Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-11-14

menu thb No" hN'ehh1ohchth ~
this issue.
What's the condition Of the ERE
Department.
Cattle are looking fine for this
time Of year.
.-vinita will very soon have a pub
lie school house.
Eugene Hall will conduct news
depot in the postoffice building.
Joe Landrum is very low at South
west City. suffering with lung troubles.
Plenty Of old papers for sale at
this Office; put up in packages Of so, at
25 cents.
Miller & Go. have placed hand
some new prescription case in their
drug store.
The Frisco line is putting up an
other telegraph wire between this
city and sapulpa.
The elder Mr.. Prathsr is erecting
a dwelling house up near the fair
ground, on the west side.
-. S. Cobb has had a very sick
child for come days but II was consid-
erably improved yesterday morning.
Willis Bluejacket discovered few
gallons OF liquor in the NJ, X. q T. de-
pot Saturday night which he spilled.
The new Raymond has reached
the height OF three stories (almost) in
front and is nearly or quite enclosed.
Harvey shelton is issuing a very
creditGble Daily Telephone and pro-
poses to continue il during this ses-
Of council.
w. O. Patton, Of this city, desires
to purchase lot Of mule colts. own
srs desiring to sell should call upon
him.
The ladies' Of the Presbyterian
church will give a Thanksgiving din
ner, Nov. 26,the proceeds to be used
for fencing the church.
"A 6re escape is one OF the latest
improvements at Worcester academy.
II is also the intention to place fence
around this property shortly.
MIR. Isbslls condition is considera.
bly, improved at present. He believes
now that he will recover, but having
lain on his back for nearly 1fty days,
he Is tired, very tired.
q. d. Cromwell, the merchant at
Catoosa, accidentally shot himself
through the chin with a pistol last
Sunday mig hit, the ball lodging in the
palate. The wound is not thought TO
be a very serious oae.
Last week an ingenious whisky
peddler near Tahlequah concealed his
goods in load Of cabbage which he
drove to town. Before he had had
time to sell out, however, the officers
we're after him, and he hastily unload
ed the liquor and disappeared.
The Guthrie Capital says that the
travellers across the Cherokee strip
are making every effort to hurry out
the cattlemen. Large acres are being
burned over and the cattlemen will
soon be forced to drive out their herds
for want Of feed.
The. meetings in the Methodist
church are attracting larger audiences
this week. Rev. Richards grew very
earnest In his appeal to young men,
Tuesday night, and declared that il
they would attend the afternoon meet
ings he would guarantee a conversion
III. II. Richards, OF Millersville,
Mo, desires information Of John Pc
terman, who wrote him, early in 1850
that he had been shot while endeav-
oring with another man to arrest
two horse thieves, near this place.
Does anyone know Of such an instRncei
Some Of our monied men ought to
build houses In town TO rent. There
are calls for houses every day that
cannot be filled. 1t ought to be a prof.
table investment when a house cost.
ing from three to five hundred dollars,
rents for eight or ten dollars pei
month.
Last Monday an agreement wal
circulated and signed by the business
men OF the town to the effect tha,
they would close at seven O'Clock each
evening this week except Saturday, tC
enable their clerks and themselves &c
attend the religious meetings in
pr ogress.
The "Rings Daughters" are tC
give a literary entertainment at
Pheasant Hill the evening aftel
Thanksgiving, Friday, the Goth. Mr
Evans, Of Oswego, Kan, will be there
with his magic lantern. The proceeds
are to be used toward painting the
church. Admission is cents.
"A note from a prominent gentle
man Of Flint district in reference e
affairs in his section, closes as follows
"Nearly every intelligent person who
comprshends the true situation 10 In
favor Of selling the strip at $l.25 pei
acre. think II would be the besl
thing that can be done"
Perhaps II is misfo rtune but IL II
nevertheless a fact that there is still
due the manufacturer OF the hook and
ladder wagon Sl25 and he wants his
moHey. Under the contract the ma
chine reverts TO the owner II unpaid
for at specified time and that time
has already passed. The freight bill
and $500 have already been paid and
certainly we cannot afford to lose all
this for $l25. II has been proposed tc
give festival 10 aid in raising ths
amount required. What do our citi'
Ecns think of the proiect2
--LaFt week THK CHIEFrAIE contain.
ed an interview with Rev, Futrell
q a III l.