The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-31
TFRRIT0RIlL SKETCHES.

Horse thieves are bothering the
horses la Kay county.
Railroad talk in Oklahoma. next TO
the big crops is the'chief topic in any
crowd.
Nardin, one Of Kay county's many
thriving towns, is TO have splendid
new hotel
eueak thieves are feasting on yellow
legged chickens over at Manchester, in
Grant county.
a man named Woleh, whose parents
reside ia Newkirk, has heen arrested
in Blackwell for horse stealing.
The Kay county normal institute
viii begin at Newkirk July 81 and
continue till August pa Examinations
August 35.
Andrew Il kew was accidentally y
shot and killed by his brother in law,
Logan Puckett four miles southest OF
Nurmun last week
Ed Wite, 10 the Ponca reservation.
was kicked on the head by horse
and the skull fractured He was TAX.
en- to Pouca City and may recover.
Eli Admire son Of the editor OF the
KiuRdsher Free Press passed his ex-
animation satisfactorily at Ft. Leav.
en worth which rtitles him to a sec.
.ond lieutenancy in the regular army
Boyd Eekes, Of Baker, Lincoln coun.
ty, was arrested and taken to Chand
lcr charged with an attempt to kill
his brother in law, Milton Thompson
u Ses was on his way TO Ft Reno tc
enlist when arrested
Burglars entered the store of w, X.
Shult1 iu Ponca City on the night OF
the 2sth aud stole two bicycles John
kol er's store was also entered the
same night and several razors and
reFolvers taken.
Aud now Guthrie beats Ponca We
could stand it TO have Tonkawa, Perry
and Arkansas City wallup the boys
but 6uthrie-thats too much. I he
team that can't beat Guthrie should
practice awhile.-Ponca City Courier
Captain c H. DeFord. OF Oklahoma
City, has moved TO Newkirk and en-
tered the dry goods business. The
captain has an eye on the shrievalty oi
Kay county, doubtless. as he usually
takes that Office Ia his rounds Of the
counties.
Mrs e l.. Levitt, of Ponca City, has
brought $4,000 damage suit against
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pauy for failure to deliver message
which she alleges contributed to the
death Of her son and later to the death
oi her daughter
Kingfsher seems to be the only
place iu the world that don't want
something Itdon't want anything.
apparen ly, that costs either effort or
money be 10 court house, railroad or
colleges. II is living up to the fallacy
that "all thinga come to him who
waits - kinghsher Times.
From letter piblished in the Clip
pen received from II X Love at
Washington by Mr. Cashion, the faith
or 90 Roy Cashion who was killed IN
The blttle Of Santiago, it appears that
the grave where the body of tn s
gallant Oklahoma boy soldier was
uuris has not yet been Identified II
tLls ifs true 10 will be di appointing to
the thousands of Oklahoma admirers
Of O. young soldier who went from
tleuurssey TO his unknown grave at
santiago.
"lt would please some of these o d
political bucks aud toHn boosters in
old oklahoma nightly if we would
keep stiil aud look pleasant while they
sVipa the strip lease money. The
most gigantic bluff of all comes from
Oklahoma City, which cries stop thief
thc minute il is proposed to use the
strip lease money in the Strip This
is au old and favorite Populist method
Of earring the farmers TO the woods
The farmers ought TO have more sand
aud sense
The worst electrical storm, which
soon transformed itself into a monster
that ever visited Mangum,
was that which swooped down on th /
city week sgo last Sunday night.
Houses were struck by lightning, and
twisted and toppiod over by the wind
us One tosats paper ball, but strange
20 .ay, amidst AL the crash and flash
aud turning and twisting of houses.
NOT single fatality occurred. ard
only one or two persons were slightly
injured