Cleveland County Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 16, 1893 Page: 2 of 4
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CLEVELAND
W. f. LANEY.
Kufrreii atthfl at L«x .fU>i , Okl*
horn a,
i errif<>ry. i n^niiJ -Ium matter, (or tnwiniir
n taruuch all mails.
Nuliinipllon Itnirn.
km mouth*. ,
ADVERTISING HA*JES-
J1 l)U£ *>4l.«
liorc in tli *' <• lutein we
! r«*f *r t< tin* pri'r^tlini^ < f «Ji^ 1 I t
I 'i urt of < !e « lnn<l wn 'v. Jti« .•
l)lut«o t tU« p*' •
' | lo of this ( Utility, lie trlw .i lit
i i)tico ami hi h manner im*>t ir-
! eeptubli' to our ' ' X-|"i\erK iiihI fit*
| lie U tt Sro ul tfUAm"! man
I in the hrtnn tide unit full vi ^ <r of
(life. While utiifo nfTiiMb lie fittH
jri*hht iiutiiriil ii'! ; -*■ Miuo'I <Iiv; '' y
11h will nmk*' r< i own m lu« I Jns-
jtieo of the 8Ui>r(*uu* euurt of this
KELLER AND JAMES
One r o i.l« lorufh i iiml.in ] territ.TV, iiil, hi)i 1U' day, i ile ii V.
lo-i .1 ouUccf J> caul, i <*r liu« tor etch in- ,,u| goesuhcad nil present lilies :i M
far ,l«n4ittf aar,rtU,ioent« tu*U< right wlihil we lio not iloub
will
HATUHDAV. SEPT. 10, I8H: .
The AtM+laood rontfiillon at Purffll.
To the vot*r< « f Oklahoma
The settlement of tho Cherokee
strip adds 1110,000 people to the p >p-
III it 11 on of Oklahoma Territory. II
give* 275,000people within «ur t«-1-
rltorlal boundaries mid will bring
!>•■ our United State* senator.
Mark tin* prediction. Tlio hu i-
iii s- if i In? court moves a lou 'very
smoothly. Just now ami llion a
eli) e observer cauilil notice .i ! .;hl
degree of Impaticney whit Ii N
natural ami not unurnal in tin'
dispatch of hnsines i.
in i: s i in
Thlrf week many of Hit* cili/.-ns
of Lexington Mi l vicinity luivi
gone to tlin opening of the stri|>
DEALERS IK
STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES
Queensware
Glassware
Etc.
LKXIXUTON.O. T.
IK
North side of llroiidwav
IP
cit/ra
(r w
HAS RE-OPENED THE O- K- CE CREAM PARLOR ANC
I'O.YFEcriO.VHRY STOKE. ."IT «.,i i ntmi.1,
LEXINGTON .... o. '1
K. V. MANGUM.
ili.ifc
our ("Xaliln propiity t<> 60,000,Diio rtn* situation i. l<-1 tin- time
of dollars. Combine tin- Iliillnti | jug suggcsiice ill (ioldsuuths
Territory with Oklahoma in a sin-
gle state, anil tin- population would
exci eil Ii ilf a in'IIiim and f hi* ta x-
able WPiilth would bo lit least IU0-
COO.OOO dollars.
The condition wl.icli oxi-t in both | ,,.!t Ht , .,
territories arc intolerable. 1 lie <•>■- , u,(. ,ri, ,„|
sentiul prlociplci ot Homo
are disregarded.
We are large enough for stite-
hood. V, e can show our present
right to it. Uy agitation and ef-
fort w e can get it nt the onsueiiig
regular session of congress
At a meeting of llio tdivtchood
executive committee held in this
city to-day, the undersighed were
directed to invito people of every
county in Oklahoma Territory,
south of the Kansas line, to scud
any number of delegates, not less
thiin live,to the gre it In tcr-Territo-
rlal Htii'uiio.nl convention nt Pur-
cell, on the 30th of September.
Every voter Isespi•chilly recpn t-
i'd to go with the delegatus Irom
bis county.
The Territorial statehood Execu-
tive committie will lu l l : meet-
ing tiiereon that ibiy.
F K A N k Mi: 51A ST E Its,
Sidney Ci,akk.
Cholkha luta brou'-u out it> Con-
stantinople.
mg tiUggeKiivt
■-i rieil villiage.
\uburu, th« luvli
l«iui'i,
Whin1 lif.t'ih in I plenty ihccrc«t the labor-
iu< nvjtiii "
Still Home of our old folks are
'i hold
return,
hope a
hciiini
b..t -
ITliCEIJ.
COFFINS AMD COFFIN FURNITURE.
INDIAN TERRITORY
AUK AGENTS FOR TIIK
Mower Eagle Hay
Rake.
l&nlo | ,i lime wi er, noil, a <
I i:ood deal bi'ttcr by their
\V A'
The trains will run.
Siuitli has .so declared.
Secretary
Uabv Ruth has a sister—and
tirover is tlie daddy of itnotlier
girl baby.
A Cincinnati i>h| t is ''expos-
ing" lake Hetinci-. It .should turn
itu ttttention to the McKinlev bill.
to the iieail lamia of ihc I'utiiic
great. Some have gone \vhonii; ht
to have rcniHined, ntlieis luivc
gone who ought to havu gone. I
i lii.s occasions a s rt of feeling of i
'•grief in joy," us < i.isiiui w ould rt- |
murk.
Ml llv i; III KI.KI I ill%.
Pursuant t > a i etition properly
signed according to law and pre-
sented to School Hoiiril, of Di-ti ;< t
number o7, Cltvehi: d County,Oklu- !
Iioiiia Territory, we hereby call an I
election to be held ill the building [
situated oil lot 5, and bloc k 1, east j
ot till' pustolticc, in Uexiiiglon, ! To llic Qov..
Cleveland County, OkIiiIhoh i i'er-i torr nf ukinh
i itnry, on Snt urday Sept. ";i,IS93,for j
the purpose ol dtitermiiiinu by but-,
lot, wheiher or not school bond .
shall be Issued in the -uiii of one ,
thousand dollars ns prayed for in
.-ai l petition. Proceeds of said i
bonds lo be used for building un ;
addition to and repairing school I
house belonging to said District j
number 57, anil situated in Lexing- j
ton, Cleveland County, Okialioiini j
Territory. All legal voters, male ;
and female are earnestly requested I
to vote on said ijnesti ui at above '
named time ami place. Polls ojumi ,
at !> a. hi. and close at 1 p. m. liy .
order of the School Board No. 07 in
sai I county and territory.
'i\ D. VVlI.I.t A Ms. Clcrii.
PAINTING GRAINING,
AM) PAPER HANGING.
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA.
Deering
New American Sulky and Gang Plow.
The Celebrated Smith Wagon, Also Suparior.
Press And Hoe Drill-will
Sow Anything From Clover to Peas.
The new Cleveland lAiliy ii said
to have an excellent | .iir or luiiia ,
and is a younsr person ef wotiiu r-
t'ul vitulitv.
ToMl'itiof tho News says ho tlc-
sei'Luil like republiv.m parly bictniye
oi Its turilV bu comb. He didn't
And this out uniil inter tlie > 111 d;;y
ol last November, lip lo that ti; ic
he wns a bloody shirt republican
I and in faver of mixed schools, and
ollll' | in deniaild'Hl tliat such white pen
j plo as opposed mixed school
ss men should leave Uuthrii
liberal I L.>* nler.
No person will be allowed totaki
more than one town lot i.i any of
the county se it towns ill tbti - rip
This is official.
Jl st as so. n as our .itisiiii
co.nm. in e t" advertise in a
way, the 1.kadi.it will enlarge a ml' Well, Toinpte will find it
tiieir trade will inerense. late in the day when all tin
! of Oklahoma who
It is beiii r to Juini• into tlie
great whirlpool of hum in HiFturs
and be drowned than to never let
people know thai you have lived.
no iitK.i Ai.i.oivr.n
HiNiiTON, D. Sept. 12, ISO::.'
find Sftnwlary of tho Terrl- 1
(it .nit.t*:mi;v: Vou are hereby
notified to take the necessary si ps
to see that the provision H ' ill list '
enrrying deadly weapons, as re- |
cited in paragraph 2110, section 7
of article-l"i of the statutes of Ok-j
lolitinia is strictly enforced on the I
16th, inst. at the opening of the J
Cherokee strip. Vou will give
publicity to this order.
[Signed] Hoke Smith,
Secretary of the Interior.
Gi'TllKIt:, Ok., Sept. 1.".., is: :. |
Sheriffs will see that the above •
order and law is strictly enforced
and are hereby authorized to eni- j
ploy nil necessarv deputies to ar-
rcst parties violating tlicBiime. By
order ol
W. C. Renfrow, Governor.
T. J. Lowi. Secretary.
A com: i:spo.n dent of t lie Globe-
Ilenioerat says tliat J. A. Sc.iy, son
of Ex-t iovenior Seiiy of ol.lahoma,
i- the second in line to register
nt the Arkansas Citv booth. This
will be news to the people ol Okla-
homa, who seemed to take it for
Guthrie ! granted that tlie Ex Governor was
, a bachelor or something ol that
The l.nvs of Ohlahomn are ver>
strict in pharmacy—none but a
thoroughly competent mail can
act. Abernatby Bros, are fully
protected now—they Imve a regis-
tered pharmacist with thcin of 10
y.^ars experience. (Jet your prt-
riptiuns compounded there.
Finest line of Clothing untl
Underwear in the Territory <it\
Blanchard, A Woods, Purcell,
Wi
ing.
can save you money in cloth- [
1). F. 1 lame is, the cash man.!
Aberna by Bros have engaged
I he services of a pharmacist of ten
yours experience. You can get
your | r. rrip ions compounded
thor ■ with safety.
N..Mn ■•
I lin t
r l'ubii<nilon
1 No. 4 Townsite Tr i^to«s.
i exTn '"ii 0, T . St i t i.-'.. |80C
i i U hereby ii? n by the nndeniinctl
1 rii- • •*\ b ■ •. isun t L itn..i m, •>. j,,
deeflj iof lots in >i«l t6wniHe remntn In
, their M• - '>! io.i « d<'signatotl in tho li l below,
: nthi hit ir .-.iH ireiUnre • i«*t onll - l tor on cr
1 bofure Oct. 7. 1^l. m il tbo ii^tjciement piiiil,
tlw tail', -lot« .ill • •*•>! 11 !• ti ti,*- iirocecfi.'H ;«« -
! .(mntcil for .1 - <.. \ :■!. il ! y law 1111 1 the ic gu!a-
I tions of fto' I nt rior dt'p irtiuent
l iiiumt _ Ii 1 - li 1 ks Aint
""to21 inc. 7 ir'i'.MO
M. <
The Oklahoma Times-.fourmil is
a red hot republican paper iiinl M e
differ with it politically—but we
cannot help liking it lor its pluck
all the en me.
Or r of 1 ."••" alotments claimed by
the Cheroke only sixty-uvo ha\ ■
been allowed by the vei nnient.
Uncle Sam had an eye to business
ill this matter.
"To the victors belong the
spoils." Oet out Parson Parker
before vou lose the seat of yur
pants.— 1'eeu 111 sell llerald.
Let hi 111 lose 'em.
It is reported that the Pur. ■ II
Topic will soon be made an A!
jinnee organ.—Tecumseh Herald.
The editor, Mr Mndilox, denies
the ulegalion und defies the ahva-
tor.
people |
oppose mixed |
scboi Is u ill lie compelled t > have.
If ho desires 11 par ad 1 -e w l ere mix-1
e ' -t-i.tiols i re popular he I.ad better 1
emigrate to hoiiic of the negro-iov-
i : New England Sla' es, \\ liel'e sn-
calieii deuii ei .its Ol his stamp ure
considi red as uooiJ as" a negro if
they li 'nave tin tiiselv. s i>ropny.
e ill aduiiuis- !
dill' ■. . lice in i
pretty ! —Press-Gazette.
It is 1111 erroneous supposition to
sup pi iso that Se y could not be the
father of a son simply because he
is a batchelor.
17 In !
1 to 1.5 inc.'.'O J'i
0 to 16 inc i!l ti
I ]A inc lo
II li to <2
9 to'h) '
: ;i njfo, ho
tration 111 .t I
souio im ii's
In Vi icini.a is a man who is
the father of hirteen thihJren
whose names al i 1> irin with *1/'
anil end with si vowel: "Leilnnn,
!.< vir.i, Livin^ua, Lorena, liycenn,
Lu i\'A \ iiney. liiieeliu, Ladnra,
I .conidn, 1 ,.i n i;i, 1 .yd a ho, Loinego,
Lenlda. 1 cjsli«*.w
J II hmid
U . F. MclU-o
111* 1 ii r Itiiruel
Xl llu- K, .\|
Tirst puiilUIi-1 i'
2^ inc 1 '■
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.i.iti .s M. U s lor,
PlM.B CT .. tHSII,
s Mil Kl. T. l.k.tVY.
pj Xn. 4, Tovnilt. 'l'ruit.e
lie Clevelaml *'ouitly I.c
Lake Mi.ki.itt
merly engngt d i.i
business ,d l,. '.in;
engaged as city e
Reno Iierald, wa
miiiti- I In I'n
who was for-.
the newspaper
gton, ami lately
ti tor on l ho Kl-
■ in the city iitni
■ixettn a Irnter-
lull cub. Tho ilelald will disctili-
tinue publieat on until after the
strip opening.—Pre-viu/., ite,
L ife is shy of Lexington. He
played ii star cngimenii'iit h. re
and left between two suns, leaving
numerous creditors in the lurch.
Say, didn 't he tackle you for a dol-
lar while milking his iratcriiul
call?
I.i Xl.NI. I I N II s ill en SO dull j
-inee the exodus that tie
ipiails and other nirds are iilioul to j
take tin town. A covey of ipiails j
almost walkeii into our ollice
Thursday evening.
(ii v IIk' m, of Spiingfield, Mo.,
will enter the strip jn balloon,
-tin ting from (>rhindo.
2s A WEEK
The V/eekly News,
Galveston ok Dallas Edition,
Ir the He t Family Newspaper In Texas and
costs a fraction less than Uc per week, or
O.VE DOLLAR A VEAK.
50 CUfor « M IIIt 111: an Ctsfor 3 Months
The full dress of tne avorag
boomer, so au exchange s.iysj con-
sists of a cotton shirt, iio"mis|
d?rs, trousers in boots, a big pair
of iron spurs, a tuttered big rim-
med white felt hut, a two wi • ' "s
growth of beard and a i ii w ot' t
Ducco.
A BALTIMOliK CURL hu • gone in-
sane because she wasn't horn
man. She never had to me t th
lent, nor shave, nor serve on a jury,
nor pay a poll tux, nor bisteu her
suspender with a shingle nail, but
she didn't know when she w as well
off.
St. Eot tslias a man who h is
made four alteinpts to kill huiisell
since last May, and is still alive.;
v;;.| lie says he.loos not Want to live •
e work of il next
and will make sure
11me. I ie said: "Po
me. I'm going to 11
killing ma liiue >1
gallow s, a gun am
011 can't ki I
up a regular
xt time wnil a
evi rythiugebo.'
I ti;:Ki-. iiis been a yo ai tleul said I
I lately Hhout belter times, hut the
host sign of promise we have seen]
w.i- one evei ing thU tveek when a]
ioving couple not a liiile from her ,
were occupy ing the same chair. Ii
that is not u sign of "pro.nisi" our
1 reporter wuuis to re-ign Iiis pn.-d- i
! timi and go''duck limiting."
Justice (j Wtniie suh that there is
much complaint aiisiii!> anout the fail
ure of manv to comply with tlie esliav
l.m.< Persons taking up est rays
should promptly comply with the re
ipiirments of law by posting the st .ck
The Weekly World and the Cos.
niopolitmi Mugizino—both Tor $2.00
per year. The Weekly World i-
the best week.'y paper printed. No
111>1111lily magazine is better than
t he ( osmopolitan. It has In en
si ting fop $,UI0, ami now we offer
it with the weekly World at the
alnive price. Send $2.Wi a", one
time to tho World. Subscriplious
taki n nt the postoflicc.
Fine In,. is at Hlunch
Woods. Purcell, Ind. Tcr.
rd .I1
This year i■>I nufioiuil bankssus-
pended, of which JJ4 have re.-umeil
bu-ine-s, .j? are in tin iKindsoi re-
ceivers, 02 in the hands of exam-
iners, and one has g.me into lii|ui-
:1atloll. This ought to till a calam-
ity howler lo tiie neck with ile
light.
Five Dollars saved is live dollars
made, and you can buy ns good a
-nil at I inri ess';tor $10 00 as you
can buy for $15,00 any other place.
A pi riuiti ii l ula: is reported
| lo have been recently unearth I
.on the farm of \\ ashilightoii Boner
j near Bundle!', Texas, at a depth of
nearly fitly feet. 'the tree was!
hollow and the cavity was filled
itli honey. Ths com • w as in a:
^ —st I perfect state of preservation and
1 in. impression is forcibly made ; the honey in the cells tasted s\vi , t,
that the parties who instigated the 1 ' mi | ure.
conspiracy e. against mi., , ,t
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CONTAINS
A Fann Department with
Letters from practical farm
ers.
A Department for the
Little Folks that will en
tertaln and instruct them
Uriffht Literary Matte r,
Stories, Illustrated Sketches.
etc.
All the NewB—T e x a«
News, General News. Con-
gressional News, Foreign
News, News from tho Old
States, Market Reports,
etc.
and worthy ciliz. ns ..f I. ;n ton
are very much ic the unforti
co i'iltion of th" mail who h I th
bear by tlie (ail—it l- disast r t..
b d
.l imit t'i I
..I'm-, i.
like the d 1 for I
t .
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A Cli:vklam) ian v girl has
a novel way of deci nng between
two l ivers. She has written their
oames upon two eggs, and she will j
marry .the man whose name is on
thei ggthat hatch s out a rooster,
n both siiould pro.nice roosters
-lie will he ill n had fix.
Any kind of a suif
< Ivereoats at Ii - s pri
c.-iu get tin in any |
1 iarness'.
IllanclnrI
S'<tson Hats.
if Clothes
•es than y
ace at I).
and Woods
For line
Kern's art
picture
idler v.
Irani
Pun
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PATENTS.
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Opposite Patent Oilice,
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or Barb Wire and Nails.
< r /ft it ftfrtH 'hnrcf | I
Ov.-r twelve years r.\j orient e. Atnerir.in
md l oreign patent?, e.ivcat* :iud all u>ine?5
,ri?nv under the |;|W jir« mptl> ar.J
ari'tuU> pr. , trc .. Khjcc ti d c.iaceordid
i ecial attentU'ii r11«• for iuforinatiun. '
i>ah rcc« ipt f.) nio lel «.r .*k«'toh of inrcntioD, I
• *' ^ • I patent ability without ch irge
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