Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-21

MAT Skinner Is in chicago.

NAANfA~fN NthF
John Barrett is the croquet enthu-
slaHt OF the town.
Yes, Lee, and please pay for this
notice TO begin with.
--hl Alton l75 lots sold at an aver
age ps.ce of over S35.
Mrs. r. +, Browning gave birth to
daughter last Friday.
"A party was given last Thursday
night at the home of Lee Barrett.
An Alliance picnic will be held
Sept 18th near Dan tel's, on West
Cabin.
Several men have already arrived
with their horses and are training for
the fair.
Hodges, the man charged with
train robbery, has given bond and re-
turned to this place.
We are now getting rains which a
month or six weeks ago would have
been worth fortunes.
Cattle are selling some higher this
week and all OF our cowmen are crowd
ing their shipping operations.
One might have fancied, had th ey
been at Alton last Saturday, that the
new railroad was an assured fact.
No one offered to buy lots in Prai-
rie City. 'Twould be funny if that
turned out to be the rail- Dad town, af-
ter all.
The Bon Ton bakery has moved
up town a ways and is now situated
across the street from the Frisco ho-
tel.
-brs. Fortner and Bagby were called
to Webbsr's Falls recently to perform
surgical operation upon Mrs. Wore,
the widow of Maj vore.
Capt. Cobb thinks there will be as
much corn in the country as last year
that the deficit in the yield will be
made up by the increased acreage.
Col. ]. NJ. Bell was in from Echo
last week and reports crops very good
in his section. Sut Beck had the
best wheat yield -42l bushels to the
acre.
james Roberts, half-breed
Cherokee who resides in Benton coun-
ty, is feet and inches high in his
stocking feet and weighs 1925 pounds.
Heis 27 years Of age.
Tom Mcspadden and Joe Lahay
were here last Sunday on their way
home from St. Louis. Mr.. McSpad-
den bad some cattle on Fridays mar
ket and SO did very well.
Pat Hagsrty, a peddler who was
a~ ~pnd-this town -recer,%ly in compa-
ny with man named Carr, was seri-
ously shot at Southwest City about
two weeks ago, but is recovering.
"A note from Mr.. Wolfe states that
the meetings he and Mr.. Bilhorn are
conducting have been remarkable. 1t
was estimated that 5000 people at
tended the services last Sunday.
during Tuesdays thunder storm
the smoke Of a traction engine was
seen up by the academy and the first
thought was that the building had
been struck by lightning and set on
fire.
The st. Louis exposition opens
September 3rd aud closes October IS,
and the fair at that city occurs October
9th to llth. The Frisco railway offers
round trip tickets at $3.50 and during
the fair at sll.45.
Why not one of our factories with
an excess of power required, put in an
ice machine? There is long season
every year when the product OF that
industry is in strong demand and the
natural supply cannot be relied upon.
Maj. Hemming, the banker, passed
through the city late last week on the
way to Wisconsin with his wife, who
has been very sick. He made All APP
pointment for Tuesday of this week,
but as he did not reach here, nothing
has been done.
Mrs. Cook has removed to the
house between the depots which will
hereafter be knowa as the Pacific Ho-
tel, where she will be pleased to ac-
commodate her former patrons and TO
secure new ones. Her card will be
found in this paper.
Upon petition of II. c. Hall that
receiver be appointed in the affairs of
A. Mills, L. P. Isbell has been appoint
ed to such position and directed to take
charge of and rent defendants farms,
applying the proceeds to the payment
of s., 200 judgemnt.
-PIof. J. II. Bishop. the gentleman
selected as principal Of Galloway col
lege, has arrived and is famiiiarizing
himself with his prospective surround
iDgs. He has for many years been a
resident of Texas and DR.. Fortner went
out OF his school into the army twenty |
five and more years ago.
Next Monday Rev. Charles Blue
jacket purposes holding family re-
union Of his children and grand chill |
dren. A beef will be slaughtered, and |
under the trees planted by himself |
twenty years ago the old gentleman
will meet and entertain bis family and |
friends.
Town lots at Alton brought very |
good prices last Saturday and the |
same bid fair to have been the case at |
Claremore but the commissioners de- |
clined 10 sell but a few. The reason
given was that several parties we're
present who we're buying for specula-
tive purposes only and not with an
idea Of building.
Jerry Watts, son-in-law of Price |
Cochran, committed suicide at Manard /
last week by taxing strychnine. Tues ]
day morning he went 10 Fort Gibson !
where he bought ten cents worth Of
the deadly drug, and then returned /
home again. When he got as far as
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