Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-10-16

dents2 We want to report every in
cident Of public interest which trans.
pires in the Nation.
"A new oil well was developed last
week at Bnshyhead and it appears to
be the best yet put down. Look out
for boom in that section.
The wanderers got home from st.
Louis and Cincinnati last Sunday
The round trip railroad fare between
those two towns reached the low rate
of 50.
The cases against Sam Ridenhour
and Mr.. Hodges, on the charge OF
robbing the Pacific express car at
Pryor Greek have virtually been dis
missed.
Speaking from personal experience
we can say that the chickens are not
so easy TO kill as they were month
ago and the quail Fly little faster
than they used to.
As speedily as possible we are
putting our mail list into type and
there will soon be no reason for sub
scriber 10 unintentionaily allow his
paper to stop. The date of expiration
is given on each paper.
Geo. Mayes was up from his Grand
river home Sunday. He has fifteen
acres OF cotton which bids fair to pro-
duce bale to the acre, worth about
$50. number of his neighbors also
planted cot ton last spring.
The Dalton boys, Emmett and Bob,
were seen n few days ago away out on
the Saginaw range, west of Redfork
and sent word to their brother Gratz,
who is in Jail at Fort Smith, that they
were going west to remain.
Frank Swift, special deputy
sheriff of Crawford county, Kan, re-
stored Monroe Blythe's horse to him
last week. 1t was sold by Frank
Waitman at Girard to horse trader
named Steve Pickett for s3S, the sad
die included.
Mrs. Halsell drove into Bull creek
Monday with her phaeton and the We
hicle was turned over. The occupants,
Mrs. Barrett and daughter Bessie,
Mrs. Halsoll and baby, were precip-
itated into the water aud thoroughly
soaked.
The ladies Of the Congregational
church will give dime social at Dr.
Bagby's next Monday night. at which
refreshments will be served. Every
body is invited to attend and efforts
will be made to see that all enjoy
themselves.
"A facetious correspondent abiding
to the revival at Bartlesville expresses
the hope that the young men of the
place will not again be arrested for
playing crack-loo. We trust the re-
suits may be even more productive of
good than this.
The farmer that has few acres in
broom corn, crop of fax, castor
bean field, few acres of wheat, a field
of corn and variety of vegetables
can't help but chit it" somewhere
along the line. In other words, diver
sified farming pays.
AT the piano recital given at the
academy last Friday selections were
rendered by Jessie Daniels, Beth Beard,
Ella Warren, Ida Rolslon and Grace
and Lucille Former. Each did very
well and left a highly favorable i'm
preston upon their listeners.
When the training in the home has
been such that the result OF it is that
boys and girls between the ages Of
thirteen and sixteen run away from
home to get married, it is question
whether the parents do not need the
birch more than the children.
Miss Wiley, the estimable lady
who has for several years been matron
Of the Presbyterian mission at Mus
kogee. died last Friday. She was taken
with a chill upon the previous Monday
morning bat not until Wednesday was
her illness thought to be serious.
Rev. ID. n. Allen will move with
his family into the Congregational
parsonage about the close of this
month. II is expected the Presbyter-
ians will erect a house for their pastor
on the south part Of the lot occupied
by the church, adjoining DR.. Frazee's.
arrangements have been made by
a linseed oil company to furnish a
large quantity OF fax seed to the far
mers Of this vicinity next spring, if
desired. They furnish the seed, the
farmer agreeing TO sell them the crop
at 25 cents a bushel less than the ST.
Louis price.
ii-since the killing OF Sheriff Nail,
Of the Choctaw Nation, at Fort Smith
last week, Judge Parker's grand jury
has been indicting the saloon keepers
BY the wholesale for selling whisky to
Indians. Nail got drunk and Police /
man Surratt killed him in attempting
to arrest him.
Fleet Lay, boy Of fourteen who /
had been working for a man named /
Feaiherin in the nation near Cofey-
vile, stole his employers horse one
night last week and tried to sell it at 4
Independence. The owner arrived in 4
time 10 prevent the sale and have the /
culprit arrested.
II. n. Bailey and family, who for
seven years have been engaged in
farming and stock raising near Chel-
sea. started for Warrensburg. No,
this week. They had a bunch Of
eighty-fve head Of horses which were
driven through this place Tuesday, 4
a part or the proceeds 81 fhcir efforts
i1 This direction.