Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-12-25

disburse the Delaware funds.
An parties indebted to z. .Shanahan
for drugs and merchandise will confer
q great favor by renting for same
before the first of the new year.
The Juvenile society of the Meth
odist church will give a concert on
Sunday night. 2sth inst, for the pur-
pose Of raising missionary funds
For the HOLIDAYS the railroads win
sell round trip tickets In points within
go miles for one fare; will be sold Dec.
"a, Is, 81, good for return to Jan ).
The Ladies' Missionary society OF
the Presbyterian church at Fort Glib
son, had fair on the eve Of the 18Th,
the net profits Of which were $500
u. B. Stevens was caught In a hotel
FIRE at Dallas recently and to escape
was forced 10 jump from q second story
window receiving a sprained ankle
MIR Ira D. houeh. an operator in
the Western Union Office at Denison,
and Miss Maud Clark, whose parents
reside al Adair. were married st Deni-
son last Sunday.
There we're shipped from Afton
this year Of wheat, 2l,Il7 bushels;
oats, 3 $50 bushels, and FAX seed, 9.sS7
bushels. The amount paid for the
same was S.. $50 90.
The Southwest City Enterprise
facefiously observes that the "medi-
cine man" has been prescribing liber-
ally for the Indians lately, and as a
consequence the hotel de cooler has
had rush Of business.
VIII Chamberlin was up at his
fathers 3 couple OF days last week and
assisted in killing twenty-four head OF
hogs. They viii slaughter as many
more in the course Of Il few weeks
Pep" Simpson is disconsolate;
the holidays are upon him and some
one has just stolen his fighting cock and
cut him out Of any-fun this Christ
mas; $50 reward The only suspic-
ious character seen around Of late was
Sam Hall.
Rev R. !. Lamb, an evangelist
from VinitG assisted By Afr. Herbert
Eoiderman is holding revival meetings
AZ the Union school house southwest
c. Town with good degree Of success.
-Chetopa Advance.
II. D. Marker is profase in his CON-
mendafions Of our new roller mill
He recently took 4 quantity Of wheat
there Of very inferior quality, with
many misgivings as to shat il would
turn out but wss surprised to find the
-four Of excellent grade.
AT the council meeting Saturday
night J. H. Akin was chosen city at
tOrney. He is to receive 81 so for each
conviction and in case the town be-
comes involved in law suit is to re-
ceive such compensation as may be
agreed upon by the council
"A horse race took place at Cofey-
vile last week between parties from
Caney and Fort Smith which was won
BY the former At its conclusion the
stake holder had disappeared with
s. 500 and il is surmised ne was an
AakansaEer and that il Was q put up
job
Our local "wild vest" combination
bought tickets to NeOsho. nine in
number; from there made il 10 CRANKY
and from that point, at last accounts.
were getting home as best they could,
some on foot Their Injun war songs
we're exchanged for American cuss
words
d J. Mathews. OF Gainesville, Ga,
was married Wednesday OF last week,
at Pryor Creek, to Miss Ada Taylor.
sister of Jno- N. Taylor. Jr. The young
couple went east on a visit to be alb
sent a month and upon their return
Mr. Mathews will engage in business
at Claremore.
James NAper, one Of the two men
vino escaped from the running train
with Frank Waitman while on the
way to the penitentiary, was badly
wounded and captured last Sunday
near Eufaula by three officers, among
them All Mckay. Naper was g horse
thief and was given = long sentence;
it was thought his wounds would prove
fatal.
The building OF new houses, the
opening of large farms, the success or
failure Of experimental crops, the
births, deaths and marriages trans
Diring in the neighboFhOod, ali these
things make readable letters and are
Of far more interest to the public at
large than the chronicIeing of the fact
that "Mrs. Smith dined vita Mrs.
Jones one day last week"
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