Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-01-28

ana during the winter.
The new barber, Jack Essex, is
band teacher, aud ten men will NEE
with him tomorrow night and organ,
ize band, or reorgan ize the old one
: The Alton Comedy Co. will present
farce on Friday evening. Feb. 5th
emitted 'slasher and Crasher," the
proceeds to be devoted TO the use ol
the band.
A man named Hallman who is run.
ming a sawmill near Pryor Greek,
caught his foot in the saw Monday
night, cutting 1t about in two. His leg
was also broken
Mr.. "Sell" NJ Perry and Miss Angus.
Ia l.. Lampkins, both of the Cherokee
nation, were married at the Wyandotte
parsonage on Jan. l4th, Rev. W. S.
Browning officiating.
A full-biood Cherokee named Run.
about-pig. who resides on Horse creek
died one morning last week and before
noon Of the same day his wife also
died, both of the grip.
w. P. Henderson and L. w. Buffing-
ton are on a trade for the Jas. Musk
rat stock OF goods at Alton. Claude
shelton went out with them Tuesday
to look over the stock.
Tablequah sees no immediate pros
/ poets OF a through railroad, either
from the north or east, but there is
some talk of branch of the Valley
road from FIT. Gibson.
A team was driven into Grand river
last Friday at Island Ford, and be-
| coming frightened lost their footing
and were drowned. Some women and
children IN the wagon we're rescued.
}. Z. Hancock has undertaken the
management Of the barber shop in the
Cobb house and will make il success
Jack Essex is the artist tonsorial and
a good one he is. See card in this
issue.
Not few OF our old subscribers, in
sending in their renewals, are sending
the subscription of neighbor or
friend along with theirs. This is APP
preciated and will not be forgotten in
the future.
Therewas no mail service between
this place and Southwest City last
week, owing to tht condition of Grand
river and the depth of the snow. MIR.
Walker is pretty certain but his horses
are not provided with snow shoes.
John Wagner was convicted of muir
der IN Flint district one day last week
and sentenced to be executed at Table
quah, April 18th. His victim was Geo.
Daugherty, aud an accomplice was
John Muskrat who is still at large.
Parties desiring to take the Missouri
Pacific either east OF west at Chetopa
should leave Yinita on the morning
train. For the east the connection is
quite close, bat for The west the tray
eler is compelled to wait until 4:45p. m.
Mrs. Col VIM. Denny. of vincennes,
Ind, will lecture for the w. @. T. U.
at the Presbyterian church Thursday
night, January 2Sth. All are cordially
invited TO attend, and can feel assured
of rare ire at in hearing Mrs. Denny.
Crittenden jennings, for the part he
played in the city court recently, spent
g e days In the calaboose and the cor
- ending nights at the city marshal's-
- IL should be a lesson to several
other bo, in this place besides "Crit."
Il wuo,, will have another car OF
twenty.six ma, 'es here this week, sim
liar 10 the Patton stock. which he will
sell at price to ma ke some man good
money. Twenty of them will have
colts next spring. Can 'e see" AZ ihe
Harris stable.
There is a continued conflict OF au-
thority in regard to the sale OF Deer IN
the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
Agent Bennett insists upon his officers
destroying the beer at Purcell, and
the Z. S. Marshal at Paris has ordered
the arrest of all persons acting upon
those orders.
Monday night drunken passenger
on the ten O'clock train entered the
baggage car at this place and being or
dered out "made gun play" At this
iuncture n man who was riding with
the baggageman picked mp the poker
and belabored the "Bitter creek" gen
leman soundly.
A note from Capt q. V. Rogers, re-
lating to a business trasaction, closes
with the information that his family
is we'll, but there is a great deal of
sickness in the neighborhood. Five
out Of six peisonsin in Nelson Foreman's
family. on Canev, have died. Cattle
are doing poorly.
Clem Oyaiah, full-biood Cherokee,
was convicted Of larceny at Claremore
this week, and it being his third Of
fence he was sentenced bg Watt Starr,
district judge, TO ten years imprison-
ment. Glen stole a horse from old
man Sage while at camp meeting and
went out to the strip with it.
A convention and institute of Sun
day school workers. in the Presbyter-
ian church, Vinita, Feb. 1914. during
the visit Of DR.. Cronin IS In contem-
plation; it is hoped that the co-opera-
tion Of all sunday school workers from
Ciaremore 10 Seneca aud from Chetopa
to Muskogee will be secured.