The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25
OKLAHOMA NEWS.
rrom IN. wichita Daily Eagle.

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papers as horse dentist"
There is a grist MIL at Medford that 10
pstronized by people living IN Kansas.
A lemon tree bearing the fruit is an at
traction m an El Reno show window.
The east-s.ders went to the Woodward
oattlemen's convention in a special car.
A popular vote for postmaster at Chelsea
resulted in the selection Of Mss Mcspid-
Cen.
At Pond Creek Il has been discovered
that a grip" year is always a good crop
fear.
The chances are that Harry st. John viii
never be any "deader'' than J. wilkes
Booth.
the public that he hasn't the time to run
Tor mayor
The Enid Wave wants a school establish
ed at some point for the education OF en-
crossing clerks.
A Perry poetess says that "Only silken.
eauze-llke curtain hides earthly night frorn
heavenly day"
Oklahoma raises more bales OF cotton 10
the number Of acres in cultivation than
any Of he old states.
The building in which the various lodges
held their meetings at Ft Reno was burn,
cd down the other night
The ant.pass legislation at Guthrie is
being pushed by the fellows who I've in
cities lying near TO Guthrie.
y Medsord man lost horse and tracked
Il about 80 miles and recovered II. How
much il he out on the trip.
While the Usage Indians are the richest
people on earth no one in Oklahoma wants
10 be an Usage Indian.
Judge J. NJ. Asher of the West Side serves
notice on his enemies that 'he is not a
candidate for anything"
Is there any real objection to being buried
In Oklahoma? Hundreds of bodies are
taken east every year from Oklahoma.
The Tecumseh plan OF giving a court
house to the county is a bad one. The
sounty should pay for its own buildings
A. A. Byers will put touch on the COM
missionership to the Centennial exposition
which Tennessee will not forget in years
An Oklahoma paper meant to say the
remains OF Mrs. George VIII be buried
Thursday" The printer got 1t rem
nants'
John NJ Shoop has been appointed post
Republican and the first one to reach the
p.e-counter.
Oklahoma people are looking forward to
.he Inauguration principally because II the
free homes bill is not passed by then, 1t
never will be.
4 man at Perry walked into a tobacco
store tire other day and put up lo-cent
shin plaster for some tobacco. reserving the
Iight to redeem 1t.
Dick Plunkett has made all arrangements
TO go to Nevada as Oklahomas official rep
resentative at Carson. The legislature
should appropriate his expenses.
A mans horses at Oklahoma City ran
away. The man dropped the reins and
jumped out. A one-armed man at once
Jumped in, took the reins and stopped the
horses.
In jack-rabo.t hunts the BOBBY prize is
given to the man who captures the small
est number. In Garfield recently two men
got one each. but one caught cripple rab-
tit and got the prize.
There Is Il man at FL Reno VINO says he
doesn't expect to hear anything like Miss
Yaw's voice again until he reaches heaven
and sits fishing IN the river of Efe on the
bottom step of the great white throne.
At North Enid the other day woman
got off the train and started to walk TO
South Enid. The buss driver hailed her.
81 do not want to ride" she said 81 want
to walk for my health. But l will give you
quarter just TO show you / am not too
stingy' to ride" The bussman took the
quarter.
A girl IN an Oklahoma town loves a man
IN Eureka, Kansas. spiritulaist came
Of L
cd OF the living and dead. The young
| lady t!n!dly asked about her sweetheart in
Kansas. Hes married." said the spirit
uaEst. The girl wrote a scorch,ng letter to
her fellow and he is now hunting for the
spiritual!st.
Pond Creek Vidette: The county com
m.ss!oners have employed a Mr.. Beard OF
Anthony, Kansas as an expert TO examine
the county records for a fee of $500 and @
contingent fee CT the same amount, max
/ ing a total of $500. Mr. Beard is said TO be
a clerk IN good standing in a dry goods
| store in Kansas, and will probably be able
to wade through the county records. NJ
one expects him TO find any Irregularities
/ II there had been any crookedress in the
| affairs OF the various county offices q
would have been an easy matter for the ex'
| county officers TO have wiped out all trace:
OF the same. The alleged investigation
simply means fee OF $500 for the pocket.
OF Kansas man, and the taxpayers ol
Grant county pay the bill There would
have been less kicking II the job had beer
| given to a resident OF the county and the
$500 have been kept at home.
Oklahoma T.mes-Journal: At the coro
ners inquest yesterday over the remain,
Of Mr. Bedd!ngfield nothing new was de
| veioped IN regard to the accidental KILN.
and the jury after being out but a few
| moments returned a verdict to the effec
that Frank Beddingfield. the deceased
came 10 his death by gun shot wound a
the hand OF Roy Sherman. They did no
state whether they believed Il to be acci
| dental OF otherwise Before putting RoI
| Sherman on the stand, Prosecutor Taylo
told Mr. Sherman that Roy could not b,
made TO go on the stand and testify unles
he chose TO 10 So Mr,She rman replied
that he wanted Roy to tell the truth abou
the shooting. Roy was then put on tn
a post and that IN some way Mr.. Bedding
field. in his wagon. came between him ant
the post and that Mr.. Beddin zhed wa
| shot. He said that at the time he shot h.
saw the post he was shooting at and tina
he did not sec the wagon. A reporter o
| this paper visited the place where the shoe
ing occurred and saw that II was very cas-,
for the boy to shoot across the road and no
zee the wagon until after he had shot, an,
that the road was down hill there and tha
no doubt the man was driving fast Ro
| Sherman is an innocent and intelligent