Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-08-16
The $1,000 Catholic church at Ed
mond is to be dedicated August 16.

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sons in Shawnee and will probably
continue preaching.
Postofice appointments in Indian
Territory; at Pensacola, v. E. Cole;
Witterville, ]. L. Waltrip.
First returns show the election of
Gov. d. 81. Johnston over Governor D.
M. Harris, for the Chickasaws.)
Washita county is without town Of
over 200 people, while it is claimed
that the county has over 10000.
Jap Ferris, of Ferris, shot and killed
j. r. Gibson, of Chickasha, from jeal-
busy. Ferris surrendered himself
There was an accident at Cashion in
which passenger coach and an engine
were damaged. No one was injured.
Reverend Sugar George, negro of
Muskogee, left $1,000 in his will to his
widow, and his sons are contesting the
will.
Henry Fagin, a member of the Green
gang, has been captured and is held at
Claremore. This is said to finish the
gang.
The Katy has put in reduced rates
for excursions to Denison, Texas, from
points in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory.
A two-story frame residence belong
ing to Capt. W. C. Doyle in South Ard
more, was destroyed by fire; loss 81 900;
insurance $3.50.
Frank Sarahs and Isaac Elliot, it is
said, are under arrest for robbing the
Falkland, I. T., postoff1ce. They are
half breed Indians.
On the Gardner place near Wynne-
wood, mother and two children are
dead and two other children are in a
critical condition. A little girl kindled
the fire with gasoline.
1t is charged that the fake story of
Geronimo's insanity originated in Vim
ita; still an article has appeared, writ
ten by an army officer, which takes the
affirmative in the discussion.
George Reed was shot down at Wood
ford by Fl. F. Hill. There had been
quarrel and when Reed entered Hills
drug store he reached for his hip pock-
ct and Hill got the drop on him.
Large peaches are selling in Okla
homa at 81 bnshel. Large water
melons are selling from wagons at 4s
cents dozen and muskmelons at 25
cents dozen with grapes at cents
pound.
1t is said that over . ZOO excursionists
were at Granite on August 5th. In
ten minutes after the procession
reached the center of the town the
process of eating everything there
commenced.
Cattle men who hold leases in the
Comanche country are urging the In
dams to select their 100000 acres
grazing allotment in the eastern part
of the reservation. This will be OPP
posed by the towns along the Rock
Islands extension to Red river.
This comes from South McAlester:
A special trainload of twenty-three
cars of wheat from Oklahoma, bound
for Liverpool via Memphis and New
Orleans, went through on the 9th.
Oklahoma wheat will soon be followed
by the Indian Territory cotton, bound
for the same port.
Indian Territory town surveyors
have commenced upon the boundaries
of towns in the Chickasaw nation with
a population of 200 or more. Their
headquarters will be in Chickasha and
it will take six months. After this
work is done the corps will do the
same work for Choctaw towns.
A son of Robert Shirley, of Pawnee
county, was riding a horse when a
loose horse kicked him in the face. He
is seriously injured.
John Simpler, of Checotah; c. c. Cox,
of Mimic; Archibald Goode, of Paoli,
and D. M. Shain, of Pauls Valley, had
week.
The Keetoowaks, the noted secret
society of the Cherokee Indians, hold a
meeting at Big Tucker Springs August
IL to discuss the future of the full
blood.
w. T. Mccoy, of South Ardmore,
heard someone in the room and shot
his 12-year-old daughter, thinking
there was a burglar there. She was
shot through the arm below the elbow
There is negro living in Catoosa, L.
T., who is booked by the census taker
as being 1O4 years old. He is William
| IVann, born near Norfolk, Va; sold to
New Orleans trader when 10 years
old. Vann now has the bill of sale
which was made out at that time. Il
receipts for 81 200 and is dated Feb
ruary 20, 1915.
The Dawes commission reached Sal
islaw August to commence making a
roll of the freedman Cherokee citizens.
They came from Burch, where the full
blood Cherokees showed disposition
not to be enrolled, and not many names
were registered.
Work of mapping and selling town
Lotto &c pr0nraSSipo- cafisfantori1u at