Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-04-11

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The appointment of Silas Arm
strong as office deputy marshal at
Miami, was capitol one.
Markham is the name of a new
postofiice at G. d. Markham's
store, east of Pryor Creek.
Nineteen Mormon families pass
ed through Euiaula recently,
bound for northern Arkansas.
Work has been begun at Parsons
on new depot and general office
building by the NJ, X. & T. com
pany.
Leliaetta station, on the NJ K.
IL T., was opened for business
last week, the cattle trade having
begun.
TULSA Jack" helped rob Rock
Island train near Hennessy, o. T.,
a few days since and Saturday was
killed in resisting capture.
The dead body of VIM. II Smith
n Delaware, was found near his
home in the vicinity of Nowata.
Heart disease was presumed to be
the cause.
The appointment of Walter
Jackson, postmaster at Wagner,
to be commissioner at Wan, has
precipitated scramble for the
postoliice.
Runabout Askwater, on trial at
Tahlequah for murder, got off with
a hung jury. A man with a name
like that is liable to be hung on
suspicion.
Hon. w. NJ. Harrison, grand
chancellor, Knights of Pythias,
Indian Territory, has been ap-
pointed commissioner at Cameron,
in Judge Stuart's district.
Cofeyville can almost hear the
"All Aboard" of the conductor
on the proposed Kansas Oklaho-
ma Central & Southwestern. 1t is
a road that will one day be built.
The horse and saddle ridden by
Grat Dalton the day OF the Coffey.
Vile raid have beer sold by John
Kloehr to a man at Moran who
runs a menagerie and relic show.
There is a story ahoat OF a vol
cano in the mountains of the Choc-
taw nation. When run down it
will probably be found that the
"eruption" is from a smokestack
of primative'white mule" moon
shine distillery.
A boy born unto Mr.. and Mrs. CT.
Gravitt, of Claremore weighing
about ten pounds and well devel-
oped, with the exception that each
hand has six fingers. Mr.. Gravitt
informs us that he will have the
outside little fingers amputated.-
Progress.
The Coffeyville Journal is au.
thority for the statement that
Vigilance committees are being
formed all over the territory
for the protection Of life and prop
erty The good citizens of that
section of country have at last COLI
cluded to wipe out the bloodthirsty
bandits. 4"
Muskogee has "wheels in her
head" on the subject of railroads.
Someone has filed a charter for
road to Enid, with the secretary of
Oklahoma (cost 81 25) and the
road has already become a cer-
tainty-from that stand point. The
construction of a road from FIT.
Smith is also anticipated.
Judge Kilgore has arrived at his
post Of duty in the Indian Terri
tory and been Hospitality received.
The proceedings started off with
banquet-and everybody knows
what a banquet in the southwest
means. If there are 20 more ban
quets the judge will open court
next Tuesday. k. C.. Star.
During the strong wind of Fri.
day week, man by the name OF
Speigle was caught under a falling
limb in the bottom near Fort
Gibson and crushed to death. The
body was not discovered until
Saturday, and it was yet warm,
showing that he had died linger-
ing death. Speigle was a nom
citizen farmer from Texas, and
leaves a family.
Two residents OF the Indian Ter
ritory, Joel NJ. Bryan and Joel l..
Baugh, and Samuel w. Peel were
sued by Chas "A. Maxwell and Geo.
S. Chase of New York City for an
accounting from Mr.. Bryan for
certain claims of North Car olina
Cherokee Indians. The plaintiffs
say they collected s20,00O for the
Indians IN three years, but that
Bryan is trying to defraud them Of
their commissions -Ex.
Grand Chancellor Harrison has
succeeded in securing reduced
rates on the railroads on account
Of the grand lodge Knights oiPyth-
las which convenes at Atoka the
first Tuesday in May. The N * .
d T. have agreed to give a rate Of
one and one fifth, on the certificate
plan, the Gulf, Colorado IL Santa
Fe, one and one-third and the
Choctaw, Oklahoma IL Gulf one
and one-third. This will insure a
large attendance.
The dead bodies Of man and
woman were found on Big creek
last week. The mans head was
beaten out Of all recognition aud a
bloody club lay near by, but there