Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-07-30

The ice wagon ran away Saturday
evening, tearing up the wagon and
also knocking a countryman's horse
down and breaking the wagon tongue.
"a grand ratification and emancipa-
tion celebration" is advertised to take
place at Gooseneck, beginning Mon
day, August }, and continuing to the
sth, Saturday.
This Office concluded the Willie
Halsell college catalogue last Satur-
day. On application Prof. Chapman
will be pleased to furnish a copy TO
anyone interested.
A large party of serenaders were
out Saturday night and while they
did not do much singing that fact did
not prevent them, evidently, from
having good time.
Mr.. Shaw, the architect, got up
plans last week for very handsome
three story, 100 foot front, brick build
ing which it is contemplated to be
erected in this city very soon.
Two or three marshals made things
howl for a little while Saturday
night, capturing a prisoner who had
escaped. A number of shots were
fired, with no intention to hit, how
ever.
While Preston Davis was away he
went fishing in Sugar creek, twelve or
fifteen miles from Bentonville, with
some companions and the party caught
sixty bass in parts of two days, and
no other fish.
Some country boy attracted consid-
erable attention in the north part Of
town Sunday afternoon by going out
in dead run, with a yelp for every
leap his horse made. He had on quite
load Of tanglefoot.
W. B. Hurst & Co., poultry buyers
at Parsons and Ft. Scott, have opened
an establishment here, much to the
benefit, It'll thought, Of the producer.
They ship to Parsons and dress the
poultry, where it is sent in car lots to
New York
Judge Lewis, of South McAlester,
has advised Commissioner Harley Of
that place to prosecute all parties for
nuisance who obstruct the street, Gre
ate stagnant water and keep unclean
premises to the menace Of health and
public comfort.
The freedman commission now at
this place, terminates its work this
week and will now make up its report.
When that report is concluded there
will be more U. S. citizens in this
country than now confess, and less
Cherokee freedmen.
This is fine growing weather-for
The CHIEFTAIN's subscription list.
The people have certainly caught the
idea that something as happening in
this country. BY the way, the paper
does not issue for chrome purposes.
but the people are willing to pay for it.
A Pittsburg, Kan, marble dealer
enforced lien against a Modoc over
in the Quawpaw country last week
and took down the tombstone. That
old story ABOUT the undertaken dig
ging up the corpse to get his coffin
back is not so incredible as il use TO be.
The Webber's Falls Chronicle makes
mention of Mrs. Mcrriah, III years
old, who lives twelve miles south Of
Muskogee, and claims that she is the
Oldest person in the territory. Mrs
Merriah lives with her daughter,
Sarah Mcqueen, who is rs years old.
She was born in the state Of Alabama
in 17S2.
A pOstofiice inspector went through
the Wagner Office a couple of weeks
ago and checked the Office about eight
or ten hundred dollars short. The
bondsmen put up the shortage and the
postmaster was bound over at Fort
Smith in the sum Of $1,000, giving bond.
He claims his safe has been repeated
ly robbed.