' v K, 4 S WMPjWgwWMewwiiiiiimiiJnijiiiM KS TUE'CITIEFTATX Fr tlte bc ttiil Vjk aftJta, Tor I be w7(j ITrttf tgl rflJai. fw tbe Attars In lle ifUfam- Aad thereat! that neaatt'lo "r 'iirfif I4Hh Krerj- Friday fey th TXPIAJf CHIKITAIS PtfnUKIX O ae " ' ' VH. 3. XV. T. . VAHct. INfr A. J.T.. OTi . I0L Work th roada. Tlte comjcrof! to large Mid the demand o email that (he Ui thing tbe prodecer east do is (0 feci it (o clock and pwt'that on tit mark si. Let no shert-figntd folly or ig norant ohi curiam defeat the prop ortion to build a bridge across Grand River. ThpJmjeMy of tn law might b as groat in a log: cabin ae anywhere but it in't, If we have any re rpcct tor ctsr courts let ptrt then jo pxxl aoae. Lei the Council approptfet $10. 000a year to bwiktiiag icfeool 1mk es. We can easily ppare U Mid no other investment wosM pay so Abase your neighbor aliv and fob ever hia ceffin when dead; Jot (hc you will prove to th world that you are cither tradneer or a hypocrite. On dit. That tbe Principal Chief will have bis approaching inaugu ration graced by the pragma of a risndtomc'and accomplished yam? bride in the person of Mies Eknee Butler, ofTalcquah. Tbe oath taken by an ofieial to perform certain duties required Jby lav, hs the same ranelKy as ote taken in a court of justice to tell the troth, the whole truth ami nothing but the truth and lite consdentMtM man Till regard it in that light. From "Uur Jirothcr tn ued ' we , lcam that the ?taiUcal Sretary of the Indian Mission ComVrence at iU late feffion at Vebber'a Fall reported 1,234 white, 20 colored and 4,785 Indian merabsrs in the conference; clso 1C6 local preach-en-, SOI adult and.4S2 infant bap ticms. Tbo Chcrokoo Kation&l Council will meet in T&lilcqtub.'tlie isn't Monday in next munth. After or ganizing, tbe firt business will be to inanguratc for a tcond tenn, ilewrs. Bualiyhcad and Hunch as Frindpal and Aitant Chiefs. l)io Lewis 5Io.vrHi.r. I'ensons within a magazine tilled with use ful and attractive reading and printed in larre clear type shoald aubferibe for Pio Lewii Monthly. Price t2.(l per annum. Addret Fiank ramant No. 88, Bible Ilouee, New York City. David lat vze found with his ihrut cut from ear to ear, Montlay morning the 8th hist., a half mile fromW. J. McKeeV, in FUnt District on the road to Evaneville, Ark., Jug Bunch, Aleck Bunch end one other hare been arrested on punpinion as the perpetrator of the deed. They bad been to a show at Evansvillc and were returning under the influence of whisky. Vinita is far better known than any Indian town in tbe country. Bheianowon u Eoltd basia. Jfer business men arc cHTzcn and thoy ate here to stay. Permanent buildings are now going uj), and the prosperity i of a kind that will go right on. Vinita is tho gato to tho Tciritory, and must always remain to. Let every citiien do his duty and sbo will eonn be the commercial aa well t railroad me tropolis of tbi region. Did you ever think aliout it? Hon much harm is done to tho Vueiucsd of Vinita by narrow mind ed, jealous goaippMl A stranger comes to town and one person gives a bad account of one promineut citiren; another abuses another promiueut perron; anothor slan ders one church; somebody elie another; ond n on till thero is some cur to abue and derogate everything und everybody in the town. 80 tho visitor must either conclude that hia infunnanlu are all liar or that ho bus come to a very b.id place. If you can't say anything good don't Bay anything at all. Stockmen hereabouts are pre paring for wintering stock. A very large amount of hav has been pro pared, and, in addition, a consider able quantity of corn will bo fed. Ths 1 an go, thus far, is in good shape, the lato rains having start ed a now growth of grass. This is true particularly of surfacos on tho prairies which wero burned some timoago, the grass on tho "burns" growing rapidly and boing very nutritious. Cattle, gwiornllv. look well and are in lino conditon ion cold weather, bhoitid the coming winter prove a inild "tic but littlo feeding will bo done, tin- ;itflo ho iug allowed to shift for UiciijbcIvos tin the rajie. 0 IIIMfejMl lOW Ji5jr't'ri T.U. tf ),.!.' .-, I) '.if! 'j ff'-l.t S)iiktnf Lfi'. cr!.'crfab ii,trMK brtwetn Jahre Parker ff fh I" '.. r. !?.( ,V ! I: - 1 Arkaii-.- ; i j r!''rt: cf n ili'fun K-p..tJj.an. ab.U urn' tine1. . r marked W th rt-1 porter, the hirh xxmlioa rilled by Jdgc 'wkr and hia fortnrr mew- i bfhfp tn C tt.rM aivo 1. fh ' v:rvii'.r :n i t' n r ,i f at it triglit o hi! je than'al. Tb'T i no rcTir Kj anr'i W'-mM aiu-h io a lew .Ji-i.na-1 taprriir Coart ar.d whn th e-1 v ),( h nm. Th" Juii U eaa- J cwi utwnrirtiby rtaallj a for ' phatic in tfAT'l U the tHl held tr the leadtc tnbee of the Terri tory to their land. TH-sk that h- foold romf ha .' tm of jr- rn. mnt fottheot hit wt,uld not d. torb oxfatJng nght and intii ti'na and i oj pol to the r-tab. HahtseaHofa United Statoi Cooit for the ladiaa Territory. On the firt point the Ctuxrrats eonew. on 'Jti ieeond respectally dW gr and the third hold andtr adrifcment bot not far th ieac n of opposition attnhcted to Judge Iarkr. : There U no dirertity of opinion ' Car a we know,'anong wellia- j formed person m to the ralidity of the titfcM to their lands held j hr th Indiana. That isa ad.md knted question and we pass it. The jadge while a member of Congresis prepared, ptissnted and snpported a MH to organize the In dian Territory, bat it failed topaa the bones of which bo was a dts tingafehtd wember. If his riewn remained as they were then they aie not Materially dirTerea trout othcru that hxec found rxj craion in the indoAntte number of like echesnos heretofore pre oted to Cwigteas on the same snbject. Tbe Cnutrratx wanu none of them. In relation to a Conu for J '-l.T. J Utak w'k In the "Territory "Jndg Pnrfur!rnl'Jr to th eastward of onr rU thougbt it would be very objection ! kg On leaching th prairie I al. We all know what Indian jar- J MW. ,il,8 t Ih right, th is woakl be. It would b impos- B"w . h'le to y WA were wUc for the Sheriff or Marshal to n comforuM home boild- obtain an imparUal jnry amon'Bf " ' H. Ass. Away to th ignorant Indiana. The teati-1 inony would hav tn 1n taken thrnnh intrr.rtr. tkrp won! J be bat little intelligence on th part of tbe witness and jurors and no judge woald compromise -"--WB).- ----- - J-- - -." f V. W ww-- bis dignity and self respect by presiding over au-h a coart." And that is th estimate Jadge Parker dacec upon the larger por tion of hia judicial District which he rules from the bench with al most supreme power. We have Very high rospcei for Judge Parker and regret that lta should enter tain, much less giro pttbUe utter ance to such nw. Until th Inst Congrsta divided the Indian Territory judicially betaen Ar kansas, Knnens and Texarf so ae to allow a distribution of patronage, tho Coort at Vt. Smith bad no par allel within the United Stale. With tbe addition of a few counties in Arkansas tqe Judge ha just the da of matt-rial tn deal with which he al lege no judge of lf rvapect would presidt) ov r. Adde from tho juries who receive the law from the bench of the Court at Ft. Smith, tnt- class of persona who eora before it are juat such persona as are found in the Territory and the us of interpreters the ?amt. And yet no one ever supposed that either tho dignity or the slf re spect of any judge who has occu pied the bench there was compro mised by it. On th other hand it ia ft position of honor when has been rilled by gentlemen of high character anil eonghl by not a few others. There is, ranch ignorance to be met with in th Territory but there is also ignorance oateido of it and no small degree of It among whites and colored porsons beyond it, oven within tho portion of it that serves to sustain the dig nity and self respect of Uie;I)ench of the Western District of Arkan sas The simple fact in relation to the Court is that it hi an anomaly, and in its constitution by Congress ig nored curtain great principles of law which lie at the very founda tion of common justice. We fay nothing about the enormous ex pense incurred by the Government and the loss ot time and money imposed upon twtnevses and ac cused jtcrsons in reaching its or tuls, nor of the trivial charges and oileiuos that 00 mo within its com pruhenstvo grasp, nor of the inter ests ot Ft. Smith, of the bar, of ju rors and tradesmen find boarding, houfce keepers to hold hurt to tho benefits derived 'rom the presunce of the Court, nor yet to the well known fact that propositions to curtail the extent of tho District and form the Indian Territory into a distinct judicial District, when before Congress, met with net- ivo opposition from thoso powerful interests, but to the luw con stituting tho Court itself. First tnoro is no trial by a jury of the vicinage by a jury of peers in the legal sense. r-. -- I he Junes coinpood j of whites and blacks, and it i atv the total number of deaths in the coveted privilege by fcouie of them ' tttlut population. About twioe its to bo surnini'iK-il a-, juror fur th" ! nun.v itur among men as among Court, are all tUn from the atuii-' woaicn. and from one to more than a hun dred milt s fiom the eevnex of many alleged onVun-H N Indian, no" white nmi;, uu Wack man, Oi.itt v- w r r "1'.'f.' tb tfcerv a appeai fn.w tbe j rw fc' if i ,a r r to ' r- -'T- nn t rto t! "Mjp"i.f fort Tnitd PtiU end. in rirw f '), f th , . ' trtr9i Mt,9tr ft ret - leVtn I .v ...... v .-. . r ..- ,. w aaawfi I a ao beiire UmU awftMt triovnal i : rf j'jryaiid trmtrnce naaaed irrn bint, hia only hope f r rclee from lmpnvomeT.If TV !-"- f1"-?! im atpal ti if.' Pr i-nt .f t'. r&ited State for pardoo or torn orutat km. We rjej!, with all re pit fer the y !- rf of the Court, thai it la aa anooialy among the tribunals of jwtke. The Jodge of the Fvrt Ptui.h Diitrict alne ha paed irttTe cf dth vr. n'ri?cvnti'Vl hoticai.4 tan if are to ffo at, nrt n! of whom. red. white or black. Ter had the poor privilege of h&rtftg his reviewed in any other than the manner we have stated. The law rents the Jndgw of these border District Conrte with almost nnlim- ited power; human nature prompts them to it. - ix. uiarna ocungs. The friend who kindly fomlahed the following will plena write again Thinking a few lines from this part of the Nation might be of some interest to yon and tbe reading public I writ yon. As yon well know, this is the old time home of th senior editor, the land he always lored so well. (h a beautiful Sabbath evening " " monnUina across I Br. eyd another, ' m nnlike billows on the ocean. I turned, and looking toward the west saw the Grand and Arkansas riTers moving along through their serpentine eonriei, the reflected light from th evening sun causing them to look like great threads of bnraiehed silver. It was indeed a beautiful sunset scene. Ac th evening shades were fall ing! risetraeed my steps, passing on my return the neat home of some of ok towvevien, Cade Jack Walker, Dr. Howard and others. Many of lb boey men who used to be seen on the streets of onr historic little town, twenty years ago, are here no more. Gone. Some to ether fields, some haw quit bnsineM and some have "gone beyond the river." Of the old timers who yet remain may be mentioned Wru. Scott, though with a leas active step aa tbe years come in, though in the midst of a good business. Mr. Pordral ia still ready to wait on hid host of varied customers. A new firm, though of old dti teus have lately commenced busi ness bore, viz: Messrs. Nash French, who aro striving and eeem to be gaining a good share of the public patronage. We ltave two churches with good minhnets and two coWed churches Two chools aWy conducted, one a misaion school tho other Cherokee. Onr ehiaf, Mr. Itashyhead, it the win fluiet unosenuung gentle man ajd aitiaen, though earnest and zealous in the eause of his people and the sphere in which he ut called to set. Two companies of soldiers (In fantry) aro stationed here. Many of tho oiuoers and men are pleas ant gentlemen. The commander of the gnrrloon, Col. Dates, is well liked and seems to t e tbe right nun in the right place. We hare no railroad as yet but at morn and eve we hear the roar of of heavy trains as tltey erosa the Arkatuiaa rirer bridge miles away, moving along that great artery of trade, the M. K. A T. Ity. Like you, who are located on a great railway runn'rja'Jnwft' Chica go t Galveston, wo too, may tome day b located en another of ooaal or greater imjKWtanee, vis: front Charleston, S. C, via Memphis to Denver and SanFranciseo. We may soon hoar the sound of the forge and loom in our midst. And like you, we may yet have here a little city who spires and rnina retU may almost pierce tbe eloods. A home and a people where and among whom sobriety, morality and intelligence mar prevail. S. A. W. Frm a recent investigation into the mortality referable to alcohol conducted by a commit! of the ! Xarveian Societr. it annanm that .. . af . r 1 "-"- thQ rule tn Ioudon is 14 per bent Silence never showed itself to so great an advantage as when it madi reply U calumny and defamation. .- XhLeu:e to The Fairuoir ar.d ruaay is asMnkTOstiny Gr. For Ids i . FAMILY GROCERIES, OYKROQATS. BLAKKT OESTS FURSISHINO GOODS, t4e., eto., r 1HB BEST ATTEnriE CL.KKS, TA!R AXD LIBSRAL DaULIXO. 0IVB MB A TRIAL AXD SSB IF A - w JLjargest Line of Hardware, Stoves and Tinware kept in the Gtierokea Nation. c Doors, Windows, Window Glass, Paints and Oil. In fact everything yon want in the Household Line. For Good Goods at Bottom Prices go to . w9l- Oa SL'TREOKnO dfes OO'j, "Vinita, There,a one pko in the Indian A And o, iPxtli "toy Our Oustoinors. IF rdfr WAXT Harness, Saddlery, Leather Goods of any Had G-o to "7w7" O. PATFOM'S- IF YOU WANT Wagona, Agricultural ihchinery, Buggies, Spring Wagons, ot,, eto., Gro to "ju". o- xj''oirs- 1F YOU ARK SICK and want Medicines, Drugs, Proscriptions cnrenlly proptred, ate, ' YOU WANT Clothing, Boots and Shoes, lUte, Cape, Bedding, oto, eto, etc, IF YOU ARE IWSaitrmd want Groceries, Flour, Baeon, Oannotl QoodB, ote, etc. IF YOU ARE IX I.OVK and want Candied, Parfumio., Toilet Goods, Soap, eto etc, IP YOU ARK QOhXQ TO MAURY uiH want a mplcte outfiit of everjthing, GO TO W. C. PATT0K Ytaita, I. T. IB"CL37" C0nLe,p O-ocdI Idled io p pmidMta who expected ! dWait eapeet tscaa. Mat Um Sweepstakes. ardcd witfi say "7Uu Gr'JEL of HOOTS and SUCKS, HATS, CAPS, QCKKST AJUt, KAHD- tTARE, TIKWABE, TRrXKfi, VALI8SS, PIERCE OUT FLOUR. "Sr2vC:Nr3D&; Co. HOLDS THE FORT -OK" TEE- WHEBE TO Torritary whore you oan hey any General Store -aj3dOXt2a3L02XI3.t Of FlTroTyt'H i t- g Artn rd tvat pj th: to anybody to I DO NCSATISFY YOlfc T-i rn I WW I'er. GO. kind of good you want. Wo keep VvojatocaL man Tis lire Stack Market cf St Loan THE ST. LOOS MTIOSlb STOCK YARDS!, Located at Easi Si. Louie, ill. rWrarilir imiiiw tf ;rof S4 Lfrtiia. ' Bavcr tar all 4wrrir.o f Kre aUnrk aiwif ia !tftdtT. aa-t ;t!ia the atoa cf tWi aeotk jard ar iMku,, jvn ( ja oriac eanwlan nwaiir. with a racity for 1 , ... ., ..-ij .w . as)de1cssjeciM esUMSehwnt" "Ui a ransrity wit aJaVjfrtonpg ,' bon & ISAAC II. KXOX. PKaMeBt. OuxuT.Jtntm, Aaserlatetxteat. M JOHN ai GEORGE Bnllette, PaO New Mark Jaat beagh la Saint taam atloweat vboleaalep. m and new !r aJ at Bed-rock Prices. DRr QOODS, GROCEIIIKS. BKIDLES,OStc. Cash paM for far, Mdea, etc. Cash r goods iaeachaaa tor cattle. Trade satteited. TULSA, I. T. LoadV of 'goods arriving at Green's daily. Mr. M. H. Ilowsley of the Mos eone nureery, setarns hia thanks toUwpeopfoof th Territory for their Kboral palxonacain th past, sad hopes to merit a continuance of the sam by selling ae good trees and at as low figures as ran be had in any good nursery in the state. Iw 1. Pa rat far Sale. .Thirty-five acres in cultivation. Good range for stock. Good bear ins orehard. Apply to or addraas J. V. Cratelrfk4d, li. Catoosa, I. Tv Aitlr. Ylnita. Sept. 30, 1SS3 Q. II. Warren has pnreha4l the grand River Milk, month of Fry orS creek, and requests the same natroatag as given to his p edecps eor. The mill will be run under the sam management and by tbe same miller as Wore Tho. wright. Addrt-, G. II. WtKKKJC, 2U. ChoUau, I. T. 8. J. THOMPSON, DENTIST, ViniU, C. N. J. W, Stapler &,3on, Talileqxiali C." T., Take pleasure in announcing to the public that their FALL AND WIHTER 'STOCK is now complete in all its Department. If you want fair, square dealing and the, full worth of your money call on them. J. W. STAPLER SON, Tableqwdt, ... c. N FURWiTURES The Largest and best selected stock at Bottom Prices. Sawing Machines, Organs, Coffin aad Metallic eases always kept in stock. J3- II. ECoiTYian, South side of Maple St. CaurrorA, - - - Kxxb. No. 1 BRICK Vinita 33 rick Yard Apply to .C. W. A. LYNCH. Tito Bcrnas' Germ: li I , red alaitU and St)t.. euh JukOjw, iih ott a.UOU illustraueo a irbola 11W. turttf iI!a-v Ht.M i.Ut. , ; . e.v. . uii nuvtv- 0.00 far twunal or tamU um. TIJ. mv U) otder, and gjj exort CMrt of ewrr. tlUnj yeu nte, t. drink, vair.w lure fua with. Thau iqniluaUf) looks wr Uia irXnsat-a gkuitj from the raaj iHf of tie ! . 1 AVo wi 1 J n Ail a cony X rco Pi i!lT tjjrcwupon rot-ii.t of tL poiae -7.'ta, ItujiLearrviuyoa. MONTGOMERY WARD & ca ST tt) Wso Xnm?- ti3it lit iiiiin ' nwnrifrrr ntnui A BOtTDWOT I I itli vrt ru mark foll tolj- t 1 h!p lUotT IHinoU river, i tat leaatolTaJ.'.M.-.ah. fwal.ow fiwk rf aaderMt !a oXS ear aanl aatertorw ia tbe otlwr. It. R. TATLOR. Pftat-offie.', Vlnlto. t. T. BnwJedoa both aides. Crop off left eas sad apUt la right. aoa Locust Creek. B. J. MTL8TBAD. Pnet-offltv. Prairie OKy, I. T. Branded with Mtuo bnmt on both 4d- aad both hi. xahuu JftaU of lioaa Creek. J. vr. sLuoTr & 00., Ptat-)fflcc, VlnliiM. T. Uog mrk un-lt-hit ia or car, eretatt'ofUieuft. I'attte brandwiou left bip aad alioakirr. sue Cabin Creek. f JOCK OOtrKTBTlIAN. lVwt-yfico, Bono, I. T. Ilrac I - rn !, .t'i r m lu. lnrZ j rrrntl rulit ir i-.n.li-r kIojw oU left 'L-tr. R.mwi--ll irscCrwk, C. K. EVANS, KTTNTSR & HwVTMAK. Post-OOico, ZvaoBViUe, Kanwie. !.K jiiui'ura-u came an IiranUPilJr? i? .if t. . 1 ... . . . on 111 aiii nl hit. .-vine ear 'I'. markixl uf w fSTS" fcK tiieiat. sjsrsiur;.,,,-Sieyic,! .lie , 11 -"' mat "... iiwi-i Wl., lfffTn tn n. nl.. f :..- WVUJ " -. srctHlfc e.Lr. kkc-i i artotid i- ir y-'ri i ? n l KJtXCI -e-oiuovmictu' cvuntv jwul. LOUIS acj&Has. Poet-onioo, Ohotqpa, Kansat. Ntit and hum rutin oar awl swalfotr fort in left Rewl-brund Uj Mi. lUNoa-CabmOreek. ' Ohorokoo Orphnn Asylum. & Hark. mnoothrY.i. ir anderblt in rig ht. JANE OAPTAIirB, Skiatook PoeUofflco, Q. N. i Horse brand esano on left ehoul i der. W.K.DAVJS,UD. Posticus Pky:dlRn. 1NJT, ( alii jr r .-J t rum B. KATTM. SMannmVsaentta 1 w W .x rMM -Bv tSJSSSESwSSV ind. Trn- i ! tn, li.v or " titinii 1 ,. , i, "wmiM ' V tyOFW . m-0rmilfw. " 'wtA!!i vW- ..' CiwnwH jC-.. -w,w--r irtf-V