Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-12-11
OKLAHOMA BRIEFS

Wheat in the Territory is making a
phenomenal growth, and cattle are In
great demand to pasture it down and
prevent its jointing.
Over 400 bushels of pecans have al.
ready been shipped from Asher this
season, and it is reported that LOU
bushels more are ready for shipment.
1t is reported that company with a
capltal OF $4,000 has been organized
10 exploit the asphalt beds of Com
anche county, and will erect a plant to
cost $4,000.
DR.. Elsenftlt, physician living near
lawson, Pawnee county, was shot and
dangerously wounded at his home by
DR.. Vanmeter of Lawson. The latter
and his son have been arrested. The
meu had trouble several weeks ago
ABOUT an alleged trespass by Vanmeter.
II congress passes the statehood bill,
within sixty days the governor must
call an election, after thirty days NO.
tlce IN the newspapers of a constitu-
tlonal convention, consisting of seven
ty-fiVe members, with pay the same as
members of the legislature.
Associate Justice Bayard T. Hainer
OF the Oklahoma supreme court, has
been notified of his election as vice
president for the Territory, of the
American Bar Association, which re-
Gently closed its yearly session at Bal
timOre, Md.
The experiment station of the A. &
M. college at Saltwater sends out the
information that while centipedes are
poisonous to some extent, their bite is
lot dangerous to the larger animals
nor to human beings.
The Texas Live Stock Journal gives
he number of buffalo in captivity and
lomesticated in the United States at
l,O71. OF this number 946 are pure
Oloods and 1876 mixed. Oklahoma has
One buffalo farm, in Pawnee county,
that has thirty head of the bisons, ard
The herd is increasing.
A novel wedding was performed at
Enid. E. Williams and Thelma Hawk
were married at the new steel plant
in the presence of 1900 per-
sons. A cold wind was blowing and
he weather was uncomfortable. A re-
ward of one lot, 81 sin cash, free mar
Rage license and a free ceremony had
been offered.
Work has been begun on the Frisco
at Enid. The road will
soon be open through to Vernon, Tex,
he l inc having been completed TO
hat point. The Arkansas Valley u
Western and the Denver, Enid & Gulf,
TWO branches of the Frisco, are almost
'eady for operation and by January 1
LII the lines will be in operation
Mrs. John T. New, of Washita coun-
y, appeared before Governor Ferguson,
making application for a pardon for
n the territorial penitentiary for the
murder of H. F. Doyle, in that county.
n April, 1901. Both Doyle and New
we're prominent cattlemen. The gov
srnor has the matter under advise
ment.
The 5-Year-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs
John Carey, of Oklahoma City, was
bitten by mad cat and it is feared the
child will have hydrophobia. The cat
set it's teeth in the child's arm and
could not be removed until it was
,hoked to death. A maidstone has been
applied to the wound in the hope OF
saving the child.
Bill Cravens, the desperate, has
made offer to Governor Tom Ferguson
to surrender himself provided pardon
Is granted to him for certain alleged
crimes. The governor has turned down
The offer. Cravens escaped from the
penitentiary by bluffing the guards
with a tinfoil pistol. Before he began
his career of crime he was a respectable
young farmer in Chautauqua county
Kas. This was the old home OF the
governor, and they were very friendly
then.