Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-02-27
PERSONAL.

VIM Owen. Of Muskogss. Was In the city
Tuesday
-wn- Little came In Monday fron a trip 10
Tsxss.
-Frank Decker took = trip to Fsrs smith
this week.
jim Hall Is expected hOns nom Texas In
a few dAys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed HalseII returned from
their wedding tour lssf Friday.
Capt Jackson. os GibsOn Staten, came MP
Saturday 10 attend the mass meeting-
Agent Bsnnet was here q short time Mon
day morning last and will return to-norroE-
Miss Berthe Fuller. Of Parsons. has been
the gnsst OF her frisna. nrs. r l. Dscksr. for
the past few dsys-
Rev. J. y Thompson. superintendent Of
the orphan asylum. passed thrO1gh vIsita
Saturday. en- his way 10 Chelsea
John Duncan returned Saturday from
Tshlequah. whittier be had been called ty the
death afhis sister. Miss Jeannis.
W c. Patton got back from Texas the Last
Of the week, bringing two traia loads OF cattle
Mr.. Patton went a. far - The Calf where he
spent several days
-Emmef Starr. son OF Judge Watt Starr. re-
tarned Friday from 81. Louis where he has
been since September attending lectures in the
Missouri medical college
-''seotty" GIilus. an cid timer who assd to
run into this town as . baggags man on the
Frisco y n 10 years ago. is now = daily visitor
In the eaf-eity Of passenger eoHdnetor.
-Israel FroEley. who lives upon enc OF
Robt- DObkins' places. eame In yesterday
morning on the Frisco with four cars OF cattle /
which had been purchased in Arkansas Thsy
were brought by special train
--Gipsy Partridge, the notorious
Greek desperate, was arrested near
Tulsa last Sunday by Deputies FlOid
Wilson and Bob Cox. he is charged
with the murder Of old man Drake,
the pumper at the Arkansas river.
6ipsy was found in a log house. and
refusing 20 come out the building was
set on FIRE. This speedily changed
his mind and he came ont hands up"
The dense fog was the cause Of an
other wreck on the A., K. & T. rail
rosd Sunday morning near Chouteau,
swo freight trains colliding. 1t was
before day and the fog was 50
dense il was impossible TO see the
head lights with any distinctness.
One Of the trains had the right of way,
while the other was 20 lay over at the
switch, but before il got TO the switch
the through train ran into il demol-
ishing both engines. No lives were
lost.
An impotant surgical operation
was performed Tuesday morning upon
Mr.. Isbell by Drs. Fortner & Bagby, as
sisted by Drs. Frazee, Thompson, An
ierson and the reporter. An in
cision was made near the point of the
shoulder and extending down the arm
some Eve or six inches. and sbout two
inches of the upper end Of the bone
The operation. though q
Fery serious one. was performed quite
and without unnecessa-
" loss Of blood. and there is every rea-
son to expect the patient will now
speedily recover.
An ola newspaper man in Kansas
las been studying the reason WAY
Kansas farming is 80 Improbable. and
inds il in the kinds Of crops planted
rhe value Of winter wheat averaged
= per acre; corn $50; broom corn
s2I -2s; tobacco $50. and cotton $22l3.
rhe gentleman also adds that the
'oufhsra part of that state should be
devoted entirely TO cotton What is
rna OF Kansas is doubly SO Of th= ter
itory. and il Kansas can produce the
Ibove shOEing in broom corn and cot
on, il would seem that the two crops
Ire worthy Of trial in this country for
1ne season east.
The Was ,ngton birthday enter
ainmentin the academy chapel, Fri
lay night, was q satisfactory one 10
III. The programme ce1sistsd of =
Ugh grade Of music, recitatiOls and
eHdings, and q number of tablsaux il
ustraiing the life Of Washington in
IS different stages, the characters be-
ng clothed in the costume worn by the
egular army during the revolutionary
Far. This part Of the performance
Iicited great applause aud several Of
he scenes we're repeated The song
" the little kindergzrteners was also {.
n amusing feature The receipts =
to $500. which will be used .
r the interior decoration of the
cademy.
coWSKIS PRAIRIE sOTKs.