Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
PERSONAL NOTES.

Preston :. Davis is enjoying visit fron
his brother.
w. B. Hogan. one of Tulsa's merchants
is in this week.
Mrs. p. L. Soper returned to the cit.
Monday morning.
Ed Adair has been attending court il
the city this week.
Col W. II. II. scudder, of Chelsea. was il
town the first of the week.
sheriff Andy Cunningham. of Tahlequal
was in the city few days since
Miss Laura Chouteau is visiting her sis
ter. Mrs. Pennington. at Chelsea.
Mrs. F. W. Propp. from Rock creek, wa
up Saturday doing some trading.
John L. Bates. of Cowskin Prairie. ex
poets to start for Alaska this week.
j. T. Primrose. representing the st.Loui:
Republic, was in the city this week.
"A. L. McCaleb. Of Lenapah, client Of
ID. II. Wilson's. was in the city last week.
-Ex-Chief L. }. Perryman, OF the Greeks,
has been in our city this week attending
court.
r. J. Downing has returned from his
visit to Virginia. His daughters are visiting
in Missouri.
Jim Chandler came up from Muskogee
Sunday and spent the day with friends re-
turning the same day.
A. L. Churchill and J. c. Davis. of the
Jumbo store. are both in the city selecting a
spring stock of goods
Geo. W. McKeehan. of Catoosa, formerly
a Vinita boy. is here this week. witness in
the John Tanner case.
j. p welch, interpreter in council for a
number OF years. whose home is Saline dis
trict, was up this week.
Miss Carrie Fayant has gone home TO
Lebanon, Mo- TO remain until time for the
sioom of Easter bonnets.
-Ex-District Attorney Clifford L. Jack
son spent Tuesday in the city in attendance
upon United States court.
-"Fuge" Flippin and family came i'm from
Claremore couple of days ahead of tine
20 miss no part of the show.
M. E. Milford and family and Miss Gra-
per start this morning for Chicago for ten
days or two weeks recreation.
Col "Dick" Blue. of Paola. and Tom
Flannelly. of Chetopa- are here, on different
sides of the Huff-Lovelace perjury case.
On account of a severe attack of sore
eyes Miss Helena Mars was compelled to
return home from Kendall college this week.
Miss Graper spent Saturday last at Pryor
Creek with her friend, Mrs. Snyder. Her
former music pupils at that place are anx-
ious she should resume her weekly lessons.
H b. White, brother of Jimmie" was
here few days since. but went up TO Rolla.
No.. to visit his old home. He has for some
years been living at Kingston. New Mexico.
but thinks of going to the klondike.
Mrs. r. Ironside came in from sapulpa to
be present at the opening performances at
the opera house. but the injuries sustained
by her husband have greatly marred her
pleasure and prevented her attendance.
A MatrOn's Contest, under the sup
ervision of the w. C. II. o., will be
held at the Baptist church February
Is: admission l5c.
''There shall be no Alps" declared
when those mountains were
as an impossible barrier in
the way to Russia. Our merchants
appear to be determined there shall
be no dull times in Vinita.
The ladies of the w. c. L. L. are
pleased to announce that Mrs. Mary
E. Kuhl, a national W. C. T. q.
worker, will give an address next
February 18th, at o'clock,
in the Methodist church. Everybody
is invited.
Twenty new names were added TO
our list last week, and that without
1t would be very poor
agent who could not make fifty dol
lars a month and upwards soliciting
for The CHIEFTAIN-
lnd we want agents.
Information was received from
Sloan Springs Monday that Mr.. c.
ID. Gunter, Sr., was dangerously i'll,
and several Of his children residing in
this city left at once for his bedside.
Later accounts received by wire yes
terday were that he was no better.
The Frisco officials decline to re-
duce their rates at this time, but inti-
mate that with the completion of
their line into Oklahoma next sum-
mer there will be 4 revision and prob
ably reduction. Three cents mile
is the popular price in the west.
Indian Agent Wisdom has been di-
rected TO pay off such of the Creek
warrants as are genuine. Most of the
bogus ones are in the hands of Kan
sas City wholesale merchants, hav-
ing been accepted in payment for
goods sold some merchants in this
country.
James VI. little departed Saturday
evening on an inspection tour for the
land of the Montezumas with the in
tention of purchasing land if he likes
the country. A great many CherO-
KEGS have visited Mexico within the
last six months with view of locat-
ing there.
Rev. Hunter, who has been preach
ing at the Methodist church has been
in the harness over sixty years, and a
ha'f century ago was commissioned to
preach to the people of this territory
and may justly be regarded as a pio-
neer He is eighty-three years old
and lives at Little Rock.
Unsolicited, this office a few days
since, reduced just 80 per cent the
agreed price of a job of printing
(Which the customer had fixed) after
it had been completed, and this is not
the first instance We treat all fair
ly--do not make fish of one and flesh
of another" Your business solicited