Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-01-24
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Dr. Fortner spent Tuesday last In
Persons
ID. L. Denny was in from the vsrdisris
county this week
Mrs r L. Decker visited In Parsons sev-
eral days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James johnson think OF
making Tulsa their home Ia the near future.
Miss Jessie Stretch. OF winnsld IL visiting
Al the home OF her cousin, q. W. Green, and
wilifemain the balance Of the winter.
-. W. strout has received an offer 20 60 10
Arizona and engage In the sorvics ofa mining
company and has about determined 70 accept.
--.Jno. Thomson, the merchant at Echo,
was among our callers:iast Thursday. Busi-
ness 8, reported a. being very good with his
house.
james " Getty, on attorney from Kansas
City, has been down this week taking dsposi-
tions before c. 8. Shelton, CLERK Of Delaware
district
Mics Eta Duncan, who had been attending
school At Fayetts, Mo-. was compelled by her
eyes TO come home. she went TO Afton Tues
day evening TO visit her sister, Mrs. v. NJ.
Crowell.
j NJ. Crutchneid and his daughters, Mira.
J NJ. Taylor, Mrs Henry sixklIier and Mrs.
James McCracken. with their husbands, were
in IN" city this week ior the purpose or fslgning
up deed to some Texas lands
--Dr. =. NJ. Hines, who has been spending
number OF weeks in this section, ieft for his
homein Washington Tuesday. He 10 one OF
the old time newspaper men OF tho capital and
few things have transpired at that modern
Mecca within the last score or more ofyears
which he is not thoroughly cOnvsrSant with.
w. J. Purdy and P. g. Goucher
left Cleveland, Ohio, a short time ago
to hunt buffalo, Injuns, bear and 9TH
or game. At this point they got
Itranded, gave up the chase, soaked"
their Winchesters and as soon as tick
cts which had been telegraphed for ar
rived, they started for home perfectly
satisfied. The CORY trail which they
anticipated leaving behind them
through this country is conspicuously
absent.
Miss Mamie Monaghan, Of this
city, was married last Monday to Mr..
j. l.. Maulding, very much to the dis
like of the young lady's parents. The
groom ia engaged upon a section Of the
Frisco railroad this side Of Seneca and
thither took his bride at once. An ef-
fort was made to intercept the young
lady's trunk, but love which "laughs
at locksmith." surmoun ted all obsta-
cles interposed. Tue ceremony was
performed by G. s.. Shelton, at the
Blythe house.
The spelling match at the acade-
my last Friday was we'll attended.
James Dumas won first prize, Miss
Mollie Cooper the second. An unin-
territorial injustice was done French
Farley, who spelled "phosphorous,"
"us," against the book, and French
was put down. Webster was opened
and at the top OF the page the word
was found "us." After the match on
another page Of the dictionary phos.
phorous with the "ous" was found, one
being a noun, the other verb.
A man named Jump, living on Abe
Meeks' place, was robbed la this town
Monday night OF something like SO.
lie got drunk and laid down by the
track near the Frisco depot Just after
dark. Anticipating just what finally
happened, Marshal Isbell and Bill
Shehan went to him and tried 10 get
his money to keep for him. de hung
to the pocket-book like grim death"
and they had to give up the intention.
A few inmates later they went back
and the money had been taken.
"A jug of whiske, was claimed and
taken from the Pacific express Office
last Monday night, which bids fair to
get a young man OF this town into
trouble. Noticing the name upon the
package he personated the consignee
and secured it. This certainly MAKES
him liable to prosecution either for in
PRODUCING liquor or for obtaining prop
erty under false pretences. The party
to whom the package was addressed is
said to be an old man living at the
coal banks who has sick family.