The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-05-16

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County Treasurer Smock, of Kay
county, has recovered The si,34i that
was tied up in the recent Kay county
bank failure.
An Oklahoma woman killed her
father-in-law because he sucked eggs.
That Is new but positively sure cure
for sucking eggs.
What became of that shaggy rumor
Bill Doolin allowed himself 10 be cap
tured for part OF the reward? And
what became Of the reward?
The trains passing through Kansas
for Oklahoma are crowded. Oklaho-
ma will be in the midst of boom
before she knows IL.
The capital question is showing its
head again some in Oklahoma. II the
capital of oklahoma is never moved IL
will bca wonder. In most states IL has
To be moved three or four times before
IL settles down.
The settlers down in the Kickapoo
country have organized vigilance
committee for the purpose Of inspect
ing all dogs and any suspected Of hav-
ing or being liable TO have rabies are
ordered put to dealh.
A year ago Hon. Hugh Corrigan OF
Noble county was killed by Santa
Fc train, later suit for $4,000 was
brought Tuesday morning the jury
brought in a verdict in favor of the
Santa Fe. Corrigan was formerly
rich business man Of Dallas, Texas
One of the extremely bashful young
men of Purcell. upon being told that
two young lovers in that place sat up
all night last sunday night with but
one chair in the room, declares that II
could not be done unless one of them
sat on the floor. such ignorance is
painful.
Col. Freeman, Indian agent of the
Usage nation, has been called to Wash
ington To answer tor his general mean
ness in confiscating newspapers, tear
ing down bridges and driving the In
dians crazy. The colonel should not
only be dismissed but sent to Cuba to
be shot.
Joe Tish- -Ali-Wal.Lah a rich Usage
Indian, of Noble county has been ar
rested for bignmy. The indian mar
ricd Sallic Morton, a white woman,
two years ago, soon became tired Of
her and sued for divorce. While the
divorce was pending he married Pearl
Coleman up in Kansas.
The celebrated ease against Rill Dy-
sart has Just been decided in Payne
county after five years of fighting.
Dysart was arrested for selling Ii
quor without License and his liquor
was onfiscated by deputy marshals.
Dysart sued for and now has been
awarded sl75 damages against Depu-
ty United Marshal Joseph Tillery,
who led the raid
A Lincoln county girl sent her pho
tograph To her best fellow IN Coalgatc.
She wrapped 1t up in the News, her
home paper, which contained the ad.
vcrtisemcnt of the Majestic Steel
Range Stove. A portion of the print
adhered to the photograph, aud the
young man was Mortified and very
much surprised to see staring him in
the face in bold plea type the follow.
ing line: "Sce name on the leg" He
will recover.
Henrie Bowie, who was arrested in
Noble county some days ago by Tex
as marshal, returned Saturday morn
ing Bowie was charged with killing
an unknown Irishman at Erin Springs,
in the Chickasaw nation over twenty
years ago, but on preliminary hearing
before Commissioner Yates at Purcell,
there was not one scintilla of evidence
TO show that the young man murderer
as described at the time the arrest was
made, was Henry Bowie. 1t seems TO
have been scheme to get u little
money.
A Kay county lady went to gro
Gerry store recently to buy peek of
potatoes, taking, as she supposed,
freshly laundricd -four sack. She
held the sack while the groccryman
poured in the potatoes. A singular
thing happened. The potatoes went
through the sack and rolled over the
floor. On examination IL was found
that there were two holes in the bot
tom OF the bag, both trimmed with
embroidery. The groceryman tainted
and the lady sent n small boy after
the potatoes with basket.
An observant citizen of the ChiclSa-
saw nation said n few days since that
he felt perfectly safe there would come
an appropriation to pay the Choctaws
and Chickasaws for all the leased dis.
trict and for Greer county. And the
reason he gave, was, that there would
be no rake-oif for congressman and
their attorneys unless the appropria-
the question as to whether the land
belonged tn these tribes or not. And,
in fact he is right in ignoring that
point, as he Is well aware that the
size of the rakc-off decides the game.
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