Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-02-14

John FiOref OF the Usage Nation was
in Gofeyville a Few days last week
John has recently sold ont his business
as trader At the Agency, and viii here
after devote all his time and attention
to stock raising, he having leased large
part OF the Usage country for that par-
pOse.-CCofieyvilie Journal
We haVejust received I large assoFt-
ment of cattle cuts, and are in better
shape than ever to publish brands We
also have cuts OF ali the brands in the
last brand book Of the Cherokee Stock
mems Association Give us the wOnl,
gentlemen, aud We viii let the people
know what your brand Is.
Mr.. s. 7. Lincoln, one OF Ninita's
young society gents, and. by the way,
great fsvOrite with the fair sex, has
resigned his position a. Thamberlin'
p0stOfiice stand. and is n0x engaged in
deciding what line Of business u fol-
low in the future II Is To be hoped lac
will remain among u. for I. would be
hard 10 lind IN equally aiabie Young
gentleman to Gil his place in s5sial cir
cles.
An accident occurred, Il few days ago,
on the Frisco road, near NeE-bRrg, No,
which resulted in the death OF freight
conductor Gus. Eckst0rm, gentleman
quite well known in this community.
II, -. .....f.s l.of..-o,,, -, -. 1900
and crushed to death while in the act
Of coupling them 4 strange coinci-
dence is the fact that brother of Mr.
f. Eckst0rm met death in the sane man
ner, on the same day. At Kansas City.
Lon Greenway has finally eoncluied
( to give mp roller skating, and therefore
disposed OF the treacherous authors of
many a hard tumble. They have fallen
into the hands Of sam -RilenhogT, Esq,
who vii prove n worthy successor TO
Ions hOnOrs. and may be converted
into an angel sooner than he had hoped
for, if he continues TO wipe mp the floor
Of the rink with the back ef bis heal
A clerk in one Of on. principal ner-
camille establishments Is dieting him
self on pickles and salt, the pickles to
counteracf the almost angelic sweetness
Of his disposition, ani, in conjunction
with the salt, produce an inexhaustibie
fund of dry huucor. We'd like 70 tell
on him, but he Is too good 4 fellow to
give away, and pickles aal salt are not
very valuable, 50 his employer is not
much out Of pocket on the experiment
We begin the publication tins week. of
a collection OF Cherokee antiquities
made BY DR.. Buttrick, missionary of
the American BOarl, in the year ls2,-2,,
over sixty yesrs ago We publish them
lust A. he left them, and intend gather
ing them. with all other of similar kind,
into pamphlet. We repeat our request
that ali who know anything on these
I topics prepare il for the CHIEFTAIS.
The meetinss still continue. During
this week they are in the Methodist
church The weather has been disheart-
ening, but with The overwhelming influ-
; ences 10 wOrldliness and pleasure, which
drown all thoughts of God and eternity,
the Christians of Ninita feel that they
cannot do otherwise than go on with
the meetings As the Congregational
church is closed for repairs, the meet
ings viii continue in the Presbyterian
church next week
At the meeting held last week with
view 10 the erection Of = new public
school building in Viniia, some import
ant business was transacted. l. Was
decided to push the matter to 4 success
ful issue, if'pOssible, and various COM
mittees appointed TO solicit subscrip-
tons, draw plans, make specifications,
etc. The building proposed Is 10 be
35xfi0 feet, two stories in height, with
hip roof The lower lo0r Is d be di-
vided into three rooms only, thus Sc
curing ample accommodations for large
classes. The upper hoOr viii be used
as public hall. and 4 very fine one il
viii be. These plans are, as 4 matter
% course, subject 10 modification, not
being maiured. The building commit
tee are hard at WORK, ami Sili probably
hand ia report at the meeting this
/ Thursday evening. when some def
mite action will no doubt be taken A
new and more eoIanodioas school build
ing in Ninita Is n positive necessity, and
everybody should help the present
movement along to the utmost Of theiI
ability.