The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-04
CITY IN BRIEF.

CITY IN BRIEF.
Personai Points aud Matters Transpiring
In and About the city.
Take in The races today.
Races at the fair grounds today
.
Dan w. Peery is over from FL Reno
Col Homer Jones got his divorce
yesterday
Rev. oglevee Of Perry was in town
yesterday.
Mrs. John Daniels is very low with
typhoid fever.
See the fine running races at the fair
grounds today.
Territorial Treasurer Turner leaves
for Chicago today.
Mrs. Francis willard was granted a
divorce yesterday.
Miss Minnie Shepherd is spending
week In the country.
AutIt Will 1t AO paper AoeuNN AANih
this Office tomorrow.
J. +. Hoxsey is rusticating, and max
ing 1G-to-l talks on the sidy .
August Carlston went north to Bulls
trand, Neb, yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday will 60 into history as
one OF the hottest Of the hot days,
Various thermometers registered
from o5 to lo4 in the shade yesterday.
M L. Bixler, of Norman, was with
the Oklahoma contingent en- route to
Chicago.
We will publish the usual number Of
glorious Fourth accidents in our next
issue.
watermelons OF Oklahoma grow tn
are beginning to End their way into
town.
Wagon loads Of Oklahoma canta.
lop@s were marketed in this city yes
terdsy.
DIR. and Mr. Peoples are entertaining
their daughter and son-inlaw from
Oklahoma City.
Master Garnet McWethy went to
Perry yesterday to visit relatives and
celebrate the Fourth.
j. IL. Havighorst and family have
taken up their residence on the Hart
well claim north Of town.
DR.. L. II. Buxton goes TO the country
today to address the great Sunday
school rally at Woods grove
The city courcil has ordered board
sidewalks built on both sides OF Vine
street from Noble to Mansur.
Mac Morris aud wife had FOR their
guests yesterday his father and moth
er, brother aud sister from Perry
The candidates will an put in the
day in the country chewing b8rbecued
beef, paving the ar aud kissing cross
babies
Miss Cora McPheeters mas returned
from Park College, NO, 10 speud i've
vacation with her mother, Mrs Rev
McPheeters
Mrs f. p. Cupp and little daughter
Dovie, went TO Perry Yesterday 10
spend the Fourth with Mrs. Cupp's
sister Mrs. Calhoun
Guthrie is shipping peaches, water.
melons, cantalopes, new potatoes and
cabbage TO other parts OF the territory
and outside markets.
T. S Hoffman, Leslie G.. Liblack,
Roy Hoffman, Miss Maude Bishop aud
Miss Loa Hoffman left for Chicago on
last evenings Santa Fe train.
A city ordinance has been passed
levying a tax Of ten and onehalf mills
fcT general fund, wood and bridge
and waterworks interest purposes.
Mr. John d. DeBoies brought in
from his farm some very fine samples
of Blsss early potatoes which he
claims rival the tubers Of Arkansas
The Leader is in receipt Of mes
sage from Governor Renfrow stating
that he and family are at Cores hotel
and that il seems 20 be Headquarters
for the Oklahoma contingent
The city council has ordered the citi.
zens TO cut the weeds, but the vacant
los Of non-residents will, as usual, be
allowed to ripen seeds enough TO SOW
the surrounding lots TO a good crop
for next year.
The First Regiment band gave an
other one Of its delightful concerts on
the government acre last evening
playing much fine, new music, 20
which hundreds Of citizens listened
with pleasure.
VIM. II Arnold was bound over in
Justice Morgan's court yesterday af-
ternoon on the charge OF killing La
fayette Swain, the colored man living
nine miles southwest Of the city, His
bond was fixed at 81, 600 which he
promptly gave.
The eolored people win have o good
Emancipation Day proclamation in
Guthrie The official program an
nouuees a free dinner and that Judge
Perkins, County Clerk Stewart and
that Prof. Tucker will be "the orators
OF the day" and Dennis Flynn. O. Nj.