The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-04

the greatest acreages. ss...-
Mr.. Stockton, a thrifty farmer near
Fay. was injured An a runaway We'd
ncsday and will proba bly, die.
Al Oakdalc, Wasbita county. Will
liam kewman will soon smclt some
gold quartz he found near that place.
There are only two newspapers In
Greer county. Now that IL Is In Okla
homa that monopoly will not last long.
Terrill Is nov in the pcaitcntiary at
Lansing, waiting the decision of the
Oklahoma courts as To his final dispo-
sition,
NJ A. Richardson. OF byron. was
bitten by mad dog last week. A
maidstone was applied and adhered for
seven hours
In some parts Of the Cheyenne coun-
try the news of The passage Of the
Free Homes bill was passed along la
Paul Revere.
In Pottawatomic county the wheat
fields look fine. but the acreage, Of
course. is n great deal smaller than II
was last year.
Inspector shciblcy is said to bc again
on his way to Oklahoma. this time to
investigate charges against Judges
Dale and Scott.
There Is only ono newspaper in the
territory that exchanges with the Po-
lice Gazette. and IL isn't published in
lli.lr Dlpnlx.tt-.
William j. Good has been elected
president of the Oklahoma Live Stock
associations; VIII y. Isolton, secretary,
and J. NJ Pagh treasurer.
The beautiful young woman who
was run oyer by train and killed
in Noble county was nota young wo-
man ut all, but coach dog.
AS in Oklahoma where the railroads
do not touch, SO the bicycle has come
into general use between towns with
out railroads in western Kansas.
Noble county has a citizen named
morpheus" They say he Is always
trying to put his arm around some
body, and is never tro,blcd with In
'omnia.
What with free homes, the aquisi-
tion of Greer county and the magnii-
cent prospect for bonntiful harvest,
Oklahoma indeed has great cause for
rejoicing
While the people Of Greer county
don't like the idea of breaking away
from Texas. they will cut larger
figure IN Oklahoma than they ever did
in Texas.
This much can be said for the Noble
county gold excitement. IL is the
first gold boom in Oklahoma that ever
went TO work to find out what the soil
really ceaains
Marshal Nagle has just bounced
another new deputy. The deputy
made affidavit of the expense account
of posseman when he had no posse
man. Good for Pat Nagle.
The personal columns of the Noble
county papers contain the names of
good many people from Colorado.
New Mexico and the Black Hills.
They have been attracted by the gold
news.
The Good Samaritan Mining compa-
ny is new company to organize in
Noble county. The capital stock is n
million. Hon. J. II. IIavighorst, dis
trict clerk of the Fourth Oklahoma
judicial district, is president
Hon. George Y. Scott, ex-Upited
States senator from Mississippi, is at
the. Usage agency as agent of the in
terror department, which sends HIM to
investigate the trouble between the
half breeds and Government Agent
Freeman.
James Laurens, well known young
man, was arrested near Fay Thursday
for forgery, cheating and swindinp,
by Attorneys Harris and Laffcrty.
l.aurens is accused of forging numer
GUS checks on banks in eastern okla
homa towns.
A saloon-keepcr in Noble county did
not throw the combination lock entire
ly over, but just turned the knob n
little so the safe would be easier open
ed in the morning. Some one familiar
with the arrangement took advantage
of this and got away with his cash.
Colonel Chas. Points, OF Shawnee
town, president of the st. Louis. Okla
homa g. Southern Hallway Company.
is on his way home from Washington,
where he has been looking after a
right Of way bill. The bill is now in
the hands OF the president and a veto
is not expected.
Last Wednes day afternoon the little
four-year-old daughter of Frank Rose
living near Keokuk Falls, while play-
ing around some stalks which her
father was burning in field near the
house got too near the fire. and before
the flames could be exiting uished was
burned to death.
Delos Munson and Dave Emmons of
Noble county have started overland
Tor Cripple Creek.
A man in South McAlester drank n
quart of whiskey in five minutes and
died in half an hour. Loss, si.25-if
it was good whiskey.
Gratz Il. Dean has been appoiated n
member of the Board of Pharmacy by
Governor Renfrow in place of Charles
Wiekmillcr.
Fifteen million doilars xvh,,h ITo., N