Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-03-17


goods, etc and Mr REtclii followed Monda
night. Many OF the goods will be here thl
week
IF Roberts, general agent for Kingma
\ Co. of St Louis and Kansas City. has bee
here for some days and met with good success
He has sold three saw mills and two or thre
thresher outfits
Bob Garrett was acquitted at For
Smith last week of the charge of muir
dernG Dallas Handshee at Bluejacke
last fall
There were one hundred and sixty
five Indian Territory cowinen in at
tendance at the Ft, Worth convention
last week
9. S. Shellon's little child is very
sick at the residence of DR.. S. j.
Thompson and the parents are greatly
distressed.
Owing to the absence of the prose
eating witness~thetiilI Carpenter horse
stealing case was continued on the
10th TO next Monday.
J. w. White is having new carpen-
ter shop erected near his home, Mr..
Green having required the other one
for setting up binders in.
We are glad 10 state that the story
that the community would be deprived
of the medal services of DR.. Fortner
until July first is incorrect.
The Joe Daivis-railroad case was
withdrawn by Davis, presumably for
the purpose Of instituting suit in the
U. S. court for greater sum.
Why not fence and begin the i'm
provement of the parks. Every year
lost by delay in planting trees will
some day tell against the beauty ofour
town.
A young man named Henry Parker,
working on the farm of Joe Wilkerson,
seven miles east of Nowata, commit
ted suicide last week by hanging; cause
unknown.
For reunion of confederate vet
Grams at Dallas, April 9TH, the NJ, X.
& T. will sell round trip tickets for
$1,000. Will sell April 3rd and 4th.
good to return April 18th.
petition asking the city council to
suppress the sale of intoxicating
liquors in this city was submitted for
signatures last week and will be pre-.
sented on the first opportunity.
Silas II Conner has been appointed
deputy permit clerk for the west side
of Grand river, Delaware district. Res
idence two miles east of Bolen post
office, which will be his address.
VIM B. Rains has traded his place
east of town with John Clark for a
farm above Grove and has also bought
another place on Cowskin prairie, near
Olympus, which is now his home.
viii Wright struck some stony places
at Ft. Worth last week, but Howell
Cobb made him a present of a forty
five dollar overcoat which served to
ameliorate his discontinue to some
extent.
A negro barber named Bob. Williams
who formerly worked in this city, died
very suddenly at Chelsea last Friday,
in the depot. 1t is said too much bay
rum used internally was the cause of
his demise
This Office has several fonts of Nor
man condensed and Celtic faces Of
type it would be glad to dispose OF; Ihey
run from long primer to three line
plea, in size. Also several fonts of or
races.
The ladies of the W. c. T. U. have
rented the small Office directly across
the street from p. Shanahan's drug
store, have prepared and furnished it,
and within day or two will open it
as public reading room.
A storm came down upon this coun-
try Monday, rain, sieet and snow,
which the cattlemen say is the worst
on their business of the season. Cat
tie are reported as dying in the west
ern part of the nation in large numbers
all winter.
1t takes no calendar to show that
spring is near at hand. A glance at
the picture gallery on all the livery
stable doors and blacksmith shops, to
say nothing of the prancing horses
seen on the streets every Saturday, is
proof conclusive.
Evangelist Wolfe returned IRON Co
lumbus. Kansas, Tuesday. where he
has been holding Gospel meetings for
the past three weeks. He reports a
very successful meeting over one hun
dred conversions. b. +. Butts, a sing
ing evangelist from Kansas City, as
sisted in the meetings.
Mr. w. H. II. Sender who came out
from Georgia. few weeks ago on pros
pec,ing tour and went back with the
that be did not know as be
should ever move out, is here, not with
all bis folks, but be broCght his wife
and ten children, however. They will
locate in The vicinity Of Vinita.
an equinoctial storm will be gener-
ally expected most any time now,
though Of late many scientists have
come to the conclusion there is more
fancy than fact in this semi-annuAl
storm period. They point out that
storms may be expected to occur all
along through the spring and fall
months.
+. NJ. Conner finished a new ferry
two miles above Pfsffie City, on Grand
river. last Thursday, and after making
two trial trips his boatmau started
over after man. When he reached
the middle of the stream the cable
broke aud the boat fioated down two
miles before it could be landed. A
new cable was ordered at once.