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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-28
( she Story.

New tork special; Hanging from the
limb of tree in the cedar woods near
Newton, l.. l.. the body of a well-tiressed
German was found Yesterday. The sui
eide had climbed tree, crawied out on
q limb, made fast a .,iece Of clothes-line
rope fastened the other end around his
neck, and dropped of. The body was
that of man Of thirty-fve years. Ex-
animation OF his clothing yesterday re-
s,.lted in 4 e findin. Of two papers that
are suggestive, and. translated, are as
!fIlows:
This will introduce Herr Won Clan to
any officer of the army of the united EN-
pire, ulio viii give him all information
in their d twer BISMARCK.
The see md is evidently from a girl
with whom }on ian was in love. 1t Is
MT dated ana there is nothing to indi-
| cate whether it was written III New York
or in iermanf Translated it reads:
Once and ior all / ask YOU to write me
| n again. Neither IL, want to see you
You know that loge another, and that
soon will b ,1arei d d. not want
t. pain you, By i ..:. leeisi9n does il
! must be- So. i Wa nor 90 cd that we had
ever met. Farewell forever. DoaA.
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Notes From The Mines.

The .Msso"linn says: A letter from
Prirllard creek WAS received recently by
Mr.. Ned Jordan, Of this city. The writer
Is Mike Reynolds. well known here
ai"j!ts'. He says: 81 arrived on. the 18th
and have Travelled the creek for fittesnn
miles. There is very littie fail in the
creek. | have seen but one bar, and that
like everything else is taken NJ, and the
owner says he would not take $4,000 for
it; have GOT small prospects in some of
the side slllches, but nothing to excite
any one. AL the loud talk about rich
diggin-s springs rom the gold found on
bare bedrock, which crops ont III manly
places along the creek-some good spots,
II they tell The truth Ten miles Of ditch
would not raise water one hundred feet.
The SIDE :;lches are Fat and wide at the
mouth, which would entail hi.l. luining.
Tom McCune has secured q fraction,
some six hundred feet, and he has taken
John Reed and me in with him The
ground is adjoining Coonay d McGraths'
and 1t looks as well as the rest We have
commenced a cabin Some small sales
o. ground have been made but men will
not risk much on bare bcd-rock-if there
is nothing outside OF the rim, it viii
amount To little The town lots are
owned by the men who own the claims,
and the town is building Oh Pricllar,l
creek. Flour is worth so per barrel
bacon, . to 30 cents per pound; beef, 20
to % cents, and other things in proper
ton Mr. }iahion Raiisbach called 1T
this office ON Ihurs,,ay night. He is ca
his way from the new mines to his honn"
i'll the upper end Of Ga'latin valley, IL
teen miles from BoZcnian. and is travel
Ing the old Mullan road, Mr.. R;lilsbact,
corroborates the statements made in Mr..
Reynolds letter. with the exception of
the price Of -four, which, he says, is $40
al arrcl and the town is being located at
the fork of Eagle and Pricl!ard creeks
MIR RailSback sold some course gold
which he had taken out while dil ging a
drain through the Widows CLAIM" to
his own, to a man NAMED foye, who
came to Missolila with the dust and en-
deavored to make excitement over it.
The Gallatin man showed Il. some fine
NUGGETS, perhaps the size oi peas or beans
and also some gold dust as Il sample. He
had clam Of twenty acres, which he
took up on g'sins into the di-gings last
June, bit the ground was jumped and it
remains 10 be seen in the spring as to
whom it belongs. Our informant said
the wet season had set in. and work i'll
the diggincs had about come to a stand
still, when he came out. Belknap was
tie nearest railroad poin:, and he thought
a coed trail could be made into the mines
fr'in iliat point.
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Sinful Sifiings.

4 crowd of 100 armed men went to the
house of Mr.. W. Slaughter, about four
miles north of Smith lake in the town of
Middleville, and demanded of him that
he should leave the country. A written
notice was served on Slaughter stating
that his family had become annoying to
respectable citizens. and that they had
determined to apply lynch law i'll case the
family did not disappear. The Slaugh-
tcrs, parents, sons and daughters. are
said to be hard crowd.
The jury in the case Of Edward Rick
ard, in st. Louis, charged with the mur-
der of Salina Wilson, returned a verdict
Of not guilty. This is the third trial of
Rickar,l, who was a newspaper reporter.
On the first trial he was convicted and
sentenced to hang. The second trial re-
suited in hung jury. Iickard shot Mrs.
Wilson, his clearinghouse mistress, on
Thanksgiving Eve, 1850. The defense
was the accidental discharge of the pis-
tol.
Harris n Crews, IL negro baker in the
employ Of the Novel; house, Lynciburg,
Va, has been arrested on the charge Of
firing the stable. He confessed to twelve
various inccndiary fires which have oc-
cflrred within three months. Crews inn
Elliaates no one else and assigns no cause
for his crimes.
On a. warrant issued, the baggage of
laura Allen, oi divorce notoriety in
Lisbon, wa: searched and all manner of
articles, from hand-saw to several bot
ties of whisky were found and identified
by Mr. Bartlett, the complainant, as his
PROPERTY
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Matthew Arnold.

This distinguished poet, essayist and
six-days-go-as-you-please English long
distance critic, is, now, of MS and among
us. He arrived on the Servia. He is
lecturing in the principal cities Of the
United States, and attempting to fill what
he considers a long-felt want.
Something over year ago, Mr.. Arnold,
in an article in the Nineteenth Century,
said that what we needed in this country
was "a higher, larger cultivation, and a
finer Iucidity." Mr. Arnold made this
remark before he had seen this country.
IF he wants to find higher cultivation,
let him ramble awhile in Dakota, some
14.OO0 feet above the level of the sea,
and if the cultivation of Oliver
Dalrymple's 100000 acres of wheat
farm. besides few unirnportant counties
devoted to cats, buckwheat and other
chopped feed is not a wider cultivation
than Mr.. Arnold ever witnessed in Eng
land, We will eat the whole crop. In re-
gard to Elmer lucidity," we are some
what different about Offering suggestions.
Prof. John L. Sullivan. of Boston, might.
possibly, indtlct Mr.. Arnold into the
mysteries Of finer lucidity." As AIr.
Arnold intends to lecture in Boston on
Ralph Waldo Emerson, he will have
ample opportunity of interviewing the
champion exponent Of ''Gner lucidity,''
and obtaining his views.
In more ways than one, Mr.. Arnold
viii find America fine, large country,
| with plenty of elbow room, and he will
| be in no danger Of stepping off into the
Atlantic ocean while taking quiet stroll
| in the cleaning. He will find our
| American oysters larger than those cul.
tiyated in the bivalve beds of Merrie
Old Hingland, and he will discover tha.
our hackmen's bills are on the same
liberal scale as our oysters. In fact, Mr.
Arnold is destii ed to find everything il
America large enough and wide enough
for his purse, as well as for all other prac
tical purposes.
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Railway Mail Service.

John .Janieson. Assistant General -,il-
perintenlent Of Railway Mail Service,
arrived in Helena this morning. and is
the. guest of his brother-ia law. Ca.tain
Thomas p Fuller. United States CoIicc-
for Of internal Revenue. Mr.. jameson
is on special mission under instructions
from his chief. Superintendent Thomp-
son, to investigate recent complaints
originating in Oregon with respect to
negligent l.aail service on the Northern
Pacific between Helena and Portland
and to-lmoriow continues his journey
through to the Pacific coast From per-
sonal inspection made and information
:.ained over The road to thi; point, Sir
Jameson is satisfied that reports reach.
;iig Washington Of ;De.itctiye postal ser
vice have been exaggerated, and what
cslGS1 there is for complaint west o.
Helena he viii presently undertake to
End out, and il it exists will see that the
/! proper remedy Is at once applied. The
;3,,tulnuiati II t.f unworized mail pass;ne
It's destination and iiling up by the
scores and hundreds oi sacks in the
pnr land l4ostoiiice, Of which the taie
araah recently informed us, Was De.
,;lsi ned principally. by the transfer d
a! NasiiiIlt.t5 II Territory. Or ron and
i.lsl! Columbia mail from the Unio.
/. IA lie 10 the Northern Pacific route
Helena Herald
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The 40. ,:ieTi q lie ;'hanges.

t The object Of tIig. visit Of ylct- President
| Oakcs and other N..rl lern Pacific officials
! to the west end ri the road is said to be
! to continue til. reorganization commenced
some time ago on this end. On the way
to the coast thoroggl, inspection Of the
road will be made and hundred and one
little things needing official attention
will be considered The reorganization
on the Western division "ill, it is said,
be thorough. A general MANAGER for all
the Northern Pacific interests on the
coast is talked OF; bit previous TO the
departure OF the part.-. nothing had been
decided upon in relation to this position.
The only change known to haye been
definitely settled is in the passenger de-
partment. At present, L. T. ROGERS fills
a position in that department correspond
ing to that held By assistant superintend-
ent of passenger traffic Zee OF this divis-
ion. bat under the title of general agent
Of the passenger department. Mr.. Iog-
ers is to retire. but his Successor has not
been chosen, though there are several
names under favorable consideration.
One of them is said to be an employee Of
the passenger department OF one OF the
roads centering in st Paul. In ccnnee-
ton with changes on the western end. it
might be stated that local treasurer sam
born will issue circular to-day annonnc-
ing the appointment of c. A. Clark as
paymaster of the Western division, vice
president +. +. Hart resigned. Mr.. Clark
Is at present assistant cashier in the local
treas1rers office.
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A sad and touching story comes to Us
from Grand Marias. A guieless red son
of the forest whose early education in
the intricate sciences seems to have been
somewhat neglected found nitro-glyc-
crime cartridge, and of course thought it
was something good to eat. One of the
peculiarities of the noble Indian is that
when he finds thing and doesn't know
what it is he invariably classities it with
his alphabetical list of foods and entombs
1t in his always hungry midst. This In
dian made fair average lunch from the
tenderest end Of the cartridge, smacked
his lips with satisfaction and returned to
his tepee. After family prayers that
evening his good sqiaw washed the
children and put them To bed and soon
the aged couple also retired. During the
night his wife yelled to him to ''lie over"
and at the same time dug her elbow into
his abdomen with wifely visor. lie did
as she requested. He laid over a con-
siderable portion of the adjacent real
estate while here and there fragments oi
his once proud frame could be seen dang
ling from the limbs of trees in the soft
moonlight His wife hasn't been heard
from since, and unless another shower d
flesh is reported from Kentucky, or down
that way, the inference will be drawn
that she assembled to heaven on the wings
of her husbands last square meal and
took her body with her for company
The story is sad one and should teach
the untutored red children to always in
vestigate before they bite into a substance
with which they are not PERSONAL,
acquainted
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Sheep ...a.i.sS:As.

Paris Gibson in the Fiooeer Press SAYS
MY residence in Montana. for about i've
years satisfies me that it possesses great r
resources than any other Of the western
States or Territories and that these re-
sources will soon draw to it tide Of en-
iaration as remarkable as that which
flowed into Kansas eight or ten years
ago. The wealth Of Montana is by no
means confined to its mineral resources
and it unequaled advantages Ior growing
stock Of all kinds. It is fast assuming
prominence as al agricultural country.
The day is not far distant when the
wheat production q Montana will sur
pass that of Minnesota The past two
years have demonstrated thai there are
vast areas of land here that will produce
large Yields OF wheat to the acre, with
ont irrigation. These rich lands do not
lie in the valleys, bat upon the table or
platealls. Montana is not and never will
be Il one er"p country. The yearly har
vest will embrace gold. silver, copper,
lead, iron, cattle, sheep, horses, wool,
wheat. oats, barley, butter and cheese.
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THANKSGIVING.
Proclamation by the Governor.
TERRITORY OF MONTANA,
Executive DEPARTMENT,

| TERRITORY OF MONTANA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, :
HELENA. NJ. T., Nov. Is, 1888. }
The President of the United States
having issued the following proclamation
designating Thursday, November 18th,
to be observed throughout the Nation as
a day of Thanksgiving:
III compliance Herewith, and for the
peace, prosperity, and health with which
the Almighty has blessed MS, l, John
Schuyler Crosby, Governor Of the Ter
ritory of Montana, recommel I to the
Territory proper observance Of that
day.
By the President of the United States. A
Proclamation:
In furtherance Of the custom of this
people at the closing of each year to en-.
gaze. upon the dav set apart for that
purpose, in special festival of praise to
the givcr of all good, /, Chester A.
Arthur, President of the United States,
do hereby designate Thursday, the 29th
day of November next, as a day Of Ma
tional THANKSGIVING. The year which is
drawing to an end has been replete with
evidence of divine goodness. The pre-
valence of health, fulness of harvest,
stability of peace and order, growth of
traternal feeling, spread of intelligence
and learning, continued enjoyment Of
civil and reii ,ioi1s liberty. all these and
countless other blessings are cause for
reverent rejoicing.
[ do therefore. recommend that on
the day above appointed The people rest
from their accustomed labors. and, meet
ing in their several places of worship,
express their devout gratitude to God
that He hath dealt so bountifully with
this nation, and pray that His grace and
favor may abide with it forever
CHESTER A. ARrnuR
By the President:
FRED'K. I. TRELISGHUysEN, f.
Secretary of State.
IL NESS whereof have ilerrunto set
my hand and cause the seal Of
the Territory of Montana to be
I 60, affixed at Helena, the Capital
.N .,h-'l-. this fifteenth day oi Novein-
Der, ~ D., 1853, and OF the in
dependence of the United
States that one hundred and eight.
JoHN SCHUYLER CROSBY.
By the Governor:
ISAAC d. MCCUrcHEoN,
Sarrptarv
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Northern Pacific Runners.

NEW YoEK, Nov. 2G.-Following is an
extract from a New York special tela-
gram sent cut to number Of western
newspapers to-day:
A banker of this city, in conversation
with newspaper representative to-day,
spoke in substance as follows: "A sIb-
dned crisis is at hand in Northern Pa
cific affairs. The Drexel bank syndi,ate.
who shouldered the finances of the en-
terprise two years ago and placed the
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Massachusetts Deadly Foe.

4 recent Boston dispatch says: Cover
nor Biftler, will aste,all be obliged to call
"a his ED soldiers TO clean out the state
house. tsr that venerated pile is menaced
b. an insidio'ls foe which threatens its
very tf,.:ndations. This enemy of the
state is termed clavipes, or the white ant.
4 Few months ago clerk sent to the
basement to bring bound book, found
that the leaves ii the volume had been
eaten in a peculiar Manner. 1t was not
thp work ri mice or rats, or of any crea-
ttir. with which the official mind was
familiar. and recourse was had to Profess
sor Hagen, the renowned entomologist
Of HAYWARD Professor Hagen reported
that HE destroyer was none other than
the DR. AIDED white ant, and advised the
comm nwpafh to declare war on him ut
ance. The advice has been followed as
lar as is possihle without legislation, and
the. work OF determination will be more
thoroughly prosecuted this winter. These
creatures, az is we'll known, not only eat
Whole libraries, but they honeycomb
ti.nbers, and thus bring down entire
buildings In tie present case they have
been found in the very center of the cap
it,i, and # their progress is not checked
the sudden demolition Of the 1ifice may
be the result \ railroad bridge in Cam
bridge WAS ruined by these creatures a
few wears ago, and Alvan Clark, the tele-
scope manufacturer, has been obliged,
because Of their ravages, to substitute
iron beams and iiists for wooden ones in
his baildings Professor Hagen thinks
that he ants which have attacked the
state house have their nest in the COM
mon and have followed an old sewer up
the hill. They are on hand in great
!nfsa. -
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Conclusion of the Shed Trial at
Helena.
Arthur Shows His Hand and
Stands Pat on the Presi-
Dental Question.
Rumors That Willard Will Re.
fire from the N. P.---Change
of Time, Etc.
Destructive Fire at Fargo, D. T
Striking Miners at Iron
Mountain Mines.
Pistols and MatrimOny.

NEwBEExE, n. C., Nov. ia fatal
fight occurred last night at wedding in
Carrituck, Hyde county Charles Credle,
a prosperous young cotton planter, was
married to one of the bellies OF the
county. The ceremony took place at s
O'Clock. The whole company retired to
the dining room and partook Of a feast.
Some of the young men INDUCED rather
too freely in wine, and some misunder-
standing arose about the dance which
was to follow the wedding repast. Hot
words passed between several of the
revelers, which resulted in fight. Pis-
ltos were drawn and several shots, fired.
Charles Balance, the groom's best man
was killed, and Thomas Sidan, another
of the groomsmen, received wound
which will prove mortal. 1t is believed
the fight did not last one minute, but
during that time half dozen shots were
fired and the room was cleared of the
revelers.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Nov 19.--R. d.
Arthur, probably the most confirmed
criminal III Iowa, is again in serious
trouble. having been arrested by United
States officials on the charge of using
washed postage stamps. Arthur was
long known as swindler, torger and
burglar in Fayette and surrounding
counties, and went finally to the peni-
tentiarv forten years, being pardoned by
Governor Kirkwood He got drunk be-
fore he left Fort Madison. Three months
later he swindled Norwegian out Of
large sum, and as he had violated the
terms of his written acceptance OF par
DON he was ordered back to the peni-
tertiary BY Governor Newbold. He was
released on habeas corpus. but the at
torney general appealed the case and
Arthur was again sent back to prison
and served out his sentence.
ToHoNTo, Nov. ia meeting will be
held soon to consider means to relieve
destitute emigrants from Ireland. Arch
bishop Lynch says those who have been
the cause of their coming here in such
destltution should bear the chief burden.
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The Last Suit Against the Northern
Pacific,

NEW YoRK, Nov. 1G.-The suit of Dur
ant Laponse against Henry Willard and
others OF the Northern Pacific company,
the last and most important Of the in
junction suits against the company, was
argued before Judge Wallace IN the
United States circuit court to-day. Mr.
Anderson, Laponse's attorney, stated that
his client was minority stockhalder in
the company, and claims the money and
property Of the company have been
wasted and misappropriated by the Off
GERS, and by those interested with them,
to an enormous amount; and he seeks to
prevent similar fate for the new bonds.
Three reasons why the minority and
common stockholders are entitled to the
protection Of an injunction, are advanced
by Mr. Laponse: First, that there is no
legal right to issue the proposed mort
gage; second, the directors show that the
money they propose to raise is not
within any authority Of congress; third
that judicial inquiry will reveal that ex-
cept for the $5,500,09n actually needed
for future construction the money is to
follow the lead Of other large sums in the
interests of its officers. The Bradley ac-
ton ais, considered, was substantially
the same as 1.aponse'.s. J"d:e Wallace
took the papers, re-erying his decision.
An officer OF the company stated that
an adverse decision was apprehended,
although the immediate lismissals of the
snits had rather been expected. There
was really no difference between these
and previous actions. which had not
been sustained by the court. Excepting
this, there was no obstacle in the way of
the passing of the resolution authorizing
the new mortgage. 1t would surely be
voted on Thursday. An investigation Of
the transfer books shows that S33, 900
Of stock had been pleged to the resolu-
ton 1t was expected that every share
would be voted, and a lively time was
looked for at the meeting. 1t was possi-
BILE that some other matter would be
brought up, and the meeting would
surely be an important one As far as
the new bonds were concerned, he con-
sidered them as good as issued.
CHIHUAHUA, Mex, No. 19-Frank O.
Jaynes, ii clerk Of the superintendent of
ore-sortins at the Jesus Maria silver
mine at Parral, this state, Of which n. A..
Cowdrey is half owner, and Robert T..
Lee, the bonanza f.eadyiller. president. is
stated to have gone to the United States
yesterday with 100000 of the company's
money 1t is alleged that he went north
on freight train disguised. A streak in
the famous mine of ruby silver assaying
$1,000 to the ton to be assorted out had
been thrown in the dump, and during
the night was carried to three different
Mexican smelters. Jaynes came here
last February from Tombstone. Arizona.
| The railroad contractors, Wiley Hall and
Curran Cromwell. and many other capi-
talists interested, claim that Cowdery,
who is now in Europe, has been playing
a "ireeze-oslt' on them Many suits
! have been brought against him by labor
ers for wages on various unpaid contracts
! with the Iron Mountain company s
smelter at Durango. All work has been
closed and the mine is at a staIldstiil
| There are many loud dcnunciatibns
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the exception of the Tribune. There
were but twelve Union men at work on
the Tribune when the committee from
the Union paid them visit and ordered
them to strike unless the demand was
conceded to. The demand not being
granted the Union men quit work and
left the building. The non-Union men
employed on the Tribune refused to
listen to the committee. The Herald and
Sun have been paying 46 cents
aud the 7fmfs IS cents per thousand. No
demand has been made On the latter
Napar