The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-12-22

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whom have been visiting with relatives
in Carroll county, Illinois for the past
two months.
The Christian Epdeavor Society will
hold its next regular meeting on Sunday
evening instead of Saturday owing to the
Christmas entertainment Saturday even
ing. The topic of the lesson will be
"Truths Taught by Christmas, Luke
2: $50. Miss jennie Weir, leader.
Meeting begins at $3.50 p. m.
B. B. Cant of Clear Lake passed
through Beaver Wednesday on his re-
turn home from Liberal, where he had
been detained for a week on account Of
the weather. He states that quite a
number of frcighters and others were
caught in Liberal in the same prcdic-
ament.
A number Of cases of diphthera are
reported at Dodge City, Kansas, and one
death has resulted from the disease.
The Globe states that the board Of
health of that city has instituted a close
quarantine to prevent an epidemic. The
schools have been closed and children
required to stay at home. Public meets
ipgs have also been prohibited for a
time.
Herman Boekhorst of Optima passed
through Beaver Tuesday on his return
home from Woodward, where he had
gone with the expectation Of selling a
lot of gray wolf scalps to the Live Stock
Association. The association as reported
refused to buy the scalps on the ground
that the stockman on whose range the
wolves were killed bad not become
! member of the association.
Judging from the amount af rain that
fell here last week, Beaver county has
retrieved its reputation for rain. More
rain fell Saturday night and Sunday
than has fallen at one time for months.
This is probably the heaviest rain that
has fallen here since last March. This
rainfall, which occurred within thirty
six hours, it is interesting to note, was
equivalent to all the rainfall occurring
IRON September 18th to December lst.
The Enid Sun says: Yesterday,
Thursday Mr.. Gerber, living about
four miles east of Enid, went to straw
stack where he had some cattle feeding
and began to clean up the loose straw
which had been trampled by the stock.
In doing so he uncovered the body Of a
man who had been shot, aud evidently
hauled to the spot and concealed by the
straw. The body had apparently been
there three or four days, and was frozen.
The deceased was man of middle age
above medium size, and had dark hair.
Crowds have been viewing the body al
morning, but so for no one has identified
il. The death wound was bulle,
through the head, the gun having beer
held 50 close as to powder-burn the
cheek.
Ponca Ci,y Courier; Buy Craven
has just let leak out good joke which
happened to him few days since. A
travelling telescope man was here giving
the people a chance to view the starry
heavens and Billy was one Of the mum
Der who sought to study astronomy. II,
saw 4 brilliant star low in the west anC
threw down the telescope 10 that diIec-
tton before he gnzed. The crowd though
he had focused il the frat trial becaus,
after the FIRST glance he glued his ey,
rapturously to to the telescope aud looked
with all the newborn enthusiasm, of al
astronomer. The time expired for whicl
he had paid and the attendant tappe(
him on the shoulder and told him h,
would have to give way, but Craven
replied only to drop a quarter into hi
hand and motion him off. For ten min
utes he gazcd intently until the Who'll
crowd was excited, believing there mus
be wonderful vision upon which III
: telescope was focused. Finally he drop,
ped away aud the next man stepped t
the telescope. What he saw was no
then recorded, but il has since becom
known that he looked into the upstair
window of far away farm house.
DR.. o, II Simpson has hit upon
novel scheme which he desires to pro
' mulgate in order that the government a
l Washington may take hold of it, 1t
no less a simple thing than the use {