had at $4,000 per hundred No
doubt instances have been known
in which good sized water elm. prop.
crly applied, would have been worth
| the money.
Henry Hoffman. who is alleged 20
have killed Albert McPcck. farmer
LIVING in the Indian Territory. las;
June, has been arrested at Columbus
Kan, and taken to Fort Smith, Ark.
for trinl. Ed Mckinney. an accom-.
plice in the crime, is still in hiding.
but the officers are confident they can
| find him.
1t is reported from some localiiie,
around Purcell that there Is danger Of
damage To crops from chinch bugs this
/ season, as the bugs are already show
/ ing up IN large numbers, having appar-
emily passed through the winter in
good shape. The farmers should at
once take steps 10 kill tins pes; oaj by
turning infected bugs loose among
I them.
Ex-Mayor r A. Mcgowan, Of Tren-
/ ton, \. J., has been granted an abso-
lutte divorce from his wife oklahoma
county watched this case with much
interest on account ~ the prominence
/ of the parties interested. Mr.. Mage
wan had no opposition in court having
made a satisfactory settlement with
his wife. lie makes no apologies and
accepts all the blame.
! The second an nual session OF the
Oklahoma Live Stock association will
convene at Woodward on Monday.
March l6. All stockmen are most
cordially invited to attend this meet.
I ing. The quarantine question. which
has been causing 50 ,nuch unea siness
among the caitlemen lately, viii re
ccive especial attention. IL promises
10 he the most Interesting meeting
I ever held hy the association. and
large number 81 influential sto.k
raisers viii be present
The laws OF Oklahoma are very
strie, about prairie fires. II settler
wants to burn of grass from his
claim he must give all land owners al
joining twelve hours noticc. and make
known the exact time and place he
( intends starting the hrc. lie must
also plow around the spot he wishes 20
burn OF, and make twcnty-fooi
wide fircguard. II through negligence
and carlesSnesS the fire spreads and
damages h;s ncighbor> he j. liable
for an damages and can also ne con
vic,ed OF a misdemeanor and fncd 10
less than SO nor more than 500 ~
Z imprisonment not longer than s.x
months, or both tine ana impri>on.
menl PARTIES who start oSmphrcs
and leave without cNtingui>hing them
are liable 10 the same punishment
/ ON the 10th of November Purcell had
I her great hire. In this fiue thirty-six
bnildings were destroyed Despite the
discouraging fast that tais blow came
/ in the midst ot winter, when all build
T ing operations are necessarily conduct
ell under great difficulties, ;wtyve
/ buildings are now approaching mple-
/ tion-onc- third ~ the total number
destroyed already replaced Zach 81
these twelve buildings j. an elegant
structure OF stone or brick and in ac-
tual cost and value the twelve are
worth more than the entire thiriy-siS
that were destroyed. Nor j. this all
Contracts are now being let for several
other buildings by parties who pre-
fcrred 10 wait until spring before COM
mcncing work One fact like this
speaks more loudly of the staple foun-
dsiion upon which Pnrccn : builded
than would columns Of bra ggart boasts,
oklahoma newspapers are stalking
the reputation ~ Cow Creek against
Cripple as prospecting site No
dou hi Cow Greek is all righ; for pros