Cleveland County Leader (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 11, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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Cleveland County Leader
You ti.
Lkwtnctton, Oklahoma Tkrritory Satirhay, Fr.nnrAp.v 11, IS1W.
No 21)
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TO DIXIE
Bankrupt Sale
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READ IF YOU WOULD REAP
This i<r very interesting reading for you who believe in holding on to your hard earned money. We have bought the well known
Peters Bros. Bankrupt Stock for 65 Cents On The Dollar,
Andatr(o FAMOUS DRY GOODS HOUSE
Of Paul* Valley for 43 cents on the Dollar, and brought them here to Lexington, from whi h vou can now have the best selection of
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We can sell you these goods
for less money than they cost
at the factory door, and in
many instances for less than
half :::::::::
It is needless for us to explain that there is great values for you in this Bankrupt Sale,—'•'! hat goes without saying." We would like to quote
you a few prices on this stock, but the space here is too small; come and convince yourself. The Sale is now open. Such chances to buy goods this
way conies very rarely. They are few and far between. Come and enjoy life and save your hard-earned round dollars. Come one, come all,
whether vou want to buy or not; come and see us anyhow. We. want to get acquainted with you Remember the place.
THE DIXIE
PETERS BROS. Old Stand, one door west of Weitzenhoffer fc Turk, Lexington, Oklahoma.
W. T HARNESS DIES. j finest fruit farm in Oklahoma.
Death has at last claimed the j Pictures of his home and vine-
soul of a man at whose vital door yard are included in Governor
rt h;ts been gentlv rapping for [ Barnes last report. His farm
almost a vcar, and W. T. Har-j1™® 100 aGrcs of fttle bearing
ncss is no" more. He died at 10 j orchards, vineyards etc., and just
a. m. Tuesdav, Febrnarv 7th of i as is about to l,ril^r thousands
rheumatism and heart and kicP- dollars return, the soul of the
nev trouble. Funeral services '"aster departs. Tne workings
were held at the grave at 3 p. m. | f thc departed master are every-
Weilnesdav, and the remains of i where visible thereon, but its
the man who all knew and did (frandcur is all vanity to him
honor, were laid to sleep in the n 1 )Vl'
Lexington cemeterv Kev. Her-i Hc lcave three children by his
ringtou, of the Baptist church, f,rst wifc' Mr - 0m E- Upp.
conducted the ceremonv and the '^c'en and Jessie, and little Man
largest procession of friends ever h-v his second wife and ^bereaved
gathered at Lexington followed ^idow
all that was mortal to the grave.
all preliminary arrangements arc! BRIM fiHAhTEH DEFEATED.
nearly completed. The drtch |
will be cut across Johnson's and I
Ilutchin's farms. Johnson asks
S100 for the right-of-way, while
Hutchin 1 promised to give thc
right-of-way free until the bonds
were covered. lie then demanded
$300, but has now come down to
$100. Jay Sherman is getting
this $200 necessary to secure a
riirht-of-wav subscribed and the
Territorial ! tfislature thinks Lex-
ington and Parwll Need no Con-
nection.
We were just about to realize
upon the fond hopes of long cher-
ished plans to construct abridge
across the river between Lexing-
ton and Purcell. From the Keg-
His brothers, D. F. and
Ike, were present at thc funeral,
and it seems that never was a
family more sad than this one.
Mr. Harness as one of the pio-
neers of the county, as a strong
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\V. T. Harness was born in
county Virginia, January
17th 1S40, and was jur-t 21 days
past his 50th year when he died.
When he was but two years old, supporter <0 the town, as a most
his parents moved to Cooper, successful farmer and fruit man,
county Missouri, where he lived as a fric'Ufl to education and lit
until manhood adorned his Iwow i c*ample of morality, high and
md was married there to Mis* L. tfttc m*n]WM hcld hi*h
13. Downing, on October 1st 1872. tUc osUom ()f everybody and his
They moved to Texas some three (1<ath is P:iinfu1 to all. He was
years afterward and located in an ex-confederate soldier and his
Henrietta. There thev Hved! ba(1«c was buried with him on
Itappilv together until December |11,0 Ud of one of the finest and
26, 188« , where he laid his wife jliro8t costly coffins ever buried
to rust and her spirit went to beneath Oklahoma soil.
await until now, the coming of that can be done for thr
ier cherished bosom companion j dead is done and the Leaders
He was married again to Miss j sympathy is stirred with the ten-
\nn* Hollidav, his bereaved wid- derness of the many who share
"w, tm December 21,1880. Mr. with the family the painful pangs
Harness, with his family, came sadness and regret. He is
to Oklahoma at the opening of committed to the care of the all-
ihe country and located on the wise Creator who gave bimbreath.
'tonic place., For nearly ten years j
now, he has labored ; g;tinst j WILL BE DITCHES.
many odds in improving that Work on the excavating of a
llarin and educating his children, ditch between Chotcau anil Cana-
He bad, without exception, the j dian river has not yet begun, but
SPRING house cleaning 's at hand,
Also that
j BLANCHARD'S
\ % The Old Reliable.
$ AT
Parcel!, 1. T.
CAN please you in C. XRPii'FS^ RVtiS
ami J/. 1 TT/XfiT ill STl'LES and
PRICES
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WE ARE NEVER UNDERSOLD in QUALITY
city will furnish the money to do ister we take the following:
the work. The contract has Articles of incorporation lave been
, tiled with thc HW-retary of Oklahoma
been let but we ha\c not been f,,r lexington and Purcell ltiid(t
furnished with the amount and company to c-oiiHtriu-t a bridge over the
•S mill Canadian liver nt lexington,
f. r foot and vehicle traffic, railway and
xtreel car line. Capital Block $l*>,()0O
particulars. No more overflows
for Lexington. >
Director)?—B. Weitzcnhofli-r, Frank 1
Ceam; ami Natlian Turk of Lexington:
C. G. Jones, of Oklalioma Cif.v; Jos-i-p
A. Farris, J. F. Sharp and J. W. (lock
er of Purcell.
The legislature, however, ha
again blasted the plans to smith-
ereens. Thc bill to legalize thi
charter was favorably reported
upon by thc committee, but weir
down in ignominious defeat itt
i thc house Tuesday.
Thc iron factories had agreed
to furnish the iron and take thai
much stock in the bridge, and
the remainder of the money ue.
essary was in sight. Just what
steps will now be taken we can
not say, for the defeating of tit
bill is a striking surprise.
FILIPINOS FIGHT.
2000 Killed and 3500 Wounded Wn l •
American Losses are Small.
Spain is whip]ied, Cuba paci-
! fled, the treaty ratified, but th
| war is not over nor will it be ov.-r
| soon. The l'hillipinc- Islands ar.
1 proving a bug-bear to our iutei-
j ests. War is again on hands and
| although it will not be a big on
I promises to be of great anno\-
ance and not small losses to hu-
man lives. The Filipinos ha\
begun fighting with American
forces. Saturday night at
la. in., the heavy battle began and
I smaller fights are occurring a>i
! the while. Thc Americans found
no trouble in subduing the insur-
gents and suffered but stiiali
losses. Estimates place the l-'ili
pinos dead at 2,00m and wound' I
at 3, >00.
Honker's bartn-r shop. Shaw.
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Lydick, J. D. Cleveland County Leader (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 11, 1899, newspaper, February 11, 1899; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108962/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.