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t&B w-ptf -.-srTfl ' ::&: -fie I i - . mi-, i W . h iiiiniiniiiii r i,t ft & : 44 w "IT ,5 fgJ Kit fllr 23k jli We SB rtfur t wf pwii KCiitEFrAiN th that WJ-.ii iiftHlrtn "r mo mum in the iltalnm-r-, And tin? com! thill c ran tlo. net?, mice, I'nlditlicd Kvery 1'rMny by tlio IvhIAN Cihkitain I'uiiMfiiriNd Co Wm. V. I (OH, AND .1. W. PcKounp, ;1 IMItors. V1NITA. l.T.i SKl'T., :, 18SI. Work iho roads. Tho Fair was a nnnnmnl success. Wo must linvo hotter atdiool Tho next council should provide for building a bridgo over Grand Itiver. 1 br man who consumes without jn.duciiig la generally on the rug p d edge of poverty. 'Pay u you go," John Rnn Vh, of Roanoke, said, was the .ino TuiOplir-rii "t'lllP. the notion c u,hl by nil prlnci dt! of justice to refund at loust 7o cr ceiit.ol' the total proceeds of the sales of lot j here, on public ini jTvuinents in Viiiitu. It in announced that Queen Vie 1 -ria kih's through tho newspapers l.Hc an exchange editor. Of course iho omits tho editor'ri reniatks vhich burst forth at regular inter Mils. Wopty U. 8. Marshall -Marks has ueto'lho Osngo country to gut point tifihotn to attend tho Kair nt Vort ?milli, Ark., ,tho n th of Oct. Tfiu 0agcs hnvo ivcalth and in telligence enough to rise nbovo such Aii.nu '"us to a mill for ltunbor. Xt taki bitii three days to go and! j rutum. His wages, al least calcu- ' vtion ,xTkii1i1 o $'2.o0 n day: total 1 7.GO. On account of bad roads he an iily"lMiil half a load. Loss sa.T'i. M'e must work tho roads. A. now post-offico has been ck- , tnhFWicd eight miles cast of Fort, Gibson on tho route to Tahloquah, 2nd,, Tor., called Munaid and Win jlendriclcj appointed post-master. V'he oflico is so called from a bayou S.hear which it is situated. Tho , jiunio is French and is properly writcn Menard Col Tuttta has causod a squad of V. S. jxildiorn to bo sent to Tnhle- nfunli to mutt from tho country any uhiio gamblers who may try to practice their arts, during the per api.i payment at Tahlcquah. If Col TulltH will station such police furec permanently at Vinitii bo will confer a favor on our co munity. Row Vlhrnt. While the Indian Territory nf fords thousands of acres of land as Well mliipted to tho gimvth of wheat at any poition of adjoining Knncn-i, Missouri and Arkansas, it ia well known that a largo quantity of Hour is annually brought from those states to supply tho demand for homo consumption. It comes in by tho wagon load and tho ear load and is distributed throughout tho country, ft costs money to the purchaser which goer, to en rich the producer and tho manu faoltirer at the expense of tho con sumer. Hitch should not bo the case. It is poor economy individ ually and nationally and indicates a want of thrift and enterprise, which should not bo allowed to ex ist. And now is tho time to be gin to reform. Thoso who have tint sowed yet and havo the ground and means of doing so, should sow without delay. The earlier the better. Jircak the ground deep and thoroughly, hut row well, drill your seed if practicable, if not sow it broadcast and then harrow and brush it in, and await tho result. Tho Hour, tho bran and tho straw will all come into use on tho farm and I; nop many a dollar in your pocket, besidus adding to the pleas ure of living and tho productive thrift of your farm stock. Tho public safoty domand that tjo new council do ovejy thing pos t!bU to scttlo tho status of all doubtful citizens whothor white or eolorod. Ascertain who aro citizens under law or treaty rtlpula lions and put u stop to the tilling up of the country .with intruders ,-writHO presence complicates t' inure nmi 'moro hv each arrival what is one of our most dilllcult r& T.robhms. Tbo old town plat of Prairie City ittui been lost. An attempt was ado to rosurvoy it, but sufficient t oould not be secured nud it "iv found impossible to rotraco the ld mrvov. Many parties bold iked to lots thuro which tbo town cuuanissioucrs cannot locate. The nation cannot carry out its part of the contract in tho doed. Just what cuuneil can do about it is not I'ltur. Purhtms it can lmmlizn a 1?. ftt.itv cliitiil. ntiil (vivr? tlft.i' fliwwiu in U-l. ... .V.l ....V. h. , ..W.. V.VUV.U ... e vluiiigo for old onos. The lilglils or Towni. Fort (libson was granted by tho law incorporating her, every al ternate lot. Why should not other towns havo the same. Why not treat all alike. A number of now towns havo Hpfuug up in tho last hw yoars, and all should bo treat ed alike. These towns aro pro hibited from levying a tax of more than one half of ono per cent. This is utterly insudiohnt for tho needs of any town. A town government costs more than that. A to-vn is a public institution and a public necessity. Every citizen in the country needs a town. Tho pros perity and progress of every pco plo depends on tho character of their towns. They aro necessary for tho accumulation of stores, with out every country storo would bo compelled to combino dry goods, drug, hardwaro, grocery, etc, into ono storo, this would bo impossi bio. A town is necessary to mako a market where a number of stores are collected together. What ono docs not want another docs, so that n market is made. Towns aro necessary for commerce, for com petition, for mails and a thousand other iiidespensablo things in our civilized life. A prosperous town makes goods choap, and brings a greater variety of them, sj tho cus tomer can get what ho wants. In view of these facts, what right has tho nation at large to tnko ull the proceeds from the salo of lots. The nation has a right to some thing for giving up a part of tbo public domain. Hut as it is still Cherokee property the nation really loses nothing. Tho town, as a corporation indospifiisably nec essary to tbo public good, has a right to tbo greater share of such proceeds, especially whero tho town is prohibited from raisini? revenue by taxation, Tho Fort Gibson law then is sound in prin ciple, and there is no possible rea son why all towns should not share the same rights, Towns aro peculiarly exposed to contagious diseases. And kh poo pie must come there for mail, goods, freights, etc., tho wholo country is interested in making towns as healthy as possible To make towns safe drainago is indc sponsable, especially in level, ma larious country. Drainago must be secured in Vinita boforo innnv l'n!il!c IttiproTCwetiti.- One of tho great questions now ' before tho Cherokee people is that of Public Improvements, We have given ample attention to po-, litlcal maMers in our history, but now wo havo l cached the point where other matters claim equal or greater attention. T!ktc are public improvements which aro imlcsp.inslblo to every people. Wo cannot hold our own without them. They aro ipiilo as essential to the prcsevation of our integrity as a nation as any poli tical ipiontlon, Our prosperity anil thrift and progrosstarc notwnly indicated by thorn but aro depend ent on them. All our growth and progress as a nation must sooner or later cotno to a standstill without adequate provision for public im provements. How elnvll we secure these im provements.. Wo cannot raise the necessary money by taxation. We murt either appropriate our sur plus revenues that way or draw on invested funds. A good bridgo acrors Grand Itiver would pay a hotter interest than government bonds. Many of our people pay a larger tax by tho breaking of a wagon owing to bad roads, than his share of annuity funds would am mount to in years, to say nothing of tho expenso of sticking in muddy roads and "chuck holes" hauling half loads, the wearing of teams (to. Now since this tax must bo paid any how, wo had better pay it on tbo principle that a "stitch in timo saves uino". It will cost far less to work our roads and build bridges than it would cost us as it is. Hut direct taxation is not neces sary. Our revenues are sulllcicnt. We cm build public improvements easier than any people on tbo earth. Wo can make our country blossom as tho roso and do it cheaply and easily. Of courcc the great draw-back is tho fear of jobs and corruption. .Men will conspire to defraud tbo public. Such men aro worso ene mies than an armed foe. Such men aro worso traitors than Benedict Arnold. But with proper caro wo can so secure ourselves, that there will bo no moro loss from these sources than there is every where el so. Another kind of public improve ments needed is public buildings. Our school houses aro a disgrace to us, and our Court houses aro worso than a disgrace, they nro a. burning shame. Tho whole world will just ly laugh at our claims to intelli gence, taste and progress when they look at our public buildings. Wo need bettor school and court houses for cllicieney in these departments of our national life. Our public hchools accomplish twice as much with first class school houses. We cannot equip an army with tooth picks and export them to hold their own with well armed soldiers. Wo cannot equip our teachers with log pons and split log seats and ex pect them to give us as good public school as Kansas and Missouri. Wo call tho attention of the nat ional council to those things with tho hope that the next council, may take a long step forward. WK03P L A T Th C i'lllr IS OVer lltlU IliailV III led to tm. urnmlnmu wlm ,.v...,,.l 1.... ,.,l o,.ln- .,t ll,,.. who didn't cxpett them,; but the great is unwnverlingly awarded without any disappintment to anybody to C3p. "W. Gr-ttJgZJESTST Z For bis immense assortment of BOOTS and SUCKS, HATS, CAPS, QUEHNSWAIti:, HARD WARE, TINWARE, TRUNKS VALISES, FAMILY GliOCEEIES, I OVERCOATS. BLANKETS, GENTS FURNISHING GOODS, etc., etc., etc. THE BEST PIERCE CITY FLOUR. ATTENVIE CLERKS, FAIR AND LIBERAL DEALlNt. GIVE ME A TRIAL AND SEE IF I DO NOT SATISFY YOU, Just after nightfall last Wednes day a week ago, Dr. A. W. Chono weth,an old and rospectabloeitizon ijf McDonald county,' was waylaid nmi killed whilo driving homo from Pinoville. Eloven No. 2. buck-whutjimgi-od through his body, pro ducing instant death. It was not "IHhodeed ofrobbora, for his personal eflecti on Jus body rennmod un touched. Ho bad been a very posi tive and aggregslvo man in ovory thing ho undertook and o wry cai?k ho espoused. This produced strung personal antagonism and it is yaid he had a number of bitter ene mies, sumo of whom had thretencd his life. One of bis enemies, nam- f l 1 II 1...,. 1.- ....! eu uanunu iuaini im ouch hitubi td on fcuspicion, but at this writing no evidcfwo ryninet .Mann has been made public, and probably nono ox- its, except moro suspicion. The HSiussin made carouit preparations rfo-r his cowardly deed. Ho chose he concave ido or a curve in the ivhero a thick growth of bush- Utho base on tho curve- rough for ingress as to give him ck'clJiocon- hi. Our Ito)8. Why is it that wo so often see t,ho boys of a family dissipated and immoral, and their sisters not so? Only because tbo morals of the girls are scrupulously guarded, but of tho boys not. Fathers and mo thers do not allow their daughters to associate with women who use bad languagoor behave indecently. They want their daughters to be ladies, and they use the meaussto mako them such. But they seem In think tlio hovn pnn tsilrn rnrn. nf years or she will endanger the lifeJthcnigeiV0Si T1uy nrc ot nt all frW "r'ifl ? HI HkwLj JlZJiJML "I FTM 1 Ml&i tRfilr, iimiym Sj IK" i &g quuo wgW HriHcHH iifT- -ft- . rt tBbjm i.WHlk n nHHSr . Mmgi iinon and health of a largo portion of our people Is it claimed that phc ought to build such things horsolf? Why? Isn't everybody interested? Why should law and public safety bo arrayed against a man's pocket simply because ho lives in town? But how is a town to do it? Wo aro not allowod to issue bonds, or raiso money in any business-like way. Wo can take up a collection, but then it is not the town but tho individual donors who do it. If the nation furnished a real titlo tho caso would bo different. But it only gives tho right of occu pancy, and ehargos a cituon in town for what it gives free to every body olso. It gives a citizen squaro miles in the country and charges him for square feet in a town. Lastly, tho Foit Gibson law is omviso in its method of provision. To give tho alternato lot is not so well as to gtvo u certain ' per cont of tho total proceeds. But the truth is tho nation should rofund all tho not proceeds of tho Bales of lots in a towi; aftei paying expens es of surveying, administration, etc., in tho town itself, and refund it in Mich manner as a majority of tho lot owners in such town may vote. I " Inniun Police, Lulu- Sixkillcr, ' I. night arrested a man charged i luurdcrjComnu'tiedatL'iborty, (V scrupulous about tho company they keep. The girls must bo kept 1 puro oven in thought. It is enough for tho boys to apjx r decent in tbo company of ladios. Thoy hold that a lady must bo pure in act and word and thought, at homo as well as abroad in private as well as- in public; but a gentleman is ono who does not got drunk or swear or bo havo rudely in company which does not do any of tlicho things. Thoy would bo horrified beyond mca&uro to know that thoir daugh ter had gotten into bad company, and behaved as badly as tho com pany they were in. But the Bamo course of conduct by their sons ox citos but little concern. Can anybody toll us why our boys should not bo kept as puro and brought up as decently as our girls? A,ro they not as easily cor rupted, and aro not the conse quoncesjust as serious? Is there any sound philosophy in having a different moral standard for tho twosoxes in the family? Why then, should not tho- boys be a carefully guarded and as strongly armed against vico as the girls? .)cthoditil Advance. C. C. Lipo esq., arrived Tuesday from homo en route for Caldwell Kas., for the purposo of collecting taxes yet duo from persons who havo boon grazing dock on tho I V. IITOIif'O illlllOW , Ih .BkSt yf iT'ili JH B Cl" i VDH i . .- . t- - mi r -w w- IjmrXf', f'lii.nl..A ..ulUll l-trl 'I'll lt mimjci&im nii'iii.i-"iiiu'iii i r x Tin. Did you hear amythlng. Well, the biggest racket that has been-heard about. Vinita in a good while is at Thoy havo just received an immense stock of every stylo nud description of . Jh. G-roat Vo,zrioty exxx3. 33oo,TxtlJC txl Assortmont ojE" A full lint of every kind of slid' and heavy HARDWARE! HARDWARE I Agricultural implements of ovory kind. Carpenter's tool, blacksmith's tools, farm tools and the heaviest stock of Heating Stoves in the Indian Territory. II as just been added to our already largo establishment, and is chuck full of now goods and Moro Corning on livery Train- DFiLoxnoaaa'toox tla.o Ilaoe. A. C. RAYMOND, Vinita, I. T. niwin WHEBE TO GO. iiMHXiaWiu$ifMf utmi'tm'tmtt Fashton Catalogue JTer rail ad tWiaer '&3-31 To any one ociKlinu fall ilnmo nii.l 'l- Nates nitd nbovo 1,800 Cenwllfitl S oo KiiKnivInu. iilustrntluK tlio yory nteit novelUei In I.'4.licV and I'lill.lreii's SultH nml Cloaks, t'ndernear, InmntH Oatntg. Ilniicry, Oi-ntB MiriilBhitiB pooiln, J.ncec, Fnney (Joodii, Silverware, Jewelry, Watches, Hoots nml Shoes, Mntr U00.U, etc., ote. 1'ilw. luwi;r thnn tliinH1 or nny other hoUBC II. ;. V. KOCH k SOX, Otli Are. 20th St., New York. JOHN and GEORGE Bullette. Full Xjw Stock just IoiirIi In Saint f.oaU nt lowest wholesale p. :v ami now Tor sale at Bed-rock Prices. 1DI1Y GOOIDS, GROCERIES. TJjSrWKliQ, BRIDLES, Etc. Cash paid for furs, lililcs, etci CabIi or Roods In exchange or cattle'. Trade Milleltcd. -'I-Ciii TULSA, I. T. A BOUDIMOT. 1'OMt-vHlCO- Tabloquor . T. N -rfwtf E iu,.i,,l.l i,i, 1,.fi nlilo. Homo briMidcd OOoa lilp mill shoaMer, either hkUjj with various- murks. Nono mild Only toHliin. uvxcik tllliiolM nvor, 4 ml led enst ufTrtliIfillrtti. JESSE D, MAYRS. ,r r .i Mr--Ji-ZTrt HwiiliOH-furk nlid iinderlill in car itiul undrrslupu in tlio other. R. R. TAYLOR. I'liHt'iiince, Vinita, I. T. Missouri Pa RAILfWAY ircct Roiii Eust! "7"JLcv St. Xi 01013. 2 TRAINS DAILY! ilrmtdedcti hoih mIcIub. Croji oiriall eH nmi aplit In right, kasoe I,umwt Creek. B. F. MILSTKAD. PoBt-oMce, Pratrio Olty, I. T, lirniulod with Htinio brand on Imtlt Bides nnd both liipn. r.A.vaii Ilknd o llonsu Creek. Fnllman Palaco Hotel Cars through to St. Loui, via Sedalia, daily. Direct Route Wont and S'mitTiwcst Via KANSAS CITY. At Kansas City Union Depot I pause ngors for Kansas, Colorado, Niw Afoxl eo and Califomra connect with K. pretfa Traiiiu of all line. At Atchison, Con noc t ion is mndo with Kx- press Trains for all points in Kan fas and Nebraska. J. W. ELLIOTT & Co., PoBt-olllce, VfnloI. T. Hot! marljH iinderblt in c!ob i (.'little branded u crop nil' of the loft left hip mid Bhuiilder. Creek. ear, I ml ItASUK C.ibJis JOHN OOUNlRYMAN, Post-olllee, Eoho, I. T. At Omaha Connection is made with nil lines lend- Thcrc,s ono place, in tho Indian Territory whoro you can buy any kind of goods you want. Vo keep A General Store AjxxcL a, 3?nll AssortxxxcnzLt of lESxrory-tlolaexg; wanted. Toy Ota Oustoxnors. IF YUU rAHT Harness, Saddlery, Lcathor Goods of any kind c-o to sr- o. 3?ATTorar'8- IF YOU WAXT Wagons, Agricultural Machinery, Buggies, Spring Wagons, etc., etc., JF YOU Alill SICK and want Medicines, Drugs, Proscriptions carefully proparcd, etc, IF YOU WANT Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, Bedding, oto, etc, etc, Gro to "vkt- o iTai,o:rcpsL 77'' YOU AUK HUNGRY and want Groceries, Flour, Bacon, Canned Goods, eto, etc. Go to "?E7" O ORLTTOZTJBJ 77 YOU AHt! IN LOVE and want Candies, I'orfumlos, Toilet Goods, Soap, oto oto, Q-Q TO "VCT O aP-A-TaJODNT'. 77' YOU'UiE GOING TO MAJtltY and want a complete outflit of everything, hi lUd TTk 1 nrim ati ri nsfto tho North and West. Superior Acrmnnwdittiuni I US-FAtT TIME V. CltAMlI.KK, tcn'f I'UsVr .unt. V. 11. KI.X.N.VN, AH't (len'l l'nBs'r Ag't. W. II. rUUTJmt, Aymtnt V Mb flrrtiid M'von-up, Bitb'r hid.--cr.ip nil rlirht car under kIik var, Hmitfo llou Creek, C. , Mark oil" left X. it, FRESCO LirE M St. Louis and Oanfrancisco jVIIAV J. -rituouoii- Missouri, !Cansa3, Arkansas, Indian Territory 36 Miles Shorter tlmii unj other routo between vinita S St. Louis aay-THROUdH EXPRESS TRAINS ) Aro Run Daily. ( NO CHANGE OP CARS. Z.)J,J)J AMInornl landS -(fVOtlTIJS j for alo by this (Jouijinnj'i in . SSouthwoot 3Vtlesourl. -eToi full and particular information with Maps, Timu Tnblcs, Kates, Ac., call upon any of our Station Agents, or cither of thu undernamed: (I. AV. CALK, J). WISHAltT, (ien'J l'rt; , Afit.. Gcn'l l'ang, AKt. HT. I.OUIS, MO. ST. Ull'lB, MO. C. W. Roqkiis, Yico-I'resident ;uul General Manager, Tcniplo Building. St. Louis, Mo. EVANS, HUNTER s NEWMAN, Poet-OfflCto, Evansvllo, Kansaa. , 3 gSCTa; MN!Ml KntwCu .,vsj.a Ilnlf-brrcil cntllo nlT branded! on left side nml hip. ftuno euT- marked Ei252i anil Homo KSTCI w&Ul tho hit-13 teriHeall.jAiWJed tho jliiRJe- but) ninrk."',",'i Toxnir uti'crn roaddianuil E?3M on near Hide. Vurioils ear- gitiMTiiW mnrkw. iia.noi: Coiiimaueho county pool. louis iiaaERs. Poat-Offloo, Ohotopn, Kansai. , bmlt and bit in riuiit ear and swalloi fork in left, lload-brniul Xj lilii. 1HS0B Cabin Creek. Ohorokoo Orphan ABylum, The Rrrmts Guide U I sued March nnd BcpL, each rear; xio pages, ejxllj ncliM. with over a.UOO lllujtratloru o whole pic ture irallerj. Gives whole. sale piicee dtra to eontumtrt on all good Jor personal or miuiir iuo, iciunow o Mark, smooth-crop in loft ear, ami undcrbit in right. JANE OAPTA1NB, Skiatook Post-office, C. N. Horse brand eanio on left shoulder. to order, nw pre " cost of every. iblna rou use, cat, drink, wear, or have .Tun with. Tlieso invaluable book con- ' Vinita,!. n bln rou use, cat. drink, wear, or have (tain Information gleanwi fro.a the map .' ... . ,i -i l c mi ..ii . ..... tels of the world. We will mail a conv Icoo any addrefisupon receipt of the nctag4-7 cents. JA u kt from jou. MONTlhOMERY WARD & Ca r t Waksak Attftu, calMc. la. BR? MATRIMONIAL Bmunk AOnT IUts j-ou (Kiill) If (rcmaaiu- no xruuK rBOBaiH,', utmKm U 'iiiirpi.cv ', tttfi,lMM. BUjyn t. a ill 3 host i to tin " V t 1 'I 1 7 J WF n ) U " n..., 1. . X ?aiiftF M i-! 11 , ..., ....-,--, -,- - - - . . v a. ' fham yaghis ry -f 7 r. ,. i 13V .-' " ' BBai, ""Maj -tt jr - jMjfrn' k MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMJMa I