Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-14

THIS community - JUST now re-
joicing over a reasonable plentiiulness
OF rain.
-.-An Allldnce picnic is in progress
to-day at Riley Spring, two miles west
Bluej
A match game Of ball will be played
this place tomorrow by the Adair and
vinita clubs.
$500 TO loan to the highest bidder;
address box go, Vinita postoifice, stat
ing particulars.
The chicken buyer was here this
week and succeeded in making up a
good part Of a car.
"A grand celebration was arranged
by the Alliance aud the e.. A. X. post
to be held at Bartlesyille this week.
Note the fact that e. l.. Wash
bourne offers a farm, ranch and stock
of cattle, lS0 head of steers for sale.
"A night-blooming cereus at Mr..
Chouteau's bloomed last Saturday
night for the second time this season.
II we can't have decent sidewalks
why not tear up the old decayed
planks and walk on the solid gronnd.
Raymond hvuso 20 rent from Au-
gust 2Sth. The best location in town
for business. = Mrs. A. j. Raymond.
Judge Watt Starr will hold spe-
cial term of court on the 18th OF this
month for the trial OF couple of lar
ceny cases.
Thomas ]. Lyman, brother of
James Lyman. of this city, died sud-
denly of heart disease at Tahiequah
last Thursday.
Dick Vann, negro was found dy-
ing in the road from fits between here
and Gooseneck one day last week.
He died shortly after being discovered.
Charley Mcclellan advertises for
bids for the erection of four dwelling
houses in this city-A good invest
m ent and good thing for the town
The pupils of Harrsll institute,
Muskogee, will hereafter be dressed
in navy blue uniform, made up quite
plainly. A turban will replace the
hat.
Carey Hoffman has retired from
the bakery and will hereafter make
his home at Pueblo, Col. The bakery
will be managed by Charles Snyder in
the future.
Parties posting strsys should use
great care in preparing the descrip-
tions. In some instances the brands,
even, are ommitted in the notice sent
the sheriff.
There are two parties buying grain
az Aftors rrie-Oswefo Seed 'arrt Grain
Co., woodson Hubbard, manager, aud
w. R. Smith, who resides upon w. l..
Trott's place.
When Mr. Wolfe gets his engine
and shop in running order IL is more
than likely if our people wish their
houses lighted by electric lights it will
be at their command.
Lee Barrett has moved his har-
ness and saddlery stock into the opera
house building. (the room vacated by
q. w. Green) decidedly better
place thau iIis former location
Rev. Mr. Smith, of Neosho, well
known to many of our townspe
has abandoned his expressed inten-
tion Of going to Oregon, and will stay
at Neosho for another year, at least.
-Granvil Craig told last week of a
Poland China gilt which his wife
claims that had fifteen pigs and Jim
my Thompson just capped this litter
with a story of Jersey that had six
teen.
Mrs, Cook sold her lot and the front
building upon it last Monday to Lucien
Burlington. Jimmy Thompson bought
the back part of the Improvements.
Mrs. Cook has moved into the juno
tion house.
Mr.. Patton has decided to tear
out his old houses east of his stone
building and to erect row Of brick
stores in conjunction with Capt.
Cobb. This will make a brick and
stone row from the alley to the street.
It. O. Amiss since going to Lehigh
has had the misfortune to fall into the
clutches OF the law for selling some
compound which the drug store con-
tanned. 1t is to be hoped he will not
get more than year or SO.
Gid Graham was brought up from
Fort Gibson Sunday morning on a cot
and taken to his former home near
Alton on the Frisco train that even
ing. He has been sick with malarial
fever nearly three months.
A camp meeting has just been
closed at Eureka. near Tahlequah,
which lasted ten days and resulted in
4 number OF conversions and additions
10 the church. Much good work was
done inside the church which will be
Of lasting benefit.
An idea of the amount OF fax sown
in this section will be gained when 1t
is stated that fifteen cars have been
shipped from Alton this season and
1000 bushels are stored for seed. 1t
sells at SI.05 per hnshal s-S s-i-ii-
-.,S,.. su5IVe bushels per acre.
Nat Skinner went into Chicago
asst Friday with a train OF cattle and
struck the lowest market Of the sea-
ION. Seven loads of his stock we're
'old and six carried over. Mr. Halsell !
also had train on the Same market,
but Jared better, getting three cents.
One day last week Charley Nc |
)lellan got dispatch from Fort Smith
stating that seven Of his horses were
'fered for sale there. He went down
IN the first train and followed the
lorses forty miles into the country,
'nly to hnd that although in his brand !
hey were not his horses.
A camp-meeting, conducted by the