The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-05-30

A wire cable has been sent for and IS
expected to soon reach it's destination,
for the purpose Establishing q ferry be-
tween Fridleyville and Chico. The yell
lowstone ceased to be fordable at that
point about ten days ago. Tin canoes are
now being used.
The praise services at the Presbyterian
church every Sabbath are getting to be
an interesting part of their church SER
vice, and attractive enough to draw good
audiences. The selections Of readings
are good and the singing excellent This
church deserves great credit for keeping
up devotional exercises in the absence OF
regular pastor.
w. Scott Pruyn, agent for Herne &
Roscoe's Minstrels arrived in town yes
terday and at once commenced billing
Bozeman for his troupe, which he expects
tomorrow. This troupe has been per-
forming throughout the western part of
the Territory and is highly spoken of by
the press. For particulars small bills will
be issued to-day.
A very large crowd paid their 25 cts.
apiece and visited the skating rink last
Saturday night. 1t was evident that the
hall would have been crowded to over
flowing had not the proprietors charged
an admission fee. The Bo:eman band
was in attendance, and treated the town
to a fine serenade from the porch of the
pavilion.
Paul Mccormick, Of junction City is In |
Z town renewing his acquaintanceship with
many friends here. Mr.. Mccormick says |
that business at Junction City is extreme
ly flourishing, in fact it is the iveliest
town in the Yellowstone valley. Lots
were recently sold at auction for $3.50 a
piece. We are pleased to learn that Mac
. has struck it so rich as none is more de-
: serving or popular.
One of the engineers at the steam mill
3 at Bozeman Pass Tunnel, named McMa-
1 hon, met with an accident on Thursday
morning, which, while painful, was .
: fortunate escape. While attempting to
stur up the coal the gas fame came out
I with sudden puff and burnt the side Of
his face and left hand severely. He came
I to town on the cars and was put under
|. DR.. MOnroe's care.
The Henry Willard Mining Company
now have shafts sunk all along their vast
: extent Of placer ground in Emigrant
Q guich, and no barren gravel has been en-
t countered at any point. Rich hydraulic
+ prospects are found throughout the gravel
e bodies, which are in places 100 feet deep.
It No boulders have 80 far been encounter
+ ed 60 large as to require blasting. The
working facilities could not be better.
8 Judge Mcguire returns from the upper
d Yellowstone mining district with high
r. opinion of those sections for farming and
b stock raising, as well as for their mineral
n resources. He predicts that the Yellow
e stone valley above Livingston, including
Is the mining districts of EmigNspt, Mill
Creek. Six Mile and the upper Ciaske's
= Fork, will become one of the wealthiest
= and most populous Of the mountain
districts.
is sanborn says that on his trip through
"a Oregon he always got quarters with holes
in them for change, but the Webfeet
n would not take them from him, and as
consequence he did not get many whole
quarters, but had a pocketful Of hole-d
u quarters, which he could not get rid of
l. only to blind or short-sighted people
Is until he struck the more generous Cali
u fornians. The Webfeet wast everything
rs solid-even their feet.
If The negroes living on North Black
street proceeded to make little Hades
on earth last Thursday evening, much to
70 the indignation and disgust of the good
10 citizens of this heretofore quiet neigh
II borhood. For one hour Impressions,
. curses, smashing Of glass and furniture,
!. crying of children and the high pitched
voice of a female filled the air. Word
y was sent to the marshal who promptly
70 sent a policeman to arrest the offenders.
A "big Injun" was seen on our streets
Monday morning in full war toggery and
" paint with an uplifted tomahawk in his
7 hand. Strange as it may appear no efforts
!" were made by our city authorities for his
T. arrest and no alarm was felt by QUIZ citi-
~ zens. A close inspection revealed the
~ fact that he was only employed by Clark
III & Dodsop as a sign for their new cigar,
:" tobacco and notion store at the old blue
~ front. The "big Injun" has SECURED
Z" standing position with that firm and
" makes conspicuous sign.
The Northern Pacific folks have an
s. nounced their intention of giving series
ut of premiums for the encouragement OF
lg forest tree planting in groves, shelter
e. belts, or live windbreaks along its lines
10 of road. Free transportation is to be
m given for trees, seeds and cuttings, and
m prizes awarded for the best and most ex-
le tensive planting done. The prizes are
It. three in number, and consist of round
&c trip passes to st. Paul and Minneapolis,
,e 30 timed that the winners and their fami-
lies may visit the two cities mentioned
~ either during the State fair or annual
meeting of the Forestry Association.
IT Many ranch locations are being made
or along the foothills on the east side ofthe
ne Yellowstone, from ten to thirty miles
~ above Livingston, and some valuable inn
e, provements have been and are being
n made. It is well watered section, bold
ne streams flowing down from most OF the
r. canyons, and the soil could not be richer
ID being deep, black vegetable mould,
rs with very few rocky belts or stresks
The lands back in these foothills are also
\, sheltered from the violent winds that so
~ frequently prevail in the main valley Of
= the Yellowstone. Many families, the
- majority of them well supplied with live
/ 10 vSvry in that