The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1899 Page: 1 of 2
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(ilJARANTIiED CIRCULATION: EXCHHMNC1 I.OOO COPII.S l-VRRY ISSUE.
The Chandler News.
THE OF I ICIAL NEWSPAPER OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
EIGHTH YEAR.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY. JULY 5>1 IH'.H*.
NUMBER 44
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The Good Roads Work Has Begun in Earnest. May It Never Stop.
DRAWING fO A CLOSE.
Work of the July Term of Court
Nearly Done. Weather too
Mot. Hunter Cases
Continued.
District court is still at work
and the grand jury was'in ses-
sion up to last night.
CttlMINAL CASKS.
. Ceorge Form was indictod for
horse stealing and was arrested
Wednesday by his bondsmen, his
bond hav,ing been forfeited^
!'
NicholriSjUalties was indicted
for assault.
Clyde Giitt was indicted for
assault.
Hugh Lightf'n: t°plead guilty let
the eliarg'8 of disturbing a reli-
gious meeting ami was tined M
and cost s.
In the case of John Flight,
charged with grand larceny, t ie
bond of defendant was declared
forfeited.
The appeal case of territory \ s
Joseph Vlasa;c whs dismissed.
Rune M Thayer plea.I guilt
to the charge of horse stealing
and was silenced lo is months
in the penitentiary.
Wilt. ( ' I ill ) U ledge ViS hl'iict
ed for murdering J. VV. Fox neat
Sac it Fox Agency last October
Charles Miller plead guilty to
charge oi: burglary and was sen
tenned to two year* in the peni-
tentiary.
R. W. McCoskey was indicted
for the murder of .) \1. Kirm i.
The first indictment was dismiss
ed on account of a defect and ;i
second o ie w is found. This <• is*.'
has beeu continued till ue.xt term.
The case of Fred (Tirk. for the
murder of Seymour Foreman,,
has been continued till nextte.rm
Ray it. Gilltnan plead guilty I"
the charge of horse-stealing and !
w:is sentenced to one year in Un-
penitent iary.
The "appealed case, against L
N. liahn was dismissed
The appealed case against \\*.
H. McCor .nicU was disnftased
Marshal Caldwell plead guilty
to the charge of assault and w;is
fined -S."> and costs
Alex. I {ridge was tried for a
felonious assault on W <1. Ury
ant, commifted July 15, ls; s,and
was found guilty and sentenced
to thirty days in jail.
John Ury ant w is found guilty
of shooting with intent to injure
and was sentenced to the peni
tentiar.y for the period of one
year. Bryant shot Alex I {ridge
with a shotgun because 15ridge
had assaulted VV. ti. Bryant, his
father.
In the case of the territory
against li. R. McCain for refus
ing to work the roads, judgment
was rendered against the defend-
ant for sf> and costs.
The assault case against John
E. Holt was dismissed.
The Gr'issotn kidnaping case
and the case against Cash and
Garrett for running a gambling
room were continued.
( IVII. CASES.
.1 W Mr Neal vs board of edu
cation of Chandler, suit on war-
rants; con ti nued.
Chandler vs W \1 Heboid. ap-
peal; continued.
Addie I) il' \ s Price Dial,
I vorce, dismissed.
Elsey vs Pitts and Niblack;
continued.
Divorces were granted as fol
i lows: Divorcing John W Forbis
I from Carrie W Forbis and giving
the mother custody of child;.John
II Clunipf from Manda Clumpi .
W B Smith from Alberta Smith.
In all these cases the divorces
do not become absolute for six
months, in I so the divorced pur
j ties cannot remarry for half a
I year. The divorce actions of
Win. Pettit vs .line Pettit, and
Wikou* Hunti vs Banner Buun
' were continued
I bailey and M icnnervsCrouch;
A Letter From Hanila.
| Art Decker, the sou of S. D
Decker, deputy county attorney,
went to Kansas City last Febru
ury and enlisted in lhe Fourth:
artillery He left with his regi i
mont the next day for Manila, ■
and on Tuesday of this week his
father received a letter from him,
which we publish below. \rt s
Ji father begin soldiering at the
M C()5KI;Y SENTENCED
Afraid of lleiiiK Mobbed, il e Hur-
derer of J. M. Kimel Pleads
Utility and Receives a
Life Sentence.
I ust as
press we
Till1'
learn
News
that R
goes to
W. Mc
the
18; in.
age of .«.ixtecu and made a irood ; Cos key, the murderer ol J. M.
Kimel, has entered a plea of
guilty and received a sentence of
eoutinement in the penitentiary
for life. He had become fright-
ened at the prospect of having to
remain in jail hero all summer,
believing that he would be
mobbed if he did so, and he plead
guilty rather than take the
chances of falling into the hands
of a mob.
mtinued.
C A Filtsch vs O B Kee, suit.
:on nit:>; judgment for #l" (i ami
costs
Lola Mills vs Clinton Mullen
]dore et al, injunction: judgment,
plaintiff.
{edford vs Wheaton, appeal:
missed at plaintiff's cost
.1 W Grimii vs Sarah E Burns,
foreclosure; dismissed.
\ A SHuei v -> I !) Row 'timi. ro '
set aside deed: continued
I).i ♦ Knigln v s .1 .ifVn-s I '<■ ir
son, appe;i,|; dismissed.
Kennedy vs Solgrove, and
Richart vs Beville. were dis
missed
St.udebaker Bros VlfgCo
H Hunt,
soldier, aud all who know
boy expect no less of him:
If.\ rn itv -r." I'orinat \htiiu.i: iv,
M vnii.a, Philippine, Inlaiol
M ay " '
I nai i' ithi'i- and Mother:
J will write you a^ain to let you
know that t ara well and h&vu landed
mkI I I i_rood over my l ip J
can m.is th.i 1 am in the holiest oil
Ti.m.. ti *iie world. Yon don't need
any cook stos here: all you have <>
Un is to get a piece of sheet iron a id
• a v it on the {round and it answers the
I>uj i>.o i . . ok stove. Manila lias
alio:i .too.oni1 iihabitant-- "mi.ihhi < tii-
nese, u,u60 KurapsMi, 50 Knglinh.
and >0 Aine. ..ins, not countiu^ sol
tli.-.-s rhe are three se isous here,
Hi.' hot. the dry. and the wet. Front
Noveniile to Mnre.h h ■ aflei'noolls
are fresh and the nitfhta arc cool.
Kro-ii M.i m to tune the weaih- is a
eason oi p. i petual heni. 1 n as
Jinn: j..i.|,s under way the thunder
Htorms iieuin, and the rains season is
from * I o. y Oetober. I his i-> trie
time v.-|vn> o'.ats aroused in the str, .
We m l it ror ■ k days a: Uoiio
lulu, San lwieli Islands It is a iieau-
(iood Roads Work.
'Hie good roads committee has
decided ^ipon three of t hero,ids
J that are to be improved. The
road going north from the stone
mill has been put in tine shape
for a distance of one mile, under
the direction of F. A Ashton.
The road leading to the west
frot11 Owens old gin will be
worked as far as the post line, J.
F Gilmore hm big ehar«M>* f the
work The road load big south
the southeast corner of
t.ifuI |iia< -. and we had a good coal j
t,"'" r^-^n ^hown will be worked for a dis-
seo. M mi la is 4. iioii iiiii.'s!
san i i a.i se . llouoluti ha?.
'KM"hi inhahnants, svitli tvvo-
< i .iiid un nvs, and one
\me■•leans. I had a good time
t v* ("> ti')' re I took in the 'land , , , . . , .,
i. ,c. and saw connect with I he roads built by
!• ran<
from
alio--.
hi ed-
i i hird
| while
| i-.oneei 1 s
i ill! .| He.'11
I also ni.
I I have.
mile. Other road
decided upon later.
mice of one
! work will be
| The farmers through the country
I nave arranged to build roads to
a 1.1 in.
s liala.
M
If IS VlT
aud othe
very niee ladi
iirsl. vol. ano, a
i -i.i' ifnt. It wa
the town, so
tL is
the
reasonable to
roads leading
VV
suit on transcript of
judgment from Gass county,
Texas; judgment for and
•--1,1 s'j intyresl and costs.
I VVIiitehill vs W H Hunt, suit
on transcript from Cass county,
Te\as: judgment for *s:-{0.8K and
interest and costs
The following appeal cases
were -lis mis sod: Yoder vs Fl
sev;Gibler vs \li'!er; Fogle vs
I) irnell. The appeal of Douglas
vs (' .)il well was continued. I ti
the appeal of Albert Lucas vs
John F Oiler judgment was fen
dered in fa'vor of plaintiff for -sso
and costs.
Town Board Vleeting.
The town truste.es met Tues-
day Highland allowed a number
of claims An ordinance was
i -
^ a> s ojj j nox I
al' :h'* i along.
the I .ad 'on.• is tan.
V ■ ii ,... i>i'i .i i ii -one
t' i wa .■ . and we all ' has-
water ..vant We have had hot
water t(> drink on the way over, nit* I
(■«• p i v..* voiii.il till our canteens
and Irin ; thi-ui out over nijrht. and j
oil.', j i we would manure : o i
steal a tittle ice The •grnb is i ad. •
but it don't do any good to kick, for
that i- a ny tile.
i < in I > ni hatter* ah nit *! j i -
country and* mv experlenoes when I
- : homo. We will not be over hero
n tw.. ars, at longest. I
•u iiiueli of the city yet. h i'
ii i uoout it the next lime
ijet i e.uly lor inspection, and
Your son,
A. £. Ukcki.K
A (iood
i glits
" here. ,. x J «•«-1 t hat
| ' into Ghaudler will be improved
Utile hundred per cent within the
few weeks. Help the work
looker ' a
haven't •
wiii write
I has - to
n -' e
Jury.
The pro-eat grand jury is one
of the. b< -t I:.e county hus ever
had Its members are not only
men of goi d judgment and hou
est purpose, but they have also
pasted establishing the grade on [ been indefatigable workers, hav-
1 ith and 11 th streets west t<*«j jog labored .i-■ 11 daj Irotn > -.0
Steele avenue. A resolution was'-iri ^jj0 tnorning till 6 in the even-
passed ordering the draftiog of ing, with but little time for rest,
an ordinance to reqtlnre that th© They ha\% examined over 200
sidewalks along Manvel avenue | witnesses and
from 11 th to 1-itli street be put . ;jq indi.:-.tineul>
lave found 'Ja or
down to
company w'.l
improve tin
street and ti
ade The railroad
ll be requested to
> crossing on li'th
till up the streets
where too much dirt was remov
ed by graders.
B. F. Arnold and Miss Her tie
Thomas were married at the
home, of Mi's D. 1. Sparks, in
Stroud, on Saturday last, by
Kev. W J. Weber.
> tsauU Reorganized.
Tlie Lincoln County State bank
has been reorganized by the ad-
mission of several new stockhold-
ers. and the capital stock has
been increased to *15,000. W.
K. Merydith is cool inued as pres-
ident; 1' liock, of the First
! National bank of Stillwater, is
vice president : K. F. Clark,
* foriiierly with the Ha.yne County
bank, of Still ' iter, becomes the
cashier; F. B. Hoyt is assistant
cashier; J. S Toter, of Still water,
(is bookkeeper. Ed Lemaster,
formerly book keefK r here, goes
to Hexter, Kansas, to accept a
siinilar position. Messrs Chirk
unl Toter will inaUt this their
home, and we are glad to wel-
come them. The reorganized
bank is ,1 very strong institution,
aud President Merydith says he
has the best working force in
the territory. All the old stock-
holders continue their connection
with the bank.
— ^
Monday, July 24, ladies' tine
8:2.50 "Clover Loaf " shoes svill go
at *'2 al the Boston Store.
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1899, newspaper, July 21, 1899; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115884/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.