The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1900 Page: 4 of 8
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THE
Strictly
Many will vtow our great Holiday Exhibit.
Those who have already purchased may
view with some regret the farewell prices
which have been placed on the best tilings.
Seasonable and Fashionable garments urn-
bracing everything pertaining to the Amer-
ican Ladies' Wardrobe.
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BIG
DRY GOODS
Tailor made clothing ha,s come to bo a com-
mon thing with us, not only for Ladies but
Gents. Its u pleasure to sell good clothing
when your customers come back to you and
look you squarely in the face and say, "Give
me iidothor suit just like this, it's the bast I
ever wore,"
This is one of the pleasant things It: doing
business.
twi
STORE.
Wearing Apparel
Our lino of Nobby Top Coats, silk lined,
middle weights for spring or fall or dressy
neat, durable and at 50 per cent loss than
tailor made of trie some sort. Hox coats,
Ulsters, Raglans Dross coats aud Dress
_ Ulsters. Mads of extra fina Kerseys,
Beavers and Coverts. Just now we are
Riving 25 per cent reduction on all those
things. Weather Indications are that you
will need them and our advice to you is to
buy NOW.
Your choice now of any of our $22.00
Suits for $17.50
All our $16.00 suits for 12.
All our $10.00 suits for 8.00.
Special Holiday reductions on Boys
and Children's Suits the kind
that fit and wear.
The
JMZ, j
Ask for Atlas Checks.
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Special Invoice prices will be made
on all Cloaks and Capes,
Flannels, Blankets
and Woolens.
Yours,
Dry Goods Co.
THE BIG STORE.
T.aa->.M&_wafy
UXTM-C
THE CLIPPER.
omu'u, *p tutr lu oortifp hrirjc bulldint Bn
irftuce from opera h* H*e fctairwuy
or south nlde of build in/.
•Km r red us Mecond-clau* mail matter
postofll.-e at lleonesiiey. O. T.
tcrprises coming knocking at the
door. There is no door keeper,
and if they get in they push the
door open and—retire. Every-
t lhe thing is cold and forbidding.
1 There is no one authorized
Some Wichita Early History.
In Sunday's Wichita Eagle,
that paper gives some early
Wichita history and mentions the
name of Harry Van Trees, the
A YKAR IN A OVA Nt'lC.
PwWutaiNi every Thur*d.<* at
M.imii Territory.
I *u tirst police judge of that city, in
give the handshake and a ^vel- the following'
L U HII.1.BU.
c. u MIU.KU.
A Commercial Club.
y.okit* I come. No one toexplein the sit
— J uation, and the inducements we
naturally have to men in their
line of business. The legisla-
ture is about to convene, and a
uafl PublHtaar,
Proprietor.
There is no! a more wide awake, j
progressive town in the torri-
1 >ry than Hennessey. There is
uot a town in t ie two territories
wli eli can boast the number of
public spirited men, in propor-
tion to poj ul ition, who are
nlways willing to give liber-
ally to any cause for the bette
ment of the town. Vet we
to a certain extent at a standstill,
along some lines.
public building bill may be intro-
duced. It may, we
If it
something systematically. With-
out some method about us.
"Unttl about the fall of 1873
the burghers of Wichita consid-
ered the jail the tinest in the
state, and they prided themselves
iu its strength and safety. Dur-
ing the judicial regime of Harry
Van Trees they were undeceived.
At that time a giant named How-
ard used to come up from Texas
with cattle and as sure as he
came he would become "exceed-
the docket, opened it and wrote: j
'City of Wichita vs. H. E. Van
Trees. Drunk and disorderly.
What have you got to say about
itr' 'Guilty.' 'Fined £5.00 and J
Qj)sts.' I had not replaced the '
book yet, when here came the |
marshal bringing all the boys in
tow, and I tined 'em all $5.00 and
costs," and the way the judge
tells the story is worth the $5.00
fine.
"How abont that giant Howard
and the 'cooler' door?"
| "Well, that is a mistake. At
| that time the cooler of L'x4's had
t not been built. We had a cooler
m;ul° of cottonwood inch boards.
inglv segavious." One day he
will never accomplish anything drilled a few bullet holes in the.
in this line or any other. Coun- air without provocation and eith- \ I had a fellow named Dan Cohee
(ty affairs demand our attention.: er Elder or Wyatt Earp, the j confined in it one day and about
j We need new bridges and better s 'J1;1 outlaw, then an }lours after the marshal put
r- „i . ■ . . omeer in Wichita, arrested him . . . . . , 1
re! town. It is to our in- and took him b„fore Jud Van ,him in he came back up to ray
Books Free!
Daring The Holidays
With no draw-back to the proposi-
tion.
terest to have them. What
-_ _ _dge v ani . ,
pri- Trees, who committed him to the ; office bringing the door with him.
vate individual is going to under- cooler. Howard was consider-
, take the task of looking after t able of a humorist as well as be-
I net,inner may own u wind j these things, and what conld he ing considerable of a Sampson,
mill, a pump und n tank, the gen accomplish should lie do so? As and within a short time he was
tie zephyrs from the south may au organized band of busiu&ss seen returning to the police court
blow the mill turn the piston of men representing the town we i with an enormous door upon his
the pump chug up'and down at a | ^°Sndi 7.T' t ^ II.^ the door of the
. . i , tentioi, at the hands of those with cooler which he had
furious rate, yet if there is a whom we wish to do business.1 down town, a present
break in the piix.' the tank 'will j At present, non-residents who ^ an Trees, which he
never fill. j wish to inquire about the coun-
The largest and most complete 'try, write the newspaper, the
locomotive is no better than the Pr®ac'Jl0r. the postmaster, the
jKiorest without a hand on the ti ''j'(!"'' "j""""1"1"'"
, , . , , I 1 Hey get it, tne best the respect-
throttle and a master mind be jve individuals have at hand-
hind it. sometimes.
1 he "thirteen inch Runs" woj We should have a commercial
read about would do more dam- r'ub, every business man should
be a member. Regular meetings
should be held, presided over by
the proper officers, and enough
new questions, and important
ones will come up to make every
meeting interesting. W* can do
the town and each other an in-
finitude of good.
Ugh! He was a bloody sight.
He had torn his hands nil to
pieces in tearing that door down.
"Yes I knew Madame Sage.
A handsomer woman you never
saw. She ruined the county
treasurer, and was charged with
his murder, when he disappeared,
but he was afterwards heard I
from. She ran a saloon just
the Occi-
i billiard
ago than good to the cause, with-
out the gunner, his experienced
eye and trained lmnd.
There is a leak in our tank of
«nergy, let us stop jt up with
brains.
We are already to go, and have
plenty of steam up, why not put
men in the cab that can utilize
every ounce of power and direct
It in the right channels.
We are loaded and ready to go
off, lets get together and put men
at the breach who can shoot hot
bhots into the enemies camp,with
a boomerang attachment that will
bring us new enterprises and in
stitutipns.
As it is, there is no organiza-
tion, 'no nothing, no nothing,'
Lets get organized.
Lots stop that lo.ik, and get in
u shape to do something.
There is always something
that is demanding the attention
of the business men for the up-
.U'tifdir jc erf Wf tain, Nov
brought
to Judge
did with
great and highly humorous cer-
emony. '
Mr. Van Trees is a justice of across the street from
the peace in Hennessey at the dental hotel, and had
present time and Tuesday after- r,)0111 up stairs. Afterwards she jjlaek Beautv
noou we visited him taking with rtan^undlrTh^ legts^Tive Tail J A Broken Wedding King
us ,i copy of the Eagle. Say, let mo have that paper, will I Children of the Abbey
"Well, Well, Well, ' he re- you? I want to take it home Cleopatra
marked, "that brings back recol- and study out a part of that Count of Monte Cristo
Corsican Brothers
The CLIPPER has over $1000 due it on back
subscription. In order to secure this amount arid
at once we make the following offer:
To Every Old Subscriber
Who pays up his back subscription and for
one year in advance, we will give one of the fol-
lowing books.
To Every New Subscriber
Who pays one year in advance we make the
same proposition.
The Books
Are Cloth Bound, handsome volumes and are
standard works by the best authors We will
guarantee every one of them to be worth
reading.
. Arabian Nights
; Ardath
I Beyond Pardon
RoYal
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum.
Alum baking powden are (he j-ntrst
mcnaccri to btthh of liic present diy.
■ ■■■■■ ^ PP.. row*.
P. M. Rounds,
COAL
South McAlester
and Weir City..
North Side West Oklahoma
Ave.
lections. Let me see. I built history."
the tirst house in Wichita in 1H70.
In 1S71, I believe, we incorporat-
ed the town and in the .same year
' and 1 were elect-
i ed the tirst justices of the peace.
Then in 1871',the town had grown
wonderfully, I was elected police
judge."
"You were the first police
judge tnen?"
"Oh yes, I was tho first p.ilice
judge and we had some great
times then. One night Rowdy
Joe and a lot of the boys, myself
included were out together lviv- January. A n. iwn. at the front doorof ihH
' ' "eieoui lo^t-iucr Il.l\ nourt house In IvitiKltuher. Kingfisher county.
ing a big time. Wo were all
drunk and noisy, and it was in
th'j small hours of the morning
when we separated. Well the
next morning I went down to the
office and gut to thinking about
it. 1 knew that every one of the
gang would lie arrested and
brought into my court. Finally!
I reached up and pulled down
; Deerslayer
I East Lynn
' Frontier Humor
Handy Andy
| Hardy Norseman
j Idle Thoughts of an Idlo Fellow
I Ivanhon
1 Jane Eyre
First published in the Clipper. Dec. 13, 1000.
Sheriff's Sale.
Notice Is hereby <?tvrn. Thit by virtue of an
order of sale issued by the clerk of the district
court of the Second judicial District of Okla-
homa Territory, within and for Kingfisher
county, in an action wherein W. lT. Cochrane
is plaintiff, and Alexander Roberts and Emina
Roberts a; e defendants.
ill at Two o'clock 1'. M.. on the lfith day
LIST OF BOOKS.
John Halifax
Princo of tho House of Darid
Robinson Crusoe
Samantha at Saratoga
Scarlet Letter
Scottish Chiefs
Ships that Pass in the Night
Sign of the Four
Squires Darling [Mr. Hydo
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Thaddeus of Warsaw
Camilo
Reverios of a Bachelor
Sappho
The Firm of Girdlestone
Quo Vadis
Come in and take your choice. If you desire to
order by mail include 10 cents for postage.
L. Q. MILLER, Editor
homu Territory, offer for sale at public
auction the following described real esute
to-w 11.
We4' half Houth* est quarter of section thir-
ty tw. in township eighteen, north range 1* e.
west of the Indian Meridian. < w S s w '4 of sec
.l.'Tp. M nr.V W 1 Mi situated in Kiittfttsher
County. Oklahoma Territory
Said property was appraised at f.'iV) 00. Said
property was levied upon us the property of
said defendants. Alexander Roberts and b"r -
ma Roberts und will be sold to the hi chest bid
dcr for cash in band to sat.sify said order of
sale.
(Jiyen under iny hand this* IIth dny of Dec.
A D 1900.
W. R. ICEMJSY.
Sber(/T o' Iviuai^es Or T-.1
First published in the Clippir Nov. 22, 1900.
Nntice for Publication.
Flrat putillnhcil In lha (^t.lPi'in Nor !B lu.
Nri!
pp rt of his claim nd proof will be made before the reirb*
nade before ReKi.ster J®r receiver of the U S load o(Be« m
n June 11. 1901. viz: . Eiud, O. T.t on June 14, 1001, tU:
oticetor Ihiblication
, I . offlce at Enia. O. T .Ocl. U IWd
I"V1(1Office :it Find. O. T . Oct. 21. ISO0. I Notice is herehj tlveu thut the (ollowlsit
> 1* herrhv t'lren that the t.ill.iwlnn named «eul#r ha* tiled notice o( hlH Intentloh
n in 'ctiicr 11!n >tife of hi* Intention I'1 uiuUe tlnul proof in aupjHirt of hid claim and
to make Una. proof ui supp --' *' - ' * • **"** ^ . "**
that said proof w 1H be mi
and Receiver at Kind on _ . .
Pauline Gibson, I Sarah E. Gibson
for t he 14 set'. 19. T 30. R 4 W I M ' i"1" ' ,IUl ' "" 1-4 "•
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JAJU^S U. OULLISON.
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Miller, L. G. The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1900, newspaper, December 20, 1900; Hennessey, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc104816/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.