Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-11-13

Geese going south.

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Corn is badly down and rotting in
the fields.
= Mr.. Wolfe has his engine repaired
and in operation.
Rev. D. N. Allen will preach at
Alton next Sabbath.
-Mrs Chouteau was among the in
valid population last week.
The agent came up Tuesday aud
went to Aluwe to make the Delaware
payment.
Horses are dying Of blind staggers,
presumably from eating the wormy
and decaying corn.
DIR. l.. o. Ellis, dentist. Of South
west City, will be at Alton from Nov
ember 2lst to 25th.
John Gunter says he has better
corn on his Duck creek place than he
has had in several years.
MIR. Little has been sick for sew
eral days but is now able to be about
the house and door yard.
Mr.. Woodall's store caught ere
last Monday morning in the roof but
was fortunately extinguished.
Hardin Trott has just completed
some improvements at his house
which give him a double paror.
w. II. Whitney, near Adair, is
going to put out an apple orchard of
forty acres, all of Kentucky reds.
VIM. Brown has some very fine
apples this fall and has sold several
barrels for shipment to Navasota,
Texas.
"A twelve pound boy, "a regular
screamer" DR. Haynes says, found its
way to the home of s. IL. Hawkins last
Friday.
John NJ. Taylor, Jr.. has received
his commission and will assume the
duties as postmaster at Claremore the
10Th inst.
In the Hooley Bell neighborhood
Mr.. Parks has latel, lost three horses
by the blind staggers and 0. P. Bell a
very fine animal.
One OF our townsmen strayed OIL
into a neghboring state last week and
got tramped on by a anli-Republican
elephant. Sorry for you. old boy.
An ejectment case of Mr.. Hill
against 7. w, Beasley was called be-
fore Deputy Clerk Chamberlin Tuesday
but the defendant did not respond.
The many friends of Mr.. Robert
Dobkins will learn with pleasure of
his marriage last Saturday night. at
this place, to Miss Anna Waller, of
Chetopa.
Mr.. Balentine received word yes
terday that the bond of W. s. Brown
which he had signed for $500 was de-
clared forfeited the day before at Mus
kogee Brown was arrested for dgoging
hog.
The Fragment Society of the
Presbyterian church will hold social
Friday evening at Mrs. VIM. Chou
tcau's. Every One invited young an d'
old.
MIR. Hill, living west OF Cabin
creek, brought in three turnips last
week which would make the famous
Colonel Sellers smile to his very boot
tops. The smallest weighed six and a
half pounds.
Let a person try to get little job
of carpentering done these days and
lie will conclude Vinita is at any
thing but standstill in the nilding
line. A carpenter cannot be got Tor
love nor money"
JEFF McGhee, clerk of Delaware dis
trict, had ten acres of wheat from
which he harvested a good crop and
at once planted it in corn. From these
ten acres it is related that he gathered
700 bushels OF corn.
The ladies of the Congregatio nal
Church are actively engaged in the
preliminaries of the proposed Thanks
giving dinner and promise splendid
repast; not cold dinner but a sure
enough, hot Thanksgiving dinner.
VIM. Cave and Charley Johnson,
who were arrested some time since for
stealing a shot gun and some harness
and bound over at Muskogee, were
taken to Kansas this week on requi-
stion from the governor of that state.
"A grand Deep Water jubilee is to
be held at Galveston on the 18th inst.
To those desiring to attend the NJ, X.
& T. railroad will sell round trip tick
cts upon the 18th and 10th, for $40 80,
one fare, good to return until Decem-
Der 10th.
DIR. Fortner, now in New York, is
attending the various hospitals of the
city, and taking special courses OF in
struction under eminent specialists in
the following departments, viz: Dis
eases of Children, Diseases of Women,
and General Surgery.