The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

nc "ushVgVc Jnh cohe"ins ~vo prs
oners.
Farmers in some parts OF Oklahoma
are about through planting corn.
Six new mills are running near Sa-
puipa, making ties for the Frisco.
Mail will be put on the Hutchinson
and Southern from Medford the 10th
OF May.
The machinery Of the electric light
plant a. Durant was put in operation
last week.
Five bridges at Kingdshcr, valued at
about 1900, were washed away during
the food.
When the Sapulpa extension is built
Oklahoma City will be within ilo miles
Of coal fields
Tom Tarrants proudly refused $3.50
for horse the other day. And .he
next day Ibc horse died
Two posses recent started out from
Custer county into the Caddo country
for horse thieves. They parted, met,
mistook one another and ono man was
killed.
During April over 1900 head of cat
tie have been shipped to NARROW from
Texas and there are many thousands
more TO arrive within the next few
weeks.
Okla Is going 10 rival Germany for
music some day. In all the papers
you will see something about duets.
quartcts. octets, quintcts, choral, or.
antorio and opera bouffc societies.
A stranger walked into Edmond the
other day with his head all Knocked
out of shape. H. said three men near
Guthrie proceeded to pound his head
with rocks and without provocation.
The horse, saddle. bride and coat OF
Dave Petit, who shot negro at Chel.
sea, ]. r.. recently and escaped. were
found in the Creek Nation. near Tulsa.
He had left them at farm house and
went on about two hours before Mar.
shals captured his horse.
FL Reno's first High School com.
racncement exercise will be held in the
opera house on the evening OF May Z.
The program will consist OF orations
by tho graduates and an address by
Prof. j. 4. Paxton of the Territorial
University together with music fur.
nishcd by tho TT. Reno orchestra.
The special Grand Jury appointed TO
look into the alleged corrupt practices
in the handling of certain large funds
by trust officers, have recommended in
their report that the department at
Washington continue the investiga-
tions. This is taken as an indication
that the Grand Jury's findings were OF
a serious nature.
At the Bucklin station, when the
wind was blowing so hard that man
had to turn the other way to cough or
IL would be blown back down his
throat, 4 stranger looked across the
HINb 0t viz uuNt tUdt ullSU tIt UU
like a cloud and said: what is land
worth out herc?" A bystandcr replied;
Hell, man, land is free out here free
as the air. But after u mans been TO
the trouble of catching loose quarter
section, the trouble is to find n good
cool damp place To put IL" Which il
an old story, but very good one.
April cath was typical storm day
in Oklahoma. At L. o'clock dark
clouds in the west caused people "a
take tn their storm holes like shy prai.
rie dogs During the afternoon sever
al refreshing showers fell. Ats o'clock
n terrific rain and wind storm set in,
accompanied by violent electrical dis.
charges. For five hours an electrical
battery did business in the heavens.
The wind lashcd itself into fury, and
oceans of water fell. The night ws,
an appalling one; between the blind
ing and incessant lightning flashes
and the parboilcd wind, nervous per.
sons cn njoyed an unenioyablc night.
The Greer county sun says: 1T i.
reported here that the Hunt boys OF
Mills county, Oklahoma, attempted
last week To drown q boy whom they
were owing some money To get rid OF
the debt. The boy had helped them
bring a bunch of cattle from Arkansas
and they were owing him So which
still remained unpaid. While the three
we're riding along talking they came
to large deep hole OF water, when one
of the Hunt boys drew gun on the
hoy and the other Hunt begin To tie
rocks to the horse preparatory to
throw them in the water and sinking
them. Tackling rock which was too
heavy for him, the other lowered hi,
gun to assist him. when the boy put
spurs To his horse and left them They
followed him, shooting at him several
times. till the boys horse in jumping
a ditch, fell and broke the boys leg,
one of Hunts horses falling at the
same time. The boy scrambled To his
horse and went on, the Hunts still
following till they came near a house,
where they gave up the chase. The
father of the Hunts offered the boy
$50 and horse to keep mum. Officers
are searching for the Hunts.