Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-18
LOCAL NOTES.
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VIII Miller Is quite i'll this week.
Advertise your brands; price s..
Now for mill; not Sullivan s kind.
--Radishes and lettuce have ap-
pcared.
Joe Davis, barber, in poetic strain
invites call.
Its butter with onions, or no but
ter, these days.
See Mosella, the Waif, in Nevada"
tomorrow night.
Win Kyo, the Chinaman, in "Neva-
da," tomorrow night.
Skinner, Ratclif & Go. bought the
Badgett dry goods stock last night.
Fish are beginning to bite good;
mosquitoes will take hold next week.
New invoice OF stationery and
printing material to arrive this weOk.
There will be another runaway mar
riago in this town inside Of three
months.
The basement window and door
frames for Galloway College arrived
yesterday.
j. b. Stevens & Go. have sold their
harness shop and Lee Barritt is now
the proprietor.
There has been a noticeable falling
of Of boomer wagons in the last day
or two. Time too near up.
w. r. Badgett 4 Co., sold ont their
dry goods house this week to Ben Mar
tin. OF Springfield, and it is now closed.
--Muskogee stayed awake and got
the now court. Let's wake up; per-
haps we can get part Of what's left in
sight.
Rev. King will continue TO preach
at the Presbyterian church for a short
time aud there will be services thero
next Sabbath.
The choir Of the Congregational
church have been invited TO give con-
cert at Chelsea and will do 80 about
four weeks hence.
u. s. Marshal Needles returned to
the territory last Monday and at once
begun preparations for sending twenty
deputies into Oklahoma.
An April shower came early yestor-
day morning, refreshing vegetation,
allaying the dust and retarding the
operations of the heel fly.
Next Sabbath, Easter, will be suit
ably observed at the Presby terian
church with exercises participated in
by the children. at 1850 o'clock p. m.
The battery room at the Frisco
depot, after being fixture for seven
teen years, ia a thing OF the past; the
batteries have been moved to Sapulpa.
Jack Belmont, the dauntless bare
back circus rider, was married on Tues
day night to Miss jamie Daugherty. At
the close of the ceremony Jack aud his
spouse were rendered a complimentary
serenade by the cow-bell band.
-Viniia needs a mill and bank very
badly. The establishment Of the bank
Is, in measure, provided for, or is un-
der consideration by parties who have
the means, but the mill needs some
work. Let's get together aud see how
much OF a bonus will be required and
then raise Il.
William Foreman came up from
Muskogee Saturday night and attached
twenty head Of cattle belonging to Wal
lace Duncan aud wife, in behalf Of 6.
s. Walker. The man and his wife had
started for Oklahoma few days previ-
ously, leaving their son to drive the
cattle through, but he only got as far
as Cabin creek.
On Friday evening, April 18th, will
be presented the drama in three acts,
entitled Nevada, or the Lost Mine" +"
by Geo. NJ. Baker. This is a splendid
play and all who wish to enjoy a pleas
ant evening, should profit by this and
attend. 1t will be presented by the
Vinita Dramatic Club, at Halselrs
Opera House, tomorrow night.
Il. p. Isbell went TO Muskogee one
day this week after deputy marshal's
commission. 1t was offered to him but
he discovered that the compensation
for the service Of papers in civil cases
was six cents a mile one way for the
distance Travelled, or actual expenses
incurred without per diem, at the op
tion Of the officer. "Red" concluded
TO stick to Judge Parker's court for q
while yet.
The new civil jurisdiction law has
had the effect OF bringing lot of new
"drummers" into this country, chief
ly from Springfield, Kansas City, .anC
other towns of minor Importance. Al
a general thing they are meeting with
little encouragement, our merchants
being disposed TO stick to the houses
that sold them goods under lesl
favorable circumstances. This iH thu
proper thing TO DO.
As work train was crossing tn,
Horse crock bridge at Alton last Sat
urday night some projecting timbert
on car caught tho side Of the struct-
ure and tore it down. The caboose il
which was the train crew was unroo fet
about half way down. The conducto
was Knocked insensible for few mo
ments, but beyond that there were N,
serious results. The bridge was de
molished aud the mai, etc. was broueh
innext day by transferring, arriving a
five or six O'Clock.
When the new U. S. Court get
down to business II is likely TO worl
wonders, and II is said there is a posi-
bility-not TO draw II too strong-tha
not even the houses in this countr,
will be exempt from sale to satisfy judg
ments. Some OF the best lawyers II