Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-06-07
LOCAL NOME.


How about celebrating7
Vegetables are getting plentiful.
lone Of Cooks mules died Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. W. V. Carey, at Alluwe, is
very sick
.-All the fruit trees arc loaded down
with fruit.
w. II. Badgett is having cistorn
made at his residence.
Notice proceedings Of citizenship
court on opposite page.
The union Sunday school celebra.
tion at Chouteau occurs to-day.
!. o. Hall shipped five cars Of cat
tie last Sunday from White Oak.
We can find time TO do all the Job
printing required, on short notice.
Its reported that money is just
trihe scarce at present in this town.
Mrs. Walter Broedlove is teaching
the unexpired term OF the public
school
Mr.. Joe Carey aud Miss Ella Mil
Ter, of Carey's Ferry, were married at
that place on May "a.
-wc trust our corps of correspond
ents will revive their energies and let
US hear from them again.
The Vinta and Prairie City base
ball clubs will play match game in
this city tomorrow afternoon.
e. +. Williams has moved his
matchmaking shop from Thomas
Bluejackeps to Crutchheld & Co.'S.
Joe Rogers has moved his ice
cream stand up between Chouteau's
and Skinner, Ratclin & Co.'S grocery.
wv G. Chamber!in, Bob Blakeney
and one or two others have been out
seining a number Of times lately with
fair success.
If our readers out west sec small
boy around their premises next week,
it's Will Miller and he wants to sell
hay stackeis.
Those who attended the picnic and
barbecue last Thursday report an ex-
cellent time. The meat was exception.
ally we'll cooked.
The first car Of new hay to reach
81. Louis this season was shipped by
Mr. Branson from this place. 1t was
sold ut auction aud brought Sl5 ton.
MIR. Wheat has very nice piano
on trial at his house. Ills needless to
say that Miss Nottio is delighted and
that in her the agent has strong
ally.
The question with the sheriff is
whether cattle in excess Of two
brands, belonging to one owner should
be advertised for sale twenty or ninety
days
james Mayheld railroad employo
at Cheyenne, Wyoming, was recently
killed by the cars. The young man
was q son Of Elijah Mayiield, living
out on White Oak.
"A Co1eyville man is shippingin by
the car load Temperance drink"
known as extract Of malt. Those tenn
porance fellows in Kansas must be a
powerful thirsty set.
&C. NJ. Mcclellan has asked the U.
5. agent TO interfere and prevent the
sale OF his cattle by Sheriff Sanders.
An investigation of the case will be
held on the 18th inst.
Tho base bali game to be played
here Friday. the 9Th, between the
Prairie City and Vinita teams. will
take place in the city park at Vinita,
Instead OF the fair grounds, as adver-
tised.
The Ladies' improvement society
will meet this (Thurday) afternoon at
o'clock at the residence Of Rev. N.
NJ. Wheat. As the election Of officers
is to occur II is desired that thorc be a
full attendance.
"A gentleman who takes overy pa
per published in tho territory said last
Saturday that bo considered the
GHIEFTAiS the best newspaper of them
all; that it gave more news and pre-
sented il in better shape.
Hunter, Evans & Go. and Metcalf,
Moore 4 Co., live stock commission
merchants, both place their ads. with
us this week. Either firm can be rec
commended with perfect confidence as
experienced and reliable.
Andrew Hamilton, the negro
charged with stealing some meat
which he sold TO Ed. Campbell, has
pleaded guilty in the Fort Smith court
and gone TO Little Rock for year
This saves win Walker and other wit.
nesses a trip.
e. NJ. Landrum is Exchange edit .
or" Of the Emory Phoenix, tho college
paper at Oxford, Ga. "Mac," il re.
ports be true, is getting along finely
with his studies and it would DO nc
surprise to his friends here TO learn
that he had been mado editor Of the
Atlanta Constitution.
George Cochran, arrested lasl
week by Deputy Isbell, has been de
liyored to the Cherokee authorities
and returned to the national Jail from
which he escaped some months ago
IL was found that conviction in the
U. S, court would bo very uncertain
His cousin, Jesse, arrested at tho sam'
time, was released
Some time ago s. S. BlueIaeket, r
Ironside and IL Balentine each insert
cd a notice in our stray column tn,
same issuo. Bluejacket and Ironsid,