The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-10-10

LAN0CIVN CLTf OKLAHOMA
0RlAno1aA AND INDIAN rRRRrrORH
A s-years-cld child Of James Con
way, living In Oklahoma county, dranl
. cup Of lye and only lived a few hours
A Grant county paper says that corr
which was planted the frat and tentl
Of April did best this year in that vi
entity.
1,ill Rose. Orrngc hates and Ralpf
Cochran. all charged with larceny, cs
capped from the Oklahoma county jai
few nights ago Tt
The Cox and Crawford quarrel In
Kingfisher county, which terminated
In one mans death recently, grew out
Of the qu.rrci Of the mems boys
The most prolific crop possible in
western Oklahoma is tho pic-melon.
The pie-mc!on IN that part of the
country spreads like the Russian this
tle. t~fast
Nv. shsejka. representing the Jed
mattel Denniho Tydcnniho Has tcle,
n Bohemian publication of Chicago, is
touring the wcst and is more than de-
lighted with Oklahoma.
John Sanars. . Seminole Inoian.
broke Jail at Wcwoka n few weeks ago
and escaped. Last Sunday he return
I'd and was shot TO death, the penalty
for Jail breaking being death
Goveraer Rcnfrow d of the opinion
that immediate allotment IN scveralty
10 the beat solution of the Indian prob
lem. He has given the subject ;uuch
careful study and this Is his decision.
Orange Bates, an escaped prisoncr,
Jumped from . train near Noble FRI
day while In charge Of Policeman
Coaeh Of Pursell Couch jumped utter
the prisoner and was severely hurt.
Bstes escaped.
western Oklahoma. Stove pipes are.
There n . school house in washita
which saga 30 much deeper in the mid.
die every winter that they are able to
take of . joint Of pipe on the outside
svery twelve months
Tho Oklahoma corn crop this year Is
estimatcd ut about fifty million bush
cls and the Kafiir corn crop ut over
half that. The interest In raising
peaches and melons are growing and
next wear will zee many more acres
planted 70 small fruits. ,~.-...
The reunion In Lincoln county last
week was not the success the people
expected. II was all ON account of
the immense cotton crop which had to
bs cared for Ut that particular time.
Cotton ID one Of the crops that must
be cared for without delay, and the
Oklahoma reunions must be dated ear.
lier or later another year.
Ora Thomas, aged 10 years, was
burned 10 death Monday morning at
her home near Geary. She was pre-
pairing the ,noraing meal on cooking
stove. and In some manner her dress
caught 6re. Her clothing was burned
from her and her body was charred
into crisp ard she died in terrible
agony In few minutea
During the cyclone in Kay county
last June the home Of A. II. Jenkins,
sn old veteran, was blown away and
about everything he had in the house
was lost Some time ago he was very
much pleased TO get his pension papers
which had been picked up near Wan
meta. Chautauqua county, and mailed
70 him. The cyclone had carried his
papers to wauneta and dropped them.
They were uninjared except that they
were pretty well water-scaked.
The test oil we'll put down in the
Usage country bv the Buffalo company
struck . good showing Of oil, but was
plugged up ut once. Since then num-
Der Of agents OF the Standard Oil com
psuy havc appeared and are seeking
10 lesse all the available land IN the
reservation for oil and gas wells.
which explains the plugging up of the
hole. They desire 70 keep the pres.
encc Of oil In paying quantities quiet
until they can lease all the lands.
Al o'clock Monday evening Judge
Dale administered the oath OF office To
Judge James K. Keaton. the newly APP
pointed associate justice OF the SUI
preme conrt. The local bar was well
represented and rendered congratula-
tions 10 the new judge. 1t is likely
that Judge Keaton will hold short
term of court in Oklahoma county nm
I'll the supreme court meets and as
signs him a district, and IL is quite
probable he will get 1t by right OF
seniority. Judge Keaton has had
numerous applications FOR clerkship,
lnt ~ yet he has not decided on the
lucky man who viii be- clerk Of his
court.
Constable william Jones arrested
John Norman At Clifton Wednesday
nm n charOe Of inrcenv IN, cha ,,,.,