The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-02-14
MONTANA CHRONICLED

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W. P. Abbott, Of Billings, recently ha
his pockets l licked at that place of $50.
The commissioners of Custer count
have appropriated 500 for lookup i
Billings.
Active mining operations are carrie
on in ten of the twelve counties in Mon
tana.
Montana bids fair to become the sec
ond copper producer in the United State
during 1883.
Councilman Cox spread himself il
the council upon the subject ofpreachers
He said his father and two grandfather
were preachers.
Hon. J. F. Mallory has introduced bill
in the legislature relative to the deputy
clerk, to fund the Indebtedness and t.
fix the boundary, all relative to Dawson
county.
Stock men, who have come in from
all parts of the country, report that cattle
and sheep are looking fine, and they con-
slider that there will be no loss from the
snow and cold weather.
Vol. l, No. l, of the CHRONICLE is be.
fore us. It is a nine column, all at home
paper, published at Bozeman, Montana
It is brim full of news and in general ap.
pearance looks like success.-Ttmes.
Hereafter the public administrators
in the several counties will be elected
instead of being appointed by the Pro
bate Judges, as heretofore. Governor
Crosby signed a bill to that effect Janu-
airy 31st.
On Tuesday of last week, at Billings
three masked men entered a Chinese
laundry, and after bandaging the proprie'
tors eyes and pinioning him, they rob.
bed the premises of $275 in money, two
watches and a revolver. The Chinese in
town have been every since practicing
with pistols.
It. C. Wadsworth, of the firm of Van
clere & Wadsworth, one of the firms who
made "pile" out Of the boom at Billings
now says through the Railway Journal
among other falshoods, that Billings has
a cemetery containing fifty person, forty
nine of whom died with their boots on.
The people of Billings will undoubtedly
sit down heavy on Wadsworth for his
indiscreetion.
The railroad company have begun their
ice harvest. They will put up ice at this
place for the whole division-Glendive,
Miles City and Billings and for the re-
frigator cars. They will either enlarge
their ice-house or use the riverside ware
house for this purpose. They are secur-
ing an excellent article, nearly two feet
thick and perfectly clear. Such thick
ness could not be found except in just
such place as they are cutting, which
is above the Eagle Butte dyke, where
the water is perfectly clear.-Glendire
Times.
We have already informed our
readers that work has been abandoned
on the survey Of the National Park
branch railroad. The engineers state
that it is only a temporary suspension,
but do not state definitely when work
will bel resumed. The air is full of
rumors, and it is hard to arrive at any
definite conclusion as to when and where
the park branch is to be built. Those
who ought to be well informed on rail-
road mattere profess to believe that Liv-
ingston will be the point Of departure,
but that the branch will not be construct
ed this year-Miles City Press.
The east bound train yesterday bore
the remains of Samuel Neiil back to his
former home in the states. He had been
living at Lawrence's COW ranch on Flat
Willow creek, for the past year, and a
few days ago was taken erysick. Messrs.
co UDra1n MEDICAL aid,
but he died before they reached the
town. The father of the deceased was
at one time President Lincoln's private
and was afterwards appointed
a foreign minister. Young Neill was a
man of about twenty-five years of age,
and had been in Montana for some time.
-Yelzowstone Journal.
H. H. Barnes, a gentleman of I'M
doubted integrity and industry, an old
inner of Confederate, a man who has
been engaged in more mining operations
than any man in Meagher
county, left yesterday for the western
coast en- route to Alaska. He goes via
he Northern Pacific and will spend a
ew weeks on the coast, but will embark
n March for the far-away land of seals,
valrus, ftlrs and gold. He is a man of |
'reat perseverance and enterprise and |
veil calculated for tour of this wild and !
Inexplored region" Mr.. Barnes is now
n the city, and the Herald acknowledges
pleasant call from the gentleman and
'ould be glad to receive communion
ion from him after his arrival in Alaska,
descriptive Of that interesting country
f,lsbandman.
Certain cattle companies have offered
200, 900 to the Indian nations for the
sc of pasturage in the western portions
the Indian Territory, and having gain
d the consent of the Indians have
ought the endorsement of the Secretary
the Interior. This he has respectfully
eclined through fear that ifthe cowboys
nee get in they will soon run the whole
,untry. Since the bold attempt of
latch & Co. to turn the National Park
ito cattle ranch, the Secretary is get
ng cautious about granting leases. He
kes the safest course to refuse all leases.
he meaning of lease is exclusive and
,solute control during its continuance.
he colossal imprudence that inspired
atch to ask lease of six full townships
land in the park under the pretense
hotel privileges, but really to give him
of the cattle business in all
e country around, will long be remem-
cred with salutary effects.
We see no way at present for the Gov ]
nment to lease any part of its unsur :
yed domain. The Dominion has very j
olishly done SO and thus interposed a ,