Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-23

A. NJ. Brock, at "The Novelty" VIII
order your music, banjos, violins, gui-
tars-'' everything in music"
The best thing for those American
prisoners released from Cuban dun
geons to do is to register vow never
to go there again.
Attention is called to the statement
of the First National bank, published
in this issue. 1t tells as columns of
words could not what kind Of town
Vinita is.
A COED three-room dwelling, with
barn and large garden place, for rent
to the right party at $40 per month.
Will rent till next October. Apply at
this Office.
No Cherokee citizen can at this time
afford to be without THE CHIEFTAIN.
His property is to be legislated upon; he
should know ilow-if he has no voice in
the matter.
Burglars entered the postofice at Alton
Tuesday night and robbed the office of
about $500 in stamps and money. The
doors were unlocked and the safe blown
open with powder.
The Masonic lodge at Muskogee,
Friday night, conferred the masters
degree with seven past grand masters
in the stations, representing three
jurisdictions.
Take your work to the Excelsior
Steam Laundry, or drop card in the
pest Office and let the driver call for
your package. Prices reduced and
work first class: collars &c, cuffs 4c
per pair.
Through the kindness of Miss Edith
Lee, Judge Tibbils' efficient stenographer,
we are able to print Judge Springer's
opinion with reference to municipal gov
ernments in the Cherokee nation, which
will be found in full elsewhere in this
paper.
S. S. Cobb, of Wagner, was up
Thursday to talk about his very good
town and how it was proposed to make
it better He intimated that Vinita,
too, might ride on their band wagon,
II she was pretty swift in climbing.
A child's party was given Saturday
by Mrs. J. c. Anderson, her little
daughter, Helen Rebecca, being four
years old on that day. About twenty
lit+la ,irls urara rracapt pri1a xuac
given fer the best told story and was
secured by Mary Halsell.
In reporting an episode that occur
red one night last week in which a
railroad man shot at Deck little it
was stated that Ben Anderson was
with little. Mr.. Anderson informs
us that he was not present and is glad
of it. So are we, and gladly make the
correction.
S. NJ. Rutherford, late U. S. mar
shall, announces that he has resumed
the general practice of law, the firm
being Stuart. Gordon, Lewis & Ruth
erford, with Offices at Muskogee. The
first three gentlemen will be recog-
nized as the South McAlester firm of
attorneys.
The Ardmore court house was last
week destroyed by fire for the second
time. Quite a quantity Of records
were destroyed, including the testi-
mony in 500 citizenship cases. The
, fire started in the marshal's Office and
is believed to have been of incendiary
origin.
A pair of gold plated spectacles
were found in w. c. Wright's corn
crib last Monday morning, having evil
IDENTIFY been lost the night before by
some one in the act OF stealing corn.
The owner can recover his property by
calling at Wright's jewelry store and
paying for this notice.
Jas. II. Rogers and Mrs. Ostrander,
on their way east on the Choctaw from
Oklahoma where they had secured di-
vorces, got acquainted. Somehow
they were not very prompt about get
ting away from South McAlester,
where they changed cars, and two
days later got married and left for
Texas