Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-10-02

nents TO attend the Indian Fair and see the
progress our neighbors, over the line, are max
ing.
There comes time IN every lille giri's 'he
when she Is seIEed with = longing TO cox
And there comes time in every big girls
life when she Is seized with = longing TO hire
somebody else 70 cook II comes afteT she gets
married
The excitement regarding the killing Of Tom
Grinn By Lindsey. at Eufola. has by no means
subsfaed, and on many sides the act Is condemn
Ell The belief that Grim was entsced iaso the
store ana killed for the reward is almost uni
versal-
Dore Rice and Sanford Stanley while picking
cotton recently near the Cherokee line in
Arkansas, got into dispute. Rice struck his
adversary. = boy Of sixteen, when the istter
drew Z knife and killed him Stanley Is now
in Jail.
Fort smith papess are very sorry the West
en- Soldiers Hcme was not located az their
town. Let's see. isn't. there already a United
States institution at that place conducted hy
PARTY by the name Of Rarker2
rhe vigilants Of Las Vegas have ordered
Bob Ford and Dick Liddell TO shake that
town At once and forever. When the James
gang in Missouri became demoraiized these
once prominent members transferred their
affections 20 New Mexico
Two horse thieves, said 20 hs e been Ameri-
cans. were recently arrested in sonora sy =
squad Of Mexican Cavalry One OF them
positively refused 10 walk, and swore he Wonld
die right ther. before he would bulge another
inch. The lieutenant asked him II he was in
earnest. and upon the man replying in the
anirrnntive, ordered some Of his men TO take
him ont and shoot him
Fort saith New Era.-Rcv. Mr. Hammcit
married 3 couple On the Reserve last saturday
The man was Robt c. OWensby. who Is con-
hnei in the q s jail on the charge Of miro
during whisky into the B. l. T. The bride
was Miss Csstella Butler. from Van Buren,
The groom was escorted by guanla 10 a SPOT
across tire state line, where they were married.
Aner which he was remanded 10 jail. while his
wife returned 10 Van Bure1-
Reports say that the Utes are still playing
sl,eir cutcness in the northwest. and are max
ing times very troublesome for the stoekmen
l holding on those ranges The cztticrnen had
quite skirmish with them not long since, IN
which one Indian and ! number OF horses en-
both sides were killed. II is said that cattle
are being gathered with cavalry escort. and
further outbreak from the Utes and SsTajos Is
feared b. the c=.tlemen-
ssAnv new vsrieties this yes-s" said the
| tourist as he STEPPED from the platform OF
passiur train, TO smith, IN obliginE native
| Wen. We have the vanilla and lemon Favored
watermelon. They are got by injecting the
L vanilla favor or inserting bit of lemon into
the stem while the melon Is growing The
| auvor is taken up by the pulp and makes q
delicious combination Only epicnrcs know
Of this wrinkle. and we therefore have few Of
the dOctored species on sale. lou can get 3
thoOthsome e.sh BY plugging meloa, inject
ing 3 Little fne claret, restoring the plug and
allowing tie wine 20 be taken up by the NUT
But. beware; the combination is a. seductive
As Roman punch"
The Chetopa Advance Is making q raid on Il,
dead-head subscribers, and will ''iet no s7iits
man escape - This plan offers the only hops
Of salvation for the country papers In parting
vita its deIinquents the editor says; Il may
be many day before We meet you, as subscrib-
ers, again. But few words with you before
We part, Yon are Ike certain parties We road
about in the good book We have cslied tf0i
our honest dnes) bat you have not answeredi
we have nddlel. but you have not danced NJ
with your subscriptions. But now We nnsi
part We have, however, one last, sad request
and that is, don't get mad. We have noticed
heretofore that nine-tenths Of those who have
got behind with their subscriptions, and Vi
attempt TO collect il. invariably set mad and
stop their paper. Vow, IN order that We may
have no more persons mad Al US on this account,
We propose in future to stop the paper when
the time for which Il Is paid Is out We have
given all ample warning, and now to those
who nnst parI with us, we bid them long,
sad. farewell
A disease believed 20 he the Aiimcnt known
IS bloody murrain. OF a. least having many Of
the symptoms Of that complaint. has been pre-
vailing 20 some extent in the cattle herds Of
Ave OF six ranchers on Little Cabin Greek. In
! quite a number Of cases il has proved fatal
Mr. Taylor had eleven head III and lost seven
all Kansas yeariings brought IN here last fall
! Mr Ish Dayis lost two yeariings, both OF them
born and bird here. Messrs- Payne Donald
, son and others mp the creek arc reported "a
have sustained some losses Mr. starr
informs rs q peculiar aflietion that has
eorne upon the cattle Of Mr.. William Walkley,
on Dog Greek Some half dozen calves ar
Affected in their eve sight 10 sECh an extent
that some Of them are totally blind and other-
are blind os one ere. The cause Of his Gfee-
ton is 50 Tar entirely incomrrehensibie-
The obstacles encountered in putting NJ
prairie hay have been nsaclr greater than had
been anticipated. Irregular zAins and Illness
among the men, have been the main causes Of
delay and extra expense. Contractors under
took 20 pat up hay AZ first -Oostly for about
81. s5 and 81 % Per ton, and some were even %
ambitions as 70 undertake. IL for 81 per ton,
Jut these lower pricci men were often ire
Eponsible parties and generally failed 20 finish
their contracts. The hay is now short al ur
and has cost one-hslf more in most cases thar
! hal been cxpecied- One COW man who has ~
10 tons. teiIS us tha. the contractor undertook
10 pat Il up for 81 s5 but failed, and he had to
finish IL himself making the expense close toS-
ton. Another cattle man has jGst finished
-etsinr I'D go tons at a cost Of near IS ton.
A buver " no wanted SO tons OF more to bale and
shin was here Saturday. but there seems 70 be
very little for sale as persons have Tui up Only
such quantities As they need 10 use for theiI
stock.
Thaestimates submitted by inspector Ha-
worth TO she Commissioner OF Indian Affair.",
make the following allowances for the main
teaanee OF the Indian schools for the next iiscal
year: Forest Grove school, Oregon, sis, $50
! Genoa, Nebraska, So, 80; Lawrence, Kansas
sea, -; Hampton, Virginia. z5.s55; Carlisle,
Pennsylvania. sIoi, 900; Chiloooa. Indian Ter.
ritory, So, Is; Alaska. se5 ,eo; schools in ths
states HndTerritories, sIIs. .sooi transportation.
50. .aoe; general educational purposes and
safldiass &C. $50. SO; construction and Tc'
ualrs. SO .efg