Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES


Missouri to marry a cousin. A
good law.
-Triplets were born TO Mr.. and
Mrs. John Stages, at Briartown,
]. T., two weeks ago. Only one
Of them survives, the other two
living but a few days.
j. A. Crawford was recently
taken to the penitentiary from
Southwest City to servo six
year sentence for arson. He was
convicted in Dallas county three
years ago and had been on bond
ever since awaiting the decision Of
an appeal 10 the supreme court.
The largest gun that ever was
made has just been completed at
the great Krupp works in Germa-
ny and sent to Russia, where it
will be mounted on the walls of
the fortress at Cronstadt. IL is of
cast steel and weighs 225 tons.
The calibre is 13, inches, the bar
rel is 40 feet in length, and its
maximum diameter is g. feet.
The gun has a range Of eleven
miles, and it is worked by mech.
anism so perfect that two shots
minute can be fired, each OF which,
however, costs 81 800.
Oklahoma Journal:-Every
business transaction with the fed
eral government seems to require
an endless amount of red tape.
The following inscription on the
head Of a barrel of merchandise
shipped from East st. Louis to the
Sac and Fox agency seemed nsces-
sary 10 the federal officials to give
it safe conduct to its place Of des-
tination: Nc. 46,1 VT. 300.
U. s. Indian Agent Sac and Fox
agency, /. T. For Miss. School,
Nat. Desp. Care NJ. o. p. East
st. Louis. Care A. T. & S. +.
Kansas City. Care Abbott Okla.
homa.
Phoenix: BY the provisions Of
the new court bill prepared by the
lawyers of this city, a commission
ers court is to be established at
each one Of the following points in
the Indian Territory: Vinita,
Muskogec, McAlester, Atoka, Cad
do, Tallihina, Tahlequah, Ard
more and Purcell. This will pref
ty generally scatter the inferior
courts over the five civilized tribes
and will, if it becomes a law, be a
blessing TO the people Of our coun-
try, as all preliminary hearings
and petty cases could be tried at
the point nearest where the ofiense
was committed. The people of
the entire territory would welcome
such law.
You won't find malaria where
there are rattlesnakes, but you
will always find the home Of this
snake where there is the puresl
water, the freshest air, the dryest,
highest land. That is why you
always find trout where there are
ratilesnakes. Such was the dec.
laration of a gentleman from Clin-
ton county. He did not attempt
to give any scientific explanation
Of the fact, but affirmed that IL was
a fact all the same. me.-Exchange.
Anyone living in the southwest
can give an explanation in few
words. The ST ltement has no
"fact" in il. Instead of trout il is
owls and prairie dogs that are found
with the rattlssnake.
-Telephone:-The hay law pre-
vides that man can sell as much
as one wagon load Of hay to per-
mitted resident or to persons trav-
cling through the country without
paying any tax. Any citizen de-
string 70 sell or ship prairie hay
can do SO by procuring a permit
for that purpose and by paying
twenty cents per ton for all hay
sold or shipped, the revenue de.
rived to 60 To the school fund, and
he is required TO make sworn
monthly reports 10 the district
clerk OF the amount Of hay sold or
shipped. Any man violating this
law may be lined any sum not less
than $500 nor more than $1,000;
sid. in default Of payment. I'm
prisoned for Q 10 IL nlonths or be
both fined and imprisoned. st the
Of the court. No man
shall be allowed n cut hay within
one quarter Of a mile of the legal
improvements Of any citizen with
out his or her consent. II also
provides that hay already cut can