The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-19
TERRITORIAL ROUNDUP.

A dispatch from Benton says the Hell
ena Independent of Saturday, announces
that W. S. Wetzel & Co., have made an
assignment to Collins, Duer 4 Co., a cred
! itor of the firm. The indebtedness is
supposed to be something over. $l3O, 600
| all but $67 900 of which is to parties out
side of the Territory. The Helena banks
| are said to he interested in the follow
ing amounts; Montana National, $50, 900:
First National, 81 900; Second National,
5000 Benton banks are 'sin" as follows:
First National, $1,000: Collins, Duer 4
Co., $4,000. 1t is thought that none of
the Montana creditors will lose. The
assets are estimated at from 100000 to
Sl5O,O0O. The suspension is supposed to
be in some manner attributable to the
recent Tillinshast failure. The failure is
great surprise to MIR. Wetzel's many
friends, but as it is impossible to keep
good man down it Is hoped and believed
that Mr., W. will tide over his difficulties
and soon come out all right again.
Gov. Crosby, in his report to the Sec
rotary of the Interior, says that eff Mon
tana is to continue in its Territorial con-
dition much longer there is an impera-
tive necessity for increasing the number
of her judges. There is more work than
three judges can now perform, and the
same Judges who preside in the district
courts also constitute the supreme court,
and these try the appeals from their own
rulings and decisions Every case that
comes before the supreme court has
already been tried before one of the
judges in the court below. There should
be at least three judges to hear and
decide all such cases without prejudice.
Decisions SO rendered would command
greater respect with the bar and the peo-
pie. If the suggestion made last year
to the Senate Committee on Territories
is adopted, attaching the jurisdiction of
the Yellowstone Park to one of the dis
tricts of Montana for judicial purposes, as
seems eminently proper, it will also filrn-
ish strong reason for increasing the
number of our judges.
The Butte Inter-Mountain contains an
account of the discovery Of placers on
Fish creek, about twenty miles from
Butte, that bid fair to prove as rich as
any that have ever been worked in the
country. 1t is near Highland gulch,
which in early days produced large
quantities of dust The Fish creek gulch
is about eight or ten miles long, and has
nearly all been taken up in twenty-acre
claims. The gold is coarse, and in pros
pecting as high as 81 per pan has been
secured. Nothing will be done in min
ing it this winter, but in the spring the
ground will be worked quite actively.
A Montanian about leaving for the
glowing sands of Southern California and |
quizzing lady living under the shadows |
of the outrageous willows of Sun River
said, II bequeath to you, Mrs. S., all my
right, title, interest and claim to all the !
which I leave behind" to
which the lady replied: And to you, sir,
l give in return all my share and interest
in the hopping fleas of Los Angeles"
This colloquy reminded a bystander Of
the story of the little girl who asked her
uncle which was the worst. sparrows or
worms? To which conundrum he re-
piled, II dunno which, never had
sparrOws."- Herald.