The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-19

ThRRIroRIAL SKETCHES.


FRANK McMaster has undertaken to
get new trial for Clyde Mattox, now
serving twelve year term In the pen
ltentiary at Lansing for murder. Judge
Burwell has granted lea-e to ale a
motion for new trial The motion
will be heard At Newkirk in March,
DR.. L. II. Buxton, superintendept ~
the board Of health OF Oklahoma iasY-
ed circular dated January 10 1000
designating the various counties and
towns that contained smallpox. Out
OF the great number of cases that have
ey'sted in the territory, there has
only been one death according TO his
report, and be states, THAT of a wea;-
thy farmers wife living near Ell Reno.
January 4, 1900"
The last day Of the ten-day limit al
lowed h. ). Barnes and John Dalton
to tle supersedeas bond OF $40, 900 in
their suit against j. w. Lynch and the
| Ponca City land and Improvement
company, expired yesterday, and in
default Of bond the mandate Of the
supreme court of the territory was ia
sued out OK the clerks Office TODAY.
/ This is the elimination of one of the
hardest fought legal contests ever
weged in Oklahoma, the amount OF
/ property involved being about $50, 600,
| Shawnee Democrat Last Saturday
q young lady walked into oqe Of our
| business establishments with couple
of chickens In her hand. The clerk
met her near the door with his usual
/ pleasant demeanor. Before he had
/ time to ascertain the young lady's
wants she placed the chickens on the
counter IN a seemingly blushing man
ner, and the young man promptly re-
marked: VIII they lay there?" The
/ young lady replied mo, they are
both ROSTERS just as soon as the
young lady departed John went be-
hind the counter and secreted himself
to blush.
A dispatch from Washington states
that President Gable and General At
| torney Mather of the Rock Island
railroad are now in Washington to se-
cure the approval of the interior de-
partment of the right of.way for an
extention CT that road TO Kiowa, Kan
sas. This is practically a new move
on the railroad chess board of Okla
4 homa, as 1t was generally taken for
granted that any railroad develope-
ment of northwest Oklahoma would
be done under the auspices of either
the santa Fe or the Missouri Pacific,
ana townsite spectators and capital
n builders are wondering what the lat
est move means.
Some time ego the dispatches spoke
4 of bill introduced by Mr.. Flynn TO
grant second homestead to veterans
of the Spanish-Anerican and Philip.
pine war; Mr.. Flynn thinks this bill
will result Ia a general bill which will
enable evcryone who has commuted TO
60 take second homestead. At first
the question was asked Mr.. Flynn:
why not have the bill apply also to
veterans Of the civil war?" and FLYNN
replied that he was perfectly willing
IL should. Then came the proposition
to make it general in Tvs provisions,
and the bill will be SO reported and
will stand good show Of passing. so 1t
Is said.
#. S. Barde: Warren Chantry, Of
Perkins, no longer has confidence in
tramps. Two esked for supper at his
home and Chantry agreed TO feed them
and give them a nights lodging IL
they would help him clean out a well.
They began work on schedule time
the next morning. Chantry went
down into the well to fiji the buckets,
telling the tramps 20 draw them out
and empty them. Chautry filed the
tirst bucket and sang out to pull
away" There was no pull. he call
ed 10 the trsmps but there was no
answer. A neighbor coming along
several hours later heard strange
noises coming from the earth and up-
On investigation discovered ChantTy
and rescued him. The rext tramp
that strikes that part of oklahoma is
Blikely TO be killed on general prinei-
\ pies.