The Stillwater Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1901 Page: 4 of 8
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The f» uilj at Mr. Brady, will leare
or Granite, on Friday to resile.
~omt- people have 51-u*«-; otl e.** are
broke. _
Erma Kevin* returned from a week*
visit at Glencoe Sunday
When persons meet tho*e they don t
like much, they always remark about
the weather.
Whether it cause* a woman more
pleasure to bear herself praised or an-
other woman run down is still a ques-
tion.
In women’s clubs the woman who can
refrain from talking about the beauti-
ful shape of her boy's head and h.s
great future is declared the ’ eminent
dignitary.''
Daniel Harry Adams and Mrs Belle
Her were married Sunday night, and
are now enjoying connuibsl bliss
Judge Clark p-rformed the cer-mony
Sunday evening at his home.
Fonni la Time Sheriff Eesser'*! Deputies.
A ms was **Hin* «° the *t«*t! Sh*riff ha* » good list of fel- ;
Monday and told a story. H* claim- low* keeping the office up to
,-dbe was camping in the creek hot- its standard. They are a* follow*: Willi
tom southeaat of the city. While build- Fox- under-sheriff; Mode Ga*»w,y. j
ing a fire he picked up a stick of dyna- : Co1- ^Urn. deputy at Eagle (
rmte and soon di-covered two boxes township: Captain DeJamett. deputy
full. He notified Marshal Andrew*.: Rip^y : e. K- Jerome, deputy Mia* j
who with acr^wd of men hastened to Ed. Ssoft, dep'itj at Cashing;!
the place and took possession of the arDe- Irent, depu * at Floe-. t< wr -tip . ■
explosire matter. Later on it develop- [ McKf cnoc. imp try *t G. -ncoe. I
ed that there was a scheme on foot by c. W. Kenworthy and J. C. Nolle, of |
a certain class of people to blow up the Perkin*, were up yesterday, attending
old bridge southeast of the city. Eve- to »ome legal matter*,
ry member of the council purchased! There are many applications for resi-
«oap of the man fur finding the dan-jdpnt ; m •- The city is rapidly fill-
gerous article.
John Morris spent Sunday at Glen-
coe.
Miss Greenwood, from Maine, is vis-
iting fr.er.ds at the home of Harry
Bullen.
ir.g up with new comrrs.
W. U. Stoner was over from Perry,
yesterday, looking after his property
interests.
' On and after February 15, 1901 we
will give one 5 cent coupon with each
and every $1.00 purchase at the
STAR GROCERY
For spot cash, the same beinggood for
5 per cent of its face value in China-
ware or Shoes.
Frank Annis and Roy Bailey, with
ladies, attended church at Ingalls Sun-
day nignt. The music from Frank’s
guitar charmed the audience.
C. A Hueston, cashier of the Nation-
al Bank of Commerce, received a mes-
sage from his brother. Dr. E. E. Ileus-
ton, of Los Angeles, California, that
he was dangerously ill.
Sam Miller, one of the hustler’s of
Stillwater, left Monday for Ht. Louis
and New York to order a new line of
good*, with which he expects to return
on a special train in about three weeks.
Jack Schlehuber has a dog that will
carry meat all over town and not eat it
until he receives orders from Jack.
Both will probably travel this summer
with Pawnee Bill’s Wild West show.
The First National Bunk’* fixtures
* are on the way and will be pliced the j
-.__. r, ~--—. • . • J latter part of the week.
street Coinmissiouer bbively is doing J -----
some fine street work in College Hill j Frank Wright, of the Advance, is at!
addition. j Guthrie, one of the delegates to the 1
No sensible girl dreads a single life, j ^ran<* Fudge of \Yoodm?n.
She has her honored place in the com-
munity. and is as useful, as happy and
GROCERIES
Clayton Smith sold the Eldridge
place five miles southwest to Farmer
as comfortably situated as her married Arnold, of Stillwater, for $1200.
sister.
Frank Doran, one of the land exam-
iners for Frank Itobinson, of Winfield.
Kansas, was in the city, yesterday.
W. 8. King, formerly clerk at R. L.
Steen’s, has accepted a position at the
Tomorrow will be pay day for the
railrrai men.
A. A Stowe has a cat that is a genu-
ine musician outside of its natural
gifts. It plays the piano during din-
ing time every day and will be used
for receptions and afternoon teas dar-
ing the summer.
Fred and Charlie Bell, of Perry were
in the city yesterday.
Oscar Brockman, of Ripley, visited
his brother. Arthur, in the yesterday.
The County Commissioners will hold
a special session on the 25th. at 10 A.M.
to hear the protests in the cases of J.
W. Mitchell and W. J. Paine, of Cush-
ing and II ugh Me Ginn of Ripley, a-
gainst the issuance of liquor license.
Mrs. Billie Hall, wife of George Hall,
living six miles northeast of Ktiliwater
died Monday of consumption. The
funeral will lx; held at 2 o'clock on
Feb. 12th and the remains will be plac-
ed in their last resting place in Fair-
lawn cemetry.
The Frisco brought in 264 la*r week,
about 100 of whom camt^ through to
this city. The destination on all tickets
is Oklahoma City su that the others
will come straggling in during this and
next week. The Choctaw was also load-
ed down and was obliged to put on sev-
eral extra coaches.
Captain J. H. Hunt, grand secretary
of the A. F. A A. M. lodge of Oklaho-
ma. left for Kingfisher, Monday
morning, to attend the grand lodge.
He was accompanied by \V. J Hamil-
ton. Clms. Berry, T. D. Berry and T
I). Robinson, who went as delegates.
A reception will be given by the la-
dies of St. Andrews’ Guild,at the home
of Mrs. Wilcox this afternoon, from
2 to 5.
general delivery at the post-office.
Some one broke into George Steps 1 Fred fita.lard is now located on his j
chicken coop last Saturday and stole ,J‘d homestead farm within the suburbs :
four chickens and pulled the heads off of the citJ and raising his own
a number of others and left them, j eF8* and milk.__
George is a big hearted man and will j xhe Yoim hote, will soon be painted
stand the loss and not put the dead a dark gray with b)ack trimming#i and
chickens on the market. will resemble one of McKinley’s pros-
__ ~ * . , , , , perity castles
The annual meeting of the Ladies__
Guild, of St. Andrews church will be Cyrus Demaree, one of the clerks at
held in the church building on Wednes- J. J. Shaffer A Son’s, was called to the
day afternoon at three o’clock. The country yesterday to attend the sick-
meeting is called for the purpose of j ness of his mother. 68 years of age; who
electing officers for the coming year, is troubled with La grippe.
AH ladies connected with the church -
are invited to be present. Wednesday ; Superintendent Evans, who has just
evening services as usual at 7 :30. j completed a successful system of wa-
ter works in Stillwater, left yesterday,
I. H. Wise, of Nashville, Term,, is in
tha city looking for a business location.
Police Judge Brown fined a plain
drunk $5.00 and equipments yesterday.
Mi6s Jennie Christie went to Perry
yesterday to visit a few days with Miss
F'orence Bullen.
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W. W. Carter, of Mexico, Mo., is in
the city with a view of putting in
stock of groceries.
“Come into my pallor, said a spider
to a fly.” City Attorney Springer ha3
the papers in the case.
Mrs. Fred Eyler returned yesterday
afternoon from a week’s visit with her
parents in Weatherford.
The Territorial and County appor-
tionment for school purposes makes a
total of $1.1R per school child.
The police judge and city clerk have
moved their office from East Pth to the
rear room up stairs in the New First
National Bank building.
Dale Lytton went to Ripley Mon-
day to look after a stock of hardware
with the intention of purchasing it. He
was accompanied by Curtis Shaffer.
Farmer W. B. Poole, republican ter-
ritorial committeeman from Noble
county was over Monday shaking
hands w ith his host of friends.
Ed Davis is making some nice im-
provements about the yard of his new
residence property on Lewis street.
George DeCamp, the 22-year-old
son of Job DeCamp, died of consump-
tion last Saturday, at his home four
miles east and one south of the city.
The remains were interred in the Fair-
lawn cemetery on Sunday afternoon.
The usual services were conducted
by Rev. A. E. DuBois.
The Tonties have allowed the wid-
ow’s claim of $50 per month upon the
person of J. W. Sharp, who died on the
26th of January The proofs were for-
warded on tie 6th of February and on
the 9th she received her money. This
is quick work and she will receive $50
per month from this order as long as
she remains the widow of Mr. Shaap'
for Kingfisher, fcut will return soon
and put in a good sewerage system.
Ed. Munhall, the rustling insurance
'man, 'received a big supply of tornado
insurance blanks, yesterday, and is
ready to do plenty of business for the
protection of the people.
W. E. Christie has sold a number o
instantaneous water heaters for bath
and domestic purposes. It is just the
machine for spring and summer and it
costs only one cent to take a bath.
Harry Hurlburt, Arthur Brockman
and Clarence Schmoyer, and ladies at-
tended a ball in Ripley last night.
Mrs. Jennie Thomas was calling up-
on the good people, yesterday, to secure
financial aid for Mrs. Dumas, who is
in need of medicines, as well as her
little children. Everyone should assist.
Geo. W. Murphy will open a first-
class real estate office, the latter part
of the week. He will have everything!
complete toentertain the strangers and |
will have a splendid story stereotyped j wbde ^r- Wikoff will go fun to Wood-
Frank Wikoff, wife and children left
Monday for Winfield, Kansas, where
Mrs. Wikoff and children will visit
for the occasion. A carriage will lie at
Hon. W. P. Hackney has again be-j the disposal of all land-seekers. George
come a resident of Winfield. He was '* one of the best hustlers in Stillwa-
met at the depot last Saturday evening ler and Bayne county, and will he a
by a large number of citizens, headed j valuable man for the advancement of
by daman's band, and escorted to the J the city and county, when he enters
fit. James hotel. Later he was given a
reception at the rooms of the commer-
cial club. He lias formed a law part-
nerthip with J T. Lafferty. Mr. Hack-
ney says he is glad to get hack to sunny
ward and attend
vention.
the cattlemen’s con-
the real estate field.
Probate Judge Clark united in mar-
riage yesterday Harry Tippin. age 28,
and Nettie Hammer, age 20, both of
Marena, O. T. The couple were all
smiles and start out in life as happy as
little birds.
Sam Jones is a great roaster, but be
would be a poor example to follow in
many diiections he takes. However1
. , ... , 8am goes about the country roasting, , , .
Kansas and again live with his kind of both gain(. „nd „inner at $125 ppr roaBt | remembered by the Kansas university
people.-Winfield Tribune. and he positively refuses to deliver a i alumn> who reslde >» tbe c.ty, as fol-
Prof Dyche, who lectures here to-
j morrow night, at the chapel, will be
bill now before the legislature is cans ! whether Sam’s Christian*?) work ever,
ing a great deal of comment all over | ' an^ JO' ^ or * 1 iln- ^ ali
the territory. County Superintendent «°<>d except Jones He is a grafter
Hatt ie R. Darnell said yesterday : “The I who knris. a dollar better than he does j
superintendents do more work and re-1 ' 1
ceive less pay than any of the Other! A young man who is his own grand
county officers. But according to the father thus explains it through the
brain nnd talent shown hy some of ihe j pri.sa ; “I married a widow who had a
county superintendent s over the terri-| growri daughter. My father visited
Tory T believe the present salary i* our home very often, fell in love with
large enough.___ niy (laughter and married iu-r. :~o my
became my
Messrs. King, Burdick, Hodges.
Stev-
ens and Miss Cora Miltimore.
Comrades Wilson and fikeed, who
were shot and stabbed in the first and
second battle of Bull Run, met Tester-
day and enjoyed a visit with each oth-
er. They are both sixty-five years cld
and have not met since they were mus-
tered out. They were in an Illinois
regiment.
The National Educational company
have bc<-n sellingthe primary language
aeries to different school boards of the
county, claiming that the payments
will be du" at various times. They in-
fluence tin* boards to sign cash war
rants, and then they step up to the
county treasurer and draw the money.
'rhe wrong feature of this matter is
that in some districts the teachers have
to wait for their money until tin* com-
pany's warrants are taken up. If this
is a fact, tin* representitivc* of the Na-
father became my step son and my I
stepdaughter my stepmother because
slu* married my father. Some tine-
after my wife had a son, now he is my
father’s brother-in-law and my uncle
for he is the brother of my step moth- 1
The Belgian Hare supper hy S. W.
Reiser Tuesday night has caused him
considerable embarrassment. The facts
are, his little boy has a little dog and
it never stopped until it caught the
rabbit. The cook at bis home prepared
the rabbit for supper and Mr. Reiser
er. My father’s wife,namely my step- enjoyed it as well as the family. La-
ter on it was discovered that the costly
Belgian Hare belonged ton neighbor
lady and was found to be missing.
Some friends of Mr. Reiser have done
him an injustice by starting the story
that he removed the board off the box
mother nnd my step-daughter had a
son. He is my brother at the same
time my grand child, for he is the son
of my daughter. My wife is my grand
mother because she is my mother’s
mother, i am my wife’s mother and
gr in'! child at the same time and as
, ,, , , , . ,, v ..v w.*, , containing the costly rabbit and hud
" “ ‘1 “‘ 1 “,uu‘ * fi.«* huslmiid ot a person’s grand moth- secured a big <l-g to itch it ass
called down iri the manner m winch . , . , , ‘ , . . . .
<*r is his grand fatli-r, I am my own j it jumped out. This juke lias
grand father.”—Greer Sun. what embarrassed him.
they do business.
Nearly 1,000 homeseekers passed
through this city, on the fianta Fe, for
Oklahoma, this week.—Arkansas City
Traveler.
Editor Diggs. o_f the Democrat, is
attending to business this week while
the legislature is junketing at Alva and
Woodward.
The citizens of Cushing have deter-
mined to organize a joint stock compa-
ny to bore for oil, gas, coal or anything
they can find.
Henry Hand has started the bail roll-
ing and is planting trees. Others
should follow in the same line. Beau-
tify your home places.
Dick Highmore was urgently re-
quested by telegram yesterday from
his theatrical troupe in Dallas, Tex.,
to join them at once.
The old police court room on Lewis
and Ninth was renovated yesterday
evening by full pressure from the
hydrant in front of the building.
The weather yesterday was delifiht-
ful and the valentines sent the Daily
Gazette were beautiful and the words
of the motto were true to nature.
F. C. Canniff, of El Reno, was in the
city yesterday, in the interest of the
latest in wheat drillers. They will be
on sale ai the Stillwater Hardware Co.
Fred Davis will pay a liberal reward
for return of bis white setter, liver
colored spotted, with stripe on back;
small dark spot on nose. Gone since
Tuesday morning.
G. A. Grotto is sn the city in the
interest of the Chapman Pnblishing
Co., of Chicago. The company is writ-
ing anjeariy history of the territory and
it will be an interesting, historical
record.
The oyster supper given the council
and guests by Superintendent Ev-
ans on Tuesday nignt, was served by
Happy Harry Adams and it was an ex-
cellent spread. Harry is up-to date on
these spreads.
’’’he chemical engine purchased dur-
ing the administrate. of M. L. Walk-
er at the co-t of $!(Kj and freight was
shipped yesterday to Kansas City. The
present council traded it for a nozzle
worth $.12, and a fire extinguisher for
hose wagon worth 010.
Kansas, Missouri. Arkansas and Tex-
j as will wonder what all that illumina-
tion is for when they see that Arc light
on top of the new water tank.
A dance three miles north Tuesday
night at the farm of Mr. Martin, prov-
ed unsuccessful to all the boys who
were there without the company of a
lady.
The people out in Cow Creek school
district, three miles northwest, held a
rousing meeting Monday night for the
purpose of building a new school house.
The district has the stone and the mon-
ey to build it.
W. H. Earl, resident engineer of
Eastern Oklahoma, accompanied by 8.
A. McCoy and N. G. Stebbins, came in
Tuesday and it is rumored that they
will survey a line from Pawnee to Bar--
tlesville, in a few days.
Wm. Trout, of Van Wert. Olu'o. was
in the city, Tuesday, looking up a lo-
cation for a hardware store. He had
been all over the territory and had
some objection to all the places, but
was strictly in favor of stopping her®
for good.
A handsome young man in one of
our stores thinks that two old maids
are trying to kidnap him and reported
it to the police. The officer warned the
girls and they told him it was a fact
that they passed the store six times a
day but could not catch Ihe kid a
napping.
Prof. Dyche, the naturalist and ex-
plorer, who is to lecture Friday night
at the college chapel will give a lecture
at the chapel Saturday night on the
subject, wild animals and their haunts.
College students and public school
scholars are admitted at the special
price of 15 cents, adults 25 cents.
An old story goes that the “cat came
back.'’ This can be applied to D. Shirk,
one of the clerks at J. D. Jones.’ He
left on December 31st for Kansas City,
to remain permanently, but he “came
back’’ yesterday and went to work at
his old place, thoroughly convinced
that Stillwater is the place for health,
wealth and prosperity.
A barrel of whiskey was smashed at
Winfield yesterday by two men. The
incident has served to fan almost to a
flame the lire which has been smould-
ering since this agitation commenced.
A bold leader could muster an army of
hot heads in a few minutes w ho would
not stop until every joint in Winfield
was smashed out of existence. The
least overt act on the part of the joint
element would start the ball rolling
A Pawnee editor, going away, loft a
minister in charge of his paper. A day
or two later a letter from“a-way-bac.k”
subscriber came, which read: You
know d .well I paid my subscrip-
tion the last time I was in Pawnee. If
I get any more such letters, I will come
down and maul h--lout of you.” The
minister an*wared: "I have been trying
to maul that thing out of the edit ir for
t( n J "ai s. and if you really conn* down
and main it out of him, then, my dear
sir, I have twenty members of my
church that you can operate on.”
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Neerman, C. F. The Stillwater Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1901, newspaper, February 14, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1078415/m1/4/: accessed April 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.