The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

on the dollar.
Fort Gibson is the oldest town in tn
Indian Territory.
Shawnee is overburdened with Grim
inal libel suits.
Oklahoma has 1874 Indian and Az
Negro Roman Catholics
Nearly all of Oklahoma Office seek
ers have left Washington.
A Catholic convent is to be erected
at Vinita in the near future.
The mail route from Perkins to Clay
ton will be discontinued July /.
At Oklahoma City every body is PIE
senting his wife with a new piano
Evangelist Steve Burke has received
an offer of $500 to deliver fifty lectures
in the East.
Charles Tanner has been appointed
Indian agent Of the Cherokee nation
at Muskegee.
Wanted Agents. Best work. Good
commissions Kansas Steam Laundry,
Wichita, Kansas.
The Indian Territory Christian Mis-
sionary society was organized at South
McAlester last week.
| The chinch bugs, it is reported. are
doing considerable damage in corn in
the vicinity of Blackburn.
A Fort Smith paper congratu' ates
Oklahoma because her governor is a
| former citizen of that town.
Ardmore now has a complete tele-
phone system with thirty phones IA
use. The system works admirably.
Arrangements are being made for
tho establishment of a permanent sum-
mer Chautauqua at Sulphur Springs,
1. T.
The ugliest looking Indian in Okla
homa is the Arapahoe ''Chief Scare
Squaw," who is SO ugly that the young
squaws will not look at him only
through veil.
Wild cherry tree, rather scarce in
| Oklahoma, whose roots and fruits are
of great medicinal value, are growing
on Euchie, Salt and Wild Horse creeks
in Payne county.
In Oklahoma it is misdemeanor to
seine IN any stream during the months
of June, July and August, and PEN
atty of from S. to SIS for each often Sc
may be imposed.
The people Of Perkins will have a
Fourth of July celebration, the pro-
ceeds of which will go towards build
ing the Cimarron bridge. Saltwater
people will join them.
Judge Springer has decided that
Creek claimants who appealed from
the decision of the Dawes commission
in citizenship cases can introduce new
testimony before his court.
The Cherokee authorities will in a
short time advertise at public sale all
intruder places, but of course, if the
decision of the Dawes Commission is
reversed the sale will be called off.
Colonel w. r. Roudinot, secretary of
the Cherokee commission thinks the
Dawes commission has been too hasty
in wanting the Cherokees to treat. He
says they intend to treat if given time.
Chebon. the Indian who killed an
other Indian at COweta, l. T., several
weeks ago. and whose death sentence
was fixed for June 18th, escaped from
his guards. and is now at large. death
being thereby cheated of another VIC
tim.
William II. Hunt, prominent Logan
county farmer, attacked his daughter
June 23rd and attempted to kill her.
She escaped and summoned officers,
whit took him to Guthrie and jailed
him, where he is now a raving maniac.
A year ago he shot and wounded his
claim contestant, Charles Garland, and
his troubles have upset his mind.
The coming month promises to be a
lively one for Tahlequah. The closing
exercises of the two seminarics and the
teachers institute will attract those
interested in the advancement of the
nations educational facilities. The
$40 payment will commence in about
three weeks. aud this alone, with the
necessary attractions that follow it,
will cause business to greatly improve
in that city.
Uncle Billie Thompson. aged nearly
30 years, who resides four miles south
cast of Saltwater, is doubtless the old
est man in Payne county. He buried
his fourth wife last year and said: II
dotf guess 1 don't get married no
more" He is great fiddler and claims
that his violin, which he has had for
more than sixty years, never fails to
tell him when it is gong to be quite