The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-19
From Mondays Daily

Free lecture at Courier hall tonight b,
Professor Robins. Subject: "The Meas
urement of Quantity by Comparison"
Mr.. Mounts wants to engage in tn
chicken business. See local in this pape
and come forward with your chickens.
Persons having in their possession lad
ders belonging to the Fire Department
are requested to return them to the De
partment at once.
Colonel Ilges will lecture in Helena OF
Thursday night on Five Years Anon,
the Apaches."
Mud is good thing in it's Ilace, bu
when it dashes up like cheap oyster
stew in your face, it is violating the ole
saving, that familiarity breeds contempt
1t will not be many moons ere thu
wood stove will be thing of the pas
in Bozeman. Coal will soon be king
''and don't you forget it."
S. T. Hauser, of Helena, left for the
East on Saturday, where he will spend
the HOLIDAYS with his daughter who il
attending school in New York City.
For a general line of dry goods go to
G. H. Broker & Co.'S. 39f
Bozeman butchers are selling meats Al
at the following prices: Beafsteaks al
12!c to lSc; by the side, &c; pork steaks
l5c; by the hog, l0c; elk, ':eer, bear and
antelone, !2u to lSc; poultry, h., 1Sc to
20c; eggs. s5c@ 40..
Colored an white blankets at cost At
C. II. Broker & Cos. 33tf
Sunday was delightful day; Monday
morning the gentle rain battered on the
roof, and by ten o'clock the ~r.:i!nd was
covered with beautiful snow. At this writ
ing it is nip and tuck between the ele-
ments, but the chances are in favor of good
weather. So mote it be.
Bozeman is fast assuming metropolitan
airs as indicated by the tastefnlly decor
ated bill boards with posters and litho-
graphs of the Holland Comedy company.
The work was done by Messrs. Fletcher
& Backus, city bill posters, whose head
quarters are at the Northern Pacific
hotel.
Gents furnishing goods very cheap at
c. H. Broker g. Co.'S. 39tf
Peter Peterson, young man OF twenty
five years, becoming tired of life conclud-
ed on Sunday that he would end his
worldly existence by taking poison. but
the timely Intervention of a friend saved
his life. Peter oficiated as bartender at
the Egal Saloon.
On Saturday night Bozeman A. F. & A.
NJ, Lodge No. Is, elected the following
officers for the ensuing Masonic year:
A. D. Mcpherson, W. NJ; John Mitchell,
S. w.; Fred. Holroyd, J. w.; Ben. p.
Barker, Treasurer; NJ. NJ. Black, Secrc-
tary. The installation will take place on
Wednesday evening.
A distinguished geoiog;st, who has
thoroughly examined the diamonds over
which the Helena papers have been
making SO much fuss of late, pronounces
the specimens submitted to him nothing
but buffalo chips. How's that for high,
geologically speaking.
Go to C. H. Broker & Co., for cIoaks
and jackets at COST. S9tf
Harder, late Of the Northern Pacific
hotel, says that in his hotel experience
he has met with a great many men, and
that he as the first man to meet with
who uses Intoxicating liquors "that is
not id fool" This is pretty strong
language for hotel man to use, but then
it is true
BY request of parties who are friends
of the Hon. w. o. p Hays, we publish
the following dispatch:
EUREKA SPRINGS, Arkansas,
Dec. 18th, 1883.
To DR.. Monroe
Mr.. Hayes died this morning. Marsh
starts tomorrow with the remains. Will
wire you on arrival at st. Paul.
w. W. JOHNSON.
Henry Kocmick, private Company D.
Second Cavalry, stationed at Fort Ellis,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart on Saturday morning
last. There are several rrmors afloat as
to the causes which led the unfortunate
man to commit the rash act, but we can
trace them to no reliable source and
await advices from Fort Ellis before
giving particulars.
The change Of time in running the
trains on the Northern Pacific is no i'm
provement on the old schedule as far as
the travelling public is concerned. What
the people want is daylight travel over
the grand mountain scenery between the
Bozeman and Mullen tunnels. The con-
ductors all showed the hands of their
watches ahead twenty-seven minutes,
and that's all.
In order to make the local columns of
the CHRONICLE interesting to both city
county readers, we want every man,
woman and child in the city of Bozeman
and Gallatin county to consider them
selves as special contributors to our col
umns. Send us notices of social parties,
balls, marriages, births, deaths, people
who come and 60, Opponents, murders,
suicides, horse stealing, ETC., which we
will dress up in newspaper style and
publish.
The Postmatter General has directed
postmasters to exchange for the public as
applications are made, three and SIX
cent postage stamps and stamped enve-
for. others of different denominations,
stamped envelopes to be exchanged with
full current rate stamped envelopes,
bearing printed cards and special request
as well as ordering stamped envelopes
bearing printed addresses. Stamps and
envelopes of issue prior to 1861 are not
to be exchanged.
Prospective brides may be interested
to learn that there are thirty-two days in
the year which it is unlucky to marry, ac-
cOrding to a manuscript dated in the