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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19
A SLIGRfED TOWN.

Under the above caption correspond
ent of the Chicago Times in a very well
written letter, INDUCES in good deal OF
sarcasm about Bozeman. some of which
.wH lpuA Dn1sg b merited, but for the
sutIstpr Exhibits tie oitbunt Of mind
diseased, or disordered liver and bad
digestion. Bozeman Yves not disappoint.
ed or grieved because the President did
not accept municipal courtesies. We
~yse not ayare they were profered, nor
tlet our tosnb let aeents folded up their
plats, and our miners laid away their
rich specimens of ore in disgust. While
Bozeman would have felt honored by
the presence of the chief magistrate OF
the nation, and would have rendered
him the utmost hospitality, his presence
was not absolutely necessary to its sue
-ces4o prosperity. As we said the letter
ii well written, and while it shows q
mind versatile in ideas, it is like grain
of whellt in bushel Of chat. SO far as
facts are concerned.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19
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{A6Se y, SYs0szySto - N+svSSZ4pAA sS
Is be Ned stffeleha in January next,
and the election OF delegates to that con-
xantion- must be held IN November next.
There seems to be, throughout the terri
DRY, considerable apathy upon this inn
portant question. 1t 3 important that
'weu1e measures soon % bring out the
best men we have for that position. For
our part we do not care what political
! fSsh sbey espouse, provided they are
emkn thoroughly identified with our
country, conversant with its needs, with
broad and comprehensive views Of it,
varied resources. There should not be
any indifference upon subject fraught
with SO much interest to US and our fu-
ture. It will not do to say that if they
do not frame constitution which suits
us, We will sslefeat- j.. Send men who
will frame one to meet or wants and lei
US npt have to do the 9ork over again
If ~. Otherway can bedevised let every
precinct hold q mass meeting and send
delegates to nominating convention te
be held in Bozeman and let them seleet
the five who are to represent Gallatin
county.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19

The slugging against Willard stocks
that is going on completes an amusing
contrast to the regal splendors of Viii
lard's transcontinental Inequalities. At
the time he was spiking the junction,
Oregon and Transcontinental was Is
and Northern Pacific (which are not
particularly hopeful figures. The road
is pronounced by old railroad men the
best new road ever built in the United
States, and the rolling stock is in admir-
able condition, 80 that, with fair vol
ume of business, dividends ought to be
forthcoming. Yet the stock exchange
pounds Willard stocks down to the
lowest notch, and present quotations
really represent credit based on the
land grant rather than it's merits as a
dividend Garner. Careful inquiry fails
to find any important holder of long
NortAer6 Hacifc stock who has sold.
On the contrary, all persons well in
formed as to the affairs of the company
seem to have increased their holdings
on this decline to the extent of their
means. It would seem that the bears
have been selling small lots to each
other to force down. the price. This is
not a merely speculative trick but
assumes the proportions of large move
ment. Vanderbilt has been regarded
as covetous ofthe road, and Gould is not
blind to its value. 1t. is not unlikely
that they are organizing purchase of
1880, OOO, 600 Of Oregon and sTranscon-
ti4fntht Stfcf Il Hat earies, ebntrol Of
thi oseDon Sykitibn 5any and the
Northern Paciiicwith It. -
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19
EXTRA SESSION.

An extra session OF the Montana
Legislature is seriously discussed, and for
THAT reason or reasons sufficient to de-
mand it we can not see. Too much
legislation is worse than no legislation.
h is said by some that congress should
be menorializsd on several important
,mtten, batsopr experiences tssches us
that memorials to Congress are worth no
more than the paper upon which they
are written. The Legislature Of itself
cannot do anything to remedy defects In
the number of our judicial districts or
have any influence upon appointments
to fiji vacancies upon the bench. They
cannot frame any legislation as to the
government of the National Park. Con-
,gress has already taken steps to place
the Park within the jurisdiction of Gal
latin county, and Senator Vest, who has
taken great interest in this matter has
made personal visit and inspection and
fully appreciates the need and wants of
that section. To sum it all up, we can
not see anything demanding immediate
action or special legislation. Some may
say, the cost falls upon the United States
and not on ns, but such is not the case.
The terribly has to lAy great deal for
such a luxury, and the pay Of members
is 80 inadequate. that it is. a positive
hardship to require their presence any
oftener than the law demands. A con-
stitutional convention is called to meet
At the same time and place, and we are
certain the. secretary of our territory
would hsveg moie than his hands full, in
providing Accommodations for both
bodies. Should an extra session not be
called a great expense would be saved
the territory by using the seats, desks,
ETC., designed for the Legislature, for the
constitutional convention. We cannot
imagine any legislation which is in the
purview of our Legislature which is de-
manded as necessity. While it is true
that much needed legislation in regard
to our judicial districts, the National
RarkssnR-Abey cepslisations st Fort
MSehnis, ssSe asslfed - the hands of
Congress, e.& Delegate u Congress can
accomplish more than can any memoir
ais addressed to Congress. 1t may be
that behind it all will be disclosed some
pet scheme of legislation not yet unfold
ed to the public ear. That has been the
experience of former extra sessions, and
for fear this may be for the same purpose
we prefer to wait until the Legislature
convenes in regular session. That it
shall be convened simply for the pur-
pose Of irsfting wordy 1memorials to
Congress is TOO absurd to admit of seri-
Gus ccnsidemtion. We. are satisfied our
delegate IN Congress iss aware Of and ap-
preciates the needs of our Territory in
the particulars above mentioned and
will use his best endeavors to secure the
needed reforms, and until something
more reasonable is offered we shall OPP
pose the calling of an extra session.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19

In answer to an application from the
French charge d'affaires for permission
to take twenty Indians ffom their reser-
vations to France for exhibition, Com
missioner Price has advised secretary Of
the interior to refuse the request, upon
the ground that such exhibitions result
in the decentralization of the Indians and
render them dissatified with life at the
agencies.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19

The Miles City Press of the ld1h inst,
says lodge Of Knights Of Honor isabout
to he organised in Miles City, the first
one in the Territory. This is mistake,
two, II not more lodges have heretofore
been organised in Montana. One at
Boseman and another at Butte, but we
do not think they have any existence to-
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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19

pages of historic lore and find men turn
ing away with splenetic scorn from their
benefactor, the grandest luminaries that
shines in the cerulean vault of the moral
heavens, and cringing at the Shiny affairs
of despots. Classic Greece allowed her
greatest bard to wander in blindness,
penury and want. She saw unmoved the
greatest orator an exile, and condemned
her meekest and most patriotic son to
death. How can we harmonize such pro-
ceedings with the sublime principles of
brotherhood, or the inhexible dictates of
eternal goodness, between selfish aris-
tocracy and pure unadulterated humility
which lies at the root of all greatness.
There is an unbridged hiatus. The nod
Of tyrant may lift his feet from the dust
to wealth and place. The inebriated
within of a ruffian soldierv may as Rome
once saw, robe clown in royal purple,
place upon his brainless head a diadem,
and put the sceptre of the Caesars in his
nerveless grasp, but the picture only
augments in sadness and intensifies in
misery. "Pigmies perched on Alps are
pigmies still" The records and chronicles
OF despots and aristocrats and plutocrats
are too replete with the names Of driv-
cling idiots, Anticipated bedlamites,
weired puppets and brutal sensualists for
us to imagine for moment that they
were great or in any way merted the
adulations and eulogies rendered them.
J.B.W: .
White Hall SeDtember 18th. 1888. :
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19

The steamer Proteus, which was sent
out TO relieve the Greedy expedition at
Lady franklin bay was crushed in the
ice 1t the entrance of Smiths Sound,
Jvlx 32H, md yPuVk that :eernos9p.
RAU.S!,:l..E|:;(;Ibss" + Ilk :.s g
the safety Of the Greedy party. How
long will these futile efforts he made at
great sacrifice Of life and property, to
penetrate those frozen regions?
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19
White Hall, September 10th, 1888.

The signal officer has received the
following from Lieut.. Darlington, COM
handing the Greeley relief expedition:
St. Johns, 13th.-It is my painful
duty to report the total failure Of the ex-
petition. The Proteus was crushed in
pack lat, 70 deg. 50 min., long. "A deg.
25 min, and sunk on the afternoon Of
July q. My party and crew Of the
ship were all saved. Made my way
across Smith sound and along the east
ern shore to Cape York, thence across
Melville bay to Upernavik, arriving
there Aug. "a. The Yantic reached
Upernavik, Sept. 2, and left the same
day to bring the entire party here to-day.
All are we'll. (Signed]'
F. A GARIrHcTnN
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19
A REVIEW.

REVIEW.
Twelve years ago when l came to Boze-
man I brought all my worldly wealth
Qess than two thousand Gollars) with me
and castamy lot with the pioneers of civ
ilation hereabOuts, with an expectation
to make home and live among the adj
vance guard. Since that time my bust
ness has increased from five thousand
dollars the first year to twenty thousand
dollars the last year, and l am proud
of the record l have made, and feel a
just pride in my customers, who have
enabled me to achieve such success. A
year ago, the march Of Improvement
caused me to vacate the log house corner
of Main and Bozeman streets, at which
time l commenced the building of a
more spacious and comfortable building
to accommodate my increasing trade. AZ
ter two removals and one fire, am at
last settled in my new quarters,
OSBORN'S NEW BRICK BLOCK,
where 1 hope to see all my old friends
and customers, and the public generally,
whether they wish to purchase or not. I
hope they will come in aud take a look
around and compare the old with the
new.
You will find larger and better select
ed stock of goods in the drug line than
was ever before brought to .Bozeman
consisting in part of si
Drugs proper, patent medicines. toilet
and fancy goods, perfumeries, Sponges,
fine pocket cutlery, gold and steel pens,
pencils, stationery, brushes-all kinds,
toilet soaps, paints and oils, window
glass, lamps and chandeliers, lamp trim
mings, trusses, supporters, braces, can
dies, pure liquors for medical use, and
the best goods generally that can be
bought for money.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19

The Livingston Enterprise complains
that while the commissioners Of Gallatin
county declined to make anappropriation
for the much needed road from that town
TO White Sulphur Springs. they hasten
to accommodate Bozeman by ordering
!, tAe survey Asd CONSTRUCTION ofis road up
the West Gallatin to the Park. Gallatin
county several years ago appropriated
anG extended q large amount of money
to build . road to White Sulphur Springs
- far as its county line under an agree
ment that Meaher county would build as
far as their county line. Gallatin COM
piled with its agreement, but the COM
missioners of Meagher county diverted
the appropriation made for that purpose,
to the road to Livingston. lfitis of such
impore.SH Sulphur sptipF
buih thasoA II emsS| VT layx no
. objection to the. people Of White Sulphur
Springs having an easy and direct access
to the railroad at whatever point they
may desire, but we object to Gallatin
county bqi|dip9jt for them, particularly
in view osel 1T haty the% h.ye sidlat-
ed one 'T3ss.: lG-l
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19
WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 10Th. 1885,

Kains aaet and wet which haye beee
!. p demo ali "a On Scoot It Of Tie Sillsi
xcursiA AAs CONNER Fed t mn agalee
ON regular time. The Inconvenience has
been more than Offset by the benefits we
will derive from the visit Of 80 many dis
tinguished persons to Montana.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19
OSBORN'S DRUG STORE.

E, A. GARLINGTON
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19

That no accident, worthy of note, oc-
Cured in the trip Of the four large sec
tions, which passed over the Northern
Pacific, conveying the guests Of President
Willard, is due to the admirable manage
ment Of those having it in charge. The
d1qere e3stions were rup-ynder what
is ewn a 1.-THE blo1e~ lem. Each
tn t,vela thirty miA part and
every hH&iles was kssG station
which denoted the time the previous
section had passed and if the following
one was ahead of time it was held till the
expiration of the thirty minutes, 80 there
was no danger of one colliding with
another. There were many railroad men
~ guests who expressed their unqualified
admiration of the management and who
will doubtless adopt the same system of
operating their roads. It would certainly
be wise precaution, for should the train
ahead meet with any accident, there
would be ample time to warn the next
coming train of danger. 1t was a great
undertaking and has been accomplished
y, 9TH ~ Esr J. atill sad in lord!y style.
Yesterday the County Commissioners
accepted the County Assessors books,
showing the value of the assessable prop
erty in Gallatin County to be $4.77OOOO
- against $S.4O4.0OO last year. An in
crease Of 81 $4,000 during the past year.
While this was a healthy increaseeit did
mot come up to our expectations, in view
Of the large accessions to our population
and the enhanced value of every species
Of property. The assessment was cut
down somewhat from the amount return
: ed by the assessor and while cut down
wisely and for good reasons there were
other assessments, which in strict Justice
should have been raised largely. The
growth and value Of property in Living
ston alone the past year, was almost suf-
Acient to have made the increase, to say
nothing Of the many miles of railroad
built since lassyear. At the last assess
ment Livingston had no existence, Meth
g ~ there mile q railroad in eRe7s
,F1frBIfE|:i3l!:3i:4a
Creased 70 that the assessment will reach
S50o0OoO.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19

Perhaps it may be considered prema-
ture to urge upon our people the advan-
tages ofs county fair, but the display at
the depot Of agricultural and mineral
products, on the occasion of the visit of
the Willard excursion, demonstrates how
easily and how successfully one could be
gotten up. II would of course be euper-
fuous to urge its advantages. Situated
- We ase in the largest and most pro-
r-Vdq16e 10y in Montapa. should
>7a hua y - ibitas an a fer se4a9t the
kv1lie1 prodists Of our &oa Maav 4
our people too are engaged in raising fine
horses, cattle and sheep, and a stimulus
would be given to raising and improving
the strain Of al animals Mineral exhi-
bits would attract the attention of min
ing experts, who now drift away to what
are purely mining centres, and those in
dustries languish. We only speak Of
these things now simply to awaken
thought upon the matter and an interest
in it, 20 that when the time comes to
take it ipnl>d lBe, eUn nnniey>x Win, be
alive On NV kes to It's Importance, and
the man. mile denalss 30 necessary 70
success. can he taken in hand in time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

From too many friends, and from
things with loose ends. deliver us.
From a wife who don't love rs, and
children who don't look like MS, de-
liver us.
From wealth without charity. from
nails in our boots, from torcl-ligh'
professions and from new rum, de,
liver us.
| From pack-peddlers, from young
folks in love, from old aunts withou
money, and cholera morbus, delive
us.
| From newspaper sells, and pill
that amt physic, from females wh'
faint. and men who faint, deliver US
! From virtue without fragrance
from butter that smells, from nigge
camp-meetings, and from cats tha
are courting, deliver us.
From other folks secrets, an
from our own, and women commit
tees, deliver ns.
j From folks who won't laugh, an
from them who giggle, from tigf
boots, easy virtue, and mutton. dc
liver us.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
GREENBACK GORE.
The Sure Way to Extinguish the Wind
Biowers-.The Funny Man from
Cooper to the Front.

Tom Cranmer, the funny man, and
distinguished representative from
Cooper county, introduced the fol
lowing bill last week in the House:
An act to discourage the idea Of
regular greenbackers running at large,
and to provide a reward for their po.
litical scalps.
Be it enacted by the general assem-.
bly, of the State of Missouri, as fol.
lows:
SEC. /. The county court of any
county in this state is hereby author
lied to offer bounty of sixty-five
cents, for each and every regular
greenback scalp captured in such
county, of which amount the state
shall pay one-half and the democratic
party the other.
Sec ? Any person claiming bounty
under this act, shall produce the po-
litical scalp of such greenbacker OF
greenbackers with the ears entire to
the clerk of the county court, within
six weeks after capturing the same,
and shall take and subscribe, as oath
of affirmation, that he did capture
and scalp such greenbacker. Not,
however, until he had given said
greenbacker a fair show for his polit.-
cal "white alley"
SEC. 3. At the end of each fiscal
year the clerks of the county courts
of the several counties in the State
shall deliver all scalps in his posses
sion to the sheriff, whose duty it shall
be to sell the same to the highest bid.
der, the proceeds of which shall be.
come part and parcel of the demo
cratic campaign fund.
Sec. 4. All acts and parts of act:
inconsistent with the provisions o,
this act are hereby repealed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
The Bad Boy Tries His Hand al Re-
yising the Bible.

''You see," said the bad boy. '.pa
has been reading out of an old back
number Bible, and ma and me argued
with him about getting new revised
edition. We told him that the old
one was all out of style and that all
the neighbors had the newest cut in
bibles, with dolman sleeves and gath
cred in the back. and they put on
style over us. and we could not hold
up our heads IN society when it. was
known that we were wearing the old
last years bible. Pa kicked against
it, but finally got one. l thought
had as much right to change things
i'm the revised bible as the other fell
lows had to change the old one. so /
pasted some notices and patent med
icine advertisements in it after the
verses. Pa never reads a whole
chapter, but reads verse or two and
skips around. Before breakfast, the
other morning, pa got the new bible
and started to read the ten command
ments and some other things. The
first thing pa struck was: Verify 1
say unto you, try st. Jacobs oil fol~
rheumatism Pa looked over his
specs at ma, and then looked at me,
but l had my face covered with my
hands, sort of pious. Pa said he did =,
not think it was right to put adver-
tisements in the bible, but ma said
she didn't know as it was any worse
than to have patent medicine notices
next to Beecher's sermon i'm the relig-
ious paper. Pa sighed and turned
over another leaf and read: Thou
shou shalt not eovet thy neighbor's
wife, nor his OK, if you love me as /
love you, no knife can cut our love
in two That last part was motto
that l got out of a paper of candy, Pa
| said that the sentiment was good,
but he didn't think the revisers i'm
proved the old commandment very
much. Then pa turned and read:
| Take little wine for the stomach's
sake, and keep a bottle of Reeds
Gilt-edge tonic on your sldeboard,
and you can defy malaria and chills
and fever Pa was hot. He looked
at it again and noticed that the tonic
commandment was on yellow paper,
and the corner turned UP, and pa
took hold of it, and the paste that l
Estuck it on with was not good and it
came off, and when l saw pa lay
down the bible, put his spectacles in
the case and reach for the fire poker,
knew he was not going to pray, and
looked out the window and yelled
dog fight, and / lit out, and pa fol-
lowed me as far as the sidewalk, and
it was the morning when 1t was sc
slippery, and pas feet slipped out
from under him, and he stood on his
neck and slid around on his ear
and the special providence of slee'
ion the sidewalk saved me. Say, dc
you believe in special providence
What was the use of that sleet on the
sidewalk, if it was not to save sin
parS f''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
Scarlet Teverl
Cured. |

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
! testify to the most excellent qualities Of Prof
Darbys Prophylact Fluid As disinfecsant and
detergent it is both theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with which am ac-
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Darbys Fluid is Recommended by
Hon. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, of Georgia:
Rev. CHAs F. DEEMs. DID,, Church Of the
Strangers, N. Y:
JOS. LsCoNTK. Columbia Prof, University, sc.
Rev. a. J. Battle, Prof, Mercer University;
Kew. GEO. +. PIERCE, Bishop M. E. Church.
INDISPENSABLE To EVERY HOME.
externally for Man or Beast,
The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we
have abundant evidence that it has done everything
here claimed. For fuller information get Of your
Druggist pamphlet or send to the proprie,ors,
j. II. ZEILIN & CO.,
Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA.