Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-01-05

District Attorney p. L. Soper re-
ceived nearly half a hundred annual
railroad passes this week TO dis
tribute.
Mr.. Wilson, Lee Barrett's saddle
maker, left Mondaymorning for Clare
more, where he will work for John
Barrett.
Assessor r. /. Blakeney is busy as
sessing the taxable property Of the
town, and taking the census at the
same time.
Birch Burnett returned from White
Oak where he has been with this
brother who has been quite sick the
past few days.
DIR. Frank Duckworth came up
from Claremore Saturday and spent
Sunday with friends here, returning
Monday morning.
DR.. ]. NJ. Thompson, of Tahlequah,
is writing patent medicine te>timon-
ials. Likewise eX-Chief Harris and
ex-Sheriff Parks.
Mrs. George, Miss George and Miss
Gibson returned Monday morning from
spending their vacation at Muskogee
and South McAlesser.
Miss Laura Shields, OF Maysyille,
Ark, is visiting Miss Willie Trott
this week as l. also Miss Mary Nc
Clellan, OF Claremore.
G. S. Miller, recently OF St. Joe,
Mo, moved into the house Of W. c.
Patton, vacated by Mr.. White, near
the college. ye>terdar.
Miss Maud Loveless leaves Friday
for a visit at Leavenworth, Kansas.
She will also visit relatives in northern
Iowa before returning.
Claude Kudder and Miss Maude
Curry, of Southwest City,were married
by Mayor Burlington at the clerks
Office Monday morning.
JAS. ;. Alfrey and family are ex-
pected TO arrive from Sloan Springs
ia day or two and will make their
future hCme in Ninita.
A license have been issued by John
e. Anderson, deputy clerk, for the
marriage of John Lipe and Miss Lulu
Foreman, of CiaremCre.
Walter Criswell has moved 10 Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. and has been made gen
eral agent Of the Milwaukee Harvest
er Co. for that section.
Harry Jennings was sworn in a.
United States commissioner at No
wata Monday and assumed the
duties Of the Office at once.
Shields Crockett has returned from
Nowata having found that the time
is not ripe for teaching the people Of
that city the art Of dancing.
Father J. y. O'ConnOr, Of New Or
leans, is preaching nightly at the
Catholic church, and is withal a very
forcible aud eloquent speaker.
Sid Applewhite, some years ago an
attsche Of one of the newspaper Of
fees in this city, returned TUESDAY
aud will go TO work on THE CHIEFTAIN.
Troy Dawson, who i working with
Al Belts surveying outat, now located
at Checotah, came home Tuesday
TO spend day or tao with his folks.
Taking compassion upon her
nephew, Sergeant Rowe, at Fort Nc
Intosh, Mrs. Judge Clark has sent
him a Christmas box TO Jolly him
up"
The mid-year announcement OF Sa-
cred Heart Institute appears in this
paper. The school has enJoyed a good
patronage and is doing satisfactory
work.
W. E. Halsell, DR.. 0. Bagby, James
o. Hall, Wm. Little and w. II. Kor-
negay, went to Tulsa sTuesday to
organize the First National Bank Of
Tulsa.
The Tulsa Banking Co., it Is under
stood, viii be merged into the new
institution and the officials OF the
present bank will have charge Of the
new one.
Steve Hill has almost completed ar
rangements for ''cake walk" to be
given at the opera house in the near
future. Probably about the first week
of court.
Capt. Pat Henry aud other witness
es in the Chelsea liquor cases, went
home yesterday. II i understood
one Of the defendants did not return
to Chelsea.
An illustrated magazine called the
Twin Territories l. being issued from
the Times Office at Muskogce. The
December number is an artistic holi-
day edition.
Pies Thompson and sam Rideuhour
attended the shoot at Parsons Mon
day. Pies never missed i shot and sam
killed IS out Of p. About 40 people
participated.
Bates Burnett came home sick Sun
day and j. now in bed. His father
went to White Oak and finding Bates
in nO condition TO WORK, brought him
back 10 Ninita.
A. II. Reinhart, representing the
PoSey-Brobeck Mercantile Co., OF
Kansas City. called yesterday 10
place some advertising where il would
do the most good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barton, Miss Della
and John Barton. who have been Wis