Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-12-26


Georgia Hardy is at her home at Springfield.
Miss Fayant at Lebanon. while Miss With
aup spends her vacation at st. Louis All
went up the NJ. X. * T. Saturday night. the
two former changing to the Memphis at TT
Scott.
The stores of Capt Lane and Ben
Pennington, at Chelsea, were bur
glarized last week of 30 or 40 dollars
worth of property each.
1t is likely Maj. Bryant's claim for
further fees in the old settler case
will be refused, the secretary being of
the opinion he has had all that is due.
Authority has been granted for the
institution of a grand cOmmandery in
the Indian Territory and the cere-
monies will take place at Muskogee
tomorrow.
Yesterday must have been a dull
Christmas for Tahlequah: the mayor
issued his proclamation forbidding
the discharge of fire arms within the
town limits.
Ish Davis was driven from his house
by the overflow of Little Cabin and
had TO take shelter in the loft of his
barn. The water was is inches deep
in his house.
c. W. Hatfield seems TO have had
enough of the newspaper business and
has retired from the Wagner Record.
leaving his partner. Mr.. Philippe,
again in charge.
Mrs. r. ID. Martin, reported last
week as dangerously ill, is somewhat
better. Mr.. Martin lost something
over 80 head of cattle by drowning
some days since:
1t is reported that the special agent
who made the Delaware f0ff-wiIl-slse
make the payment: that it viii be
made in checks and that the checks
are now in st. Louis.
Because Of continued i'll health here
the family of T. W. Banks are going
to Seneca to live, though Mr.. Banks
will continue in the wagon making
business at this place.
John Allison, of Pryor Creek, con-
victed at Ft. Smith of the murder OF |
his father, has been granted new
trial by the supreme court, as has also |
Dennis Davis for the murder of man /
named Blackwell, at Eufaula.
4 few buckets of compound lard |
which we will close out at the follow
ing prices:
pound bouckets, % cents.
pound buckets, 80 cents.
10 pound buckets, 60 cents; at J. \.
Chandler & Cos.
A meeting was held Sunday after |
noon at the Methodist church ''fOr 1
men only" conducted by Rev. Robin
son. incidentally it may be remarked |
that about s10w was raised for continu
ing the work.
A great many petty crimes have been
committed at Pauls Valley and been |
traced to the negro quarter of the !
town. The result has been that all |
the colored people have been ordered |
out of town and are going.
Robert z. Lynch, the Tulsa mer-
chant, formerly of this city, made an
assignment Saturday tOJ. M.Murrow;
liabilities estimated at $4,000: assets
$4,000. Bob is a good boy and has
lots of friends who will regret to hear
of his bad luck.
]. o. Hall had A. head of fat steers
which were in the water swimming
much of the time for a great many |
hours, but finally all saved themselves. |
Mr.. Hall expects the loss of cattle 10y |
droweing in the Cherokee nation to
reach into the thousands.
The suffering from the effects Of a
strike in the Choctaw coal mines falls
almost wholly upon the Americans.
The foreigners live upon almost moth
ing and when a strike comes they are |
prepared for it. and are the ones who |
vote for and precipitate the strikes.
A man named Kerr, for several |
years a tenant on Amos Dicks place,
had Just moved to Sam Landrum's |
when the water rose. He lost seven /
COWS. five horses, and most everything |
else he had of value. A great deal of |
fencing was washed away. all along
the streams.
/. n. Mcdonald was cutting and
selling stove wood ten years ago. but /
quit it and went to work in earnest.
He now has 2O00 acre farm, POO
head of native cattle and money in
the bank. A few weeks ago he sold
car of cattle, his own raising, which
netted S33. 20 each.
The Creek council at its recent ses-
sion asked for an appropriation from
the L. S. Government for payment
of 800, 600 of their funds, 100000 of
which is to be applied to the payment
of outstanding warrants, and 100000
to be paid out per capita without any
deduction for fees.
TahleQuah failed to get its railroad
franchise. The reason was '.they
would not put up anything" as stated
by person on the inside. Its put up