The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-15
MONTANA CHRONICLED.

The members of the Indian Commits
sion had rather Indifferent success at the
Crow agency the other day in treating
with those noble red men for the reduc-
ton OF their reservation. The Crows
claimed that they had not yet been paid
for the portion Of their reservation west
of the Boulder, which they coded some
time ago, and declined to negotiate for
further reduction until this had been
paid for. OF course the commission had
no power to make any agreement regard
ing the portion already coded, and con-
sequently no treaty was arrived at, nor
should there be until the Indians get
their just dues.
A man named John McMann, at
Livingston, had a whisky bill of s23
against one Tom Riley. On Wednesday
night last he proceeded to collect it. He
rudely entered the boulder of Mrs. Riley
not the hotel-keeper whom they speak
of so highly-and asked Riley if he would
pay the bill. Riley replied that he had
forgotten his pocket-book and would do
60 in the morning as soon as the bank
was open, whereupon Mrs. Riley chip
ned in and McMann, who was man, at
the mercy of hard-hearted woman,
pulled his pop and shot at Mrs. Riley,
and after three trials at the target finally
succeeded in hitting Mr.. Riley in the
leg, McMann was somewhat under the
influence of Livingtone whisky at the
time, and it is very evident that Mrs.
Riley doomed up to him about the size OF
Jumbo.
Uncle Rufus Hatch's Yellowstone
Park excursion party will commence
their western trip Friday. The entire
party will aggregate about fifty persons.
They will stop ct points of interest on
their way west, and will stop in st. Paul
and Minneapolis, where visits will be
Maid to the large flour mills. Twelve
more Englishmen are on their way to
Join the party, among them being Mr.
Lesage, the manager of the London daily
Telegraph, and Geo. W. Matthews and F.
H. Schurz, of Germany.
j. H. NJ, special correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Press, handles Billings
| without gloves in recent issue Of that
| widely-circulated sheet. He has plenty
Of praise for Glendive, which he says has
had a natural growth, while Billings has
had an unnatural one. The cattle inter
ests of Montana receive their just dues in
his hands.
The greatest competition the Wells
Fargo express have yet encountered or
the coast is being inaugurated. WI
Footner, general superintendent Of the
Northern Pacific Express company, now
in San Francisco, is completing arrange
ments to set in operation the Western
division of his company. He will oper
Offices and commence business Septem
Der LIST, making San Francisco and Port
land two principal branch offices of thu
Western division, but which Of the two
will be selected as headquarters is still
undecided. Agencies will be established
at other points. in California. Replying
to the questions of press representa-
tive, whether the possibility of making
San Francisco the headquarters did no
mean active competition with Wells
Fargo, Footner reolied it might be q
construed but how far active competition
would be entered with that company de
pended on circumstances.
Prof. C. A. Lewis, the prestidigitatol
who gave a umberofperformances her
some time ago, has been arrested at Dill
lon, charged with the murder of tn
Young woman, named Eva, who travele'
with him and assisted in his perform
ances. The two had been camped nea