Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-18


better but not yet able to sit up.
&C S shelton, OF Henderson & Burlington
business house. at Alton. was in the city Tues
day on his way to Tahlequah in response t
the Information that his baby was quite sick
Married, Feb. 10th, at the resid enc
of the officiating clergyman, Rev. JOIN
Hogan, 0seuma, /. T., Mr. S. II. Ma
aud Miss Nettie Cox.
Butler Brother got $500 in settle
ment of their losses from the insuranc,
companies. Considering they onl
claimed $4,000, this is doing YER
well.
John G, Anderson and wife are the
delighted parents of the newest gin
baby IN town, born last Thursda,
morning Nothing like it, OF cours,
they think.
Call at w. L. Trott's lumber var,
and examine his sample books of wal
paper, decorating, etc, of which h,
now has a complete stock of the latest
new and elegant styles.
On Feb. 10th and Goth the NJ, X.
t. will sell tickets to st. Louis at one
fare for the round trip, Sl1.45, good tC
return Feb. Goth, account of the Peo
pe's Party National Convention,
j. F. Warren's fancy steers which
were mentioned a couple of weeks age
only brought $3624 and 1915, owing
to the fact that there were not enough
similar cattle in the market to make a
shipment.
Friday evening, Feb. 10th, the "Peak
Sisters" will give an entertainment al
Pheasant Hin Chapel. Come early
and see the arrival. Doors open at
$780, admission Is cents. Cake and
coffee extra.
w. j. Strange has bought out
Charlesworsh s store at Big Cabin and
put in a big line of goods, in charge of
P. l.. Jones. MI. Strange has just sold
his farm atChesea to Mr.. w. k. Green,
recently from Georgia.
A lady came in from Texas in per-
feet health a few DAYS ago (some ot
Bud Waybourne's folks) intending to
90 to Claremore. She was taken with
spinal meningitis Sunday night
and yesterday she died.
On account of the national conyen-
tion of labor organizations at st. Louis,
Feb Goth to 9th, the Frisco will sell
round trip tickets at one full fare,
$ll As. Tickets will be on sale 10Th to
23rd, good to return until March 10th
The bank has worked itself out OF
the "hitch" which has existed and af-
ter next week will probably be in shape
to make loans and discount paper
Otherwise it has been transactlng a
regular banking business for some
time.
A drunken Quawpaw on the streets
Tuesday was making considerable dis
turbance over 81. so which he claimed
to have been "fiim-h -hammed" out Of
He was finally discovered 10 be a
whisky peddler and will probably be
put through the courts.
s. w. bail came in last Friday to re.
new his subscription and to caution
the Office about stopping anybody
else paper while they had the grip.
He says down in Arkansaw he has
chilled eight years out of seven but
the grip is right smart worse than the
Arkansaw chills.
Some of the Frisco train men, by
accident or otherwise. shot a colt be-
longing to John Parks last Sunday as
the train was running past his field,
east Of town. The party was arrested
Tuesday, but the case vas dismissed
and an agreement made to arbitrate
and settle the damage.
A conspicuous advertisement on this
page indicates that w. w. Miller in
tends to pursue the farm implement
and general hardware trade for all
there is in it. He has a big stock OF
farm machinery, has engaged an ex-
perieneed salesman and will spare no
effort to push the business.
The Vinita Nursery Co. received a
telegram a few days since from the
Bentonville nursery asking prices on
5000 Ben Davis apple trees. two years
old. Having sold 5000 of this variety a
short time ago to the Springfield nur-
series they did not have any, over and
above orders from home customers.
Nat Skinner has rented the room in
the Hunt building beside the post
Office and about the first Of March will
put in a complete stock of furniture.
Carl Bradley will be placed in charge
Of the enterprise. Mr.. Skinner came
home from St. Louis Tuesday where
he bad been to attend to the pur-
chasing.
When Skinner & Ratclif closed up
Monday night two strangers who had
been sitting BY the fire. enveloped in
their overcoats, went out. 1t was dis
covered next morning that about a
dozen vests which bad been lying
upon a counter near the stove, we're
gone. Those strangers may be honest
men but appearances are to the con-
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