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nwvmwJUTCiii "7. l ) i ' 3 'l v r i , ?f , i & 1 $& is Entered uttho l'owtofflco at Darlington, hh iiccond clflsw mutton MAIL TIME TABLK. AKRIVti. From North 11 ft. m. t. Mondays Kxceptud. Caldwell A Ft. bill Line. AHHIVK. From South 10 a. ni. Sundays Kxoeptod. SUkcb. HHino time. Kolnjr S. TuuBiluyu. Thursdaya Saturday; going N. Mondaya, WednvstluyH A Fridays. A. T. A S. F. K. H, TIME TABLE. CAI.DWKLL fcTATION. AltlUVK. 11:50 A.M. 8:40 1'. M. yPfcnKor. Accommodation, DKPAUr. : 00 l M. A: 20 A.M. , lorn Local Items. No cases of small pox in this sec lion, yet reported. L. Candce has just received a ima stock of Thurbcr's canned good 8 try them. 7). Hays, having examined things here to his satisfaction, left by stage Wednesday, for Wichita. Mr. J. II. Soger gave a magic lan m exhibition at Wolf Robe's resi- mce Tuesday evening, to a crowd of about fifty camp Indians. Large and choice awortmo.nl of fancy candies, nuts, figs, dates, &c, fcc, at Council's. Mr, A. D. Brannan, of Anadarko, passed here Tuesday returning from u visit to the States. A telephone wire has been put up from Reno to the engine house on the North Fork. This will be very useful in case of fire. Anybody in need of bedroom fur niture should call on L. Candce and look over his stock and prices. Dr. William F. Harvey and wife went north on the stage Monday They may stop at Baxter Springs. John Baird is making a trip to the Chickasaw nation. He will en tertain the folks with true stories ; and buy cattle if he finds any that suit him. The man who was arrested last spring for breaking into A. J. Rey nold's store at Anadarko, pleaded guilty a few days ago when brought to lnal at Fort 'Smith. York-Parkor-Draper Mercantile Company, of Caldwell, are agents for L. C. Oallup's celebrated Colorado and California saddles. BORN. On the 27th ult. to Mr. and Mrs. R (J. Taber, a son. The child lived but a few hours. Mrs. Talier was taken with pneumonia, and for over a week her condition was very critical. At present she rn improving. Call at thfc Territory Headquar ters' and look through Council's im mense stock of winter clothing, just from the market and the latest styles and best makes. The Texas Live Stock Journal accounts for its diminutive appear ance by the statement that its en gine gave out. Its publishers have ordered n four-hose powor engine one that they can depend on. There will bo a meeting of the tho stockmen of Southern Kansas and the Territory at Medicine Lodge, March 17th. It is thought by that time the grass will be far enough ad vanced so that thu tiino for begin ning the spring round-up can be definitely determined. Tho National Live Stock Journal of Chicago, for February contains able articles on farming, dairying, cattle, horse, sheep and swine breed ing and management. Among tho tonics aw, "Clipping Horses," "Vi tality of tho herd' "Feeding Steers" etc, ota. It is a valuable paper for lluf" -lock fancier-. For something at once neat and tasty call and examine Council's elegant display of jewelry and silver ware. Something to please every taste. "We are all surrounded" by the frame work of a fence, which makes it necessary for us to move. The Agent promises to make a very fine fence, and as we get a much better location, we are glad of the change. The Miami Indians recently re ceived $220,000 from the Govern ment. This was their last payment, and now they must look out for themselves. The price of Texas Sittings, the humorous paper published at Aus tin, and which has already gained a circulation of 11,000, is $2.00 a year. We will send Sittings and theTuAXS poktek one year to any address for $2.25, twenty-five cents more than the price of Sittings alone. Rev. Wicks preached last Sabbath afternoon to about fifty or sixty camp Indians, in a tent which he and Wolf Robe had erected as a partnership concern. It is built like a house, 17x24 feet, and is used by Wolf Robe as a residence. Rev. Wicks will hold one or more services in the tent each week. Live Stock Journal: R. K. Wylic has sold his stock on Pecos river and a part of his Runnels county stock to J. M. Dawson, of this city. The sale covers about 14,000 head of very fine improved cattle, and foots up in round numbers about $225, 000. This is without exception the best bred large herd south of the T. & P. railway. Last Sundav evening the indus trious young man who waits on the ladies of the Cheyenne school got left found himself alone when he awoke about midnight. He went into the ladies' sitting room, took a rather too comfortable seat, and was soon sound asleep. The ladies, of course, could not be so cruel as to disturb him. Now, who's fault was it? Had he been over doing himself in the matter of evening calls, or did the said ladies put him to sleep in order to get a joke on him? Hon. Thomas Ryan, of Kansas, has written a letter to the Commis sioner of Indian Affairs, setting forth a numqer of reasons why the bids for furnishinglndian supplies should be opened somewhere m the valley of the Missouri, instead of in New York as at present. The Commis sioner replies that he would be glad to have the supplies gathered in the West, and promises to ask Congress to make the necessary appropriation for doing so. It would necessitate the leasing of a number of ware houses and the employment of sev eral additional clerks. Mr. Ryan is doing all he can for tho State of which he is very justly proud. John McClaskcy, the miller at Pawnee Agency writes us on the 241 h inst. of a terrible accident which befell a poor "Lo" at that place on Monday, Jan. 23rd. The following extract from his letter tells the talc : "On Monday afternoon about four o'clock a Pawnee Indian came into the mill, and being of an inquisitive turn of mind, began to closely examine the different parts of the machinery, and finally ventured too near and was caught in a shaft which was running at the rate of one hundred and fifty revolutions per minute. Before the mill could bo stopped he was killed. Nearly every bono in his body was broken and ho was mangled and bruised beyond rr'cpjjrnition. A. f lVmr.prnl. Having lost several of their school buildings by fire, the Creeks desire to cede 175,000 acres of their reser vation to the Government, to obtain means to increase their educational facilities. Secretary Kirkwood rec ommends that the expenditure of $3,000 for surveys be authorized. COW CAMP ITEMS. Anadarko, Tnd. Ter. Jan. 20, 1SS2 Catjle in the southern part of the Territory are looking fine, and the cowboys have already commenced discussing the prospects of the spring round-up. Prices seem to be better than ever before. We understand that Frank Murry, of Erin Springs, while at Gainsville, Texas, sold 1,000 head of three-year-olds, to be delivered in the spring, at $25.00 per head. Also Mr. Sam'l Garvin contracted 1,300 head, mostly four-year-olds, at $27. per head, to the same party thai Mr. Murry sold to. Those who know the stock say they ire well worth the money, for he certainly has as fine stock as there is in the country. Mr. Dan McCardy having pulled out of the cow business, the boys are wondering who will bring out Dan's celebrated race horse "Jim Fitzpat rick" at the spring round-ups. Dan says he don't mind backing his man, but can't afford to furnish the beer for the boys again, that expense last spring far exceeding his winnings. We learn that another "supposed horse thief" was fortunate enough to have his horse run from under him the other day, on head of Mud creek. Wonder if they wont try to take Mr. Jimmy Jones to Ft. Smith on that. Guess he can stand it, if they do. He surely did not hang this one,but if it was through any in fluence of his, it's a pity we have not more Jimmys and fewer U. S. Mar shals, for the cases are very rare when those gentlemen are known to capture a horse thief in this section. Big C apt atx. the crowd and kindly invited them all over to Mr. Reynold's- store, and treated them to cigars. After wish ing Mr. and Mrs. Brannan a happy future, the folks all quietly dispersed to their several homes. Although we, that is "My wife and I" were unable to attend the party al Mrs. Whittakcr's last Friday eve ning, we hear thai everything passed off pleasantly and that the dance was enjoyed by all. The same can be said of nearly all the parties held by the Social Club during the win ter. They arc more generally liked than the" private parties that are" gotten up occasionally by persons who do not belong to the club. ENTS. ANADARKO ITEMS. The report has reached this place that there is a case of small pox at Paul's Valley ; and the doctors are busv in the art of vaccination. Fred Humphrey and Walter Bran nan have leased the farm on Sugar Creek known as the Jim Jones farm, for the coming season. We wish them luck in their new enterprise. Dud Brown and John Spray have gone on a little trip down the' coun try on a hunting expedition, for a few days. Dr. L. L. McCabe has resigned his position as Agency Physician, and intends leaving about the first of March. W. H. Doty, formerly with George E. Reynolds v. Co. at Darlington, has taken charge of the books in the store of A. J. Reynolds, at this place. He arrived on the 25th ult., looking hale and hearty as usual. MA1UUED.- On the evening of the 2nd inst., at the residence of Mrs. A. J. Reynolds, by Col. P. B. Hunt, Air. Walter Brannan, of Ev ansville, Indiana, and Miss Limy Humphrey, of Loekporl, New York No cards. Immediately after the marriage of Mr. Brannan and Miss Hum phreys, the young men all turned out and kindly assisted each other in tho old fashioned charivarijwhich no wedding is complete without. While playing-on the new fashioned instruments that were kindly pro vided for tho occasion, Mr. Brannan mad . rtuid n ariponranrc- auwnggl HISTORIC IN-CIDEN1 nv ,i. ii. seckii. When the Chcyenncs and Arap ahoes came to this Agency there was quite an effort made to induce them to live in houses like white people, the Agent even offering to build very comfortable houses for a limited number of the .chiefs, if they would live in them- They made many excuses for not accepting the offer, their greatest objection being that the houses offered were not large enough. Some of the chiefs had been to Washington and wanted dwellings like the White House When told that the Government had not the money to build such houses they said that was not so, for when they were in Washington they saw them making paper money, and it was turned out very fast. If they wanted more they could hire moro men, and supply the demand. An other reason for not living in houses was the number of wives they had to bring them under one roof Was not thought desirable. And again they have a superstition thai a ioclge in which an Indian dies must bo destroyed. This rule, when applied to houses, would make costly work of it. The Agent concluded that the Indians did not need houses until they were willing to do something to get them. He offered to furnish shingles and flooring for a limited number of houses, Li' the Indians would cut the logs and hy them up. Under this arrangement -some throe or four houses were built. Then the house question was dropped, and for a long time nothing was .-said about it. Of late some of the Chey ennes have concluded to live In houses. They do not ask for build ings like the White House, but make their lodge cloth into square tents. In these houses they have stove, bed stead, mid several pieces of furniture in common use among white people. They have trunks to keep their val uables in, instead of the raw-hide sacks formerly used for that pur pose. They have many things in use among the whites, which have been paid for out of money earned ny enoppmg cord wood, freighting or working as Government employes. The scarcity of fire wood near 'the Agency is the principal reason for using stoves, and this suggested a change in the shape of the lodge. 1 am confident that another ycair will find a number of Indians in snug little houses of their own, and a great many in cloth houses with stoves in them. sMiss Kable, of Celina, Ohio. will assume the duties of principal teacher at he Arapahoe school the place left vacant by tho resigna tion of Miss Ada Lamnumcl. t Or. Hodge was obliged to leave' his wife at'Caldwell on account of her sickness. The doctor is making a commendable effort to koup frout fdiowingr hi njipwf y-ncv. . , ,h :x1 yji fi 4