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

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Rev Charles Journcycake is going
TO Washington early next month TO
look after the passage Of the bill to
disburse the Delaware funds.
All parties indebted to r. shanahan
for drugs and merchandise will confer
a great favor by remitting for same
before the first of the new year.
Tho 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 will
sell round trip tickets to points within
200 miles for one fare; will be sold Dec.
a, 25, 81, good for return to Jan. 5.
The Ladies' Missionary society Of
the Presbyterian church at Fort Glib
son, had a fair ON the eve Of the 18th,
the net profits Of which were $4,000.
i. B. stevens was caught in hotel
fire at Dallas recently and to escape
was forced to jump from second story
window, receiving a sprained ankle.
Mr.. Ira D. Hough, an operator in
the Western Union office at Denison,
aud Miss Maud Clark, whose parents
reside at Adair, were married at Deni-
son last Sunday.
There were shipped from Alton
this year of wheat, 2l,ll7 bushels;
oats So $50 bushels, and fax seed, 9,S37
bushels. The amount paid for the
same was SS2,3s0 90.
The Southwest City Enterprise
facetously observes that the "medi-
cine man" has been prescribing liber-
ally for the Indians lately, and as
consequence the hotel de cooler has
had a rush of business.
VIII Chamberlin was up at his
fathers q couple Of days last week and
assisted in killing twenty four head Of
hogs. They will slaughter as many
more in the course of few weeks.
-"Pap" Simpson is disconsolate;
the holidays are upon him and some
one has just stolen his fighting cock and
cut aim out oss anysisn this Christ
mas; $3.50 reward. The only suspic-
ious character seen around of late was
Sam Hall.
Rev. r. J. Lamb, an evangelist
from Vinita assieed by Mr.. Herbert
Holderman is holding revival meetings
at the Union school house southwest
oftown with good degree of success.
-Ghetopa Advance.
-. D. Marker is profuse in his com.
mendations Of onr new roller mill.
He recently took a quantity of wheat
there of very inferior quality, with
many misgivings as to what it would
turn out but was surprised to find the
-four Of excellent grade.
AT the council meeting Saturday
night j. II. Akin was chosen city at
torney, He is TO receive 81 80 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 Coffey-
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
$500 and it is surmised he was an
Aakansawer and that it was a put up
job.
Our local "wiId west" combination
bought tickets to Neosho, nine in
number; from there made it to CRANKY
and from that point, at last accounts,
were getting home as best they could,
some on foot. Their Injnn war songs
were exchanged for American cuss
words.
ID. j. Mathews, of Gainesville, Ga,
was married Wednesday of last week,
at Pryor Creek, to Miss Ada Taylor,
sister of Jno. NJ. Taylor, Jr. The young
couple went east on visit to be alb |
sent month and upon their return
Mr.. Mathews will engage in business
at Claremore.
james Naper, one of the two men
who 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 1
them Alf Mckay. Naper was a horse
thief and was given a long sentence;
il was thought his wounds would prove /
fatal
The building of new houses, the 1
opening Of large farms, the success or /
failure of experimental crops, the /
births, deaths and marriages trans
piring in the neighborhood, ali these /
things make readable letters and are
Of far more interest to the public at /
large than the chronicleing Of the fact |
that "Mrs. Smith dined with Mrs. /
Jones one day last week"
Holiday Excursions via NIX. & T. /
On December Path 25th and 3lst,
1850, and January lst, 1892, the NJ, K.
& 7. R'y will sell round trip tickets ]
between points on the NJ, K. & T. R'y /
within a distance Of two hundred (200) /