Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-09-24

Jackson Eilis' little child died last week
Circuit cour, meets here next Monday. asth.
Tho Male and Female .seminaries, are both
full.
Every other house in TahiequAh seems to be
. hotel or boarding house.
The supreme court sets next Monday week
to try contested election cases.
Daniel Teshee and Tom rraynor are both
adding another story TO their houses.
--Bushyhead and his secretary are on at Jef-
ferson City, Missouri, on some kind Of busi-
ness.
Two things are pretty certain Hon. Joel
Msyes will succeed himself and Hoolie Bell be
next president OF the senate.
Instead Of Going Snake all beIr z National as
we FIRST heard, but one-shc IL all Downing
but onc-and he's mighty near that too.
A fellow named Prince was convicted
In district court here this week Of fhog-stealing
and sentenced to:eighteen months in prison.
Henry Wood has returned from Fort smith.
under bond, in the sum OF slo, 900. His case is
not such . very bad one After all, It would
seem.
The woods are full OF Asplrants for the DIFF
There are just twenty positions. big and little,
to be hlled.
Your correspondent knows OF several very
pronounced anti-P men you have not mark ed
correctly In the list. They will correct In due
time themselves.
The present superintendent has run the in
sane asylum this year and ls,, within the ap-
preparations. This IL the nrst s.me such has
been the case in long time.
The people all over the Nation are deter
mined TO know how their lands and money
matters stand. Money, bribery nor lying viii
keep them nom It this council.
The long pending case Of Charles Foreman.
charged with the murder OF walter Ross. In
sequoyah district, terminated last week, FORE
man being acquitted by the jury.
Every man in town here who Ia not . rogu-
lar subscriber to the CuIEFTAIS was borrowing
II last week That wealthy, squeAliky,
stealiky" poetry was rellshed a. much as
the ''ode" OF former times.
-Bill Gott says his Uncle Marf dean like to
have loat all his yeArllngs when he drove them
from FLINT TO cooweeseoowee, lately. In the
first place. while they were being swum across
Grand river. the catfish thought they were just
bait thrown In and got away with several, tax
ing them under. In the second place those that
did maka It across got into hollow logs, and
Mark had . terrible time getting them out.
Bill was here yesterday and told this.
Your correspondent has just returned from
a trip to sequoyah. while In that district be
stopped over night and wss Hospitality enter
tAined At old Uncle George BlAlr's. Uncle
George is ninety-four years old-the oldess
Che jkee living we guesa is hale and hearty,
does his own plowing and work Of all kinda
His wife Ia eighty some odd, and their young
est child Is q daughter nov fourteen. Talk
about sequoyAh district not being healthy, etc
how IL this for health and longevity There
is quite q history connected with this old gem
tleman. He has represented hia people divers
times In our council, and now lives at the
place and In the house where the great Sequo-
yah, OF George Guess, the inventor Of the
Cherokee alphabet, last lived, in this country
sequoyAh, II will be remembered, len here TO
hunt a country somewhere In Mexico. AZ he did
not like this, and In which country he died,
never accomplishing hia object. VIII write
you q sketch OF this old veteran, (BlAir'sl, life
before great while
september21. TrRo.