Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-11-08
TERRITORY AND BORDER.
ITEMS GATHERED FRoM EVE
RY AVAILABLE sOUROH.
Summary of the Contents of our
Exchanges Carefully Collected
Many Interesting Notes.

John Merchant and Miss Eva
Miller were married at Wagner
last week.
Silan Lewis, Choctaw political
offender who was convicted Of
murder, was shot Monday.
Bacone University has recently
had the bestowal of q $4,000 en-
dowment by lady in the east.
THE Presbyterian synod, of the
Indian Territory and Oklahoma
will meet in this city next year.
The postmaster at Springfield,
l. T., was robbed few days since
by the omnipresent Bill Cook.
An effort is being made by the
town OF Muskogee to secure an act
of incorporation from the Creek
council.
Robbers blew open safe in
Pever's store, at Bartlett, some
nights since and got a hundred
dollars. They seem to be getting
nearer.
There is a six foot vein of coal
on John Tanners place, near Ca
toosa, which is being developed
and il is said to be Of excellent
quality.
r. II. Fesperman, the republi-
can postmaster at Seneca, has been
removed and j. NJ. Boyd installed
in the office. Both are good men
but vote differently.
Two butchers at IT. Gibson,
partners, had an alteration in
which Burk shot Will Casey
in the arm. He was bound over
at Ft. Smith in the sum OF $500.
1t is reported that a gentleman
named McCombs has been selected
by Judge Stuart as commissioner
at Tahlequah to fill the place of
Judge w. P. Thompson who re-
Gently resigned.
Charley Powell, a colored boy
in the employ Of j. W. Columbia,
the Chetopa bus man, was killed
some days since by the careless
handling of small target gun in
the hands of Sidney Riney.
Hold.ups by footpads are re-
ported in nearly every territory
paper picked up. We have been
free from this class of marauders
for a good many years but they
are thick enough now to make up
for il.
Mrs. NJ. r. Turner, of Neosho,
is still advertising for husband in
the papers Of that town. 1t she
will insert a notice in The CHEF
TAIN and does not get all the an
swers desired in two weeks we will
make no charge.
To avoid the loss of their valu-
ables at the hands of Bill Cook the
Mahara minstrels left them at
Wagner with an employe, who
remained with the car. When
they got back the custodian and
property were gone.
As was forecast in our last issue,
Chief Harris on Thursday last
appointed and commissioned Geo.
Roach as high sheriff, to serve out
the unexpired term of Hon. Wash
Maye., deceased. The appoint
ment is commended as a good one.
The marshal at Claremore ar
rested Melvin Galloway last week
as one of the men who robbed the
depot at that town few weeks
ago. After firing up on ginger he
claimed to be one OF the Cook gang
and most everything else that is
bad.
A $4,000 company has been or
ganized at Claremore to bore for
gas and already the citizens of tn {
town can see the lights fiickeriIg
in the distance and hear the roar
of the escaping gas. The city has
granted franchise for laying pipes
and mains.
Officers are arresting a few "sus-
poets" and promising greater
things, but Bill Cook is still at
large. A yarn was telegraphed
from Ft. Smith last week that a
dispatch had been received from
Cook that he was in pursuit OF a
party of marshals but could not
overtake them.
The Quakers, having declared
themselves in opposition to sec
tartan education by the govern
ment, have, in order to be consis.
tent, declined to receive any more
pay from the government for the
education of Indian pupils As a
result the pupils at the Wabash
Ind, school will be returned 10
their reservations, as will those al
all other schools Of this denomina.
tion which receive remuneration
from the government. The gov
erment price has been sl67 pei
capita per annum.
Sloan Herald: Theron Miles
OF Hawkeye, Mo-, il visiting rel
atives in the city. While on hi;
way from Vinita, Monday, horse.
back and about two miles east o.
Grand river, two highweymen rode
out of a thicket and commanded
him 10 halt and give up his money