Rough Fun - Minco Minstrel, Minco, Indian Territory

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MINCO MINSTREL 
 
24 August 1894 
 
Rough Fun 
 
Last Tuesday night John Martin and his son, Cliff, and Jake Horn got 
into a frivolous dispute about something of no consequence and, as usual, 
it grew into something much more serious. During the racket Jake was cut 
in several places with a pocketknife, Cliff was knocked off his feet, and 
John Martin was the only one that was not hurt in any way. All parties are 
good friends and it seems there was no malice before nor after the melee. 
It was simply an unfortunate scuffle growing out of a useless quarrel. 
 
The grocery and notion store of W.H. Gillum was broken into by petty 
thieves on Wednesday night of this week. About five dollars worth of goods 
were taken, consisting of tobacco, cigars, oysters and such things. An 
entrance was made by removing the slats and screen from a rear window. Mr. 
Gillum is satisfied as to the identity of the guilty parties and will 
probably give the case over to the marshal. 
 
Will A. Handy, now of Dallas, Texas, but a Missouri raised boy, is in 
Minco on a visit to Lewis N. Hornbeck and family. Mr. Handy thinks we 
have a great county up here and only regrets that the reservations are not 
opened to settlement and business so that he could turn himself loose in 
this locality.