The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-03-07
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The pos,ofiicc at Fort Reno. which
~ surrounded by soldiers, was robbed
the other night.
+. &. Elliot. the county surveyor at
Arapahoe. died last week after q long
spcll Of sickness
United States Marshal Ma gle used
10 he recorder of deeds IL Pottawatc-
mic county. Kansas.
4 Woodward county girl started
home from Florida with an alligator.
IL died in Kansas of drouth.
H.. II. Hagan Is giving coru fodder
10 any one who Will haul the same off
his wheat field in Logan county.
Unhung scoundrels poisoned nine
fine cattle belonging TO John Grabow
living near Alpha. II was a das,ardly
decd.
The eastern papers are telling a
story about Chief DcI,olt of the
Osages. There is no Chief DeIiolt Of
the Osages.
Oklahoma county should get rid "f
that hog case if vigilaute commit,c
has 90 be appointed To go out aud
steal tho hog.
He'll Smedlcy who stole the car load
Of Greer county cattle and drove them
through to Texas was given six years
in the penitcntiary.
II Is said that Judge John Foster OF
Pawnee county has decided to re-enter
the pulpit, having received call from
Heaven and Nebraska.
There il man in Jonesvillc, Noble
county, who ships In water from Ohio.
because he believes that oklahoma
water Is not tit TO drink.
Ex- Member of the legislature Posten
Is said to be experimenting on a mix
turc OF Gyp water and pond mud to
see II he can find cheaper jag con-
coction.
A Purcell man recently rccited Anto-
hy's funeral Grafton over Caesar and
was interrupted right in the midst of
IL with loud cries of: Give us some
thing on the silver question.
Congressman Curtis has made short
appropriate speech in congress on the
Indian appropriation bill defending
the children of Indian women by
white men in tae attempt which was
made TO deprive them Of their tribal
rights.
When the grave digger of SUNNI /
View, Logan county, cemetery went To
the grounds Saturday morniiSg he
found lying upon the ground where i,
had been dumped Friday, u rough
pine box containing the body OF }. A.
Evans. an old soldier who died in the
county hospital. The body had been
exposed TO the elements without any
protection. There is much indigna-
tion over the matter.
An amendment To the Indian appro
priation bill has been offered by dele
gate Flynn az Washington, to pay
s25,OO0 the annuity due To the Sem
inoles) to the Indians themselves
through an officer designated by tn,
interior department, and the amend
ment was adopted. Mr.. Flynn alleged
that under the present plan this mon
ey went To Gov. Brown and the In
dians instead of receiving money re-
ceived due bills good AT the Brown
stores
A number of the Usage pastures have
been taken since the approval os tn,
leases for two more years. Harris
Bros, Of San Angelo will come back t,
the old Green pasture, the same on,
they used last year. Moore Il Slate,
have contracted for the Stitch pasture
NJ. Half will put cattle in one ofG. NJ
Carpenters pastures and Crump an,
Rowland have rented the old IIa,
creek pasture. The Usage pasture,
are the finest in the Southland an,
are always contracted for early in tn,
season.
Billy Bolton learncd new trick,
while In Florida. which is mcetin,
with unparalleled success throughout
the Territory. The game is called tn
Editors Delight aud is played in
this wav: take u sheet of ordinary
writing paper fold il carefully and en-
close bank note sufficiently large 4
pay up all arrearages and one year il
advance, Keep an eye ON the edito
and II u smile adorns his face the tricl
works like u charm. Billy meckl,
suggests that ''now is good time :
play the joke
Rev. Taublec, the noted Covingtol
Ky. preacher, who has filed petition
for divorce from his wife, Saric
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have easy sailing. II seems that Mr.
Taublee some years ago married
beautiful young lady in Kentucky an,
afterwal DIS they parted. They had
great hatred for the 4. j. A. an,
fought the organization in Covingtoi
vehemently. Members of that organ
ization in Noble county have had com
manications from members OF tina
order at Coyington and arrangement,
are being made TO give Rev. Taubloc
hot fight.
An Oklahoma farmer says the groun,
is wet down eight feet and in splendi,
condition for spring plowing.
Lee and Jim McGee are in iail il
Oklahoma county charged with the at
tempted assassination OF NJ. DiclSay
Who was shot by masked men whil,
feeding his stock one evening las
week.
The valuation of personal propcrt
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