The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08
oxLAnonA AND INDIAN rERRI1oRs

A citizen Of Krebs recently killed n
so-pound wildcat
Chincb bugs have made their appear
ancc IL some Oklahoma fields
cacnon Ball Green hns been bound
over 10 the grand jury in Grant coun-
~.
Auditor Nichols sent out 5000 circu :
lar letters telling about the text book
contract
Ardmore's new fire hell will arrive
ina few days and then the pistol shoot
ing will b, stopped.
Somebody recently stole mail pouch
from the depot platform At saltwater,
and taking IL TO field near by, cut IL
open and rifled its contents.
The Wichita mountains, the place
whore gold is supposed to be contain
ed in measurelcss quantities, is $500
feet high, which is the highest point
Ia the two territories.
An Indian Territory hen has laid .
peculiarly shaped egg that is some
thing like a gourd with handle and
stem about thrcc-quartcrs Of an inch
In length. The hen is now enjoying
. well-carncd vacation.
The craze for cyclone caves has
epead to every section in oklahoma,
but when the people sought shelter in
them during the recent storms most
Of them were found To have from one
20 five feet Of water in them.
Surveyors have been putting out
grade stakes from Ponca City TO Hamp.
tons stone quarrics, and n switch will
he run ont To them. They are said to
he the finest on the Santa Fc system
by experts who have been 20 inspect
them.
Tho III Reno mill will be closed two
months in order to place in position ma
chinery which will increase its capaci.
w to ESQ barrels of -four day. The
wheat trade will not bc allowed TO
languish during this idle spell, as the
new clcgator has storage capacity of
10000 bushels, which is probably as
much rs the firm will be offered dur
iag the short time IL will be- in putting
Its new machinery in position.
The death of little Chandler Reeves
At Chandler last week was one OF tho
saddest events of the cyclone. Eigh-
teen weary days he tossed in agony
from his wounds. then the little fellow
went out in cxhaustion. When the
house was overturned by the tornado
the hot stove was thrown over upon
Chandler and his sister Maggie. The
father made frantic efforts To save his
children, but they were frightfully
burned before he could rescue them.
Prompt and unrcmitting medical at
tention and all that the devoted love
1 OF parents and friends could do was
done for him. and his wounds were do.
ing well, but his strength was not
great enough to Withstand the pain he
had to endure.
Tho postmaster at Kingfsher tells
Of Oklahoma's wonderful ozone rs fol-
lows: when ! came to Oklahoma less
than foir years ago, weighed only
l73 pounds, now weigh cl0. My wife
weighed l43 pounds, now she weighs
ls5, Notwithstanding she has been an
invalid most of the time and has also
been strictly dietetical. My eldest
daughter, who weighed l27 pounds
when she came with the family, now
weighs ii7. Her husband, who weigh
ed 12o pounds when he came here,
now weighs l67. My second son when
he came here with the rest of the fami-
ly, weighed l30 pounds, now he weighs
$50. My second daughter, always in
clined to be runtish, has gained but
two pounds Our baby daughter less
than three years ago weighed ll9
pounds, now she weighs l46"
II was the unanimous sentiment Of
ths convention OF representatives from
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, which
met 1T Austin recently, in the interest
Of lower freight ratea to the gulf, TO
have lower rates or build a rood from
Kansas to the southern seaboard.
From this time his should be the scnti-
ment and purpose of the people OF the
two states and the territory of Okla
homa. This isa great factor in the
agricultural and live stock interests of
the northwest The problem will be
solved in the evolution OF commerce; IL
had just as well come now as later. II
is the great boon which the people,
who inhabit the vast country lying TO
the north and west to the gulf, have
been battling for through the years,
and the time is at hand when the
prospect is bright for its consumation.
We must have cheaper rates To the sea
board or so into agricultural decay.
There are reported to be $50 women
OF the halfworld' at the payment At
Fort Gibson.
Thousands of head OF cattle are he.
ing shippoo from Texas and unloaded
At Marlow, l. L.
Dcsperodo Bill Long, member OF
the old Dunn gang, is in Jail at Paw.
nee He WAS cauuht at (lavo1.,d L.,