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

l pretty as mari tEarle-.
Jennie Ashbrook of Logan county.
trick W get ON the outside of her NOR
tai coils the other night by using poi
son because a railroad brakeman nam
ed Ralph Higgins had beer untrue to
her.
An Immigration society which i
destined 10 become side as the terri
tory. was Organized IN Payne county
last week. V Naf'it ~ Canadian
county Is president and Nat Campbell
Of Payne county secretary.
The following are names Of a jury
that recently tried a case in the In
dian Territory. George Poor Boy. Big
Rain in-the Face. samuel White Tur-
KEY. William Rat Catcher John Walk
instick Frisisy squirrel Henry Corn
stalk. Joseph Four->hot, T.. ". six
killer. Heap >ulSy Bear ard William
Croweat Corn One Oouse. Wen bet
One Goose hung the jury.
Cotton seems 10 be the coming crop
for oklahoma. and should receive
more attention by our farmers in the
future than !, has in the past. 4 sum
mary of the ls95 crop marketed in one
town in Logan county 50 far shows
..3ls bales or i.i50. 099 pounds. which
has brought into the Golfers Of the
owner. $50 ge5. And oue-third Of the
crop is vet To be marketed
The government surveyors now at
work re-establishing the boundary
lines Of the various Indian rescrva-
tions in the Indian territory, are now
in the Cherokee country and are max
ing change IN the line along the
western border The new line runs
abOut three miles east of the old one
and IT is reported the northern boun-
Diary will be moved a mile or more
further north. II this j. done It will
place ChetOpa and Coffeyville in the
Cherokee country and it is probable
some trouble will result.
John ". Robb. stoclman well
known in Kansas City, Omaha and -.
Louis. has obtained a divorce in Noble
county from his wife. Anna A. Robb.
Robb WIS married in KaTsas City Octo-
Der I. i-sO. and while lie - on trim
To New Orleans in Dece. n,.er. i-g2.
Mrs RObb. who was staying az home
with Robb's mot her. who now lives IN
Kansas City. left home and went to
Chicago and has never returned Eobt
has not heard of her since The ground
for divorce was abandonment
lErid special says that sheriff VIM.
Wilson. of Blame county. j. in bad
pickle. lie has been drinking heav.
ily and his enemies have been irving
to have him removed from office. The
county commissioners have requested
him To resign. and two trials for un-
official conduct are docLeted agains,
him. His enemies have even gone 50
far "a to have him tried for insanity
and it is even limited that they want
/ him out of the way because large
estate j. coming To him from Illinois.
! Embraced in his message to III,
I Legislature. Governor Moselv recon.
| mends the sending OF delegate I,
! Washington to withdraw from the
United States government slO0.Ol1 to
iiquidate the outstanding indebted
ness of the Chickasaw nation; also &
protest against congress passing any
territorial or townsite bills lie advi
ses, however. the agitation of som,
means To secure TO the towns of tn,
territory a system of waterworks foi
their protection. and advises the re
peal of the law in relation TO contes:
cd election.
Mrs. Frank \. Mcgowan, wife %
the mayor of Trenton, y. j., has with
drawn her defense TO the divorce suit
! begun by her husband in oklahoma
Z Mcgowan has made a settlement with
| his wife and her children and She 1,
willing that she secure divorce. Mrs
/ Mcgowan says she will move out ol
! the palatial mansion Mcgowan recent.
ly erected ON her own property which
adjoins her present home. This house
was formerly occupied by Mrs. barnes,
whom Mrs. Mcgowan names as CORES
pondent in IA counter suit. BARNES
sued his wife for divorce. naming Ma
gowan as correspondent
Mrs. Phillip Block, or "Washee'
Flock, a. she " as generally known /,
dead. "Nashee' was a fuli-blooded
Cheyenne woman who affirmed con.
sidc IA BILE notoriety as an Indian poll
tician rendering efficient aid Ia the
commissioners who were sent from
Washington 10 SECURE the consent of
the Indians to the opening Of their
lands to homestead settlement and
get them To take lands IN sevelalty
At first the commissioners met with
mach opposition from the Cneyennes
and Arapahocs. but "Nashec" under
took the task OF securing signatures
% the petition asking that each Indian
be givea 100 acres and that the re-
naming land be sold To the govern
ment. 'Washee" rode ali through the
camps aud with the skill Of trained
diplomat managed 10 tnrn the tide Of
sentiment in favor of the govern
ments plan. II took months OF ardu-
Gus toll for her TO accomplish the work
but ''Washee' was progressive In
dian in every sense Of the word and
wanted her people 10 discard savage
~ and adopt the ways Of the white
man. She had no education. but IL
was her ambition that her FIVE chill
dred should rccrive liberal education.
Dick plunkett will soon H. absent