The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-19
THE CRY CHR0NICLED.

The dIftnhUNlNkED.
!. From Thursdays DailyJ
On the West Gallatin, Dec. 10th, 1858
Mrs. DeBord.
Drum Lummon stock has advanced &C
per cent. in London in the past month.
Manager John Mcguire will hereafter
make Helena his home.
Choteau county has six hundred and
seventy-one children of school age.
Wood is selling for five dollars per cord
and coal eight dollars per ton.
Deer Lodge people have. begun using
coal for feel. 1t sells at $40 and $12 per
ton on the cars.
Billings is beginning to put on metro
poltian airs. A roller skating rink will
he in full blast in few days.
It is said that thirty cars per day are
loaded with lumber at Missoula, the pro-
duct of five mills.
The Marquis de Mores has, on his
recent trip over the Northern Pacific
Iailroad, established eighteen slaughter
houses, all of which will be IN operrtion
next season.
Silver Bow county has. 131 people
whose taxes exceed 500 this year. The
Lexington mining company heads the
list, with s5,954l7.
Unless we have third judge when the
the Supreme Court meets in January,
Csrl Adolphson now confined in our Jail
will have to be again respited.
1884 is a leap year and on New Years
day the gentlemen will be required to
keep open house while the ladies will
make the customary calls.
On account of the prevalence of diph-
liberia and other diseases common to
children, the Deer Lodge primary school
has been dismissed till after the holidays.
Hewett's Musettes held forth to full
house last night. As whole, the show
is q good one and deserving ofpatronage.
1fvou want to laugh until your suspend
er buttons fly off go to the Musettes to-
night.
Mr.. Blaine's proposition to divide the
money from the whisky tax among the
States, has originated another idea, to
divide the whisky instead of the money.
We will donate our share to the brilliant
originator. ..
Our merchants have made a sensible
move in closing their stores at eight
O'Clock. As far as business is copcerned
very few, if any, sales are made after the
hour named for closing.
The Benton Press says that delegate
Maginnis should secure land office for
Fort Benton during the present session
of Congress. 1t is now greatly needed
and with the opening of the Blackfoot
reservation to settlement will be an abso-
lutte necessity.
Malcolm McCosh, of Butte, is thought
to be insane. Hardly week passes that
we do not hear Of somebody in that town
going crazy. There must be something
the matter with the atmosphere or the
whisky. Even the newspapers are
affected.
The Farmers & Mechanics club will
give their opening dance at Capt. John
Smiths Hall tonight. The membership
is now quite large and from our knowl-
edge of them, we are assured that a
pleasant time will be had by those who
participate.
The Northern Pacific has in contem-
plation tina project Of daming the Mis-
souri, river in the canyon above Totson's
ferry, for the purpose of raising the water
above the banks SO that it may be used
for irrigating big tract Of country, prob
ably 1,OO0, 900 acres.
The County Treasurer is busy paying
out the money he has been SO busy col
lecting the past month. All persons
having warrants on the General Fund
can now get the cash. The same may be
said of all the POUNDS. Can any county
make better showing?
Walter Matheson, editor of the Billings
Herald, has been appointed coroner Of
Yellowstone county. This is graceful
act, and shows that the County Commits
sioners have their eyes open. When
Matheson finds it necessary to kill OBJ
strepeaous callers it will not be necessary
to send out for the coroner, Very handy
arrangement.
The first and opening night of the
Fair given by the ladies Of the Presby-
terrain Church was quite success, some
thing over two hundred dollars being
realized from the tables during the even
ing. The Fair will continue for two
more evenings, winding up with a drill
of the Broom Brigade.
The vindication of Assessor Smith is
very lame. The Commissioners say that
no intentional or serious neglect of
duty" can be found to base any charges
No body has ever charged that Assessor
Smith was Intentionally or criminally
negligent-only that the assessment was
faulty and not as good as it should have
been.
Mai. Gordon of Fort Ellis, in adding
to many accomplishment as soldier and
q gentleman is fond Of practical Jokes.
As we entered one of our prominent
grocery stores last evening to inquire the
price of honey in the comb, we were a
little astonished to feel an extra weight
in our overcoat pocket. An investiga-
ton led to the fact that pitcher filed
with the extract of bee, had been depos-
tied there and the customary price of the
aforesaid article deposited with the CASH
Ter of the store. We appreciated the
joke this morning on some. hot buck
wheat cakes Honeyed words fell from
our lips. We are both mourning over
the loss of valuble dog and fellow
feeling makes US wondrous kind"
The Sioux and Crow Indians, after
xyno~o nf h:&ko, avn uc,v, kn~,a NJ lost