The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-21
THE CITY CHRoNICLED.
From Thursday's Daily.)

q 1a1lufe.
Six hundred cords Of wood has been
cut up and distributed At Fl. Ellis.
A. B. Curry has Withdrawn from the
firm Of Smith 4 Hagy, At Livingston.
vice-President Cakes is expected to
pass through Bozeman next Sunday.
The City Council have ordered the
City Marshal to put the prisoners to
work at breaking stone on Main street.
A smelter, belonging to Mr.. Williams,
passed through the town to-day en- route
for Red Bluff
George X. Milburn, special Indian
agent, left yesterday for Carlisle, Pa,
taking with him twenty Crow children:
Rev. R. M. Stevenson, aided in the or
ganization of q Presbyterian church at
Livingston last Sunday, consisting Of
eleven members.
A boy disposed Of over 300 pounds of
white fish on the streets this morning.
The fish were captured in the streams
near town.
Hon. F. D. Pease, delegate elect to the
constitutional convention is in town re-
ceiving the congratulation of his friends
over his election. The majors face does
look little broad.
Olof Lafverscn of Saltwater is in town
Mr.. Lafverson used to be a resident of
Gallatin county, but since Yellowstone
county was organized he is resident of
the latter county.
John D. Nichols, has been arrested by
post Office inspector Bannerman on the
charge Of robbing the mails. He was
employed as postal clerk between Miles
City and Helena.
DR.. Newcomb, of Perham, Mimi, who is
interesting himself IN the mines of this
county, has completed his test smelter at
Chicory and will keep it running all
winter.
That good Democratic paper, the
Bozeman CHRONICLE, is publishing a
daily edition. The Democrats in the
eastern part of the territory ought to feel
proud of 90 enterprising and valuable
paper.-Missoula Times.
CT. Best, the photographer seems to
have got himself in bad repute while
here this summer. Board bills and
various other bills come to the surface
now, since he has gone. Fast girls is
said to be the cause.
Only one case of drunk and disorderly,
or in other words, breaking out window,
lights in Chinese house, came up before
his honor to-day. The defendant plead
ing not guilty, will be tried tomorrow.
Building still goes forward. Among
the improvements we see this morning
is new house near Church street; an
addition to Eddy's railroad eating house,
and new dress on the CHRONICLE press
rooms.
Elias Sperling looked this morning, as he
came up Main street to his business, like
. headlight on q locomotive. The re-
porter at once "sized-up" local and
forthwith interviewed Mr.. S.. who softly
whispered into our ear that he had fine
big boy ut his house.
We understand that citizen of Boze-
man will send for twelve 'possums this
month. The animals will be shipped
and kept alive until they are required
for the gentleman's table. In Miles City
there is man who has gained the name
of "'Possum Charley" from the number
he has shipped and eaten.
Messrs. Harvey and Benham returned
from two days hunt near Gallatin City
this morning. They brought back with
them fourteen geese, (among which were
four brantz), fourteen mallard ducks, and
some chickens, making altogether forty
birds. The largest goose weighed thir-
teen pounds. They distributed the game
among their friends.
Hon. P. w. Meadow informs us that
the Billings artesian well is down to a
depth somewhat over 700 feet and that
the work will be prosecuted until 1000
feet Is reached. Those who fail to pay
up their assessments are dropped out
and the nervy members make up the
amount. Four assessments have been
made.
Printers, as a rule, are a jolly, good
natured set of fellows, full of charity
and loving kindness, always ready to
give '..sit" to one who needs money; are
not inclined to lay up treasures where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and withal
are fond Of playing practical jokes. But
to their credit, be it said, they take them
good naturally if the tables are turned
But one was played in this office, which,
if the chief had not be present, would
have resulted, we fear, disastrously.
All the precincts have sent the official
returns to the county clerks office except
Sweet Grass and Hunters Springs. We
have been unable to make up certain
estimate owing to the fact that we have
= been unable to get figures from several
precints, but enough is known to say
that Vivion, Langhorne, Pease and
Eaton are undoubtedly elected. The
vote between Durham and Ferris being
20 close that we will have to await the
official count before determining which
( of the two is elected.
Gen. Sherman was not cnristened until
he was eighteen. The clergyman OBJ
iected to christen him William Tecumsef
because the second name was heather
The future general said the name which
his father had given him was gooe
enough for him, and if the minister die
not care to go on with the ceremony III
would try to struggle along through lifs
unchristened.
In Mondays CHRONICLE, A. K. Yerkes
publishes "reminiscences Of the old day
of Coulson, describing the death of youn.
Redman at the hands of Dutch Charlie
That was when brother Yerkes was edi
tor and proprietor of the Post. We re
member the first copy of that paper w