The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-06

ton VIII probably lose his life. He Is
a married man, 35 years old.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Greene
OF the general staff has been ordered
to Oklahoma City for duty as chief
of staff Of the Southwestern diyis.
lon.
The Farmers and Merchants Ma
tional bank at Hobart, which suspend.
ed a few weeks ago, has reopened.
Colonel J. A. Mann has resigned the
position Of managing editor OF the
Kingfisher Daily Star to accept a
position with the Dawes commission
at Muskogee.
General John L. Gait Of Ardmors
has appointed Miss Elizabeth Bard Of
Chelsea sponsor for Indian Territory
tc the Confederate reunion at Nash
vile. Miss Bard has appointed as
maids Of honor Miss CallIe McNair OF
Tahlequah and Miss Beatrice Damien.
burg OF Chelsea.
Beginning July 1st the name OF the
,,ostoffice al Leger will be changed
- Altus. the name OF the town.
The coal dealers OF Oklahoma held
their annual session az Enid last
week.
Harry farsh OF Ferry has been ap-
pointed postoffice rural route inspec.
tor. with headquarters at Chicago.
Ira l.. Reeves and associates have
been granted a franchise for the con-
struction OF a street railway in Mus
kogee. The franchise calls for an
electric system. and the work is to
begin at once.
A horse which Miss Ethel Burgett.
teacher OF the Komalty school, near
Lawton. was riding, fell with her. She
was crushed severely and her recov.
cry Is doubtful The horse became
unmanageable. reared up and feb
back upon her.
Commencement day exercises at
the Cherokee National Female gamIn.
airy viii be held on Friday. June 3. al
10 o'clock a. N. at the school building
in Tahlequah. The class inyltatIoar
have already been issued
The body OF Quinton Duncan.
negro boy, was taken out or the ruins
Of the Perrine livery barn fire at Okla.
homa City. Il vas thought he was
suffocated before the fIre reached
him, as his face was not disfigured
lie had been sleeping In the barn.
The first commissioners court At
Marietta will be held by Judge Rob
nett June G, and the session will con
tinue for one week or longer. Court
viii be opened on each first Monday
in succeeding months and continued
FOR one week or longer. as may DO
necessary to clear the docket
T. J. Williams. a hog raiser near
Mangum. lost $500 worth OF hogs re-
Gently. The hogs had been sickiy,
and 10 cure them the owner had made
a vat into which he put a dipping
compound. The hogs took 10 the dip
more readily than sheep or cattle.
and Mr.. Williams was congratulating
himself when all the hogs suddenly
took sick and died. II developed that
they drank some OF the poisonous
Sheriff Grace has closed all the
gambling and disorderly houses in
Shawnee and other Pottawatomie
county towns. He took this step be-
cause other officers were blaming
him for not enforcing the law.
J. w Johnson and Henry Wilson.
farmers, living twenty-five miles east
OF South McAiester, surrendered to
The United States marshais for XIII. |
Ing John Elkins. a neighbor. They |
claim the shooting was done in SELF
defense. The dead mans friends
say he was out hunting hog thieves
when he met death.
Applications for lease OF Cherokee
allotments for oil and gas purposes
are being received at the agency in |
in great numbers The de-
partment has instructed the agent to |
send them in promptly and they will |
be speedily passed upon. Deep inter
est Is taken In the oil situation in the |
Cherokee nation.
A postoffice has been established
At Rhodes. Roger Mills county. With |
Albert II. Rhodes as postmaster.
Allison l. Aylesworth. formerly sec.
retary to the Dawes commission, and
later appointed as a special land In.
spector for the government. has re
signed his office and will engage in
private business. He has returned |
70 the territory from Washington. and
Il is understood will handle townsites
Tor a railroad company.
Tho annual tournament Of the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory gun
,lub was held at Oklahoma City last
week.
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