Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-11-22
LOCAL NOTES.

ho hhhiVhht pIihVh toubhlub bhlI-
ty-fye male and one female inmate.
i. +. Stamford, the artist, folded
his tent and moved to McAlister, Wed
nesday.
"A business meeting will be held at
the Congregational church, Thursday
evening No vember %.
Friday evening, November %, the
"Fairy or the Fountain" will be pro.
duced at Raymond Hall.
Mrs. w. P. Ross is cond ucting a
hotel near the depot at Fort Gibson.
The house is just being fin ished.
"A disease, said TO be lung fever,
is affecting the horses in this vicinity,
and in some cases with fatal results.
y. s. Evans, suttler at Fort Reno.
committed suicide last we elk by stab
bing himself Business troubles are
the attributed cause.
Forty dollars a day for boarding
guards at one term Of court is good
price but the Cherokee nation had to
pay such bill in Illinois district re-
Gently.
The owners of large quantities OF
hay in this neighborlfood should take
every precauiion against the rsvages
Of prairie fres which have proven 80
destructive heretofore.
j. 3. Stevens has made recent ad .
ditions to both his shop and working
force and is continually equipping
himself for turning out more rapidly
saddles, harness, boots and shoes.
As Queen was an applicant for
citizenship in this nation, his killing
by the authorities would seem to indi-
cate new method Of disposing OF the
untried cases now on the citizenshi p
court docket.
There was much more talk than
blood-shed about the Chickasaw trou-
bic last week. A late report is that
Guy and Byrd have both resign ed in
favor Of the second chief and the diff
iiculty is over.
Capt. Charles. LAHORE, who is in
the city, informs us that a Cherokee
citizen by the name Of Sandy Irwin
was shot and killed at McAlister last
Saturday night. Irwin was a gambler
and the shooting was the result Of a
game Of cards.
Tho original town Of Fort Gibson
certainly paid well for the new rail
road. The road ran right through the
business street and the depot was
built three quarters of mile away,
where a new town is showing evidence
OF spriuging. into existence.
Policeman jackson Ellis spilled a
small keg Of whisky before leaving
Tahlequah last Thursday. Nobody
knew who the owner was but II was
reported that certain well-known
senator did a very liberal amount OF
swearing about the matter.
The Frisco will sell Harvest Ex-
cursion tickets via Paris to all points
in Texas, or via Ealstehd, Kan, to FL.
Paso, Texas, for one first class limited
fare for round trip. These tickets will
be sold Nov. 20 aud Dec. 4; limit, 10
days going, 8 days returning, final
limit 80 days.
The attorney general, upon app IL
cation OF O. NJ. McOle Han for an order
directing Sheriff Sanders to turn over
his cattle, rendered an opinion to the
effect that il was a question for the
judicial instead Of the executive de.
partment and therefore is properly be.
fore the Fort Smith court.
Capt. John Miller, a desperate
character residing in the Chickasaw
nation was killed last week by Jim
Ables, one of his tenants. Miller
boasted the killing Of thirty-two men
and there is a general rejoicing in the
neighborh0od that his bloody career
is ended. Ables' action is justiG ed.
William simmons, a section hand
on the NJ. X & T.road, near Ohouteau
was brought to this city Monday, Sc
riously injured. lie was standing neai
the track when the train passed
knocking a clawbar out of his hanC
and throwing it against his right leg
com pletely smashing the bones. Drs
Fortner & Bagby ampu tated it at the
knee joint and on Tuesday simmonI
was sent to the hospital at Sedalia.
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BOGUS. The following Parsons dis
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