Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-02-04


TRAcKLATINd BEoUN.-The work Of
grading the ten mile extension of the
Frisco west from Red Fork has been
completed and the teams and coustruc-
tion outfits have been shipped away.
Track laying begun last Monday and
will be completed as soon as possible.
A depot and other terminal facilities
are TO be built at the end of the track,
and the station will be known as Sa-
pulpa, after an Indian who lives there.
All bridges on the extension are ofiron
and the masonry is frst-class and very
heavy. We presume the future opera
tions of this road depend TO great ex-
tent upop the turn OF territorial affairs.
. In CUsroDY.-Kit Ross, who killed
Jonathan Davis at Chouteau on the
Goth Of last December, is in custody,
aud was last week bound over by Com
missioner Tufts to answer in the feder-
al court 10 the charge of murder. lie
was arrested near Shawneetown by
Wiley Beaver, deputy United States
marshal. Ross is probably under twen-
ty-fve years OF age and without fam
ily. As the killing was deliberate and
cowardly, the victim having been shot
in the back, IL is more than likely Ross
will pay the penalty of his crime on
the galiows. Though the day of the
killing he had been drinking, but that
night was sober and well knew what
he wRs doing. Davis had, some time
previous. put Rossout Of . house where
ho Aod no buainess. or vas er1atipf a
disturbance, and 4 u4r this circum-
stance that probab.y'icd 70 The kiiil.z.
FEnsoNAL.--A few weeks ago a sub
scriber doing business out west Of here
gave us an order for some letter and
bill heads. In remitting for the same
be says: at is a good job and 1 am
well pleased. Your paper reaches me
regularity, and we consider ii the best
paper IN the territory. Will send an
order when 1 want more work and will
do all l can to secure you the orders of
my friends" The same mail brought n
letter from Ed d. Hicks with two sub.
scriptions and an order to continue and
notify him, at the EXPIRATION OF his
time. "Couldn'tdo lthout the paper"
he says. 1t is not . be expected that
Ed or any of the balance of our friends
could do without the CHIEFTAs. We
are going to continue printing such a
paper that no one Will have the hardi-
hood to try and dispense with it. Let
ters Of this character make us feel
pround and we don't care who knows it,
THE LECTURE PosTPoNED.-owing to
the inclement weather, and the snow
blockade of railway causing the alb
sence of Prof. Frigon, the lecture adj
vertised for last night, at the Opera
house will be postponed until the block
ade is removed. Due notice will be
given of the time at which will be
shown upon canvass in startling brill
liancy, Joseph Sold, Joseph's Goat, Jo.
seph Meets his Father, Rebecca at the
Well, Eleizer at the Home of Bethuel,
Arrival of Rebecca, the Finding OF Mos
es, Moses and the Daughter Of Jethro,
Pharaoh's Host Drowned, the Annunci-
alton, the Three Wise Men, the Star,
the Babe Of Bethlehem, the Baptism of
Christ, Christ entering Jerusalem, the
Sermon on the Mount, the Last Supper,
the Rejection, the Grucihxion. The
above are only a few ofthe many equal
ly interesting and ins tructive shown in
life size. All who fail TO attend will re-
gret It. Guaranteed as represented or
money refunded.
l/A CHEROKEE Concentrating Duck a
Cherokee full blood, was convicted last
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