The Edmond Democrat. (Edmond, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1893 Page: 3 of 4
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Our Direetoj y
4'oitnt\ Ofl!ffr«
Probalv Judge. S. A. Stewart
s. M. nro^iui
). WwMlrun
. C. Williams
Sheriff, J. li l-i^liumeuer
.Att'n i. y, J. il. WmkJ ;
bupt of Schools, II. A. Bolluccr
uriiucr, Or. 15. W. wit ten
Surveyor, i: . B. Foil.
Commissioners, ifAri y Itucoa, W. Tompkins
City oflimli.
Pn-s. of Hoard, (' A. Dak.',
Cltv. lerk.C. -I. Uowinan
Polll* .liiiige, H. II. Mutis-.:
t'Uy Mai s al. Fred KukIInII.
s M. Morgan, Constable.
fans
t'hiirclifM.
vrr.itian, S- cffld ami l'ou!evard. St.'i
Pastor, Jjcv. I'.. Fields.
MKl'Uoiu.vr, Hni.m and Hani Streets.
Pastor, U«v. K. Svvaii;.
JlAWlHT, Kecowl mid Houlevard.
1*88tor. ThOH. Homer
ClIJBTTAN. l-.ast Second Stivrl,
I'astor, T. J. Head.
a. M. I: West l ampbell Street,
Taster, Supplied.
Horielii'fi.
KdmoiidliOdKO No. 87 A F. & A. M.
V. «>!•■, W.M.
Demascus Lodjse No. -i. K.of F
A. .1. Itickfts, i.e.
hdmonil l.inli;i* No. 5, I. (>. o. F.
Alex. Smith. N. ti.
flock ol t'liieainaKii,<L A. i:.
T S. Kugcii, I*. L\
LlbraryM ssn.
.1 allied Lubalt*, I'ms
( lnisilaii hndi-avor.
M i s. J. c. Flncli, l'res.
!1 ho Busy Workc • .
Su tra Wlklerson, Pres.
rout OP.iee.
Kcbt. (iiilbreath, P. M.
Herman (ialbiralli Assist;-.ijt
l'FMOCAT Djmi
Ylie Normal.
Hcsidt'nt Regent, Milch.
Principal, Pi or. Wi-.ixs
Assts. H Thatcher. ftiia. S. W. Douglas,
City Well i l lloaid.
•lames Loi>«itz, President.
TEACHERS.
M i• - Sli lla Thompson, Ida licit, M
dhigton,
AltoroeyN.
Hunh Mct'reillc. oflleo Broadway.
J I («•:! u, o'tl • • f ist side llro.idw a
|!ul)banl ,t (iiilcsjiti .
Veterinary Jjurgoous.
J. Kin1.
J. A. tfttrko. Post oniw Kdmotul.
Manic*.
Hank of Edmond,
.I'jI.ii PfalT, Pus. .1. L. Mitch. Caslir
^tilin Ai;i;'ca, Asst. Cashier.
Il:ill Hon'! Santa S-'e.
II. V.. Corey. Agent. Ev.vns operator
PhysleliiB.
Dr. J. W. Howard, office.Bro:Miw&v,
l.Y !i'*.'!icc( i: I. I IliinlSt.
Ur. F. S. 1-.rftu'c in« . «;way,
Kcslil-ncc, East Fiftt St.
Dr. F. M. . 111 -e Bn.ailway,
lte.sidei.ee, East Seeond St.
Dr. J. W.Comp, ollice south Broadway,
licsidence, Boulevard, Campbell.
Dr. W.D Wilson,olllee Broadway,
Kesidcnoe, South I.roadway.
})i V/. ll. Ti'dilts, office s aith I (runaway.
tresideiic
Dr. James 1'fit, oil
UbHr.iadwn
and ivt-Jd.-m-e",
i>rtfiwest Eduionil,
Livery nnil W'aso
Taylor & Daw
. Wagon yard,
llarber Shop-.
UillliiPri JL l^rrsMinnker.
ills, S.ele Wingler.
i^i!j Minnie M< MiuiiH
Local Dasjieff.
What pleasant evening#!.
Change in the time table.
Exercise your horses, boy s.
See Proclamation on first page.
Lott & Bowman's fur groceries at
coat.
Gnthrr has toop tjiat wins with
the ''Duce".
G. C. Foater recei"vc d u cur loatj
salt NN'ednesday.
Miss Gertie Thomas Hundsyed with
friends at Ok. City.
Agents Corey's now depot agent«
cap is very becoming.
Miss Mamie Shaw of Mumv, O. T.
adds to tho normal list
The races announced fur last Sat
urday were declared off.
Ten cars of wheat were shipped
from Edojond Monday
Tin wot weather last week delay-
ed the hay makers some.
it. H. 1'eniiHtt made a .businesg
tfip to the hub Monday.
Ernest ifiher returned from Kat:
N!tf to attend tho Nornnil.
to I he
^leat .'t arl:r1 <
HalooiiM.
IK-iutlfc -('lark v Fly.
North Dakota F. l&l."(lro\rs!
Coita.^e, J, K, l'atllk.
i nail Nlage S.iiirM
•itv Dray.
Dray.
• Line to Chandler, I'ti-.
• Healer,
iorse Deal. |
? Healer.
Dun't ask who is going
Strip, . it H' \ w)io is not?
Bay yv,;tr !' ur at the mill and
thns protect homo industries.
Miss Mae Thatcher was visiting at
Ok. City lhe first of the week.
Take yonr laundry to Y< o Goo and
have it done tip in good style.
Johnny Ciark has returned from
his extended vi jit to Tennessee.
Miss Kil'i Potts visited friend™
at Ok. City the tir .t of ho week.
Mrs. W. J. Donoyau is visiting
Mr- C'. E. Edgarton this week.
Mrs. M. Holeomb makes the best
bakers bread ever sold jn Edmond.
One loaf of Mrs. M. Hoi comb'6
bread will convince you its the best.
22b loads of wljeat was purchased
by our dilTerpt.t grain men Tuesday.
Klein, the hurtle s man l..n- just re-
ceived a car load of saddles, bridles,
etc.
Finch A: Bi rah for all kinds of
needles aud repairs foj sewing ma-
chinos.
Yon never see an o!d man who
asserts that ho understands woman
nature.
Don't forget ofltchd Proelamatipn
v/ith allotuicuts ceippletqat Moored
Iljward.
Official proclamations complete
with all allotments fur sale tit Moore
«Jc lluwfmjy,
Tho sportsmen can take down
their guns for quails as the law is
out to day.
J. Hightower is hero fr in Mar-
shal onnty, iv;., visiting Ed. Krug
of Dear Creek.
Denny and Jvatie Brown will re-
urn to their schools this vcok after
several months of a vacation.
Beady mixed decorative paints of
every color in pint ami half pint
cans tit Moore, Iluward & Co's,
Jim Periietield wpais a broad smiip
c< n-equeuce of the arrival of a young
son at his home Monday evening.
nliness fo:
To be in readiness for the strij
o will closo out our outire
CJUring your Hnal proof to the 1)em-
0 -h\t. We rffftke out your pap
oi- an I sal| ffijj i. jp i the land
1 flice, «1|
j Do yop # teilor ma.lo suit or
a pair of tailor made pants? if ho,
I see samples of cloth and got prices
^f Lobsitz &. Mi-Cj-o.l' t
The Qk, City Ti'/ritutial fair hat
I been d« dared off t!j;i< y^f nc
count of the da!eg wi^h
t|)e ppeging <■( i:.,;
fudging ffotii Ijfp, ^fftf,gei^nt9
nlready ma le IIjc. ijll^ndaijcjj qS thu
normal, which comiuenced this week
will b* greater tban pver
Yen Gee, the chinaman, has open
ed up for business in tho rear of the
Siler hotel where he intends to con-
duct a first class laundry.
Wanted —To trade a Hewing AT,
chine or a feed mill for building
stone Iuquiro of S. G. Piebler at
Racket Store, Edmond 0. K.
Leave your orders with Moore <V
Howard for tth addition of Morgans
Manuel it includes proclamation and
directions how to get a claiic.
No need of going awav from homo
for saddles, harness, &c. as Klein
has just received a car load and is
selling them at bed rock prices.
Dr. Conip has partitioned off a
neat office room at the store of Goinp
& Grills, where patients can eoiu-
fortably consult with the Dr. tf.
John Englihh lias returned fr on
Kansas where ho has been the past,
several months. John is now wear-
ing the ''star" as (1. putv marshal.
Died Estell Otis, son of Stephen
and Arminta Estell, on Aug. with af-
ter a brief illness, though painful.
Age B years, 10 months and 28 day .
Aaron Fretz will start for In-
dianapolis the last of the week to at-
tend the G. A. 1{, gathering as weL
as participate in a family re runion.
The yellow fever is rnging in the
south. A number of towns have
been quarantined und the authorities
are urging {he people to th e to the
north.
Hon. Frank Dale. Judge of this
th'rd district has returned from hiy
trip to tho World's Fair and has
taken up bis duty as Judge, Your
Honor.
Watermelons are still plenty and
cheap and better melons were never
marketed anywhere than the Okla-
homa county farmers have raised
this year.
Since tho issuance of tho procla-
mation many hr.ve changed their
tuiods and it is safe to say there will
be a grea'er rush for town lots than
farms. See.
Notice-—I am prepared to delivery
free of charge bread, cakes, pies atid
groceries on short notice. Give me
your orders at City Bakery.
Alex. Smith.
C. W. Alexander, of Britton Twp.,
was cn our streets Tuesday selling
apples that, he had brought over from
tho Sac & Fox country. They were
out of sight.
J. W. Waters, of Deer Creek, was
in town Monday arranging for new
machinery, etc, preparatory to
opening a braa new broom factory
tit his borne.
After tho lawn Wednesday
night the young fol;.- blod in
Central Hall uud «L ely music
of the ''Little Duteh tra trip-
ped tho liggt fa;; ut'l the
small hours,
Worlds F.ujt R4^E^ -We are
now prepared to sell Rouud trip
tickets to Chicago at $21,50. Tick-
ets good fur return passage within
.'50 days from date of sale. Also one
way rstes to Chicago at *17.45.
Continuous passage. For further in-
formation callon H. W. Corey, Aot,
Edmond Oklahoma
August 1893.
$(<$} «>• T^e partnership hereto-
tnrn e«'-*W.g between L. XI. Hub-
hflM ftfei T. J. Gillispie as attorney!}
is tljisday dissolved by mu{^.
iil consent L. M. Hubqajh,
J. T. GiLLEsrn.
The county bond matter which
was up before Judge Dale last week
went over until Oct. on account of r.
technical ommissipn in tho record
wl.ich failed to show tho rrJer pass-
rf'd by the Board of county x'onnnis
sionera to fund the county's indebt-
edness.
Perry seems to bo tho attraction
already. Capitalists are being at-
tracted in that direction. She is
going to have a banking institution
and otie that her people can veil be
orotid of. The new institution will
be known as T. M. Kichardson &
Sons, bankers.
Home Seekeiis Excursion.— Tickets
will bo on sale August 22, Sept.
and Oct. 10, 1NW2 at one fare plus
$2 00 for the rouud trip to points in
Texas and Louisina. Stop overs
allowed going - continuous passage
returning. Final limit 20 Jays from
late of sale.
New moon comes on the l()tb of
September, with the lirst quarter on
the 10th, so the boomers will have
nice moonlight nights. The weathor
predictions for the first half of tho
month are favorable, also - warm and
pleasant until tho 10, then a storm
period until the 14th, and then clear
and warm until tho 24.
Mrs. Frank Carpenter left Sunday
on a visit East. She will meet Mr.
C. at Kansas City. "It is their in-
tention to visit tho World's fair be-
htr,P! foi'e returning
stock "
Hotels and RMtniirnnbi
Hotel C -ilral, Mrs. M. I). T!iat<-h«r.
h -I. K, .Murant Mrs. M. II. :. .,ml
> .mi il It, •itaurant, II. 1! croiil: pro-
i. F, Patler, |>,t::urant, North Hn
Alex
Meclinnles
contuactors & builders.
.Mooie ,v Wilson.
•I. Panlk.
.1 li. 1-ra.'ier.
Wilder.- >u \ KlUcn.
Aaron Fr.-./..
L. Pur. Hi-1 l.
I„ M. rinbi^rd,
DL VCKSM1TI1S.
Frank « ole
C. Meljityre.
Alex McI)oiih!.I
PAINTERS.
EuglesUni llroa.
.Invne Pros.
An.lv Slbert.
8 H OF. MAKERS.
Michael IjiiizI.
PLASTERS.
Ha vis & Foss
8TONB MASON
E.l O'Connor.
I.ambe rnics
James Ilfqwn.
Carey Lombard Co
ifaiiitji.i, rt.il li.
,1. P. M. KIinil;
J. U, V
r.tcer.
Ha'/imr.
, F.'W. l .-nnJr
l.o
i Hov
...... • ^ IIoNVaid 1>.
Edifer'ion >!iavi . , Itiirilv.ara ; I !i'
Carey l/i.tili n.1 < >., I!::n'v air >.!. Wall,
Ks-ii'i. «,-o. it. Hn.mss milker.
fl eh .V IJoiMii, I iiirtltiire.
ft ^. rs.J Notions
II >onit*, ■ iioeerl' sand Hr; c " ' .
P. rs. s;i.. 1 • *r i'v :*0ii. Ury and Ci
1. .!••. i. M. it.i . Ur\ 1■: i'.N < 1
"" ' aro and Imp.
in
, li .
ll', w. I .. t; oe'lies and %' >ti>
lleo lliv. , (' A Hake, AV«.
. . im| ,.i W. «;i.. • r.
SECOND LTtiEET.
t lKSl STREET
(iraln and Cotton licr.ler.t.
John Pf Hi
i.ll. snyder.
^Intiuliirt ure*
Prick \ ardg, It. AL potetic.
Ldiuond Fb nrlnii Mllih, •' Hnydet
I.levator and mill-, J. c. Onlllebnuli.
Acme MilooihllliC ll'Uli, • ti Dl'.«> 'S
i:..w. Erisiuua. 1'lnSaiil i.
rhoto^raiitier.
('has. Duke.
tienl EtttHt;. Aseut*.
II. II. M".' :e.
J. \V. Walters
K. (ta'ibit; 111 c. i
o. II. Matbls.
for spot, cash. Lo'.t Bownian.
llob't. Galbroq'h succo'ded in git
ting M. A. O'Brien appointed Dej ti j.
U. S. Marshal, Friday of last week.
Mrs. Zingre received a message
Tuesday announcing tho death of
^ar mother, who resided in Nebraska.
Edmoud will not be tho only town
in Oklahoma that will be depopulat-
ed for a short time during tho open-
ing-
C. Thompson has purchased the
Geo. llito barn and moved the same
to his residence in the north part of
{.own.
The fellow who does not enter tlie
freo for all raop will stand a pool"
show of getting anything in the
ltemembpr McKinnis will Rive
you 50 cents for your wheat and 25
for your oats in trade and at cash
prices.
A great maoy persons from the
sun flower state are rolling into tho
country of wheat ricks and water
m ellpns.
The Peoples Party will meet in
convention September O'h. at Ok
lahoma City for the purpose of le
organising.
Fix yourself for the Strip by pur-
chasing a cojiy of tho proclamation
j with a map of tho Strip at City
Drug Store.
J A good turn out at tho lawn
J social Wednesday uight at the home
f Mrs. Ktisiiiau. A very pleasant
time was had.
. lio<
stok wiii|i)on|.
Lobsitz & McCredie have a full
line of samples of cloth for tailor
made suits at popular prices. Cull
and 8$0 them.
Rooms to rent, with or without
board, at the Baker building, sctith
Edmond. So? J. H. Starkweather
for particulars.
Among the encouraging :
the time-* ia the remarkable
weather we are having for tho I
eating of the crops.
Hie following letters are pinned
tip in the postoflice and marked "held
for postage:"- Miss Nora McVey,
Augusta, Butler Co. Kansas, W. It,
Acock, Areola, Mo.
Lobsitz tV McCrodii-'s clothing and
dry goods establishment represents
a wholesale house. (> iods are pack-
ed in every corner to the ceiling and
yet more goods are arriving daily,
The pleasant smiling countenance
of Miss Mollio lfolcomb greets the
many customers at Lobsitx & Mc-
Cro ii «'s, Miss Mollio having ac-
cepted a clerkship iu that mammoth
establishment.
The recent rains have put some of
tho roads in a bad lis The roa.l
just north of Capt. Jackson's lmdly
needs the attention of the roadovcr-
seer a i does other places to say
nothing of Broadway.
Do yon want good and cheap
board? I* so call at the Democrat
office and learn where Normal stu-
dents cao secure day board for $2.50
per week. Accommodations for thir-
ty persons. tf.
More people are going to the fair
now. If tho roads had started out
with a one fare for the rouud trip
rale, with a thirty day limit for
tickets the travel would have been
two or three times as great.
Tho many friends of County Clerk
Bradford will be pleased to learn that
Will still holds tho fort at the hub.
Judge Dale S-iturday decided that he
had no power to remove Mr. 13. until
the charge against him had beeu
confirmed.
Miss Hitch mot with a painf il ac
cident the other day. She was
thrown from a cart dislocating her el-
bow joint. Drs. Moore A Howard
were palled, set the elbow, and soon
administered the required medical
assistance.
All pupils of the pnblio school of. This is a time for people with I
the 1'irst an 1 Second Grades, which I money to use it in. employing labor, j
includes those in the first and Sec | There is givat talk of tho scarcity |
ond Readers, and below, will as ;. f currency, but there is as much
seinble at Ceutral Hall on Monday j money iu tho country as ever and '
morning, Sept, 1th. All others wil with an inflow of gold from Europe!
como to the 'school-house. 1 hose and an tucrese of the national bank
who were not present at final es.im ••tirrency and other devices, these,
ination at the close of school should ; there really will soon be a large
bring pencil and papei as they will bo amount. Tho difficulty is that peo-
required to take an examination be pie will hoard it. But persons that
fore being classified. School will be- have money to hoard are not those
giu at S:-1d. who aro suffering, they are the peo
Examination of 7for ler 1 """ ""T'
riorial oertiflat.. and diploma, will ) «> |-
lbs held liy (be territorial board ofi """ wlm'h tbe-v Bouid lf„
I education at, Oklahoma City and "U""i wo™ m"° I"™!'"™*- I' •
Kingfl.l.w on Ang. 2K, 211,30. and 81, 'T l',bu " "f .""AV"."
an,! at Gntbrie Sept^W I .1SSII i . ,L''
Ccrrespondents should be partic-
ularly careful to write proper names
plainly. By f tiling to do so glaring
errors frequently appear in tho" per-
sonals" of their communications.
I'j-inuvj aro not supposed to bo per-
sonally acquainted with everybody
and able to guess at tho right name
when it is indistinctly written.
For a lame I ack or for a pain in
tho side o( chest, try saturating a
piece of flannel with ( hamherlaui'b
Pain Balm and binding it onto the
affected parts. This treatment will
[Mire any ordinary case in one or two
Jays. Pain Balm also cures rheu-
matism. 50 cent bottles fur sale by
Moore & Howard.
For the National Ecampment G
A R. at Indianapolis, Ind , Sept.. 2
to 10, tickots will be on sale at Kl-
inond from Aug, dO to Sept. 3 in-
clusive, via Chicago at $28.15 or
$'M 70 and via St Louis at 123.80 or
S2W.00 according to limit. For fur
tlier particulars call on H. W. Oorev,
Agt. A. T. & F. S.
Tho usual excursion will soon he-
gin to rul! iu from the east. Edmoud
and Oklahoma oounty, our excellent
country, big crops, fine climate and
the general prosper ty of our people,
will be inducements for them to locate
here, that will prove bard f^r them
to resist. Our latch string hangs
out let the honest enterprising farmer
"pull"'and enter.
The wet weathor somewhat de-
layed work on tho Peoples bank and
Edgertou <fc Shaver's stone building,
but thti masons expect with fair
atlier to complete tho stone work,
with the exception of pointing, this
woek. The carpenters will thou have
full sway and it is safe to say tho
parties will be occupying their new
pun ters by the ^Oih,
The Cutler Comedy Co. have a-
bout completed their new scenery
and it is now their intention to ap-
pear Saturday night under their
brail new tent just east of the Demo-
crat office. With tho now additional
actors the company is made much
stronger t^ian when here before, and
a good performance can ho oxpr itod
and nothing said or done that would
offend tho most fastidious,
Guthrie Septeuil
certificates ni
mlpprsede the necessity of any and|
, i i bard times in that respect, the fi*
j h^sp certincates and diplomas! j0 t -
retrench yet when tho times
• ... • dull and the price of material ami
a(f pthoi examinations of the person i , , 1 ,, . .. ,,
i . v.. - i i , , labor are generally Ie- s that really is
the favorable time for tho pooplo to
make the desired improvements at
lowest cost. \t*o liii;;ht call thi i
folding them by county, a.:d are
valid in any county, city to..ti or
school district in the territory for
the term of years therein set forth.
Oklahoma exhibits at tho Woild';
Fair samples of the following wond-
selflshness inhuman nature in tie
firing to lake advantage of their fel-
low men to obtain their service at less
ers: Clover. -1 feet high, native ! than their usual wages, but after all
grass 21 feet high, corn stalks 14 i8 "busine-H,'* and il is not without
feet high, a beet weighing 17 pounds jit* meiciful features otherwise many
timothy 8 feet high, a squach weigh- ! people would be deprived of employ-
ing 109 pcunds, a cabbage weighing ' IT,t,"t entirely. It is belter to work
27 pounds, a watermelon weighiii" I f°r l(n; wnges than not work at all.
70 pounds, a potatoe weighing (I At nil events our aim is to e.icour-
poutids, a hill of potato s that yield, ' HR° people who have money to spend
ed 41 pounds, an onion weighing 3 jit am'keep it. in birculation, and
pounds and 1 ounce, n samp'o of;give employment to those w'io are
oats from a yield of 130 bushels;; absolutely dependent upon their dai-
per acre, a sample of wheat from a I 'y wnges fpr a living.
yield of 0.1 bushels nor acre.
When you get ready
to paint or paper your
house call and see our
goods and get our pri-
ces. "We have the
most complete line by
big odds in the town
and a call will con-
vince you. And as
for prices we are ac
knowledged by ccm-
•oetitors to be the low-
est.
Moore & Howard.
J. W1NGLER,
Has just received a
HEW AND COMPLETE
The fact that hay cau bo trans-
ported from the blue grass region to
England for about $15 a tun and to
France fDi $l8opi ns tip a line chance
fur disposing of ti large surplus at a
bigprice. Speculators are out all over
this section of Ok. buying hay for ex
port, and it is evident that there is
big money in their enterprise. Eu
r« > | o n demand fir hay is unparal loll-
ed owing to an almost total failure of
the crops on account of drouth. Hay
is worth $24 a ton on the dock at
Liverpool now and is likely to go to
untold bights before auother crop
can be produced.
The lollowing is a list of letters re
maining iu tho Edmond P. O. Aug.
81.
McKoe James
Me Nee Floyd
McNames Jud
Avileis Ijethor
Brown C 13
Robertson Will
Scot i Kenneth
Wood M C
Jones J A
Avith K W
Preston C L
McMahon Thos
McConkey G S
Krall Frank
Armstrong J H
Chamberlain Jos L
Sawer George (3)
Sanders Annie
Webber Sallie
Joey leu S D
Parties calling for tho above will
please say "advertised".
II Galbseatil P. M.
The peoplo who have lived iu Ok-
lahoma any length of time and have
witnessed tho fo'ly of trying to secure
lands by violating "the rules laid
down by the department, will, if they
go to the Strip, follow tho ins*rue
tions set forth in tha President's
proclamhtion. If the iustrrctions
are ignored it will bo by people who
are not familiar with the trouble
caused by persons who paid no at-
tention to the proclamation issued by
President Harrison opening this
country, and who are to day a bun
dred times worse off than they were
when they entered Oklahoma. —P-
(razi'tte.
A Good thino to keep at hand
Some years ago wo were very mneh
subject to severe spells of cholera
morbus; and now when wo fool any
of the symptoms that usually proceed
that ailment, such as sicknc at the
stomache, diarrhoea, etc., we become
scary. We have found Chamber
Iain's Oolic, Cholera and Diorrhoea
Remedy the very thing to straighten
ono out in such cases, and always
keep it about. Wo are not writing
this for a pay tentimoni il, but to let
our readers know what is a good
thing to keop bandy in tho house.
For sale by Moore & Howard. Yjroi/
Nans., Cheif
If the now postage bill becomes
a law —to allow merchandise pack-
ages to be sent at a lower rate—it
will bo a benefit to the public and a
profit to the government. It will
bo a small stop iu tho right diroc-
Hon. It will force the express com-
■ panics to lower rates. Moauwhile
! tho post office department and the
Now is tlio vacation time for all! <5W.nba.-k «e inching n lossion
who can all'.,rtl il. For vo oJitor. J10 the P""!'1" l«w their "i-ce6.-.itio
There is no rest for the wicked, #™ bos' adauuistere'l by themselves
. iUior go or bo kicked is (ho rec«-' tbron^b own employes. On
latipn law. He can aff jrd nothing j1,18 0,1"*r ,he "ombinoa called
bnt ihe luxury of boin^r misrepre- 'he Southern Pacfio rrilwav of K.„i-
-Line of-
BOOTS & SHOES !
sented and abused. Ye minister is
petted and criticised, ye lawyer fights
and blu'Js bis way to prominence
yo editor tries to please and gets
kicked for his pains. There is
plenty of room at the top."
Miss Alice Schnell of Guthrie has
tiled a contest against Isral Royal,
who occupies the famous mansion of
Chief Keokuk, near Sac &Fox age:;cy.
S ioallego-i Hoouorism. Chief Keok
uk built a line 12-room louse < n
this claim and made it his home for
many years, improving tho place,
setting out orchard,etc., bnt abandon- ... „ ,
,,1 il for another Hill acres at ,i„ 111°'^ ,.i
time of the allotments. It is a very
valuable ami desirable claim —Jour-
nal.
W Ii. Sheldon,
D UN rT 1ST,
r FFICE# N'ORI H llt-OADWAY
Pr Wilson the Electric and Bo
of 'tanic doctor is located on liroadway
fine i south Edmond, and is ready and
an willing to wait upon the stele, and
jnftliekd of all kinds of d isenses.
I Call on him at his residence ami see
Go to City Drug Store and get a 1 a clever gentleman. tf.
bottle of 8. IX C. and stop that cough i
among your horses, two byudied Sunday ti new tipje table was put
doses for one dollar. in effect. The north bound Chicago
I Express leaves 5:0^ a. iu. Mo I sprMi
1 local 4:22 p. m G
The Normal board of Regent were
in sossionTuesday. All members
present except Mr. Mitch, who is
serving tho territory as Com
missioiier at the World's fair.
Ryan k Perry of Ft, Smith were
the lowest bidders, being in rouud
numbers, U),60O. They are the satno
contractors that were awarded the
Wo have soon a great lug healthy
scout, robust man sit up in the house
or upon the street corner and smoke
as old strodg pipe all day, while his
wife played music all day long upon
the washing board, that lie "the
lord of crontion" might live at his
ease, savs an Ex. We have seen
poor young men go forth out into the
cold unchariatable world, merry
some poor girl who did not possess
the second dress, and this same
young man and woman go to his
father's house, and the young lady
lie around in idleness, read novel*,
and the yoimgtnau play dude, while
the father, bowed his back t> hard
labor to support them in their oussed
laziness, we have seeti daughters, sit
around and talk about other girls
being lazy, while they themselves
would sleeep or sit idloy by and
watch their gray-head< d mother do
the family washiug. We have seen
men try to play poker and lose,!
while their wife woeld take in sew-
ing and make a wining. We have
seen men to stingey to pay otio dol-
lar for their homo paper, and come
in tho ollice every week end ask for
it cample copy, wo have seen the
poor editor smile when called upon
to write the obituary notice of these
stingy cusses, we have laughed aloud
as St. Peter would turn them away
from the golden gates. Moral:
Como and subscribe for your homo
paper.
At Guthrie tho jury brought in a
verdict Monday morning of murder
in the first dngree in the case of the
United States vs John DosHett, for
poisoning Sherman Long. The
jury had been ton two for conviction
since Saturday night, Thecaso wv.
ably defended and nothing was
left undone that could bo done for
tilio prisoner. The crimo being
committed under Unite! Slates law.
the penalty in deat h, and unless s.une
pnforsecn power intervenes, John
l)o*Hott is to pay the penalty of his
too tragic love for Clementine Don
oay by hanging to a tree until he is
dead, Tho trial has already la
given. Tho drama took place in the i
Os'ige country. The girl who could \
ri( t decide which one of tlie two shot
loved, now has to wait till sho got I
heaven to get either. It is to be
hoped sho is happy, Many people
ti el sympathy for Dossott and wish
lie could save his neck, as he is real
ly a good man gone wrong.
Gov. Swinfor t ha- let the contract
for sinking eight wells in the Chero-
kee Strip towns, the work to be com-
pleted by September II, two days
before tho opening. These wells
will be located as follows: At the
land office town on the Santa Fe, one
in the courthouse block au l one on
tho government acre: at the other
county soat on that road, one on
the Oourthdbse block and onoou the
school house grounds. At Enid,
ono on the government acre and one
on tho court house block; at Pound
Creek, one ou the school ground and
one on the court house block. This
matter originated entirely with Gov.
Swinford, who realized the anouut
of suffering that would ensue unless
a supply of good wholesome water
was procured at those towns, and it
is to hiui tho peoplo will owo this
great Couveuienrn I'nrb ..f :! ««<1L
will be supplied with a pump and
water will ho as free as town lots.
GRAND CANON OFCOEOUAHO HIVES.
On the Santa Fe Route, in northern
Arizona, 1,263 miles from Kau*:u
City, is tho town of Flagstaff. A
tri weekly stage bee runs from
A groat many people imagine that i Fia^st.ifT to the Giv.nd Canon of the
an offer to sell and relinquish by Colorado Rivi-r. More ti u a mile
an entry-man ia suffieent ground > in depth, this is tie sublimit! ol
for contest, says tho .Journal, btli in ! j - -a Titan o: cha , n>. Tiu-n.
a recent decision rendered in the.ty\o :nit i..' MlU hidden tin
appeal .seen below, and Ni.igra W"ijhl look
from the Kingfisher land ollije, th • >'-1 ' ■ lar :r t :.:iu a broon. !>• .
tho commissioner of the g-- -«ral i i-ol to vIMI this first wonder of ti
Which he will Sell
AT ASTONISHING LOW PRICES
HOTEL CENTRAL
M. i). Tiiatcheu, Pro.
CoMftlKHCI VL IIEADOUAIITEKS
"J. W. GOMP,-
ut: /1 mu a u ncas ron
AND l'Hlil),
i'I'odueo fnkon in Excbango
South Broadway. EDMOND. OKLAHOMA
DEAI.I
.TliRAI. IMPLEMENTS I
•^Coruoi* iciest
jiikI 13 I 'oadway.^
Prepare For
m!
the Southern Pacific rrilway of Ken-
tucky, and tho Reading Railway
company are teaching the people of
the far west and of tho east tho
mighty daugi v to M|] nf n„ f,
monopoly. The Pacific coast is help-
1 ss in tho grij) of the ono, whilo the
price of coal is made immensely
dearer by the monopoly of the ether
as miner, carrier aud dealer iu an
thracite.
And Purchase Your
GROCERIES AMD SUPPLIES I
^YT h\ IiOKMK'S
One I'eiccs Can't bo Uenl.
i I. MOOfc
•(> l)/SA-l
Land Lawyer, Daoda, Mr:" .. . i
A"' ■;* lui'iln of pft|*r wait.-ml in .
20 Years Experience In Pension Business.
O t7
. , „
w &OWjv
GROCERY.
1J
r^M
WHICH STOCi: IS
CHOICE, FRESH & NEW.
FOREIGN Mile FEUiTS.
land otlico has ruled that "off- ring world. \ ou ean " I u]
for sale iu not of itself' a sullici nt • )' asking * . 1. Nich 'i-oi
charge to sustain a contest agan st
an entry and inasmuch as an entry-
man after making a boimtid « ntry
sometimes becomes ho situated that
it is almost impossible for him to
comply with the jwjuireirieuts of the
homestead law it is not conclusive
evidence of bad faith should be offer
for sale his relinquishment or in fan j tj,Ht tm,dout ii. bold relief, ns
Stillwater school Contract. Their bid make sale thereof. Condition m ay | fUeniory *«-vi-rt.- to the da i when wi
was accepted by the the Board with ' exist when he shall be permitted t;; . Wi<ro yonug, non** are ui' ro | iDUiili
the understanding that no details I make sale of his improvements and ! „„t than severe Hiekness. Theyung
would be entered into until the next J relinquish the Und who such a mle J lu ,j|„.r vividly reinom' rs that it wn
regular meeting of the B>ard which might be lawful and hou iable 1 (.'hamberlain « < 'uindi Remedy cured
occurs the fir^t of Get. Miss Sloss 'Sanctioned aud recogniled by law.' j of croup, and in tuiu adu
a highly educated and strongly tn- I See Turner vs- Payne et al. 11 1 it to ler own ofT-.jirin;.'
d trs^d lady of Taylor, Texas, was i m D.,38^ ) ttuch a transact ion should with the b. i
West Side 23i.*oaiwa-y
T. A., A. T. & S. V. R. R. Co., To-
peka, Ivans., to mail yon a fp.u coj v
of un illustrated bo k describing thi
terra incognita. The book is no
common affair; but i« entertaining!;*
written, Ix autifully illustrated, and
a gem of the printci's ar*.
Among the incide its of childhood
GEO. H.KLEIN.
pb yed as an a-shta? t teaoher in ti o not th r -'.-re bo questioneil unle i
place of Mrs Dt.glass, resigned, oharged that the entry whs niado
The iimw Me.piinition eo m'H highly bad faith aud w-ih speculative into
WKfttt HVH m
| association have postpone.! tbeir first j South,Tex as Kxpress 11:51 p. m. isi oinmeiided and lU* Noinsl Keg-'• lionand thesHl«of the relinqn shmu
anual fair from Snpt. lWth to Oct. Ark. t ity AcGk.City F.\j n ts 2 p. ei.ls can well 1 ist of the ablest was the accomplishment of th« pur-
j 10th to the 13th 03. ■ *x. and local 1 > p. iv actii«y iu tbo We;t pjse foi /.In ;L the entry wtu made*
1 Moore 6i Howard.
Keep cool by buying yo r ico at
the AuneilS'-i Hu ch e ild st'U i^e
They run a fieo wagon aud will de
liver ever morning, tf
Harness,
Saddles.
administers [5f| •
fJjLTJj fillips,
Robes
' jStolli
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