The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-03-21

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county arc now worth 100 cents On the
dollar
In Woodward county James Bradley
traded horse for an old sho, gun and
sold the gun for thirty cents ON three
months time.
Postmaster Yates of oakdalc was
rcbhcd Wednesday night. hy two
masked men. The robbers secured
s,s ~ posto''icc funds. then stole two
horses and made their escape.
oklahoma territory marketed $1,000
: tslrs W cotton las, vcer About 5000
bales were bcugh, in one town alone
In Logan county. for which the buy.
crs paid In the farmers over sio0.o .o00
MIR Mahcr has been put IN the in
sanc asylum in Cleveland county lie
u NO, however bruised ON the chin Il,
is not tha, one
The Dawes commission seem deter
mined ,o upsc, tho fvc tribe" gov
crnmcn, " the Indian They aver
that the tribal and national treaties
On the subject can have no sanction
IN Law and moreover. that they are "a
direct violation of the United States
constitution.
The following breezy local was seen
Ia u live oklahoma paper few days
ago; \ man with common. ordinary
sense and rustling qualities can come
To this country with wife aud child.
milch COWS. and in five years he will
become Independent
Col x. T. Conover. q. A. Il. man
and well known citizen OF Noble
county. was sandbaggcd Thursday
morning hy two masked men who had
effected an entrance into his room for
the purpose Of burglary. Conover
was awakened and shot at the robbers
who finally escaped after assaulting
him, taking pair Of trousers
II. L. Thompson, postmaster ut
krcmlin, was indicted by the grand
jury, of Garfield county, for failing to
deposit postal funds rs required by
law. lie was arrested and taken into
court lie pleaded not guilty and the
court fixed his bond at 800. The
indictment charges him with cmbez.
zliug postof'ice funds 60 the amount of
seven or eight hundred dollars. IL is
feared he will not bc able to give
bond.
The wonderful strides of develop
mcnt of Oklahoma and l1dian Terri.
tory during the past three years, and
the rapid advancement Of civilization
and Christianity in those territories
during that time, leaves the outlaw
no longer resting place on this con-
iinent Beautiful cities, rich villages
and the rolling prairics OF that coun-
try, now tceming with an industrious
class of people, occupy the places
where such bands were roaming at
will only few short years ago.
From rcsponsihle persons news is
obtained of considerable excitement
among halfhrccd Usage Indians. ow-
ing to the refusal Of Agent Freeman
10 pay them annually. Last week
Agent Freeman was paying full-hloo,ls,
Af''N 81 80 l'ti AttNbs NuN IN
formation is that he viii no; pay half
breeds, because OF disobedicnce ~ or
ders Halfbreeds charge Freeman
with tyranny and arbitrary orders and
also corruption. Conservative men
fear tina; violence viii he rcsorted 10
by the halfhrceds
Jake Mclaughlin was hanged by a
mob in Potawatomie county, Monday
moining. for refusing 10 reveal the
names of the muNlercrs OF Jacob and
John Maunta who were murdered
and robhed near Avoca some weeks
ago. Later information is that the
mob strung up Mclaughlin three
times, and when cut down each time
he told the same story, and AT that
the mob torned him over 10 the taller.
Mclaughlin was not dead. but serious
" injared. and nearly scared 10 death.
Josephine Chcc Tho Wal-l.n, an o.
sage Indian woman. has fucd her hus.
band, Joe Che lhu-wa!.I.o. for divorce
IN The Noble county distriNs court
she SAYS he j. >hif,les>, idle, proai.
gate and diSsipated indian. and that
the support ~ the family has rested
upon her ant the government. She
also charges him with adultery. She
has forgotten the exact date. hut SAYS
they were united in wcdloclS some
time in July, 1894, and that ne became
tired Of work some time during las;
September,
Lawyers and all other people ot ok
lahoma are anxious about the hill be-
forV Congress making uniform divorce
laws in every state and territory, OK.
lahoma county has sent an attorney
Ia Washington 80 lobby, and ..other
counties Will do the same. The laws
~ Oklahoma are about the same rs
those ~ many other states in the Tn
ION except a. 10 time Of residence be-
fore suit is filed Ninety DAYS resi-.
dencc Is rcquired before filing suit.
and then il takes forty-one DAYS for
publication II trial can then bc had
~ once. divorce can he obtained in
five months The law does not re
qnire corrohorative proof for grounds
81 divorce, but all five district Judges
viii not gr,.at divorce on plaintiffs
evidence only. Judge Bierer holds
that local counsel must make appear
aRce tor defendant when made at an
There i a sure sign that "times viii
I've better in the snring None of the
newspapers has predicted IL this year
for the nrst time in rive wears