Enid Wave-Democrat from Enid, Oklahoma • 3

i ml Wichita is all broke up over the lose of a seven-year-old boy It is thought he has been kidnapped Farmer Solomon Erastus Bronson came in to the bean bake today Good grub is mighty sca'ce'' out on the claim Capt Jacob Aduiire and his partner John are great fellows in their talks in the Kingfisher Free Press The idea is a good one and the talks are quite interesting Miss Nadia Hassler entertained a number of her young friends at her home on Quality hill Thursday evening A very pleasant time is reported and lots of taffy and good things to eat A number of German editors have been sent to jail for roasting his nibs, the Emperor It is a fine thing that the Wave is not published in Germany as its editor would probably he in jail nearly all the time Services in the Presbyterian church next Sabbath morning and evening, and it is very desirable that all the -members and friends of the church be present Rev Calnon, of Kingfisher will preach and there are some important announcements to make The Congregational entertainment Friday night will be the best ever given in the city Miss Adah Smith of Hennessey, has accepted an invitation to render some choice music Don't miss seeing the comical tableaux On or about the 10th of November the Dally Wave will again resume its old time all home print giving the telegraph news We are enabled to do this through an increased support of a people who know a good thing when they see it BEAN BAKE Grand Reunion of Veterans and People Millions of Beans Devoured MONSTER mWt Old Soldiers and School Child-en March to the Music of Fife and Drum Many Interesting Speeches Made and Songs Sung The Voucher day reunion of the soldiers was a success in Enid yesterday, being an occasion long to he membered Large iron kettles full of beans and bacon were hung down in the old barbecue hole and a fire built under them The cooking was under the direction of the Ladies A society and the ladles attended to it nicely although the weather was not the finest Mrs Cope and and her daughter Lulu, Mrs Truitt and others were in charge of the beans assisted by many of the old boys Two long linns of tables were arranged running ease and west across the square whereon there were plenty of tin plates and cups of coffee Promptly at II the veterans to the number of about 200, formed in line on street, near the post office, one flag now and under it I banter Comrades Orner and Hassler to march with me to whip Great Britain to enforce the Monroe doctrine Comrade Hassler remarked, wait until morning The day's program niled by the old boys singing, Marching Through Georgia it is presumed that General Sherman turned over in bis grave once more Coionel Clevinger was marshal of the day and he performed his part well All honor to the ladies of the A society as they got up the entire celebration It was one of the most enjoyable celebrations the city has ever enjoyed Occupation Tax Must Go A representative of the Wave spent considerable time Interviewing the business men of Enid today in re gard to the occupation tax imposed on them We lack the space to gi what each one said however, sutti the subject to say that they are all indignant for many reasons First, because, they are compelled to pay a heavy city tax in the regular way to the county treasurer Second, because the city government is not giving the business men any protection for the money filched from them The city has not provided any protection from fire in the way of fire apparatus The city has only one guardian of the peace, the city marshal The most of ovir business men have to pay an outside night watch to look after their prop- Turn on the Colored Lights Friday night, November 8, at the opera bouse, a tableau entertainment will be given by the young people of the city, assisted by the popular contralto soloist, Miss Adah Smith, of Hennessey, for the benefit of the Congregational church The twenty-five young people who take part in the entertainment, to gethcr with their efficient director Rev Wellman, have worked diligently for a month to give a really llrst- class performance and can assure all that it will be all that is promised The tableaux are of different varieties, classical, heroic, humorous and pathetic and will be put on in the latest improved method Miss Smith has promised two or three of her beautiful vocal solos, and a few ele- cutionary selections will be given The admission price will be 25 cents to any part of the house Children, 10 cents You will never regret attending this entertainment Watch for the program in tomorrow's WAVE Petit and Grand Jurymen Drawn The following gentlemen and American citizens have been selccteil as petit and grand jurors for the coming term of the District Court in and for Garfield county November 20, 1895 Petit Jury Waybright, Allen, Cooper Matt Trimble, Attention iB called to the ail of Meibergen Godschalk lhis firm huve laid in a mammoth stock of all kinds of men and boys' clothing, which they are selling at reduced tariff rates Give the boys a trial, they will give you the worth of your money The Wave company is full of gratitude Therefore we thank the people of Enid for their substantial appreciation of the Wave's course against the railroad company Our daily list increased forty this week and our advertising list in proportion Thank you gentlemen The Wave believes that the occupation tax should be abandoned as the regular county and city tax is about all the business men can bear It was well enough to collect occupa tion tax in the early days before the regular tax was levied, but now the ordinance should be repealed headed by band of martial music erty in the night time The street and followed by about 400 school lamps have been abandoned All children of all ages, marched around I Btreet work has been stopped, except the square Just north of the la a Httle work done on south Second office on Second street, they stopped street to the depot Salaries have and allowed the children to march hCen cut down to the lowest notch, between the lines in review The an 0f which the majority of the busi- cliildren Died into the square and I neS8 men give the city council credit surrounded the tables carrving tin f0V but they can't see why, under cups, saucers and plates for the re- guch economical circumstances, ception of their allotment of beans ty must still work the excruciate followed by the soldiers who took the I system of occupation tax The city places assigned them It was soon Expenses have been cut off, but t' discovered that, there were more peo- taxation has not The more the pie to eat beans than there were Wave investigates this matter the waiters Comrade Orner and others i more it is convinced that there is a pitched in and got quite fatigued grand steal on tap somewhere, and it and 6weaty dishing out beans The must stop or the city will suffer coffee was blacker than the ace of Take the occupation tax in con- lubs and carried a cartridge easy nection with the other taxes, the bus- enough, which was voted old regula-1 i es9 men of Enid are compelled to tion army stuff In the fourth inning pay about 9 per cent of their true on beans Comrade Hunter, of the valuat'on to do business here Now, free and unlimited home league, how long they stand it What corked himself on the beans and ic-na of an Inducement is such work stood aside to be pounded on the back, for capital to invest here Whither Fully ten bushels of pork and beans are We going to drift under such had been cooked and fully a thousand i cumstances people partook thereof The school while the Wave is not in close children partook neartily, yet they communion with the city council, we would have enjoyed cake and ice must respectfully admonish the geti- cream much better The soldiers da- tibmen that while tliey are cutting clared It the same old dirty stuff they 1 the expense of the city to cut taxa- ate just before the battle, mother tion also and repeal the ordinance calling for occupation tax, outside of the Digest of Land Decisions A contestant is required to make specific charge of default, and prove default as charged In case of failure issue is between entryman and government Notices defining the extent of a settlement claim posted In conspicuous place thereon, are sufficient to protect such claim as against subsequent settlers, and it is material in such case whether the latter set ler has actual notice or not if the posted rotices are of such characters that ey might have been seen by a reusable exercise of diligence I'ero, A Tripp, 11 Taggart, John Neville Mott, 15 Corrlgan, Elmer Johnson Tays, Hendricks, Grand Henry Wilson, A Atwood, John Hope Moore, Dunsworth, A Fisher, Thrasher Russell, A Bloss, A Akers, David Lamison, LeForce, Wm, Brock, Allison Moore, Mode, Joseph Taggart, Schuyler, 11 Codding, Baker, Jury Orner Hough, Ira Kilpatrick, Chase, Wm McCutchen, Lee, Coffee, John Eller, Thomas Walker, Voucher Day Nov nber 4 is voucher day for the soldiers who draw a pension Each one of them must go to the county clerk of their respective county and be qualified that they are still in the land of the living The vouchers are sent to Gov Glick, pension commissioner of this district, located at Topeka, Kansas It the papers are all right, a check on Uncle Sam for the amount of the pension is sent at once About 10,000 of pension money comes to Garfield county quarterly Today the old boys enjoyed a bean bake on the square SCREAMS John Jennings, who was hurt in the Woodward duel is recovering John Peterson of El Reno is back from the Wichita mountains and as usual lie has some ore According to Jake Admire wheat growing is a fraud and a fake and he advises farmers to quit it Hereafter the Choctaw railroad 11 run but one train between Okla- noma City and El Reno Hotel Rex Arrivals Gilbrath, Stewart, Sulliday, Wichita A Busch, Kansas City Uornkey, Keo- kuk, Iowa 1 Kingsbacker, Quin- cv, Illinois 1 Ballew, Watonga, A Powell and family, Alva- retta, Autumn Leave Yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock Mr Frank Anderson led Miss Louise Strain before ujdge Conk- ling who tied them together in the usual form They were as happy as two red headed matches in a box The judge cut the fee fifty cents and they departed to get their household goods together and go to house keeping Both parties were from Hoyle, Wood county Mr Wm Dougherty, passenger agent of the Gulf Colorado Santa Fe railroad, accompanied the Press excursion throughout the trip and was constantly catering to the wants md pleasure of the excursionists He is a jolly, good natured gentleman and very popular along the line of his roau lie won the respect and hearty thanks of all our party, i The straight talk and stiff American policy exhibited by the democratic administration has sort of knocked the wind out of the kicking republican press There is no jingoism about President Cleveland He bides his time, then puts in a stein- winder and the people can rest assured that Grover means what he ays Some thief got into the office of The Rock Island railroad company cannot make anything by crushing the people of this city in the manner they do in their instructions to their agent at this point The public is quick to catch on to a flagrant wrong and they have the recourse Very- few of Enid's people ride on the Rock Island any farther than they have to They save money by stopping at Caldwell or Wichita and taking other roads The people of Enid have been sufferers from the start in their relations with the Rock Island railroad, yet vhey are Inclined to be patient, but limit has been reached and it is time for said company to do what they agreed when they were begging money to build a depot They received the money, but their promises have vanished like fog in a morning sun Lawyer Duncan, who had an office in Enid for over a year after the opening, is on trial in Kingfisher for the murder of a woman through abortion One hundred and thirty-five jurors were challenged before twelve satisfactory men were found It Is thought by those who are familiar with the case that the defendant will be found not guilty Robberts Brownlee are Duncan's attorneys stand program After the bean feast came speaking and singing program, conducted by Captain Hassler, as introducer The first was a song by the young ladies of the high school, Just before the battle, mother, an old war nii, of tion tax law belongs to the sanle spe song which revived recollections oi the war in the minds of all who lived in and remembered those days Hon George Orner addressed the audience in his usual brilliant the auuience huraorous them to refuse to pay their occupa- the liquor traffic The business men cannot stand this six-horse taxation and only receive a one-horse city service The supreme court of the United States has decided that' the income tax law was unconstitutional Therefore, inasmuch as an occupa- i or breed of taxation, it is unconstitutional, and the WAV I the best interest of this people heart, would most respectfully advise A package of express for the Wave printing Co was dumped off at the tank station this morning we having forgott to inform the ship pers to direct the stuff to South Enid This nonsense is getting very tir some indeed The tank station agent knows very well where the WAVl Co is doing business and why don' he send our goods where they belon There is no such a town as South Enid recognized by anybody except the railroad company style making many good hits among others was the fact that uearly all the old boys would sooner have not been there when the battle came Old time camp song, entitled Beans, led by Comrade Orner This was much appreciated, being new to the children and many older people it was quite humorous Next came a ringing address by Mrs Finley, president of the Ladies' Circle A of the territory ladv prov er and suggested many tion tax The city cannot collect ii if thev refuse rlin Ti-rrlblo Monster That Mutle 7 Coair ty Famous A rceent dlupatch from Portland, Ind says The torrid weather of the past few days has revived the memory of Jay county's great serpent and refreshed the many wild, weird tales concerning it Probably fifteen years have elapsed since it was first seen in Richland township It was on a summer afternoon anil a gang of men were engaged with old-fashioned Cradles harvesting grain Near by the field where they were at work ran a little brook, lined on both sides with stubby willows, long tangled grass and rank weeds During the afternoon a boy in the party wandered down toward this spot and was surprised almost into speechlessness by seeing a snake, whose dimensions were to him simply mammoth, dragging its sinuous length along with the rapidity of a race horse He gave the alarm A hunting party was organized in short order and, armed with rifles, shotguns, revolvers, hoes, spades and everything available for weapons, the crowd start- ad on the hunt, but were unsuccessful- The next day two hundred men joineel in the search, many of the men horseback, with dogs of every kind following With undaunted persistence they beat to aud fro through the bushes, and at several times it was thought that his snakeship had been sighted, but the report proved false All thai gould be found was a wide track in tho brook's muddy bank and a furrow through the fields of waving grain The disappointed hunters left for home, and for years the snake was supposed to be a myth Lator, however, it bobbed up again, and uearly frightened a man out of his wits At the time the Lake Erie Vest ern Railroad Co had a crew of me at work filling in a deep cut at Curtis Hill, eight miles of this city The day was a torrid one A short distance from where the men were at work cattle were quietly feedingundei tho shade of some scrawny oaks Suddenly thero was a commotion among them, and with heads in the air eyes dilated and nostrils distened with fea they bellowed with fright and started away at a more speedy gait thnn ever wai shown by a stampeded herd on the prairies One of the men who had been noticing th cattle's queer actions rnn up on the bank and was almost paralyzed at the sight which met his eyes Twined about one of the oaks was huge serpent, whose coils enveloped the trunk of the tree in a fold which to man or beast would have proved a fearful death Its sides were dotted, its vicious little eyes seemed to emit flames of fire, and from the wide-open mouth, with its rows of jagged teeth, darted a long, red tongue The spectator was for the time being motionless with fright, but when th immense snake slowly unwound it tortuous length aud cast longing glances toward him the power of locomotion returned, aud lie ran as though pursued a legion of demons Summoning help, he returned to the spot, out the snake had vanished, and ali search failed to reveal it To his comrades he described it as fully forty feet long, with a body of the Alexander Lumber Co Saturday prodigious size For days afterward hi'gs and other smuil domestic animals were missing in the neighborhood, and mothers frightened their children into a restless sleep by tales of the horrible monster which would come and devour them in cusc they did not behave them- The next place the snake put in its the Enid Wave is after the Rock I appearance was out in Jackson town- Island with i red hot iron rod for di-1 ship Oue dark summer night it fairly Knid terrorized a gypsy camp The leader of the gypsies told a graphic tale regarding the event He said that on night by unlocking the door, and -o' open the money drawer, from a iich he obtainedabout forty cen ts in pennies and stamps He carefully locked the door when he got through Hennessey Clipper Madame Pry Concert Madame Fry and daughters, composing the Maoame Fry concert company, of Boston, appeared at the Presbyterian church last night, giving a program which delighted the house full of people in attendance The members of this famous musi- Xhis cal family are Madame Fry, and the ed to be an interesting talk- Misses Eugenie, Lulu and Alta Fry, ood ideas in all of them being vocalists and efflci- regard to making the 'latter days of ent performers on the violin and the old soldiers pleasant She fav-1 piano Miss Eugenie ry proved her- ored making voucher day a celebra- self to be also an The Cheyennes and Arapahoes are preparing for a big dance out near Chief Left Hand's allotment, and Black Coyote, chief of Indian po'' will go out tomorrow to superin the affair He has orders from Agent Woodson to break up the dance at the end of four days Without such order being given, the down would probably continue Christmas El Reno Eagle relect of duty to the city The Wave is right and the citizens of Enid should stand by it and compel the Rock Island to obey its laws and live up to its promises, nel the night iu question his family and a number of others on their way home Perry Seuti- froin Iowa to the gypsy queen's oine I in Ohio cainped neal- a little creek They had pitched their tents, Judge Anderson has read the Jones-, when thf ville ca-e and is ready to give his of th horses uud the txirk- docision, but aptain Hassler is still lhe awakened them Men, reading It is thought the decision wiil be reached early next week It is altogether probable that the care will be appealed to the secretary of the Interior Mr John Friday, an old Missouri timer was in the city today He is visiting his son-in-law Mr Cris Leav- engood, living close to the city The elocutionist of no I gentleman is 7 years of age, yet He thinks the strip tion dav at least twice a year, in May mean ability and won uproarous ap- halc and hearty He thinks the stri, November her speech was well Plause by her humorous recitations, ia the greatest country he ever saw which showed remarkable individual- as tile iand is good and stump pulleri The rats which haunt the Wave office are awful cute The other day we purchased a trap from Mr 1-rantz that is warranted to catch a half dozen at a time It is a wire concern with a door that falls down after the rats enter The bait is always gone in the morning but rat Is caught Last night we at rats perform One big fel 1 1 the door open while his and swiped the cheese Charley Hicks took up st lyfhe- dollar mule and disposed trary to the statoots of conglomerated republic of1 are not needed After all the howling of the land office, made his first appearance as a speaker before an Enid audience and made a pleasing impression in a straightforward patriotic talk He said that before coming to Enid to assume his official duties he had not I looked beyond the Mississippi river Into the boundless west where he i i nd himself that he had been sur- i ised at the progress, push and er rprise of the people among whom dt lot had been cast, aud was still being surprised every day The soc ability displayed on occasions like said he, portrays much for the of this western country Mr Anderson made many happy hits and wuivu as vuc pullers Recitation by MU Eva Mitchell, Ity and talent Her burlesque on entitled The Battle of Lookout Delsarte was the best thing heard in that the democratlc uige four ladles, which were beautiful in-1 administration was cutting the old deed Miss Alta Fry's bass, or to use I soldiers out of their pensions, the the finer term, solo mezzo, wasalmost pension list was only reduced 100 as deep and far more tender and throughout the United States and melodious than from a male voice i those were found to he fraudulent The Misses Eugenie and Lulu Fry The pensions are for old soldiers, not are soloists and rendered two charm-1 frauds ing soprano solos each They both have strong sweet voices i Mrs John Murphy and Miss Eva The string quartettes were and sublime head violinist and is certainly an art ist, bound to become famous Hei Geo Phelps, one the staunch citizens of the southeast corner of the county, was in the city today He is wild In his faith in the future of Garfield county and incidentally remarked that the Weekly Wave is a great paper The antiquated operator at the depot still holds his job, but since the Wave spoke of his warm blood and good nature he is treating everybody going to tiie depot with bananas and raw cranberries Dennis Flynn visited all the county fairs this fall and cache and evry one of them was just a little the fair lit had ever seen Big whiskers will never defeat the racket Dennis gives the boys womeu and children alike were on thell feet in an instant, but through the darkness nothing could be seen The dogs still kept up their turmoil near the camp, but all at once there was a hush The frightened curs, with tails between their legs, slunk to thew master's feet in a very agony of fright An instant later there was a rushing sound, the horses tugged at and broke their tethers, then sped away with loud screams of terror that only a horse can Kive Huddled together the campers waited, but it was not for long Almost immediately through the dim eircle of light east by the smouldering camp-fire, an immense serpent glided swiftly, with its head fully ten feet in tho uir, mouth wide open, and wicked rand i eft this morning for Wichita, where i The Muskogee road Is about Miss Alta Ery Is the they will reside this winter Miss pleted'i all that is needed to coin- start track tank, rates Now, Judge Conkling's court is in full was applauded loudly by his hearers, blast with a 100 law suit over that I Col Zimmerman, of Hassler town- mule and we presume poor Chailey hip sang an Andersonvllle prison will have to go into durance vile SOng, which caused tears to gather Now, if he had been a banker and had ju Comrade Hammer's eye, as he had taken in'a few stray deposits and I i een there skipped out with the boodle, Charley Hon John Moore closed the day's would have been in good position to program with a ringing address filled receive a republican nomination of wm, patriotic inspiration, he havlug some kind Great country Shades of Sheole protect us Eva will enter an academy and finish I the trains is the laying of the the study of her favorite accomplish-1 between Muskogee and the scope on the Instrument is simply ment, music Mr John Murphy, Jr Round tripUlcket at reduced They are all skillful vlo-1 is attending a business college there, and Mama Murphy will keep house1 A LITTLE English girl told her for them They will be much missed school teacher that the United Stati in Enid ma governed bv machinery Sh CORHETT and Fitzsimmons art talking light but they don't seem to wonderful liniflts, and held their audience entranced laBt night during each selection, always receiving an encore and heerfully responding Over seventy tickets were sold, ev- 1 was governed by machinery got It down about right erybody enjoyed the concert and a ije able to get at it The fight is off 11 i i neat little sum was turned over to until some time next week If they t'mcs li, lt the school bell committee I don't soon get to work some Arkansas jthe eai io es IT is reported that diamonds have 1 coon hunter will whale the stuffing the 1 urraMt ease found been discovered in Victor Colorado out of both of them John Sulli minutes ot them yet, van is on the ground and he Intimates J1 sentenced to hang next Fridav 11 wltn patriotic lnamraiiun, nc niivmn vu-im vu this bct one of the boy In gray Point- and, In the language of the Mlssour- that neither in to the Hag he Bald, we have only lan you'll have to show us ilenlren to eyes snapping death and destruction Straight it made for one of the children, and it was almost in tho cavernous jaws when the little one's mother, her fears overcome by maternal love seized a brand from the cauiptlre and plunged it squarely into the serpents mouth The surprised snake whiife- quickly, dashing ercrthing aside ta wild course, and glided away in th darkness i'o the gypsies until daylight wae an endless watch It seemed as tho morninif would never come, and ha first gray streaks of dawn were ha led with the joy that a prisoner halls deliverance All the xt day was speft in hunting up their scattered horses Those who wore in the camp that event niifht hud thrilling experience relate to Bohemian friends of the bat tie with the great Hoosier snake ruvated amhuii The woman was before the pohct judge for boating her husband cruel manner toil an charged, U1, his honor With aggravated assault and battery What have you to -ay'' That's just It yer lion- Pfl kS oner responded promptly -aUn aggravated I ll 1 raided iny hand to hlni ''res.