The Mulhall Enterprise. (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1898 Page: 4 of 4
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Public School Report.
he following is a report 0( Mulhall
.Chool. for tl1efi,U.ud»«ooDcl,uouU,8
of the term:
NOVEMBER
FftiDnY.
ENTERPRISE
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
PBIJC A « »
I)h ly At'nce
Rnrollm t
Flr-t Mo <»
NEWS-GATHERERS
OUR ENTERPRISING
Mo lft
I irut Mo I
VALLEY.
ORACLES.
'1
SEWING MACHINES I
Do you need one ? Don't buy until you see ours. We
will save you from $?<) to $30, and sell you a machine
Wakkamt.d for Ten Yi ars that will do anything the high-
priced machine will do. Don't be "Aim-Hammed ' by any
smooth-talking agent. You have a two weeks 1- km trial (.1
our machine in your own home. We supply all repairs that
may be needed.
GENET,
The Furniture Man.
Mulhall 0. T.
IN TIIK KICK K IH'IMUNU.
Wf; mm ilUP M ^ ^ ^
KI.VNN NOVKMI1KB 7— Kvi'iilnjr.
(lot ready for eli olio" tti'*H.
D. D. Dyche was bero from Ponoa
City Monday.
J. O. Thomas waa here f 0111 Tuu-
kawa Monday.
E Mutzlfc and J l'.wt were lu from
Trade was good with the merchants ! standard Wednesday.
Tuesday. j Miss Maude Foul/, visited at Crei.
Several shows are doing Mulhall | uent City over Sunday.
CITY AMD COUNTY.
FLYNN NOVEMBER 7
Nutting time.
Hatunlay was a busy tiny lu Mul-
ball.
0AKDA1.E
v UoLLIK V a 111)1. n,
H«*aiitif 111 weather.
Cotton picking will aoon be
of the past.
Miat drace Prebber Is doing good
work, in our school us teacher.
Hchool i-§ prospering. All n«atn are
filled, and about ten more pupils to
start.
Wheat Is growing so nice, Soon the
farmers will he rejoicing to know they
have'nice pastor for their stock.
Jim NVoodyard and wife are the
proud parents of a 9 pound girl.
Mother and daughter doing well.
The little birds have returned from
| the north, and sing, niug, ail the day
I long, making us mortals sometime
almost think 'tis spring instead of
autumu.'
John Potts made his house more
, pleasant by put'ing double windows
I in the south, and oue window in the
! east of his diuing room. After the
! shelves were arranged ami the house
| plants in place it makes au attractive
j room, the room lias been papered new.
I They Just got the roof done when a
ruin came. They added two new
chimneys while they were fixing the
house.
LONE STAR
ltY X Y Z
Our school is progressing nicely
under the management of Miss Dent.
J There was speaking at the school
1 house Monday night by C. \V Dutton,
populist candidate for treasurer of
Payne county, and C. A. Wallace,
candidate for probate Judge on same
ticket. Attendance quite (small.
; During the interim from Friday to
Monday some low down person or
' persons entered the School house and
stole most of the books, which the
scholars had left in the building over
Muuday. It will Lie hard for some of
tiie scholars to replace their books
; Anyone who will stoop so low as to
1 steal school books from the school
Ibis week.
Johu Isom was in Guthrie on bufi
Hess Tuesday.
I Mrs. Chittum visited with her sister, ((l Ml aml T j.;
I Mrs. Merydith, this week.
Moses Miller is making some Im
We omit our story this week on ac- j provements about his premises.
count of so much political matter.
E. P. Weggen, the wideawake
Marena farmer, was in town Tuesday.
Charles E. Hillingsley and Clyde
Mrs Woosiey entertained Miss
Corrlne Hitchcock Weduesday after-
noon.
Mrs Eaton, who Is an invalid, llv-
Time to gather fillts.
The leaves are turning brown.
Ucv. L. F. Laverty was in the city
Monday.
Hon. .1. li. Kenton was a caller at
out* oflice today.
Walter .loeye, who is teaching
school east of town, was in to hear
Judge Kenton hist evening.
Miss fin-ma Brown of llalstend,
Ivans., is visiting in the city, the guest house needs to be made to suiter the
j full penalty of the
Mr. and Mis 1). A. How man of; owner of a
would buy them cannot be any better
than the thief w tio stole them, as the
amount stolen would show that it is
more than one family wolud have, It
law Aud the
second hand store that
PLEASANT
I HY spy.
Wheat begins to need rain, but it'
thing looks line yet.
Mrs. H. E. Brown spent a few
good weeks in Northern Kansas, and has
returned refreshed,
I have been ant on the cross roads
and find that all our people are alive
and appear to be doing well.
Mrs. P. P tt -ott spent lust week In
Arkansas City, visiting relatives
We were all glad to see her kind old
mother come back wilt her to speud
the winter.
Mills h In thecotton business. Ship
py in the castor-oil business; and Koss
is threshing at last. Murdoch has
sore fingers. He says the corn husks
are too bard.
The Spy will be at the cross roads
on election day taking note*. You
may rest easy Mr. Editor, for we will
win if we have to no to Texas and
Arkausas for votes.
Corn Is turning out about 50 bushels.
Sweet potatoes are au immense crop.
We use au axe to get theui in shape to
boil. Peanuts are a good crop, but
they are hard to gather.
Well, I have been absent for a long
time, and as I see your valuable paper
has not been favored with an item
from this pleasant little Valley lately,
I * ill send you a few notes of the do-
ings of our good people.
Cptain Abe lias retired from the
cranks, and is now trying for a com-
mission as county treasurer on the
cross roads tiCKet. If he is elected
the cranks will disband and join the
followers, or live by faith.
Mr. Editor, I am sorry that I have
not hud time to post up and give you
the news. But when you hear from
me agaiu the election will be over and
the pops and deuis und middle of the-
roaders will all bj snowed under.
I also see that Mr. J J. Estus is
a candidate for County Commissioner
from this district How could we
better ouraelve
sful fanner,
and a fine man. I
lllcer
T..UI tnrcilltii.nl rii.l Muuth. lit; A»...»«
ilaiiv attendance, IDS.
■1 ol.l .nrolla,oats., 1 Miotli. UJ; Average
daily attendance, 1-4
In the Primary grade 14 pupils nerf
not absent or' lardy; Intermediate, I"
pupils; Grammar, 10 pupils. Interest
in all grades excellent. Parents und
patrons incited to visit us,
Kekpeetfully,
Miss Mattik Justice,
Mian Bessie Mi uooch,
W S. t'Ai.VKUT, Teachers
Orlando were down Thursday visiting |.
his folks and taking.in the ball.
Charles Seelev, one of Mulhall'* |
pioneer boys, came in Tuesday from (
Mexia, Texas, on a visit to his parents
and old time friends.
Mis. Median will sing a Soprano
solo sit the M. 10. church Sunday
m lining. Everybody is invited to
come out and hear her.
11. S. Honnell turned out the biggest
cotton bale of the season at his gin
turned from the Exposition Saturday 1 Thursday. It yveighs 771 pounds.
Pastor Evan, will preach at the I "Ight, »«er » very plea.aot week In , Aak K.ank Forrest lor particulars.
church next fu.udav Omaha. j Mr. I„1 1' idding a ,11 e daughter
Calvert <fc Hay man, the rustling; Gladys, were no from Edmond this
real estate agents, have removed their week visiting with Mrs. Yielding h
oflice to the old Star restaurant, where parents, Landlord and Mia. Hunt of
they will be permanently located. the l'.tlace.
Dr. Yates and daughter Edith, and ; J. M. Monainowas in from How man
Miss Lelah Kemp returned from the today, lie says that the wtods out
Omaha Exposltiou Saturday night. there are full of Flynn men, and that
They report having a splendid time, the little champion will be victorious
but were pretty tired, and glad to get''" that region,
back home agaiu. Z-linn's Itoyal Hindoo shows have
An exchange says that recently a arrived in town and will exhibit here
school marm lu a back woods district i tonight anil tomorrow night.
MoConnell visited In Mulhall Sunday. Ing in the north part of town, is re-
George ltucbelc of the livery tirm „f | porl«» to be worse.
Buchele Bros , la uu the sick list this ; C. H. Kra.er, pharmacist at the Cl'y
drug store, returned Wednesday from
r. .1 r,...» 1» rr, a visit to Arkansas City.
. Rev. Evans returned from 1 erry
Tuesday, where he attended the Pres-1 Mr ami Mrs. Albert Champion re
bytery and Synod.
Pastor Ev
Presbyterian
morning aud evening.
In this issue appears the report of
our public schools for the mouths of
September and October.
Miss Maxey went to Marshall, Okla-
homa yesterday, to take charge of a
school she has secured.
Prof McDuire of the Orlando ochools,
was in Mulhall Sunday. He Was ac-
companied by Mr. Z tin.
There were four who guessed the
exact weight of the bed room, suit nt; ^ teachiog R filing class. When | said to be one ot the best shows of its
Genet's furniture store! wortj • •uuahantl" was put on the kind on the road.
Merchant J. W. Hoyt, of Mulhall, none of the children could Last week we stated in an item that
was in the city today between: tiaius. pr0uounoe it and In order to help the Mrs. m;u, Huck of Perry had organiz-
— Monday's Guthrie Ijeader. ncholars out, she asked "What would
A. H. Norris and family havers I have it I got married?" The answer
moved from Mulhall to a farm near was not what she expected and she
Acton. Their many friends wish blushed such a brilliant red that be
We have a new stock of No. 2 boards
is time there was a stop put to this
work. There must be u headquarters
g( m >wheie, w here the looks are sold.
Let the board take u hint, and look
after some place, aud see if they might
uot be found.
Prof. Zelira'a show is in town.
The farmers say that the wheat is| jjusi1teu & Hardware <
doing line.
Judge Kenton spoke at Guthrie
yesteiday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. iveifer were at
Guthrie Thu.sday.
Republicans at Orlando.
'i'he rally at Orlando Wednesday,
» as a notable day lu politics in Orlau-
do township. One of the most entliusi
astic rally meetings that was ever
held in the Interest of the republican
arty in this section was held there
yesterday. There were present peo-
ple from Garfield and Noble counties,
all eager to lake a part lu the rally-
Hon. J M Holllday, Judge Blrang
and several other good speakers were
there. At the night meeting not lex,
than one hundred electors of Orlando
township were present and the out-
look l< for a grand republican victory
In this precinct lhal lias heretofore
been a democratic one
We are selling lumber so cheap you
can't afford to let yom stock stand out
ibis winter.—Mulhall Lrumsii &
ll AUDWAItl! Co.
IIK.VTII.
Mrs. 1. Mmks i'elui'iied from Ton-
kawa the tirsl of the week where she
had been lo attend the sickness and
death ot her little granddaughter,
the 3 year old child o( Mr and Mrs.
Klin ill Marks, who live at Tonkawa.
The lillle girl \v;is much beloved by
the whole family, and especially was j
{she a favorite of her grandmother,
| who mourns deeply the loss of Ihe j
little one. Speaking of the death tlie |
Ponca City Courier says: "Fiiemis
! here will s> tnpatli.t. ■ deeply with Mr
and Mrs. Frank Murks, of Tonkawa,
j over the ileal h ol their three year old
I daughter which occurred last night.
He is an honest, s(ie Wlls n Imnsehold treasiirei which
straiKhl nrnn, a good successful fanner, | wi|| li]jsHHj f|.lim l|l(,u. |ieKrl|l lim|
t us give linn a ||()1,|(, , |1;in ||„. nieiiuing of words
lift. He will make a good olllcer. ; l;.„, convey." Tins Knteui'Hise ex
I Bee there are general improve- lt,mls sympathy to the whole family.
ments all around. Huwliugs and J ——
Gilmore have now barns, and there Itoail and Township tiustees are iu
is general repairing of houses. Our | vited to see our stock and prices for
church and Sunday.school are iu a inidue lumber.—MCLUALL LuutiKK
prosperous condition. Our district & u AKDW'AtlK Co.
school runs along smoothly, with Miss! HQOD,s P1LLS curoL1»er Ills, 311-
as te aciier. j tousno39f indigestion, Hefidache.
Easy to take, oaay to operate. 25c.
The
SLEDGE-HAMMER
MAN
Now has His En-
tire Fall Line
on
—just the thing for sheds, that we are Just received! A bin
Helling remarkably low —Mulua i. of single harness.—Mum
A brand new stock
hall Lumber
& IlAItDW ARE O
t The sooner a cough or cold is cured , "We" snorts a Misso iri editor who
without harm to the sufferer the is thoroughly, evidently and Justifl-
! better. Lingering colds ar«? danger- ably provoked, "are mad. I)aru the
'mis, Hacking cough is distressing, people. How can they expect us, out
J Oue Minuie Cough Cure quickly cures i here, twelve miles from a railroad,
Horn, to Mr. and Mrs. James Wood -j Why suffer when such a cough j t wenty five miles from a river, a
cure is within r»»ach? It is pleasant million miles from heaven, adout two
to the taste. D. McConnehey.
TALK ABOUT BIG TRADE !
Just Come and See For
Yourselves.
ward, November 1, 18s)8, a baby girl.
Gallison & H« yd's musical and
Comedy company have been holding
forth at Pettyjohn hall this week.
Tuesday morning F. M. Spangler
put carpenters to work on his new
dwelling house. The house is to be
28 feet square, will have four gables,
I'his is | porch on two sides, and will be a very
commodious st ructure.
thtm success on th« farm.
County Treasurer Uitterbuach was
in Mulhall Wednesday. He Is mak-
ing a good canvasa of the county and
will be elected by a handsome major-
lty.
The Oklahoma season for quail
shooting begins November 1 and
closes February 1. licportir from all
over the territory says
Is plentiful.
M. O. Hillings clerk
(bat the crop ,1(lu,r rtluedif.
sunlight failed.
A Thousands Tongues
Could uot express the lapture of
Annie E. Hprlnger, of 1126 Howard
st , Philadelphia, i'a., when stie found
that Dr. King's New Discovery f«»r
Consumption hail completely cured
her of a hacking cough that f >r many
years bad made life a burden. All
If you intend to plaster your house
this fall, M^t our prices on Royal.
Mulhall Lumber and llaiduaie com-
pnny.
A cough is not like a fever. It does
not have to run a certain course.
I Cure it quickly and effectually with
A 10 linker, repiesenting the West- Oue Minute Cough Cure, the best
ern Newspaper Union at Wichita, remedy for all ages and for the most
was in Mulhall yesterday. While here «*vere cases. We recommend it be-
lie made It very agreeable call upon cause it's good. I) McCoiineluy.
Fioin here lie
| miles from the devil and about 200
j yards from a whiskey shop to get out
j a lively newspaper?"
aOTICK !
All accounts on our books are due
j November 1, unless otherwise especi-
ally arranged f-»r. Those owing us
will please consider this a respectful
request for payment, without further
not ice.
Mulhall Lumiier & Haiidware Co.
J K. II ait r/.i i.r, Manager.
very
, I-ERPRISE.
ed a music class and would visit here
eyery two weeks. We should have. The ln ikui'kim;. x 'UU1 "v | 'Tndcr Drake's Flag.'
said every week. went to Oklahoma City. Htnty's famous story of adventure
The Kemp family held a reunion at Prof. Median and wife were lieie ancj history, entitled "Under Drake's
the hotel Wednesday. There were this week and organized a singing Flag." is being issued in handsome,
over twenty children present aud i class of about forty members, At the harm, type, illustrated Parts, at the
nearly as many grown people All ! meeting last night the class chose fabulously low price of two cents each,
had a joyous time. Albert Champion as chonstei, ami the | ()r 20 cents for the work complete,
ribed for Til k Kn i kkprIse
tors could give I W. 11 Myers, formerly of Howinati,
tier uo help, but she says of this Uoyal i O ' .writes to us to hnw ir.l I'tlE
of the United I Cure—"it soon removed the paiu in i FNTUurutsr to hiin at A^n.lar,
John O'Neill of Marshall was in , singing^ class ill
town Saturday. He is o.ie of the most ^veiv Tuesday night
progressive farmers iu that neighbor- J M. Grove, toi
hi. nl Whila here he dropped in and mail carrier from Mulhall to Perkin
Is iu town tod it
turned froinau e
So111!i»*in Oklah'
lie
Htates Marshal's otllce, and wife went
to Mulhall yesterday where he will
conduct ttie service at the M. E.
Church,—Bunday Capital.
Mr Chas. F. Pettyjohn, capitalist,
of Mulhall, came down on the noon
train to attend the entertainment of
the T. T. A's. tonight. He will be
the guest of J. Hiuart McKay. —Mon-
day's Leader.
my
•best ami I call now sleep sound- i Coloi aijo. We e,l;i-ll> »'< so.amlaie
ly, something I can scarcely rumeui- proud t»f such t man Ii"-' at ion ot
her doing before. I feel like sounding loyalty lo our i .iper.
i ts praises throughout the Universe."
So will everyone who tries Dr. King's
New Discovery for any trouble of the
throat, chest or lungs. Price 60c. and
{1,00. Trial bottles free at I). McCon-
nehey drug stflf.t, every bottle guar-
has just re-
• trip through
I the Indian
territory.
Misses Vida and Laura Pettyjohn
went to St. Joseph t'n the 25th, whfiic
they w ill spend the winter with rela-
tives The young people of Mulhall
will miss them very much, ami regret
theii departure, but wish tli m a
At the
class chose
and the
ontinue, uie eting i wjt^ reductions to clubs as low a* 1(
cents, complete. Sample Part may
three years the | be had free from the publisher, John
H. Alden, 440 Pearl tiireet, New
York.
127
Underwear garments
26
Pair of Pants.
39
Pair of Shoes.
18
Hats,
52
Pair Blankets,
an teed.
Harney Woolveit n reeniitlv receiv-
ed a tin type from Cii iIT K liott, which
shows the likein^s ot the Mulha'.!
sold lot boys at Gamp Lexington, Tom merry winter.
Mayfield, Louis Kuady and (liitl , just received, a car load of Ko yal
Elliott, The boys are iu uniform and cement plaster, bv the Mulhall
look real soldier like. ! Lumber it Hardware company.
T<
Tuke
it 4 old in One Hay.
Brotnn (Julnine Talilota,
The neinihie Iiuh L. 11. (J. >
Courses
COM MKHi'lAI.,
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TKI.K(.|{A1'IIV.
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I'llKt'A KA'MiUY EM i I.ism
i <». t i ion hi..i <He \ nun
C;KIIMAN,
Alt sic
Central Information.
N
The Possibilities of Life nre Naught Without a
BUSINESS EDUCATION
_^>ATTfcND THE _
CAPITAL CITY
BUSINESS
COLLEGE
0--a.tii.xie, O. T.
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i'Ii' Sell..homIiI|> li
mil lx»nill tout rnu
lu |H'I° tti'i'li.
iflil per month l
11her •li-paruiii'iit,
in pi 1 vuie nun 11 Its
(No. 4823—First pnbllshoil Sept. 28, M»f)
Kotico For Publication.
I anil office rn Guthrie, o T.t Sept. *20, 1HUS.
Nnlie.e i-i hereby >.oveii tlmt the fc llnwhig-
iiHineo M iller Im- file.l imlioe «»I liin iiiieiiliiin
in innke Until prool in snpnort of hiH claim, mul
llini -n ti pi'iol will he inn lit tie lure the lle^isl or
ii nt 1 U. c i vi'r of Ihe I S. Laud office al tiulhrle
O. i , un Novembers, 181IM, viz:
.11illN MOIILEY,
II. F. N<>. 10001, lur the nurtliwent quarter ol
Seciiou 9, township 18, north of ranxe i east,
lie nainen the following witnesse* to
111 iivc hin i'ontiniiona rcaiiteuce upon and culti-
vation of Hiiiil lanil. vl/;
> U. Mi'Mahan, Kliad Mi-Ov. .Ihiiioh W.
Hnrnett, William H t.-iion, all o Miircmi. O. T.
JOHN J. HOLES, Hi'kinter.
(First I'liblisheit September SO, ItittS.)
Publication Notlc©
pi (he Dihti it I » urt of Logan County. Okla-
hoina Terrilnry.
John Hi.kvknh, l'lnintiff. f
II/.ttib Bi.BvKss,l)t'fen«liiiu. S
The hhI'I itefenitftnt, Hatlio Itieveim, in hereby
in.tiliril tIihi the 11'l pluint ill, John BleyetiH,
baa filed hia petition In the «al I cauM In the i>i^-
inct < mul t i I.unan coiiniy, okbihoma Terrilory
in wlinit tif in plnint It, n i l the hhi<1 lliillie
III. vt u« ih ilt'leiu'ant: that the wai'l deienilanl,
llutne IJievt'iirt, Iikh I.e. ii suet! by uiii'l plaiutiir
in h ti ill eiiUHR in (lie said ('uurl, ami Unit "he iiiiihI
aiiHvvcr llie cai'l petition flleil by the enid plain-
l ir. un tir beioi-e the 10th dny 0 November, 1808,
or the said petition will be taken un irue, and
Judgment will be rendend accordingly in the
'miid fini-e, in lavorof the naitl plaint ill and
ii^uiiiHt the nai-l defendant, granting the Raid
plaintiffa divorce from the said defen'lant, and
canceling the marriage relations existing be-
tw. cn tlie Haiti pluinlilT and tiie aaid deiemiant.
Witnkms m v tiand und ulllciul Heal 1 hia 23rd
ti ay of September, 18Uf.
mi HART,
Clerk of the IMstrict Court of bogau County,
Oklahumu Teiritory.
By 1'. A. Nkal, Deputy.
Cotlcral «t ll.irnor,
Attorneys for Plalntid.
Cause No. 2011.
&c. &C. &c. &c. &c, &C, &c
ALL IN ONE DAY!
We don't need to tell the
People anything else.
KUHLMAN,
S. H. M.
\
P, S. A new lot of n cent
absolutely fust colored Prints,
'iiber of stndenla,
A GAFFNEY. Prpsirfen!.
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I ITV OlilllNAM i: >n. 311.
An Ordinance amending Section (1) four, of
Ordinance Number (33) thirty-Uirie. an or-
dinance to regulate and provide lor tlio cum-
puiiMition ol ofllcers and employes ol Un town
ut M n I hill 1, Okialioiiui
lie it ordained by Ihe I'renident atel Hoard ol
Trunteen of the town ol MiiIIihII, Ok lu h< >iii ii ;
Sect inn 1. That ft'tlou (1| four, of ordinance
Niimbci (;<:<) llnrly-lliree, mi<l all timendmcniB
tht rcof be Hiueuded lo rt m<I ns folloWR
Tlin( thi' Mttndial i>ha<l rect ve lor his ser-
vicen One ($1) per niui.ili and I't-ei un are nrdl-
nurily chaigfd by conalublen fur like nervtcea.
Heclion J All oidinancea, ot parta of ordl-
nancea be. and nre hereby repealed.
si, lion 3. Tin* ordinance tdiall takn eflc -t
und he in force irmn und after Un publication in
Tin Met ii vi.i. F.mkio'Iii.sr
I'u>• ne<I n> <1 nppiovtd Una thud day of <)c|0
i.i, \ D«i IM
s K UAKRKTT,
AUenl Pii Hldeul lloaiU ol Tiustte*.
O I Uci'voan, CK'ik.
ISfcAL]
P. S. new stock of
clothing,
Donii'stic ami Storm Serges
a big assortment. Nictj cape
Mackintosh coats $1,8(3.
Wool llats 'iS cents.
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