The Hennessey Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 24, 1893 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume I. Number 39.
HENNESSEY, O. T., SflTURDflY, JUNE 24, 1893.
Subscription $1 Per. Year.
l"OST OFFICE IIOCKS. j Billy Mansfield was over
I Okeene this week.
from
Week-Days, open a. m. rinses 7 p. ni
Sunday* open 11:30 a. in. closes 12:30
Star Routes to Sheridan, Marshall,
Myrtlaand Lacey.
(iUYn.GlI.I.ktt P.M.
An excellent quality
MEAL at Amos'.
of CORN
tfr*— Maki' o-
I invite the ladies of
mod vicinity to call on me at the
White Hose gasoline oil at S. II.
\V ithers.
Peaches will soon be ripe in this
part of Oklahoma.
You can go just so far llarrv-| °.C. Adams made a business
Vo will have to go back now. ' | l P t0 0uthrl« la"1 «<-*•
: Remember that Geo. Mosherj Mr. Mansfield of the C. li. Sweet;
handles the ORIGINAL Budweiser I dumber company wan in town the
Hennessey iJoer
lirst of the week.
Star Restaurant.
Dr. Linn of Salina, Kans., was
Pure strained honev at III cents
guaranteed.
MBS. SbWARD Ml TK .SHArCH.
Card of Thattkt.
We desire to thank the people of
Hennessey, who so kindly assisted
as through the sickness and death
of my wife and our mother.
HBKUT P. SAMIKK AND CmLimtcN.
Satisfaction j in Hennessey Thursday of this week, l,<fr Pou"d' al s- "•
1 looking for "a location. ! ° 90Ulh *al" Ktrcct"
Wither#' store
There may be a number of
actopod's in Hennessey on the 4th
and there may not be an v.
Trip on Hi* W'AmI.
M. J. Boy of Oxford, Kans.
friend of Mayor W. P. Griffiu,
•topped in Hennessey Thursday,
after making a trip over the territory
on his bycicle and took the
passenger in the evening for his
homo. Mr. Boy had been out for
some time and was anxious to get
Just came home from the World's
Fair with a large new stock of boots
and shoes. J. II. Bash.
I new elevator just north of the depot.
You can step to the door of your
office at most anytime of the day
and hear the whistle of steam en-
gines.
Up in Kansas the newspapers are
still advertising 4'nice, new and
fresh garden seeds in bulk or! Judge Perkins has tied several
! package." \ knots in the past month. It uever
a | The base hall boys are out every I 8ctB to° warm to carried.
evening practicing to defeat any Not another building is as much |
club which will come to this place! of an ornament to Hennessey as th
for a game.
Miss Etta Hunt of near Sheridan
returned Thursday from a two weens
visit in Wichita with Miss Dun away
and other friends.
Celebrate the 4th.
Celebrate the 4th right.
New hats and flowers at Mrs.
Battaile's.
You don't want to miss seeing the
ragamutfiii parade, July Fourth.
For the latest styles in ladies,
men and boys footwear, go to W al-
bum «fc Cuddy's.
Boys selling pop-corn at the trains
do a good business when there is no
'•stnrr" gang around.
Mrs. D. K. Campbell has been
very sick this week, but is much
better at this writing.
Geo. Mosher has his new building
on the corner of Main and Cherokee
streets almost complete.
The editorial excursion will leave
Oklahoma City and Guthrie for
Chicago, the 10th of next month.
Mrs. J. II. Dent and children re-
turned Wednesday, from their
extended visit with relatives in
M issouri.
Wiudfield, Kans., was visited by
If you are in need of wall paper, j a ,onc Wl,dne8dav night and a
call at the C lipper Drug htore and „._ . i
you will
surprise.
find prices that will j
was done, but
Dr. Smith, president of the
heme, therefore he took the train at j Citizens bank of El Reno, passed | over the country in order to save the
,. . | through Hennessey south bound wheat from going to the ground.
yesterday morning. < No harm in that.
Choice fresh groceries at Wal-
burn <fc Cuddy's.
Warm weather has come in
genuine red hot style.
Tim Democrat has one of the
swiftest compositors in Oklahoma.
J. J. McLain made a business
trip to Kingfisher the first of this
week.
Call on G. A. Vinson for a neat
hair cut. The best cutter in Ok la
houia Territory.
Rev. Mr. Stamp came home
Tnursday from his three weeks
vocation in the east.
Whistling Jack was in town for a
few minutes last week, lie was
looking stout and hearty.
L. P. King came in Wednesday
morning from a two weeks trip
through Kansas and Colorado.
The neatest barber shop in town
has just been started across the
street from Tiik Democrat office.
The boys that were arrested here
la*t week on suspicion of being train
robbers, were turned loose the next
day.
Harvey Stamp is visiting under
the parental roof this week.
and sample S.
apple vinegar.
Withers*
can't be
pure
beat.
Kaffir corn, Marlow Maize for
sowing purposes at Amos' feed
store.
Mr. C. J. Deltz agent at Enid in
the strip, made our town a visit
yesterday.
The Clipper stock farm has some
of the best corn and oats west of
Turkey Creek.
great deal of dania;
no lives lost.
, The nicest line of milliner? ... w „ . , . .
Binders are run on Sunday all Hennessey to be closed out by July . Mr Rear, who has been foreman
- ' ' ' ' '4th at Mrs. Battaile s store on east 1,1 lh,a office since its birth, will
north Main street accept a position at Kingfisher in
. i the near future.
. Kd Gould came home from lowa
t k Fnrthe,r'd i Miss Mayme Heap Sundayed with | C. T. Guindy, representing a j Saturday last, where he had been to i ^r* Knox, a member of the
o n . ou am "nrnt>< I hor sister. Miss Agnes, who is i New York Life Insuraue company, I attend the burial of Mrs. Donahue, Cherokee Town Company of Hen-
brought in a half dozen shocks of j attending the teachers institute at was in town for a few days this I Mrs. Gould's mother. neesey, paised through town for the
sample wheat to the firm of Criderj Kingfisher this week. week transacting business. j j jj candid
A Ehler's the first of tilic week to; Show up a person In Hennessey Brainerd has some of the largest j patronage, subject to
Both j or any other Oklahoma town that : )t.aches in his store this week that I people who need Dry Goods, nian would gladly trade all his rights
this j there isn't flies 011 sometime in the have ever seen and they were j Groceries, Boots and Shoes. j ^Ie women for the privilege of
be sent to the World's'Fair,
of those gentlemen lire
▼icinity and have excellent wheat.
Mr, J. C. Snyder, also brought in
tome corn, measuring ten feet and
nine inches high, which will be hard
to find any June corn to equal it.
south yesterday morning.
This is the time of year when
day at this time of the year.
W. J. Stevens still does the! The dance m
largest feed business in town and, llelt Tuesday night will be the
has just received another car load iargCSt CVcr held in Hennessey, on
of Kansas corn, oats and chop feed. ai.eount of the best music in
{loose ''mother hubbard."
Dover will celebrate the
raised in the vicinity of this point. Ye editor noticed several fields of
. . . .... !corn, while driving over the country! Dover will celebrate the 4th of
'• Vi'l ('.r mi "i" this week, tussling out, and water-j July in a royal manner, and even so
small a place as that, they are en-
tertaining and will draw a large
melons ahead of the average season.
No one ever heard of a man or
Mrs. 3. \V. Saw in liar, been quite' t,,wu ^ing secured,
iek for the past ten days. She is Bert Campbell passed
getting better and will soon be well U ennessey Tuesday on his way home |
again if she does not have a relapse. ! to Kingfisher, from northern Kansas,
next Tuesday I A,hcTt U"inar'1 ruP rt'
, . : bov as improving some, but is
1'. Lower and <>(.t % d;,.g.r vet.
cut short
. , i Bert hW been visiting relatives in I Our local columns
llck the state for the past three weeks. thlH ™'k nce''"nt °( h v >K tou
not, much work on the job hook, hut it
<-r.t <>f dt.jig< r yet. It JuKi-pn Taggart living s miles * ill tie iy> ti) the standard point
music tor the j (o be hoped that he will soon northeast of Hennessey, gave us a' hereafter.
an know that a recover. ! pleasant call this week, lie is very j Yesterdays Wichita Kagle brought
Hennessey Cyclone base-ball club pleased with Oklahoma and in- the news of a tornado al Lawrence,
received a challenge from Guthrie ; fcnds l!laK0 the **"■' for a ''la'ni Kans., Wednesday
one day last week. The game will ; !itr'l1'
AU Incltril.
There will be a Social dance given
in Geo. Mosher's new building, on
the comer of Main street and
Oklahoma avenue,
night, June 27, K
others will furnisl
occasion, and you
grand good time will be had, as Mr.
IiOwer is one of the best leaders in
instrumental music that we have in
Oklahoma and hi? excellent reputa-
tion as a musician is correctly due
him.
A Lmty Cno H0*{on$.
Mi s Nora Mathews, while return- j A KOO(1 many in real estatc
Ing home from town Wednesday j property this week.
•rening, in company with her j While in Kingfisher last Saturday,
brother, was thrown from a cart ami ! wu found things very quiet for
was unconscious until the next that day—Just the same as the dull
morning. White they were return-1 days ot the week at Hennessey—
* i. i. ♦!...%• ,i,;r I TaKe a trip up this way and you will
ing home the horse tney wero driv- I 1 > - J
ing became frightened and Mr.
boy falling through the seat of a pair
I of pants and hanging himself, that
throug i wcrQ pUrc},a8t.,i Walburn A Cud-
dv's.
crowd.
McLain has a new awning and
sign in front of his storo building
on the west side of Main street. He
is closing out his goods at cost on
time or for cash.
Vinson, the east side barber
makes a specialty of hair cutting
and has the best pompadore cutter
in town. It will only cost as cents
to convince you that it is true.
We shall offer such prices that no
one can meet. Leaders in special
1 soon be convinced.
Mathews thinking thajt the bridle
being on over the haulter was what
made him act so mean, and in try-
"Quite a serious wound over the
left eye," was the result of a beer
evening, in |
| which ten persons were killed and |
take place ill the former city at some J. 15. Campbell moved his family [ several others seriously woundecj. , (lef| #t quotut,oril, that no other can
early date. to Kingfisher Monday, where they i J W. Looman one of the well to j offer. Stern and stubborn facts
John *McGuirc sold his property will reside until after the expiration <]„ farmers of Marshall, was in town | that will level your heads on the
; in the northeast part of town, this I Campbell's register of ; the first of the week, doing business. | subject ot genuine bargains at Cox
k, toJ. A Sprowl for $.'i00.
i rm oBk ui v*i o ; wiipai oens 01 me country 111 *jxia Pnl . T3. .. T1
. • I he >> atonga Hustler and He
Art Kunz came in from Topeka |,l0ma*
W ednesday morning and will stot> j Nearly every evening you can
at Hennessey for some time. Art hear the report that the starr gang ip
says that Oklahoma is good enough ; camped within a few miles of Hen-
for him, and that he could travel j nessey and will raid the town that
the country over and not find its i njght. We suppose this is done
equal. | so that everybody can carry a gun
The family of Mr. Miller, editor j without being pulled.
of the Clipper, arrived yesterday The opening of the new hotel at
bottle thr >wn at Mr. Smith, living j niorning. Mr. Miller appears to be . Dover Wednesday evening was a
southwest of town, in one of our j veI7 ,iaPP5' Drmocbat delightful affair, so it is reported.
ing to remove the haulter from tnc i saloons, aaturuay iasi. misis an-1 .. „
horse's head, he started to run out j other proof that beer bottles full are ^ ' ' S" t0°k ''art 5,1 ^ .am,,sement of
across a wheat field, and running not so dangerous as they are empty Hema..ey society.
over a shock of wheat Miss Nora
was thrown out. She was brought
to town as soon as possible and by
the skillful treatment of I)r. Hector
was brought to life and is out of
danger now.
City improvements are being made
this weeiv in the way of building
sidewalks, and street commissioner
Jim Liddle, is using some good
judgment and grading and filling up
the east side of Oklahoma street.
Clias. Binding has moved his
furniture stocK to his new building
formerly occupied by McLain.
Chas. hu. :.">w one of the neatest and
best business houses in Hennessey,
and is every day receiving new goods
Jim will make this as good a street until his establishment is filled to
as there is in Hennessey.
There has been some talk of a
race track and fair ground being
I built at Hennessey. We have one
tPprning flrccptiott
Thos. Carson of Minneapolis,
Kans., who has located at this place
and opened up a first-class restaurant of th(l kegt B;teB f')r afair Krouud0f lively for a few hours. Some of
in the Weesner block, Thursday I sny place in northern Oklahoma and
night, gave a free opening reception should there be one built for holding
the ceiling.
The opening of the new saloon
opposite Tub Democ uat office last
.Saturday night, made things rather
to the people of town and vicinity.
The house was crowded from early
until late and not only enjoyed the
ice cream and lemonade which was
jerved to them, but the music
rendered by the Professor W. W.
Sanford, E. P. Lower, J. A. Clark, 1
E. E. Arey and Jack McKutchen
made the evening very charming
county fairs, it would be the best
thing that ever happened for Hen-
nessey.
Trune Adkison of Orlando,
formerly of Washington county,
Kans., and an acquaintance of the
editors of Thk Democbit, drove
over to Hennessey last Wednesday.
Mr. Adkison is driving for a party
who is looking at the towns all
around from Orlando, and says he
and enjoyable. Professor Sanford | itnows what he is talking about when
and E. P. Lower wore complimented he sayB that Hennessey and her
time after time by the immense
audience in their selections of sweet
muaic, while Mr. Clark, who played
the picolo and Mr. Arey and Mr.
McKutchen, pianoists, were pleas-
ing musicians and helped to make
the evening's entertainment a
delightful one. No pains were
spent by Mr. and M rs. Carson and
tbur waiters, in giving tlieir host
and hostess the grandest reception
•T%r t.odereJ in Hennessev.
the boys were fuller than a geese,
simply because it was free we
suppose. Those fellows will tank
up again when there is another free
opening.
Mrs. H. P. Sanger died at the
residence of the deceased, of heart
disease and dropsy Sunday morning
at 7 o'clock, and was buried at the
Hennessey cemetery, Monday. The
funeral was preached by Iiev. J. H.
Dent at residence. The deceased
was in her 44th year and leaves a
husband and several children to
mourn the death of a wife and
mother.
The ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic in Hennessey w ill give
an informal reception to Miss Sarah
Bosworth of Guthrie, O. T. De-
partment President of the L. of the
G, A. 11. of Oklahoma, at the
Congregational church on Saturday
evening, June 24th. All persons
are cordially invited to bf present
surrounding country is the best he
has seen.
Mrs. S. W. Hill of Pittsburg,
Penn., who has been visiting with
Mrs. C. K. Mali on at Sheridan for
the past month, returned to her
home in Pennsylvania this week.
Mrs. Hill was perfectly delighted
with Oklahoma and found it to
be much nicer than she expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Mahan and Or. Love j anil the members of the Fremont | understand his son will leave
accompanied their eastern friend to Post arc especially invited. A good j few days for Marshall where.
dancing, which was the main feature
of the evening's entertainment.
G. N. Taggart, son of Mr.
Taggart living east of this place,
came in from Harrison county, Mo.,
the first ot the week and will make
the race for one of those beautiful
claims in the strip. Tiik Dkmo-
ciiat acknowledge a pleasant call
from the gentleman Thursday.
Gun. Iierzberg and Bro., of
Lincoln, Kans., was in town tor a
few days this week and will locate in
our town with a large stock of dry-
goods and clothing in the Blackburn
building. Tim Democrat received
a pleasant call from the two gentle-
men while in the city.
publican have been throwing mud
at each other so long that it is hard
to tell if either one of them are news-
papers. Both of them need a good
turkish bath, and if they keep on
they will get it in a soup bowl.
J. U. Shade and wife came in
Tuesday evening and will occupy
the new residence in the west part
of town for their future home. Mr.
and Mrs. Shade are now among a
host of friendly people who heartily
welcome them back to Hennessey.
The Farmers it Merchants bank
are putting in a fire proof vault
lOxlii of three thicknesses of brick
with air chambers so as to be
absolutely fire proof so there will
be no danger of papers and notes
being destroyed that are intrusted
in their care.
There will be foot racing, horse
racing, sack racing, potato racing,
dog racing and slow mule racing;
dancing, singing and a general all-
round good time had at Hennessey
on tho 4th. Anybody who misses
this celebration, will miss something
worth seeing.
Half sheet posters are stuck up in
windows over town announcing
Columbia will have a No. 1 i coming of the New York Novelty
celebration on July 4th. The I and Specialty company. It doesn't
lar^oBt and best time ever witnessed | say whether it will he in Hennessey,
in that part of the country is expected | Sheridan. Kingfisher or some other
on that day. J. C. McCandless j point. The nearest thing to a date
is at the head of the committee on ' is "Kingfisher Free Press Print."
general arrangements and you can |! Von can look for it when you hear
know that no pains will be spent to
maKc it a glorious and well attended
event.
P. G. Smith and son Raymond
r"turned Tuesday from an extended
visit in Chicago. They have been
there since the opening of the fair
and have had a splendid good time.
The gentlemen have a number of
warm friends in anil about Hen-
nessey who are much pleased to see
them back. Mr. Smith will per-
haps remain in this city, whil
some one hollowing at the top of
his voice. "Sag-wa, oil and the
salve, anybody else want the oil."
The El Reno boys seem to be
afraid to cross bats again with
Hennessey. When the game took
place between our boys and El Reno
in Hennessey ;iot long since, in
whioh game the El Keno club was
so easily defeated, they promised to
give our boys a return game on their
The farmers that stack their
wheat will come out on top. This
fall will bring better prices.
The Clipper Drug Store will lie
removed to Fred Fronholti brick
building about the first of July.
A man was instantly killed in
Kansas one day last week discharg-
ing a cannon, trying to make it rain.
I)r. Love of Sheridan made us a
very pleasant call Thursday. The
Dr. is getting to be quite a stranger
in Hennessey.
Ed Lower's wife and children
left last week for a month's visit
with Mrs. Lower's mother andsiitcr
in southern Kansas.
Miss Edna Cook is visiting friends
and relatives in Herrington, Kansas.
Miss Blla Rhoads is assistant in the
postoffico during Miss Edaa't
absence.
Mrs. Battaile will make a re-
duction in prices untrl after the
Fourth of July, Examine her
immense stock before purchasing
elsewhere.
F. A. Dinkier, in gilt letters, and
one of the neatest signs on th* east
side of Main street, was liuug in
front of the Jewel Drug Store, one
day last week.
Mrs. Alex. Thome and daughter
Lucy went to Kingfisher Monday,
where they will visit until after the
Fourth with Mrs. Thorn's eldest
daughter, Mrs. Judge Kwing.
The raspberry and ice cream social
given by the Methodist people at
the building' formerly occupied by
Chas. Binding's furniture store,
Wednesday evening, was largely
attended.
Mr. Logan of the firm of Logan
A Kennedy of Hennessey, Kingfisher
and Watonga, stopped off in our
city for a few moments Tuesday.
The firm reports a good business at
this place.
A. S. Meeks found a straw hat
and a bottle of liquor evaporated in
front of his house Monday, shortly
after four fellows passed in a two-
seated carriage. Parties wishing,
same may call on him.
Pleas Zornes went out to Mr.
Sturgen's farm fourteen miles west
of this place, the first of the week,
where he will erect, for the latter,
one of the largest farm residences in
that part of the country.
Fred F.hler and W. T. Havard,
two of the leading business men of
this city, have returned from their
trip to the World's Fair. The boys
had a genuine good time on (heir
trip. Both of the boys were ahigle
men when they left and we suppose
they came home the same way.
J. K. Wilson, wholesale liquor
dealer of El Reno and agent for the
Anheuser-Busch beer, was in Hen-
nessey a few days last week. Mr.
Wilson also has a wholesale bouse
at Kingfisher and if trade keeps on
improving he may put one in at
Hennessey.
J. C. McCandless of Columbia
and an old acquaintance of the
I Campbell family was in town Tues-
the day of this week and reports that
everybody in his section is very
busy in their harvest fields, and that
the yield is surprisingly large.
Much better than last year. Ho
also reports that a part of the
country was visited by a fine rain
last week.
A good vineyard on a farm adds
hundreds of dollars to the general
value. The location of the vine-
yard, including the slope of the
ground, plays an important part iit
the results. We are told by Prof.
Waugh, horticulturist of the Ex-
periment Station, that in the part of
the station vineyard sloping to tho
east the grape vines started percept-
ibly earlier than those on the west
slope and that the late frosts did
t grounds at some early date, but it
we ' seems that they are satisfied that we j comparatively greater damage
a I have them downed to a finish. Last among them. Such points as these
he | season El Reno was the star team should all be considered in putting
Hennessey, Thursday, where she
took the evening train for home.
programme has been
Admission free.
arranged. | will accept a position with bis uncle I of the territory. This yesr Hen
in a general stoip. 1 nesspv will get the honor.
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