Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-12-19

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kogee restaurant.
Tho Canadian is being tapped
some six or eight miles above
Oklahoma for the purpose OF bring
ing water to that city, by means OF
an immense ditch.
The Muskogee Bar association
has the following officers: Presi-
dent, s. s. Fears; vice president,
w. L. Hutchings; treasurer, r.
Sarls; secretary, II. o. Shepard.
Tho Rev. T. De Witt Tai.
mage has secured a corner stone
for his new Brooklyn church from
Marrs Hill, from whose top he re-
Gently preached TO the Athenians.
The Fort Smith bar endorsed
Judge Parker for the vacant su.
preme court judgship, but without
avail. IL was given to a mighty
pleasant gentleman, as the writer
can testify, named David ]. Brew
er.
t0klahoma Tlmes.l
Col. Ellison, who has a very de-
sirable claim south of the city,
was in town last evening TO receive
a shipment of carp which he will
place in his spacious pond on his
claim. He intends going into this
culture extensively.
Rev. A. G.. Murray is in receipt
Of a communication from VIM.
Nelson, clerk Of the Muskogee
court, saying that il parties mar.
ried by him would forward the
necessary fee with his certificate,
their marriage would be made q
matter of record and a proper Ger.
tifioate Of same would be issued Ia
the parties themselves, thus set.
tling any apprehensions with ref.
erence to the legality Of their
marriage.
Purcell Toplcl
The Choctaw coal and railway
company has Just received 10C
large capacity coal cars. They ex-
pect to load ten cars daily from
their new mine by Jan. /. They
have a full force laying steel rails
and will have fifty miles Of rock
ballast laid by April.
The last of the eleven men who
were brought here for trial last
week suspected of the Berwyn
train robbery have been set at lib.
erty. There was no evidence to
justify holding any of them, though
1t Is still believed some of the par.
ties were either connected with the
gang or have knowledge of it.
What we will do now for a set ol
real train robbers we do not know
The officers are still on the hunt
and we hope they will have better
success next time.
tseneea DispAteh.)
1t was stated here, Saturday,
that Judge Cravens had declared
the local option law in this eoun.
ty void. We have not seen an of
fetal announcement on the sub.
ject.
A state railway convention will
be held at Little Rock, Ark, some
time in January for the purpose OF
taking steps TO induce the build.
ing Of other railroads than the
Gould system into Arkansas.
The mineral pile at the mines
shows up better than ever this
week. The boys expected to send
over a couple OF wagon loads, s75
to 500 worth, to Joplin; pretty
good for four mems work in any
mine. The lead is now larger
and richer than ever. We are not
making any big elbow" about the
Seneca mines, they show up for
themselves, but we ask our citi-
zens, and the stranger within our
gates, to go and look, and their
eyes shall behold the glory thereof
tEufAulA JOurnAl.l
Petty thefts are growing quite
common in our vicinity. The day
Of retribution is speedily coming
for the respectable majority have
reached. that point where fOrebear.
ance has ceased to be virtue.
The young people of EufaulI
have been indulging in the exhil
arating sport OF chasing foxes every
night for the past week. Tuesday
night they met with undreampt o.
success. They caught a coon.
Last week there was something
over thirteen thousand dollars thai
changed hands in Eufaula for cot
ton alone. Think OF il. This
amount of money being expended
for cotton in a single week by &
town that has only three general
merchandise establishments anC
two drug stores. Besides this
there were hides, furs and farm
products bought, the amount ex
pended for which swell the figures
far above those already given
Eufaula is a fine business point
and every visitor i: so impressed
upon first sight.