Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-01-31

---"Rocxy Mountain Bill" writes
TO the Wichita. Journal as follows, and
that paper palms IL OF as something
new; "There are various places In
Oklahoma where the coarse dust gor-,
mences at grass roots and are tho ric1-
est gold feld lever saw. have min
cd all over Rocky Mountains and /
never saw thing to beat IL. Aman
could pan out with a common gold pan
6fty cents to the pan easily. l Iput the
dirt in = piece ofpaper and blew out dust
the dirt and collected considerable that
way and there are fshure veins OF grey
copper ali over the hills" Why, man,
the hills are full Of gold in this terri
tory; the greatest difficulty is to break
Off a chunk which a man can carry.
Because Of the Inconvenience, mer-
chant refuse TO accept the stuff for
goods aud hence IL is OF little use.
When the old junk man was here a
few months ago he bought some OF it,
but as he only paid rs cents a pound,
the boys preferred picking up old iron
around town to going TO the hills after
the gold. How's that Bill7
There seems 10 be some substance
to the rumors OF the ext insion of the
Frisco railroad, both rom SRpulpa
west and from Monett 20 Kansas City.
A dispatch from New York, OF date
Jan. 20, says: "The company's Offices
are 10 be moved to .Monett, the new
town started by the company out in
southwestern Missouri, at the con-
junction of all the main lines OF their
entire system, and at which place the
company has decided to erect their
permanent wood and car shops. The
Arkansas and Texas line will be ex-
tended from Monett to Kansas City.
The company will build their Kansas
City branch and close the gap in their
California line between Sapulpa, l. T.,
and Albuquerque, N. NJ, the present
season. 4. E. Winslow, the president
Of the company, who went to Europe a
few weeks since, cabled the Seligmans
that all financial arrangements were
satisfactorily completed. AS q result
Of the company's new departure, Fris-
co preferred advanced full notch, and
closed firm in Wall street to-day"
This building up Of Monett BODIES no
good for Springfield, which has here
toiors been especially favored.
We notice by the Chetopa Advance
that the partner of our friend Willis
Bluejacket, is nc flying so high in
Texas as he did in Kansas: -. O..
Brownheld, the itinerant medicine
peddler who made Rome howl here last
year, is now in Texas and seems TO be
pursuing the same course there he
did here. He got on a drunk the 9TH
or day in a small town near penison,
and he proceeded to run things in his
own characteristic manner. lie espied
a country lad with load Of wood driv-
ing through the streets of the town
and he Immediately made for the wsg-
on, climbed upon it and proceeded to
auction Off the wood. The driver or
dered him OF the wagon, but Brown
Geld told him he was running the
town and would put head on him II
he opened his mouth again, and the
boy, who didn't bluff worth a cent,
gathered up stick Of wood and crack
ed Brownheld on the hsa the force of
the blow tumbllng him out OF the wag-
on and laying him out for several
hours. He was picked up by bystand-
ers and carried into house near by,
when surgical attention was given him
and he was finally brought to-"