The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1894 Page: 6 of 8
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PEARL'S
THREE._x^
argaret Ray-
mond was the I
daughter of an
intelligent well
to do farmer in
the Km pi re
state; a farmer
who did not
dig and delve
as did hi* an-
cestors, but one who i y reading and
study, enlightened his mind, enabling
him to improve on the old routine and
to strike out new rotations in seeding
and planling, which made Ins old
fashioned neighbors shake their heads
and predict failure; hut somehow the
fail tires did not come. He was pros-
perous; his herds increased; his build-
ings and farm improved, and lie plaiu-
ly demonstrated that scientific farm-
ing was not a h urn bug.
Very fair and pretty, yes. and mod-
est withal, was his only daughter, lie
called her Pearl when sho was only a
wee, boddling tiling, so when she grew l j
mate. He saw her courted and ca-
ressed by the world of fashion, which
unk hia hopes below zero. It was of
no me, he thought, to let her know
how !.e adored her—no use for him to
c«ynpete with the wealth and talent
ottered at her shrine And yet hia
stepa often led to her home, where he
was always welcomed and kindly re-
ceived, He kept on making friendly
calls, and. like the silly moth, con-
tinued to singe his wings by daily in-
tercourse with the beloved of his aoul.
•Vow, Pearl really lined Harry as
a neighbor, as a talented and intelli-
gent frieud, with whotn she enjoyed
discussing the world of literature,
lie was u friend, nothing more.
When he urged her to take time,
and not make her derision tinal, she
answered with tearful eyes, and
begged him to forget his proposal, as
she could not give him encourage-
ment to hope for any other answer.
At sight of her agitation and tears
lie was greatly moved, and asked
what was the
bid him hope.
"Is it not possible." said he, "that
your feelings may turn in my favor?"
• No, Harry, we cannot be aught but
friends. Hut, oh!" said she. falter-
injf'y. "if I might but speak my fears
for you, if 1 only dared tell you how
distressed I am when 1 hear of your
increasing use of intoxicating drinks
Please, oh, please leave ine nowl
HIS TRKMKXDOUS SHOT.
MADE IN THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS.
Oood Aim to llrglnWIth. and After-
ward l uck Had Soinethluf to l>o Wltli
It—Ou« Indian. Olio Hoar, One Klk,
aad One Mountain Lion Magged.
up so wouilrous fair, the name seemed
so appropriate that it clung to her.
Her education, though mostly ac
quired at the "district school," would
put to the blush many a graduate at
Madame Blank's seminary. Apt to
learn, bar teachers took pride in illum-
inating so bright a mind; and when at
the age of seventeen she left school,
to be her mother's pupil iu domestic
affairs, she was indeed an ornament
to society a (icarl of the purest type,
whose charms were acknowledged by
all.
We shall not attempt to describe
her person, for though made up of a
thousand charms, her chief attraction
was an indescribable sweetness, in
manners and disposition, which
beamed out in kindness and love for
her friends, of all ages, sexes, and
conditions.
Pearl Hnymoml was scarcely out of
short frocks when admiring swains
began to court her favor. The newest
books and choicest flowers were pre-
sented by her udorers. Still, Pearl
did not grow vain, nor indulge in
flirtations.
Many callers had they from fashion,
rank and wealth, who came rather to
patronise the Raymonds, but went
away feeling "cheap," to use a slang
word. Farmer Raymond's daughter
was not awed or captivated by the
proud dames or their exquisite sous,
and did not seem at all anxious to
court their favor. She. like her
parents, was polite and friendly to all.
Matters continued thus until Pearl
was 1when the strife to win her
became exciting and earnest to three
of her suitors. The rest stood back
and admired at a distance.
One was Thad Marsden, a million-
aire, who had no business, but man-
aged to kill time by dashing from sea
side to the mountains and springs in
summer, while iu winter he attended
operas and genitalis during the week,
and going regularly tochurch, attend-
ing properly to the responses on Sun-
day
At a picnic he met Pearl kaymoud,
and her matchless grace and loveli-
ness completely captivated the hith-
erto iudilforent Adonis, lie raved of
her charms in rhyme and blank verse;
sent score.* of perfumed notes; sealed
and stamped Ihem with the family
crest sent some of them by mail,
some by hi . liveried servants, and the
remainder he took in person. He took
her to drive in his handsome turn-out,
arid endeavored to impress her with
the honor done her, but he only suc-
ceeded in making her laugh, and he
wasn't sure that her merriment \%as
not. at his expense, lie flattered him-
self. however, that when he offered to
make her Mrs. Thaddeus Marsden, he
wouldn't have to wait long for her
consent, lie could pick and choose
from all I he belles iu town, and, sure-
ly this rustic beauty, as he called her,
would be only too glad to accept.
There was only one hindrance, which
was in the person of JIarry Wells, a
promising young lawyer in town.
lie (Harry) was very elegant, very
popular, very agreeable in manner
and person, wtiile his conversational
powers quite threw th.• millionaire in
the shade. Many thought the lawyer
would win, but that was only a sur-
mise, as Pearl kept her own counsel.
To be sure Harry had obtained a
high standing among the legal frater-
nity, while li s clients were numerous
and his fees large. Ho was altogether
a leading young man, an.I it was
prophesied he would make his mark.
There was at times a little too much
hilarity and dash about him, while at
other times there was a very noticea-
ble dullness. The truth was he drank
wine and soa.ctinus when urged,
stronger drinks.
'it cannot be avoided you know,"
he saJd, when his friends remon-
strated with bini "1 only taste a lit-
tle w itli clients "
Harry was assiduous in his atten-
tions to Pearl Raymond, and itmdc
himself very agreeable to her mother,
but the clear-headed farmer was ob-
servant, and cautioned iiis daughter
not to be in haste to leave home, nor
to engage herself to any one that
made use of intoxicating beverages.
If Farmer Raymond had only
known how matters stood, he needed
not to hint to IVarl of Harry Wells'
increasing fondness for stimulants.
She knew his weakness long before,
and was grieved for him.
When the city swell had been dis-
missed, Harry laid fresh siege, and
hoped to win Pearl. If wealth had
no attractions for her, perhaps she
was ambitious. He was aiming high, !
and hoped to place himself anions? the
noblest hi the land. He surprised her
by whispering his aims and wishes iu
her ear, but was coolly thanked for
the honor, but must decline."
Mr. Thaddeus Marsden and Young j
Lawyer Wells were so much taken up 1
with their own particular aims and
landed upon the rattlesnake and
crushed the life out of him before he
had timo to strike, and the elk and
the bear, in their eagerness to kill
me. had destroyed each other.
"1 call that a lucky shot, at least
for me, because it saved my life four
times, and was the death of an In-
dian, a grizzly hear, an elk, a rattle-
snake and a mountain lion."
And the traveler deliberately re-
moved the right leg from the knee of
A group of men wero sitting in the tj16 left and glanced upward with the
hotel office • swapping" yarns look Gf a man who is confldont that
"Some peoplo do not believe in luck; j he is a favcrito of providence.
well, 1 do, and I'll tell you why," said _
the traveler, as he paused and de- ACCURACY OF TOUCH.
liberately put his right log across
the knoe of his loft and glanced MachinUu Laaru to imtrct inaooura-
pensively down tho street The clea wuh ThHr
group pricked up their ears, for There are plenty of men who will,
the iravoler was a famous story- ty tho impression carried through a
teller, and all rightly judged that l,air calipers and the finsrors' ends,
reason she could aet | this remark was but tho prelude ! determine within a vory small per-
to the recital of one of his ad- montage tho amount of pressure
ventures. j which shall be required to be exerted
••When I was Homo fifteen years hy a hydraulic *)ress in order to force
younger than I am now," contin- i onto its shaft an engine crank or a
ued tho traveler, "1 was exceed- : locomotive driving-wheel; a raoasure-
ingly fond of hunting. One fall nient in which a thousandth part of
my love of this sport led mo to an inch variation in 'diameter onuses
take a hunting trip in tho Rocky much moro variation in pressure
mountains. 1 was ambitious, and than is permissible.
wanted to add a grizzly bear skin | Indeed, on seme kinds of work
and a few elk head to my eoliec- done in tho machine shops, a thou-
tion of trophies, and, {incidentally, sandth of an inch has now becoino
if it might bo, *to let daylight tho most commonly employed unit of
through an InJian or twa i measurement, a unit which is divided
"Well for two weeks I hunted and subdivided into at least ten parts
without getting sight of hair or ' in order to express tho degroo of re-
track of oik, bear or Indian, and the finemont arrived at. This, of course,
thing was beginning to get monoton- ' far surpasses tho frequently men-
ous, when one afternoon found me tioned but supposedly superfluous
traversing the bottom of a deep i hairsplitting operation, since an
canon. I was alone, my guide hav- ordinary human hair is about 2J-1000
ing remainod in camp on account of i °f an inch in diameter. The paper
a sprained ankle. upon which this page is printed is
"Tho bed of tho canon was rent about 3-10D0 of an inch thick, and
with deep fissures and covered with 1-10000 part of an inch is, therefore,
great rocKs, and its sides wero ' 1-30 tho thickness of this sheet,
seamed and cracked. A few stunted j Considerably smallerJvarlHtions of
shrub* and trees, of tho kind tho elk size can bo detected by the trained
is fond of feeding upon, grew along | sense of touch, says Scribner's, or
tho sides and bottom of the canon,
and I hoped to find some of tho ani-
mals hero cropping tho tender twigs.
At last, just as I rounded a high
reak off the hubit at once, while you
are still able to resist. It may soon
be too late. Promise me, Harry."
The tears trickled down her cheeks,
unchecked during this appeal.
Harry Wells looked ut first sur-
prised, then angry, and suddenly ob-
served, as he took his leave, that he
was no child to be watched over and
reprimanded for occasionally taking s
social glass with a friend. He was
much obliged for the interest felt, but
declined the further interference of
his friends, lie was irritated and an-
noyed, and coolly bade her good-night.
'# # '# • • «
A great sorrow came to Everett
Randolph. His mother was suddenly
removed by death, and when he buried
her by the side of the father whom he
lost in childhood, he felt bereft of all.
Tho Raymonds tried to cheer him
up by sending often to have him meet
company at their house. They suc-
ceeded by degrees in drawing him
away from his melancholy. His at-
tention was excited by the kindness
and tenderness of Pearl, who was so
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THE TWO TERRIT0KIES
Condensed News of Oklahoma and I
dw-vil in his
rather tho variations of tho
resistance of a pair of calipers
passed over the work, and it
is even possible for tho senso
point of rocks, I caught sight of an ! of mr«?nitude and tho sensi-
elk, a noble follow, standing somo i tivenoss of tho linger ends in relation
ten rods up tho canon with his fac6 to it to bo so highly devoloped as to
toward mo. lie was nosing tho air j detect unaided, and by merely rolling
suspiciously, and I feared I would a small stool ball between tho thumb
"I oni.y tastk a little with the
clients
mindful of his bereavement and loneli-
ness. Was he mistaken? Did not her
eyes sneak to his? And did not the
tell-tale blush, when he addressed her,
show at least an interest in him?
He began to hope—began to read In
Pearl's downcast eyes something that
nearly set him wild with joy. He
could scarcely believe it, but so it was.
lie proposed and was accepted.
Peoplo wondered a little that she
had not chosen the millionaire in
preference to a simple farmer. Those,
however, who were acquainted with
the subject of her choice were con-
vinced of the wisdom of her decision.
*#««•**
After ten years, let us look again on
the characters in this life drama.
Thad Marsden, the millionaire, had
lost the bulk of his riches at the
glnmbling-table. With him >•mortga•
gcs"and "foreclosures" were the order
of the day. His bloated face and
bleared eyes told the sad story of his
misspent life.
Harry Wells, went to the far West,
where he for a time abstained from
intoxicating drinks, and business was
thriving. Rut, alas! he fell, and,with
shame be it recorded, his lady friends
were the cause, lie had resolved to
keep the pledge unbroken, but on
New Year's day he was urged—ves,
pressed—to drink wines, and when
once he yielded, the burning desire
for stimulants overturned all his good
resolutions, and he soon lost all self-
respect, and sank In the depths of
drunken wretchedness.
An Important I'o nt.
"Been buying a saddlo horse for
my daughter," said the fat man to
tho man with the spectacles.
"So?" said tho spoctaclod man.
"Yes. I picked out a nice bay,
well broke—tried him myself—and
brought him around lor her appro-
[ val. Sho looked him over with as
fine a critical air as 1 over saw, but
I'll bet tho cigars for tho two of us
you can never guoss what sho asked
mo after she got through."
"No, I can't guess. What was it?"
'•She wanted to know if 1 was sure
the beast would never fade."
Tho American 1'lnn.
Foreigner—What do you Ameri-
cans do when the officials you elect
fail in their duty to the public, and
lino their own pockets?
American—L)o? Why; sir, we hold
indignation meetings—yes, sir; and
sometimes, sir, our righteous wrath
passes all bounds of propriety, and
we actually burn them in eHigy—
yes, sir.
"What do you do next?"
"Next? Why—er—wo go back to
not get a shot at him at all unless I
was quick about it. Accordingly I
threw my rifle to my shoulder, and
taking hasty aim at the broad, flat
forehead, fired.
"I was totally unprepared for tho
startling effect of that shot. Almost
at the instant my finger pressed tho
trigger there came a puff of white
smoke from behind a rock somo twen-
ty rods up on tho opposito sido of tho
canon, and I saw an Indian leap to
his foet, only to fall back dead, while
at the same moment a piercing
scream, seemingly coming from
directly over my head, caused mo to
look quickly up. In tho midair with
great paws outstretched and long,
sharp nails extended, I behold a
mountain lion apparently about to
drop on my head. I bounded to one
side. As I did so my blood almost
froze with horror, for I had jumped
directly over a rattlesnake, which
now lay not two foet from me, with
his head reared ready to strike.
"Before I could make a movement
to defend myself from this new
danger down upon the snake foil the
body of the lion, crushing out its
life. The lion rolled over once or
twico and then, to my surprise, lay
still. I had not had timo to recover
from the terror and astonishment
caused by these startling incidents,
when my ears wero greeted with a
terrific bellowing, and, looking up
the canon. 1 saw the oik charging
down upon me. I whirled about, in-
tending to seek safety in flight,
and linger, variation from true spher-
icity amounting to 1-12560 of an
inch, or about 1-37 part of the thick-
ness of tho paper of this page. Am
brose Webster, a machinist of
Waltham, whose business is the
making of machinery and tools for
watch manufacture, having demon-
strated his ability to do this.
Ireland's Sacred Oak.
In years gone by Ireland had a
sacred oak dedicated to St. Colum
ban, one of tho peculiarities of tho
tree being that whoever carried
small bit of tho wood or baric in his
mouth would nover meet with a vio-
lent death, it boing especially effica-
cious in saving Christian martyrs
from tho block. It was shown
throughout tho British Isles as tho
Holy Oak of Konmaro. After tho
lapse of many centuries this sacrcd
ottk was uprooted by a storm, after
which it was said to bo guarded by
angels to keep heretics from gather-
ing the wood for fuel. At last
wicked tanner "barked" one of its
largest limbs and tanned somo
leather, which ho made into shoes
for himself, imagining that such
relics would bring him wealth and
power. He wore thera but once,
however, but that ono time was
enough to make him an incurable
leper.
hfipCR, that they never suspected that °,,r business, forget a,l about it, and
I'etirl Raymond was having a little elect em again.
heart affair of her own in another !
quarter; but it was even so, and here j A Mu.«uu> <>r Itoynl fjarier..
is the sequel. | A museum ioundod in Berlin by
JOverctt Knndolpb, a fine, athletic, | William 1. is intended solely for the
heallhy voiiDfa farmer, whose land reception 0f rojal garters, (iartors
adioiiied the Raymond s, and who had # . i i • , ,, ..
been 1'earl's assistant and champion from ,be llDlbs of aU thc >)r'nceMe9
at school. and her firm friend ever
after, had gone on from liking to lov-
ing Iiis pretty neighbor and school-
from the limbs of all the
that have been married in Kuropo
since 1817 have been found in this
unique collection.
On KiifflUli Topsdo lioati.
On an English torpedo boat thoro
is no sleeping aeommodation for tho
men, neither hammocks nor beddin
when, to my utter confusion, not a of any kind. In place of these a
dozen feet away and directly in the blanket suit is provided for each
path I must pursue if 1 continued my I man, tho space being so limited, and
llight, a monster grizzly bear reared | one shilling per day is allowed as
himself up on his hind legs and with j compensation for the hardships
wide open mouth rushed for me. | caused by inadequate sleeping accoin-
"I was in an awful situation. I modations.
could see no possible way of escap-
ing. On tho right hand was tho per-
pendicular wall of tho canon, and on
tho left a deep chasm. Before mo
was the grizzly bear, and behind the
rushing elk. Death faced me what-
ever way I turned. I trust I may
never feel the horror of that moment
again. The grizzly bear sprang for-
ward to seize and crush out my life
with his strong arms, and tho elk
gave a mighty bound, his huge
horns lowered ready to transfix my
body.
"At that moment my heart seemed
to sink into my boots and I
fell flat upon the ground. With a
crash liko that of tho collision of two
locomotives, the animals met over
my prostrate form. Tho terrific mo-
mentum of the elk bore himself and
the bear over my body. For about
five seconds there was a tremendous
struggle, and then both beasts foil,
locked together, to the ground, and
in a moment more had expired. Ono
of the sharp prongs of tho horns of
tho elk had pierced tho hoart of tho
grizzly, and tho elk's neck had been
broktn by tho bear in his death
struggle. I bounded to my feet, not
knowing whether to run or stand
still, so sudden, so terrible and so
many had been the dangers which
had threatened mo. But everything
was quiet,and all my foes were dead.
"On investigation I found that my
rillo ball had struck the elk at tho
base of the horns, where the bono
is thick and bard, and after partially
stunning him had glanced diagonally
across the carbon and pierced tho
brain of the Indian, who, concealed
behind a rock, was about to lire upon
mo. Thc shock of tho ball had been
sufficient to deflect tho aim of the
India*! enough to cause him to miss
mo and to pierce the heart of tho
UNEXPECTED ANSWERS.
Organ Man—How's business? Rag
Man—Picking up. liow's yours? Or-
gan Man—Same old grind.
Young Spendthrift—Lend mo 810
will you? Benevolent Banker—No;
but I'll give you a letter to a man I
don't like."
Gentleman—Well, how did you suc-
ceed in your new role? Actress—I
don't know. I haven't read the news-
papers yet
Hostess, to male guest at tea table—
Oh, by tho way, Mr. Sniddle, do you
take snuff? Sniddle—Only sugar and
. cream, thank you; no snuff, if you
please.
\ She—Men raise their hats in bow
! ing, why don't women do the same?
j He, who pays thc bills—Because, my
I dear, women's hats are high enough
j already.
"I suppose Plunkins would have a
much more extensive library if there
were no such thing as book borrow-
ing." "Dear me, no! I doubt if ho
would have any."
Pessimist—Do you really think tho
world will ever be Christianized?
Optimist—You bet I do. And, at tho
rate the heathen are being wiped out
bv these machine guns nowadays, it
won't be long, either.
"Why is my little wife so cheery
this evening?" inquired Mr. Pottles of
Mrs. Pottles. "Because," replied
Mrs. Pottles, author of "How to Live
Well on ?70 a Year," "becausc, dear,
I've jnst got the butcher's bill for tho
last month and it's only §180."
A German urged an Englishman to
go shooting with him. "Oh," said the
Englishman haughtily, "I do not
care for hunting unless it contains tho
element of danger." "Well, then you
Will Sam Small allow
newspaper •fticeV
The Enid Street Railway company
has taken out a charter.
The sentiment that Oklahoma is go-
ing to be a great fruit country is epi-
demic.
The probate judge at Alva makes a
man plunk dowu 925 for carrying con
cealed weapons.
The people of Hennessey are for
statehood, and will lend their might
iu that direction.
Three thousand dollars was refused
for a claim a few miles east of Pond
Creek recently.
I he Jackson Plow company of Okla-
homa City lias taken out a charter.
Capital stock 320,COO.
The Indian is never called a "col-
ored man," although he is just as
much colored as the negro,
Jim Corbett is a bookkeeper in the
Guthrie National Bank. That is the
way the champion started.
There never will be any starving in
Oklahoma as long as there are geese
above and rabbits beneath.
The officials of Beaver county have
been enjoined from collecting taxes
on certain lands in that region.
Springvale township, near Guthrie
is iu the throes of a race war over a
white and a black justice of the peace.
' The cheap excursion rates on the
Rock Island are bringing in a large
number of homeseekers to Oklahoma.
Hereafter the railroad station will
be known as Perry. Wharton goes to
join the long list of Oklahoma's dead
names.
If any one wants to die rapidly and
neatly all he has to do is to get the
contract for taking the census of a
strip town.
Ira Woods of Guthrie, 30 years old.
lias kidnapped Nancy Draper, 14 years
of age. In Oklanoma the penalty for
this is $1,000 fine or five years in jail.
Judge Jennings of Woodward put
on his plug hat the other day, took o
gun and went out hunting and killed
an eagle measuring six feet from tip
to tip.
Mayor Hobart of El Reno doesn't
wait for a policeman. A fellow got
wild nnd wooley on the street the
other day, and Hobart jailed him in a
jiffy-
The Perry papers claim that it will
take ten years to settle the contest
filings in the land office at that place,
and fully $r*00,000 will be expended in
litigation.
The people of Hennessey are consid-
ering a proposition to put in water
worifs the coming season. The only
division of opinion is as to what is the
best system.
Judge Thomson of Enid was lucky
enough the other day to marry two
couples. The boys around the office
made a welsh with the
1 There • is quite serious trouble ahead
in regard to the recently acquired lu-
dian lands—an empire in themselves
in extent. The development of the
difficulty has been gradual, but thc
gravity of the matter is not fully ap
predated, and it is quite possible that
the question may come up for action
immediately on tho reassembling of
congress. In fact, just before con
gress dispersed for tho Christmas holi-
days, Senator Kyle introduced a reso-
lution in the senate which brought out
the essential facts of the difficulty.
Mr. Kyle's preamble recited that arti-
cle 1? of the treaty between the Unit-
ed Strtes and the Sioux Indians it wa>
provided that "uo treaty for the ces-
sion of any portion or part of the reser-
vation herein described which may le
held in common, shall be of any valid-
ty or force as against the said Indians
unless executed and .signed by three
fourths of all of the adul' male Indi-;
ans occupying or intercU^d in the
same," and further "that the two acts
of congress, both dated March 2, Hi9.
entitled Acts t divide a portion of ti e
Sioux nation of Indians in Dakota into
separate reservations aad to assert the
Indian title to the remainder, and for
other purposes; and the apprepriation
billi approved March 2, IMO, show
upon their face that they were signkd
by a number of adult Indians of the
whole blood less in number than the
three-fourths as provided in the said
treaty, and that in order to obtain the
necessary three-fourths aforesaid, di-
vere mixed bloods were a dicit-
ed to, and were permitted to and did
sign such treaty, made by the c itnmis-
sion on the part of th«^ United States,
acting under such acts of aongresa
dated as aforesaid, March 3, 1SS9; and
where is, the secretary of the interior
of the United States has decided, as it
is claimed, that divers of the mixed
bloods who signed, as aforesaid, such
treaty made with such commission
are not Indians iu contemplation of
law, and that they and their families
are not entitled to any rights or privi-
leges whatever in thc land, the secre-
tary of the interior is directed to trans-
mit to the senate forthwith copies of
all orders, opinions and directions that
he has given in respjet to the said
mixed bloods, together with copies of
all reports, etc., pertaining thereto.
All these legal difficulties have been
brought to the front by the recent de-
cision of the interior iii'partinent in
what is known as the "Black Toma-
hawk" case, that the status of a child
born of an Indian woman and a white
father, follows the condition of the
father. This decision, although in-
volving no new principle of law, has
been suspended on account of its far-
reaching effects. Carried out to its
I logical conclusion, it would invalidate
nearly all Indian treaties. Over 10,-
000,000 acres were acquired under
treaty agreements with the Sioux
alone, and a large proportion of the
signers of that agreement were half-
breeds, who according to the "Black
Tomahawk" decision are now hesd not
to be "adult male Indians occupying
or interested,"J The same condition
of facts will apply to thc agreements
entered into with the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indians in Oklahoma ceding
about 3,000 acres of land. It is quite
likely that'other agreements of for-
mer years aud some others of recent
money and j date will be affected by this ruling,
and thereby the titles of settlers who
bought cigars.
The supreme court of Kansas lias j have taken up homes on these lands
overruled motions for a hearing of the will be Impaired. The subject is such
Terrell and McClaskey cases. Judge * serious ^onc and so surrounded by
Buckner having received a telegram embarrassments, that it will certainly
to that effect. Terrell must stand 'or prompt attention, Some en-
trial in Lincoln county. ; abling act will have to be passed to
tj ... , . , , ! quiet titles if the "Black Tomahawk"
*CP,r,r tauUVeS °f a, 'In1kanl C0'; 'I 'cision is to stand
ony after looking over Oklahoma and
the Strip, have concluded that the
country about Hennessey suits them,
and are making arangements to buy a
Another enirageme.it has taken
place between the Brazilian rebels an.l
the government forces on board ship,
large number of acres in this vicinity. I '1'he encounter was hot while it lasted.
. -l ... r> but the artillcrv of the government
lsesides the many other tlnncs Hen- / . ■ • i
„ . „ . . , • , "<- forts did good execution and caused
ncssev has to be proud of is a uni- 1 ♦ • „ i i • * .•
, , , 1 , , , , . uu,„ | the rebel warships to retire.
formed band under the leadership of
Professor San ford of Wichita. A day I The Choctaws held a convention
at the circus, the Midway or Coney j throughout the nation Monday to de-
rndimar! in termine whether or not they' wanted
to allot their lands and come in as a
state. Just as was expected the lead-
ers used the party cash to such an ex-
tent that tHe vote was almost unani-
mously against it. Those who wanted
a change were afraid to attend the
convention, killings having become so
numerous that a Choctaw who favors
a change in governmental affairs dare
nor say so. Had they been allowed to
vote their true sentiments a big ma-
jority would have been for a change.
Those who favored the change did
not go near the court house where the
convention was held. The proceed-
ings were all conducted in Choctaw.
Island can be produced in Hennessey
John Dorsett, who was to have been
hanged Friday, has been reprieved for
sixty days. This was the first death
sentence ever passed upon a man in
the territory. On January 5. 1802,
Dorsett poisoned Sherman Long, his
rival for the love of an Indian girl.
Postmaster McShea has received his
new fixtures and will move the office
to the corner of Main street and Okla-
homa avenue. Hennessey now has as
fine a postoifice as any town in the ter-
ritory. Thc old fixtures go to Wako-
mis. where Frank Bently has charge
of the postoffice.
'I he board of county commissioners
Of M county has divided the county
into ten townships and has purchased
supplies for the county officers. The
board has also rented a portion of the
Alva bank building for office rooms,
and the probate judge, county attor-
ney, superintendent of public instruc-
tion, sheriff and county treasurer will
hereafter have their offices in that
building.
On Saturday night a cjlored man by
the name of Jack, while beating his
way on a freight train, fell from his
place and was run over, the wheels
passing over both legs, over one leg
above the knee, and cutting off the
other between thc knee and ankle.
One of the local physicians was called
and requested to do what he could to
relieve the sufferings of the man. He
wired the officials that he would have
nothing to do with the case. The rail
In gathering together his arguments
for statehood, Hon. Sidney Clarke
{ wrote to Governor Humphrey in 18'JJ
asking him the total expenditures of
the state of Kansas during the first
five years of its existence. The fol-
lowing is the reply:
State of Kansas, Office of Audi-
top, of State and Register of State
Lands.
Topeka, Feb. 11, 1892.—Dear Sir—
In answer to yours of the 3rd, inst, re-
ferred to this department by Governor
Humphrey, I have to state that the
records of this office show the follow-
ing to be the cost of the state depart-
ment of Kansas for the first five years,
viz:
1361..
1862..
1863..
3864 :
18<}; ..
$ 84 821
100 00G
86 869
143 595
187 IOC
The above items are the current ex-
road men did all in their power to rc- i nenses. except that in 1804 $11,000 were
lieve the victim, and were justly filled expended for military purposes, and
with indignation against the inhuman in 1S6">. §4:.',402 were expended for cap-
action of the physician. The people j itol grounds and buildings, both of
of Mulhall are noted for the'r gener-
osity, and would have gladly admin-
istered to the wants of the sufferer
had they known anything about the
matter.
which were included in the items
mentioned for those two years. Very
respectfully.
Ciiari.es M. Hovey,
Auditor of State.
Tt is said the deputy marshals will
mountain lion just at tho moment ho shust go mit me," replied the German;
sprang upon me from a cleft in the "only de oder day I shoots my brud«
rocts above my head. Tho lion der-iu-law in de shdomag."
Theie is an old judge in one of the
Indian nations who holds that poker is receive 823,000 for this'quarter.
petit larceny. I , .....
| .Twelve United States cases against
Guthrie Capital: P.R. Gammon is j violators of the timber law were tiled
how national commissioner and chief • A: . . .
s, manufacturers', mines and | J?"® dhft.r,ct court Saturday in M
mining and transportation depart- i coun}Y- V 's remarkably strange that
ment-s in rooms 15 and 17, Pacific
building, Washington, 1). C'.
Guthrie Capital: Forty lawyers were
admitted to the bar at Perry last
week. One of the examiners put this
Tilery to an applicant; "What does it
«ake to make a case?" "Twenty-four
bottles," was the quick and laconic
answer. Of course the applicant was
admitted.
people will continue to violate this
Jaw , when they know tlicy are
almost certain to be caught. It is not
the intention of the law to punish any
settler for going and getting a little
wood for his own use. so long as he
does not destroy green timber, but it
is just as wrong for a person to cut
timber from government land and
haul it off and sell it as it is to do any
other kind of stealing.
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