Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-08-12


person of Mr. Walton.
Tho Tonnessccuus of the Indian Ter .
ritory will have n three days reunion at
Pontatoc, July 3lst, August lstand 2nd .
Two tourists who had been put of
freight train at Yukon entered the /
store of Geo. w. Hogan and held him
up for $500.
Miss RoXie Buzzard, of Hcnnessey,
committed suicide recently by shooting
herself through the head. No cause is
known for the act.
Henry Nelson living somo ten miles
northwest of Medford lost hio entire
wheat crop last week, the stacks being
struck by lightning and set ON fire.
Blackburn is to have reunion and
harvest homo festival September Bird,
ith and 9th. The citizens are making
great preparations for the occasion.
Tho lawyers and doctors of Holden
vile played game of ball recently in
which the prescription writers won.
The score when they quit was 10 to 32
School bonds have recently been issued
from the territorial auditors office cover
ing No. 10, Custer county, to the amount
of $500 and No 100 Pottawatomic county
TO the amount of $i00.
DIR j. i. Short, of Oklahoma City,
who has been having all kinds of trouble
with Il mother in law, has filed petition
with the court to break the will of his
wife who died recently.
a young lady OF Chickasha has taken
en- editor to task for some things said
about the outlaw Tracy She knew
Tracy i'll Colorado and says he is
mild hammered man and not an exces-
sive drinker.
Jack Florence, of Loco has suffered
considerably from loss of cattle recent
ly. He is on the trail of the lost cattle
and the Chickasaw Cattlemen's aSsocia-
tion is assisting him to locate his lost
property.
A. Frceland, living near Lawton, has
reported finding the body of dead
soldier in dugout near that place.
The body was in decompsoed condition
and was dressed in regulation uniform
of militiaman.
Marshal Colbert has renewed his de-
termination to break mp the introduce
tion of Whisllcy and other intoxioants
in the territory. Two raids were made
last week on the express Office and
several gallons of whiskoy and five kegs
of beer were confiscated and spilled.
A Iawton dentist, while pulling
a tooth for Merlin Perego, rupturcd an
artery in the latter's face Surgeons
have been unable to stop the flow of
blood, and Percgo's friends fear that
he will die.
w. ID. Carpenter, charged with ms.
sault with intent to kill j. b. Parrish
at Purcell, was released on $500 bond.
w. NJ. Hotz was fatally scaldcd by
the explosion of threshing engine near
Segcr. He was burned from his waist
down, not even patch of skin and
inch square being left intact.
through train service between Lawton
and points on the Choctaw IL is now
possible for person TO board Rock
Island car at Lawton and 20 clear
through to Memphis without change Of
cars.
j. w. Blackburn, of Geary, in at.
tempting 10 board Rocl, Island train
fell under the wheels and had one leg
cut OFF below the knee. Moving trains
and loaded guns will occasionally get
the best of a person.
A colored man 10y the namc of John.
son, charged with murder, made his
escape from a United States marshal by
jumping from train while being
taken from Okmulgee 10 the Muskogee
Jail. johnson was handcuifed when he
jumped and has not been seen since.
The Edmond Enterprise states that
Captain DeFord has engaged Lawyer
Quayle to prepare pardon papers for
Dan Shannon, alias Chandler, who was
sentenced for horse stealing to five years.
He was convicted in Pottawatomie coun.
ty. He has AN aged mother who needs
his support and this alone has caJcsed
the movement.
Jas. Shelton and Chas. jackson, the
two young men arrested at Nowata last
week for attempting TO wreck train
near Watova ON the night Of July 18th,
had preliminary hearing before Judge
Gilluly and were bound over in tho
sum 81 900 each. Both have furnished
bond.