The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-05-16
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OEs.A uOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY
About go, 900 Of Oklahoma county =
bonds are as yet unsold.
There are no chinch- bugs In the
wheat as far west rs IS" county.
Mrs. Jennie Parker, wife Of colonel
Parker Of Oklahoma county. died last
week.
/. It's said that nincty-Rvc per cent
~ the Garfield county wheat 10 all
light.
The elections Of trustees in the
towns Of Oklahoma were held last
Monday.
Eastern money is coming into Okla
koma slowly. There will be more Of
II next fall.
Several of the bridges IN Garfield
county have been washed away by
recent foods.
There Is little town down on the
Salt Fork, In Grant county. named
Niggcr Creek.
The finding Of oil wells in Logan
county will undoubtedly lubricatc the
wheels Of industry.
Pat Nagle should drop hint to his
deputies that Bill Doolin is not hero
yet by some little sight
Governor Rcnfrow says IL has been
his intention all along TO e-appoint
the old officers in Greer county.
There are 7O.0OO school children in
Oklahoma. Oklahoma has the finest
schools for her age In the world.
In . perjury case in Canadian coun-
" the district court has held that
city clerk has no legal right 10 admin
ister an oath.
A bill was passed Saturday for the
dIsposal Of public reservations in the
vacated townsites in Oklahoma terri
tory.
The Rock Island railroad keeps wcs-
tern Oklahoma busy trying to find out
what its "new time" il about every
two weeks
Antoine Tracy was recently held
up In Oklahoma county, and the high
wsyman, not content with 30 and his
watch. took his coat.
{, About ten divorce cases were con-
tinucd for the term In Oklahoma coun-
" the other day and the boarding
house keepers smiled.
A large per cent of the crime that
is committed IN Oklahoma Is done by
nou.rcsidents Of the territory, parties
who arc travelling through the coun-
tsy.
Concerts usually arc not paying
successes in oklahoma. The nights
are 10 still that people can sit on the
outside and hear just rs well as though
they had paid to get in.
George Noxat, Of Paris, France,
broke into shawnee county the other
day and carried of one Of the local
belles Oklahoma girls are fine but
this Ia coming long ways for one.
There recently arrived at the Kan
sas penitentiary from Oklahoma a boy
~ years of age and man 65 years OF
age. They were father and son. The
boy stole goods and the old man re-
ceived them.
The fossil remains Of mastodon
have been sound In Oklahoma county.
The tusks measure seven feet In length
and eight inches in diamater at the
base. The pelvis bones measure seven
feet across. The truth abounds in Ok
lahoms county SO the report is proba-
bly, true.
Sheriff DcFori of Oklahoma county.
le& Tuesday morning for the Kan
sas peuiten tiary with Ace Coleman,
convicted of perjury; Walter Owens,
colored, assault; Clem Rogers, color
cd, burglary; Chas. Kennedy, forgery,
and James Scott, highway robbery.
The last named committed the crime
Friday night, was arrested Sunday,
was indicted and plead guilty on Mon
day and taken to the pen on Tuesday.
Charles Homes full-blooded Choc-
taw, was legally shot at Pushmataha
court house grounds thirty miles west
Of Antlers, Wednesday, for the muir
der Of Charles Kiotubby, his son-in-
law. At lisa Homes was led out of
The court house, where religious SER
vices has been held, and placed on
box before the court house, five PAGES
from the court house door. lie was
blindfolded and two deputy sheriffs
stood on either side holding his hands
Deputy sheriff Bob jackson did the
shooting, standing just inside the
court house door. jackson missed
the mark placed over the victims
heart, striking two inches beneath.
The murderer lived for ten minutes
suffering great agony. Homes wife
was present hut did not seem 70 be
affected to any great extent
Some day the perjury cases will
cease. The courts will simply get
tired of them.
The territorial board of equalization
probably wishes now that IL hadn't