The State Democrat. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1896 Page: 2 of 8
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State Democrat.
MINNIIl I IIIXLIiR. Publisher.
Inciiberg nays that Sly Oberlander While t). county changed her name
will lie ser^feunt-at-arins of the next I to Custer it was not absolutely neces-
conncll. 1 nary to wipe out all previous county
1 Only one tic vote was recorded in Ok- records.
NOKMAN,
OKLAHOMA.
UHl.AltwMA ANI) INDIAN I «,«IClTUlt*
When a Outline (firl gets her mail
it (lie po t-"Hlcc instead of having it
lelivered lit the house, there is always
"talk."
It Is ii wonder (lint the Indian na-
tions which eliiiin In he us independent
foreign ooiiiitrlcs, have never claimed
the power to coin money.
In the country town* of Okla. not
one in a dozen of t he men Unows the
local preacher's name. Everybody "'I
dresses him as "He veren 11" and the
jackpot (foes merrily on.
An Oklahoma man who is 11 trreut ,
smoker snys Hint if a fairy ever gives |
him n wish, It will not lie for n purse ;
Unit is never empty, hut for 11 vest |
pocket that will always luivc a match
in it.
A buzzard with n smiill bell attached
to the neck was caught, in Greer
county lust week. The tinkle of the
bell attiaetcd attention for a dozen
miles before the bird descended to the
Ifrou nd
The Hutchinson A Southern road is
rapidly pushing the extension to tile
Hock Island junction nt Medford, It
will be completed and trains will be
running there by the middle of Decem-
ber.
Gardiner Allen of Pottawatomie
county, has been released from jail, i
It was found that he was something
over fifty miles away when the crime
with which lie was charged was com-
mitted.
There are five more brothers of Bee '
Tlunu, the man who was killed by !
Frank Canton, left. These threaten to !
goon the warpath on account of the!
deed. If they do the territory will
have some experienced outlaws. They i
know all the gangs that ever infested j
the territory.
The Chickasaw legislature adjourned
last Friday. Among the last of its acts j
was the appointment of ex-Gov. Guy J
and .ludge Josiah Brown as ministers
plenipotentiary to Washington. The
selections are good ones, and the na-
tion will be ably represented in the
persons of these two gentlemen.
.ludge Carlin of the United States
court has passed on the confiet of jur-
isdiction with Indian Territory courts
and his decision is a great victory for
Indian Territory courts. He holds
they have jurisdiction over all cases
where outside commissioners' examin-
ation was not held prior to Sept 1.
Thomas liigps. a Logan county farm-
er. was dangerously and perhaps fatal-
ly injured this week at Houghton's cot-
ton gin. Biggs was in the wagon hand- |
ling cotton when lie lost his balance j
and fell over the high sideboards of the
wagon onto the ground. llis collar i
bone was broken and also his left ami j
above the wrist, while the wrist was j
thrown out of joint. The doctors
think that Biggs Has also sustained in-
ternal injuries, which may prove fata'.
A month sgo a number of prospec
tors who had begun to open up the
mines in the Wichita mountains, were
arrested and taken before a United
states commissioner at Anadarko
The commissioner lias just rendered
bis decision, declaring that there was
no law under which tliey could be held
and therefore discharging them. The
men have returned to their work with
supplies and tools. They now have .•■
shaft sixty feet deep and are taking
out ore assaying 81,500 to the ton
The woman went bnel, to her prairie
home to toil and wait for the Vietter
time*, and took with her a cheerier
heart, as did all who heard the
splendid address The same homelike
fee>ing came to others, and on tnc
street they talked of it in quiet tones
that told of the depths of the impro
si on. The west is very much a child
jet. Its politicians may threaten and
warn the east, but in the hearts of the
people there is a tie that binds to the
old home. Kyerything is "back east."
when good and pleasant times are
mentioned. The dream of the settler
is to on a visit to those whom he loved
and dwelt with in the days of youth.
For this he saves and scrimps; then
when the hard times come and he has
t«. take the money to bnv the neces-
saries of life he is indeed bitter—and
who can blame him? Many a farm-
house in Oklahoma has hidden away in
its recesses a store of coins, gathered
through the years to furnish a trip to
the old home in the <► ist The children
of the west are Vrough 1 up on the talcs
of the magic ess!', and they are as loyal
><« were their parents to the land
vrhere everything seems bright and of
food rcp;ite. The ties arc close r t
l.'iliomti. This was for trustee of i!ed
Rock township, Noble county.
An Oklahoma editor proudly an-
nounces that he tint! his family "now
have turnips three times a day."
it is reported that a tight took place
Sunday in Greer county between horse
Over in the Osage country near Ravvl-
ston an old Indian woman who lives
ill a tepee had her six months old babe
torn to pieces a few days ago by a hog
which came to the tent while the old
woman was away.
The Indian bureau has been notified
thieves and farmers. Xo particulars >'.V Agent Dixon that he had commen-
eau be learned. ,he payment of 820.000 at a per
capita rate to the Sliawnees of Indian
territory. The aggregate amount they
will receive is SI 18,000.
Despite McKinley'* election the an-
nual autumn procession of schooners
back to the wives' folks ill Kansas can
be seen in Oklahoma again. i When we read of a foot of snow in
That fakir at 1'erry who lias a child ,ll«' Hukotas, as reported in Tuesday's
in the Osage country eaten by hogs , papers, we begin to appreciate the
every three months ought to stop. T*e climate of Oklahoma, where flowers
story is horrible and can do no one any al'e blooming and tomatoes and
jrood, peaches are still on the market.
There Is a preacher in Oklahoma j lnan ,lown jn r,ogan county
tin mod Testament. The only time lie!
whs ever read was when a few parish-
ioners endeavored to read him out of
t he church.
An enterprising barber «>f Crescent
City serves hot or cold luncheon 011 the
voted this ticket: "Set your affect-
tions on things above and not on the
things of the earth." Col, 3:2. ' For
our conversation is in heaven from
whence also we look for the Savior
the Lord .Jesus Christ." Phil. JhliO.
side. Ordinarily, patrons of a barber Looking" for that blessed hope, and
shop pet enough lather in their mouths the glorious appearing of the great
(lod and our Savior Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:13. The judges were unde-
cided as to which one of the presiden
tial candidates the man wished to vote
for.
without paying extra for it
A man named Casad, living near Ok-
lahoma City is the father of twenty-
five children. The old gentleman is
seventy-two years old, and it, may be
well enough to add that he has to bus- This '""o prominent butchers
tie for himself. | at Pawnee were each sentenced to a
, . x. . , I term of five years ill the territorial
A young man of ISoble county has j
twice attempted suicide within the last j
week, once by taking carbolic acid and
later by cutting his throat with a ra-
zor. Timely aid prevented success, lie j
is supposed to be insane and his sanity
will at once be inquired into by proper
authorities.
Oklahoma has a lady whose titles
equal these of bluest blooded aristocra-
cy of olil England. She is the daugh-
ter of n King, the wife of a Lord, and
the mother of ai. Karl. She has a son
whose name comprises all three of the
aristocratic titles. The lady is the
daughter of V. M. King, the wife of W.
11. I,ord, and the mother of Karl King
Lord.
Special Indian Agent Olive has been
ordered to proceed to the vicinity of
Kansas City, Kansas, and to the Indian
Territory to verify :i roll made of cer-
tain Wyandotte Indians now living
there for whom provision has been
made for allotments of land in the
Choctaw country in the Indian Terri-
tory. Appropriations were made for
these Indians bv the hut congress.
A11 incredible case of erroneous ani-
mal instinct is exhibited in Cleveland i
county. A family has an old family
mare and an old family cow which
prison at Lansing, Kansas, having
been tried and convicted of the crime
| of having received stolen cattle. The
case was bitterly fought by the attor-
neys for the defense and prosecution
but the chain of proven facia and cir-
cumstantial evidence w as so complete-
ly linked together that the jury was
warranted in returning a verdict of
guilty. A motion was made for a new-
trial but Judge Hiercr overruled the
motion. The attorneys gave notice of
appeal. The appeal was granted and
the .ludge fixed the bonds at 85,000
each, which up to date they have been
unable to give and are now in jail.
The several roads started and con-
templated in Oklahoma will now he
able to get the necessary capital and
the lieretofoie paper roads will make
actual dirt fly. The Leader, published
at Guthrie says: "The II. O. G. is now
heading for Guthrie from the Kansas
line at Medford, on the Hook Island,
and the Choctaw is to push on south-
west through the (lieycnne country to
the Comanche and Wichita rcserva-
tians and on down to Texas. The Cof-
i fevville, Oklahoma and Terras road is
-oming towards Guthrie from the
■ northwest" Oklahoma and Indian
| Territory have reached the point where
i they need more railroads, and now that
j capital is safe to invest money can be
secured to build them.
Recently the mare gave birth to a mule j
colt and the cow had a calf the same
day. The mule takes the cow for its
mother, and the call' the mare. The j Cotton in limited amount ought to
mother brutes take as poo l care of i be planted by every farmer in Oklalio-
their adopted young as though they ma. There is not a farmer who can
were their own offspring. The colt not tend properly ten acres without
gets its nourishment from the cow,
and the calf from the horse.
There has been i:i the Choctaw na-
tional secretary's office at Tishomingo
an old safe that has not been opened
for twenty-five or thirty years. Cn
the 13th the legislature passed a reso-
lution to have it opened and the eon-
tents examined. I'i-.e local blacksmith
there was
assistance, except in picking. A farm-
er with a large family of boys and girls
will need no assistance in picking. We
do not believe that any farmer ought
to plant more, than lie and his family
can cultivate without hired help. A
diversity of crops requiring attention
at different periods: so that the farmer
can attend to his crop without hired
did the job. and there w as found help is the onl\ successful way to farm,
among its contents a package of bills 1 big wheal crop occasional\ makes a
alw.it four inches thick. All except | farmcr somo money, but lliree years
the top bill, which was a $5 note, was
so rotten as not to be made out. When
and by whom the money was put in
the safe is not known.
Cleanliness i^ next to godliness, and
if dirtyness is ungodly, and wo believe
it is, an Oklahoma man 's getting fur-
ther and further a fro.n his Maker. .
He boasts that he never takes a bath j
only when caught a ra!.; He is so |
indolent that lie never removes his |
out of four he iosos The <"arnier who
makes the money is the one who -el s
i a little wheat, a few bales of cotton, a
I few fat hogs, a beef occasionally and
| poultry, eggs and butter. It a a pleas-
| nnter way to farm an.l is much more
' profitable than tl-.e one crop method in
vogue among farmer* in most new
; countries.
out.
spniut
: weeds
r out at
ov. oring
The fel-
t would
shoes until worn
and vegetables h
shoes and the tops are creep:
the openings. One of the
species of weeds is in bloom
low entertains a stench ti;."
cause a piece of Limbergor cheese ti
vomit.
Some noted alleged perjury eases
have born on trial in the district court
it Pawnee for the past wet U. A year
ago the United Slates grand jur; in
j dieted Charles M. Hill, county clerk:
P. .1. Menec. a Pawnee Indir.n lawyer,
tin<1 others on a charge of making false
liension affidavits, Two hundred bo-
pus pension papers are said to have
l>een issued by some one. Many of the
alleged bogus pension were issued to
Pawnee Indians and it is reported that
the judge of the court is having much
trouble in getting them to testily. La-
ter reports say the eases were dismiss-
ed for want of inrisdiction
1 p on Hie Quinn's range in lieavei
county is a 'puncher" who does a lit-
tle preaching occasionally Here is an
extract from a recent sermon: "How
:nany of yon.-, ready to die now vi;h
your boots on? Wliere'd you be t.c
breakfast? Don't any of you drunken,
swearin , fight in', blaspheming, gamb-
ling, thieving, tin-horn coffin-painl ga-
muts look at me v because 1 know
ye I've been through the drive.
You're all in your sins. Yon know a
fat, well-cared-for, thoroughly brand-
ed steer when you see one and you can
tell w hose it is and where it belongs.
I here is a man that ow:>: I There s
a place for it to go. There's a law to
protect. Tint where s the maverick —
w hat it that? You r nil mcveiichs and
worse. The inave. ! k
him lie goes bel.er
somebody takes him
w helps, you've got the
you. You've got h:s la
He lets you have rope now, but he will
draw rou when lie wants fire-wood."
ii: r
brand
in. Bet you
.evil's brand on
: lat ar ound roil.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
County Clerk Nash paid an election
bet by grinding a hand organ on the
streets at St. Joseph, Mo.
A feud between the Taylor and
Shelby families in Bollard county, Ken-
tucky. resulted in the killing of two
Taylors and the fatal wounding of
Mert Shelby.
H. W' Thomas of Sennet. Ok., post-
master, committed suicide. He was
short in his accounts.
Mrs. Annie Rowland of Chetopa,
Kan vas acquitted of the murder of
he.' iather-in-law on her plea of self-
i fense.
Bryan's plurality in Texas promises
to reach 150,000 when all the official
-eturns are in.
Two men were killed and one fatally
injured by dynamite explosion at
Niagara Falls.
Henry Bolte, one of the first settlers
:>f Wichita, committed suicide by shoot-
ng himself.
President-elect McKinley is opposed
to a grand military display at his in-
mgu ration.
George Gould's horse stumbled and
fell with him. He was not badly hurt.
Out of 40,000 votes in Delaware, only
1,005 voted the single tax ticket.
Illinois gold Democrats have re-
solved to keep up the fight against the
silver wing of the party.
It is said that the silver men in the
Senate will wage a bitter fight against
the proposed appointments of Secre-
tary Herbert to the court of claims and
sx-Congressman Forman of Illinois as
internal revenue commissioner. They
ire both Democratic gold leaders.
Delegate Flynn, it is said, can be
governor of Oklahoma if he will ac-
cept.
Large purchases of American corn
have recently been made by the l. ish
government for shipment to India,
where it will be used for seed.
The estimates for the Indian service
eall for ST,200,000 for the fiscal year
;nding June 30, 1898.
George T. Fairchlld of Kansas was
sleeted president of the Asso iation of
American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations.
Joseph S. Miller, commissioner of
internal revenue, resigned to become
vice president of the American Bond-
ing and Trust company of Baltimore.
A bigamist is on trial at Paducah,
Ky., attended by six of his eight wives.
In the federal court at Chicago the
trust rebate system has been sustained.
The Knights of Labor General As-
sembly declared for a graduated in-
come tax
Senator Teller declines to say what
the silver men of the senate intend
doing.
Horseless mail wagons are to be given
s test by the New York city postoflice.
General Weyler has captured the
mountain positions of the rebels in Di-
nar del Bio.
Paul B. Moore of Mississippi county
is to be Governor-elect Stephens' pri-
vate secretary.
Iron men advise the Iron Trade Re-
view that rapid resumption in their
line is improbable.
The man, who at Covington. Ky.,
threw a cigar in Secretary Carlisle's
face, has been fined #20.
The ladies of Denver have urgently
requested Mrr.. Bryan to accompany
her husband to Colorado.
W. II. Bronaugh of St. Louis won
first prize, in the oratorical contest at
Central College, Fayette, Mo.
San Francisco has opened stations
for the inspection of all produce
brought to the city for direct sale to
consumers.
Thirteen members of the Salt Lake
Coal Exchange have been convicted of
un lawfully combining to hold prices up.
Two Mexicans were killed and one
wounded and two members of a Texas
posse were also hurt in a battle in
Childress county.
Congressman Xewlands declares that
free silver and protection would make
this country invincible as regards Asia
and Europe respectively.
Annie Howard, betrothed to Carter
Harrison of Chicago at the time of his
assassination, was wedded to Walter
Parrott of London, England.
The Queensland National bank at
Brisbane has a deficit of £2,430.000.
Spanish officials deny any desire to
pick a quarrel with the United States.
The massing of Ilnssian troops about
Yladivostock is growing warkiike.
Turkish reforms are officially an-
nounced in France to have been com-
menced.
An expenditure of 40.000,000 taels on
new railway lines has been authorized
In China.
Mrs. Walter M. Castle's condition is
proving too serious to permit her re-
turn home.
Bismarck's Jlusso-German disclosures
are attributed to his anger at ex-Em-
press Frederick's part in his downfall.
The English government will prose-
cute those concerned in the recent ab-
duction of a Chinaman by t.ie Chinese
legation.
Cubans in Havana are aiding the
Spanish.
Chicago Manual Training school
burned; loss $75,000.
A curfew law is likely to be enacted
in New York city.
Sam B. Cook wants to be governor of
M issouri in 1900.
Philippine rebels have been liadly
beaten by Spanish troops
St. Louis Salvationists are going to
rare for street drunkards.
McKinley"s Kentucky plurality has
been whittled down to 257.
The sultan has ordered immediate
reforms in provincial government.
Bolt and nut manufacturers have
formed a selling pool to advance prices.
Montana leads all other states this
year in the production of wool, with
11,530,013 pounds. The National Wool
Growers' Association estimates the
crop this year to be, unwashed, about
272,474,708 pounds. When scoured the
total weight will he reduced about 60
per cent, or to 115,284,579 pounds. Ore-
gon comes next to Montana, with
19,889,976; California third, with 19,-
179,769; Texas fourth, Ohio fifth, New
Mexico sixth, Utah seventh, Wyoming
eighth, Michigan ninth, Colorado tenth,
Washington fourteenth.
TO CURE A COLD IN OUR DAY.
Take Laxative IJromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails to euro. 25c
Grossly exaggerated are the esti
mates of the large fortunes of the
world. It is easier to say one hundred
million than fifteen millions. Absence
:>f a sense of proportion must also be
taken into account When a Vander-
bitt announces that he would distribute
$150,000 among the men employed on
his railroad, all expected to be rich,
but after the distribution they found
themselves possessed of but $2 or S3
spiece.
In 1870 the hens in Russia laid 11,-
D00,000 eggs for export, in 1885 235,000,-
D00, and last year 1,250,000,000. In
Russia the eggs bring from six to ten
cents a dozen. They are exported to
Hungary, then sold in Germany as
Hungarian eggs, and finally they reach
England, where they are sold as Ger-
man eggs. It is indeed a wise egg that
knows its own age or nationality.
The Faults and Follies of the Age
ire rmmerouB. but of tho latter none is more
ridiculous than the promiscuous and random uso
>f laxative pills and other urnstic cathartics.
These wrench, convulso and weaken both the
•tomach and the bowels. If Hobtctter's Stomach
Bitters be used instead of these no-remedies, the
result is accomplished witkont rain and with
preat benefit to tlie bowels, the stomach and tho
liver, t'se this remedy when constipation is mani-
fested, thereby prevent it from becoming chronic.
The French excavators at Delphi
aave unearthed a life-size bronze statue
Df a bearded man, the largest yet dis-
covered. The date of the work is 500
B. C. The statue is holding the bridle
Df a horse, and portions of the horse's
Bgure have also been found.
American wealth is estimated at
{60,000,000,000, and one-twentieth of it
is owned by rich men. If this was
equally distributed every inhabitant
would* receive but S43, the earning
power of which is about SO a year.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
nd lorever, regain lost manhood, be made
■well, strong, magnetic, 'nil of new lifeand
vigor, take No-To-Hac, the wonder-worker
I lhat makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten ) nnds in ten days. Over 40'i,00Ocured.
Buy No-To-Uac tiom your druggist, who
I will guarantee a cure. Booklet and sam-
j pie mailed free. Ad. sterling Remedy Co.,
i. hicago or New York.
Blotting paper is made of cotton rags
which have been boiled in soda.
When bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret
randy cathartic, cure guaranteed. 10c, 25c
Argentine has 10,000.000 cattle.
the experience of thoseyho have been cured
>f scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism, by Hood s
Sarsaparilla, and obtain like benefit yourself.
Sarsaparilla
Is the best—In fact the One True Wood Pnrifler.
Hnorl'c Pills : r
I1UUU t HIS gripe. All druggists. 25c.
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