The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-10-17
MONTANA CHRONICLED.


-Debt-burdened Custer county is now
clamoring for $1,000 school house Al
Miles City.
II. P. McElrath, has resigned the
position as editor of the Miles City Press
and gone to Helena.
One of the results of the Willard ex-
cursion is said to be that the Northern
Pacific will dispose of 2, OOO, 600 acres Of
it's lands to Germans.
From the items relating to agricul-
tural products, published by w. D.
knight, we are led to believe that he is
an active member Of the California
Lying Club" recently formed there. He
should be made president.
The Northern Pacific propose to
build a substantial bridge across the
Yellowstone at Chickory, about twenty
miles above Livingston. They may pro-
pose to DO it, and still be long time in
the future before they put their purpose
into execution. Such = bridge is needed.
1t is said that Hatch and Willard
have got enough, and if the Lord spares
them, they will never be silly enough to
again take a party on a free excursion.
The most of Hatch's party are now fill
ing positions as BARRIERS and hotel wait
ers, while Wizards English guests made
a direct Decline for home, banning the
blarsted country, you know"
The Livingston Enterprise says {:
even the brake-beam, with all its dust
and danger, is far more preferable to the
locked box-car in stealing ride" Now
we trust that no one will accuse the edi-
tor of having to ride in this manner on
the Northern Pacific railroad, where
passes are handed out with such benign
liberality to hard-working editors.
1t will be remembered that Secre-
tary Teller lost his trunks containing
$4,000 worth of property. The N. P. r.
r. company offered $500 for the return
of the property and no questions asked,
but detectives in St. Paul have succeeded
in not only securing portion of the pro-
perry, but have every reason to believe
that they have got the bold thieves, who
will be brought to Bozcman for trial.
Tons of telegraph wire have recently
been delivered in this city by the North
ern Pacific, for the extension west of
Western Union lines, which are to be
Implicated. As soon as the multiplied
through lines are in place all the tele-
graph business, Gncluding the Associated
Press reports,) of Montana, Idaho,
Washington Territory and Oregon will
be transferred to the northern parallel.
Helena is to be made repeating office,
with force of from fifteen to eighteen
operators.-HelenaH Herald.
The project of building railroad
rom Billings to the Bull Mountains is
abandoned, and the road will be built
from the main line, in the vicinity Of
Pompey's Pillar, about forty miles east Of
that town. Thus another setback is
given to "Alkali City" The above is
taken from the Miles City Press, which
never has expended a vast amount Of
love or tafiy on Billings, and we trust is
r long way-about 60 miles-from being
true. Billings is the natural point for 4
railroad to Benton to branch FROM. and
there is no doubt but it will be built at
once.
Last week there were shipped from
st. Paul thirty-two cars Of yearlings con-
signed to the Crow Ind'au agent at Gray
Cliff The beeves averaged eighteen to
the car, and the calves for the Crows Tor
the cayotes) thirty-two to the car. 1t is
quite likely that Nelson story will sell
about two hundred of his fine herd to
st. Paul parties for the dressed beef
trade. So far this season some $4,000
head of Montana cattle have been re-
eeived in st. Paul, the bulk of which
have been forwarded on the hoof to the
Chicago market. About $1,000 more are
expected from the fall roundup. 1t is
safe to say that more stock cattle have
been shipped into the Territor.v than
will be shipped out Of it this season. The
high prices of last year tended to drain
the market, and the increased home de-
mand, growing out of the development
of the country, have helped to bring
about this result. Young cattle shipped
from tho States last spring have SO far
done we'll, and having become accllmat-
ed, may pull through in good shape, but
the experiment of sending Iowa year
lings to the Crow reservation in response
to their clamoring for horned cattle" to
experiment with, strikes the old Mon