The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-16
TERRITORY BREvITIES

Bandcro county, Texas. where he
intends to make his future home
Mr.. Query recently purchased 500
/ acres Of Texas land His resignation
takes place April 2l.--Muskogee Phoc.
| nix.
Durant. l. Tt II. Long of Stuart.
! !. r.. went crazy here yesterday. He
called at the postofiicc carrying
Winchester and said he wan sent
there by the government TO look after
the mail and he ran everyone out OF
the oflco. The marshal arrested him
aud took him 20 South McAiestcr 20.
day His relatives live at Yale, Okla.
Mounds. I. T.-The burning Brook
vtT. 40. ?, IN the Mounds oil belt,
ave mi'os northeast Of here, was cx.
tiuguishod last night and the well cap
ped and preparations are being made
to rebuild the derrick.
There are now ten deTricks Ia the
Mounds acld and four more are un.
der course Of construction.
Oklahoma City, Ok.,-Adam Blazer
aged l05 years and one Of the oldes,
residents of Oklahoma died near Choc
taw City from old age.
Muskogee. I. T.-Joc Vickers. twice
convicted Of assault upon Miss Bessie
Dunbar at Wagner. and who was sen.
fenced TO hang April 2i, has succeed.
ed in having his case appealed to the
| Supreme court OF Indian Territory.
His attorney secured writ OF error
NJ Poteau before Judge Clayton In
tho Central district yesterday aud
was granted a writ OF execution here
today by Judge Lawrence.
Lexington. Ok.-The county Sunday
school convention convened in the
Central Christian church here at 10
o'clock this morning There are goo
delegates in attendance. and among
this Is n number Of very prominent
Sunday school workers from over the
Territory. Superintendent McCalloCh
and his wife OF Norman are also here
owl, |. T,-Heayy rains fell in this
section last evening and night. Small
streams all up. but no damage so far.
Crops are doing well. Farmers are
In high spirits over prospects.
Guthrie. Ok.-Thc report of Thomas
Morris. secretary of the Oklahoma
Live stock Sanitary Board. shows
hat during the past quarter there
we're hillcd in Oklahoma Oils cattle
FOR food. li.S72 hogs and 10 sheep
and goats. Thirteen head Of cattle
and nineteen hogs were condemned.
Plans have been drawn for ten.
room school building at okemah to be
built OF stone and brick.
The criminal docket at Poteau has
been finished. There were only three
trials. twenty.cight others having
pleaded guilty.
Thomas Dlasco and wife were acct
dontally shot Friday at Krebs. Blasco
was preparing for hunting trip and
had set his gun by the side OF the
. 4
foor and was discharged, the con.
tents passing through his body and
woundlng his wife. who was standing
behind him. Blasco died one hour
later on the operating table.
Gov Johnston Of the Chickasaw m.
tlon has returned from business trip
to Washington.
Harry Johnson has been given the
contract for putting In n sewer alonc
enc Of South McAlcsters business
streets at cost Of $2,039.
One town located in the Territory
enjoys the distinction of having
nroe names. Bonhoma, Moon and
America. Each name has its cham
pions among the residents Why not
call Il Maonca and settle tho dis
pute?
High Black-wolf is In agony OF
, despair. lie has two wives; ho loves
, them both and Uncle Sam says h,
must discard one. Even Poor To has
his troubles.
James Roe, formerly Of tho Dallas
Texas, Are department, has been sc
cured as chief Of the department a
greater McAlcster and has ontereS
upon his dutis there.
An elegant new opera house II
being erected nj Ponca City, and n,
local paper says It marks new opocl
:, in the history Of the town, and als'
" indicates the change from a oountr!
- village 10 metropolitan city.
The property OF the Shawnee Trac
tlon company was sold at receiver
sale to Willis f. Iertig OF Titusvllo
10 PA. The nominal price bid, and n
which the property was Knocked OF