The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-19
From Fridays Dafly)

Job printing of all kinds neatly an
promptly executed at the CHRoNIcL
office.
Gilbert's famous brewery at Virgini
I City was burned to the ground on tn
Sth inst. Loss, about $1,000.
The Musettes attracted another larg
audience last evening and kept up thei
reputation as first-class entertainment.
The Helena newspapers are still nosin
around after the. location of the grea
popular heart.
There are 1870 school children il
Helena Of school age. The boys humble
693 and the girls 677.
The school teachers of Bozeman ar
happy over the fact that the Count,
Treasurer has handed them over thci
monthly pay.
A resolution has been passed in thu
Virginia Legislature requesting Senate
Malone to resign his seat in the Unitet
States Senate.
Tom Ochiltree, NJ. C., of Texas, one o
the finest liars of the United States, mo-
excepting Eli Perkins, refused to vote
for Keller for Speaker of the House.
There will be no necessity of our PEG
pie sending away for Christmas goods
this year, as old Santa Claus is beginning
to show himself on the counters of oul
merchants.
Mr.. +. j. Quirk, of Phoenix nurseries
Bloomington, Illinois, is in town solicit
ing for spring, in ornamental specialties
and transplanted stock, and forthe future
trade.
Prof Rutan intends leaving for . the
West tonight, but prior to his departure
will give an entertainment to his class al
the residence of Mrs. Whitesides' on the
East Side.
A very handsome pair of buff and
Cochin China chickens are to be seen al
the Fair. They will be sold tonight. A
bid Of $40 has already been made fol
them, Go and see them.
The Madisonian says that the Virginia
City Rod and Gun club has received from
the East quantity of wild rice which
will be sown in the Madison marshes t.
induce ducks to remain and offer them.
selves as targets to the members of the
club.
Articles of incorporation have been
placed on file in the Secretary's office by
the Townsend Bridge Company, with a
capital of $4,000. The purpose for which
this company is organized is to bridge
the Missouri river at Townsend.
The Fair continues to attract large
crowds and the revenues derived are sat.
isfactory. This evening will be the last
and most attractive one. There will be
an exhibition of the drill of the Broom
Brigade and an auction sale of many OF
the articles remaining unsold.
Society at Fort Benton must be at q
very low ebb if the Record tells the truth
1t says: "The river metropolis is infest-
ed with male and female scandal mongers
and a man cannot get drunk or stay up
all night or play little game of draw
without forming subject of public dis
o,,rcso,, Tho lc,,
The ball given by the Farmers and Me-
charles club last evening was decided
success in every particular, nothwith-
standing large crowds were attracted to
other places Of amusement. Three large
entertainments for one evening in Boze.
man is gong it pretty strong, but they
were all well attended.
The great turn-table at the Helena
Northern Pacific machine shops has
been put in place, and is now in working
order. The first locomotive to pass over
it and into the repair shops is the levi
athan No. "a, which has been at the
front for several years carrying material
for the track-layers.
An exchange says that California has
girl who supports herself by selling
kisses at ten cents per dozen. If these
buses" of this California damsel are
half as sweet as those of Montana's fair
daughters, they are mighty cheap. Ye
local would not object to taking two bits
worth, as trial specimens.
1t is pretty sure indication that some
thing is wrong where one notices an I'M
dertaker and doctor hobnobbing together
The pills and untertakers overcoats are
generally regulated by interviews. A
reform in this particular is demanded
by the living public. Cheap medicine
bills and funeral professions are what
the people demand.
Preparations have been made by the
Skating Rink proprietors, for grand
time at the Masque Carnival tomorrow
night. None but those masqued will be
allowed on the rollers, until after the
Mosques have been removed, when those
wishing to join the masqueraders can do
SO. Mosques will be lifted at nine o'clock
Musice by the Silver Cornet band. All
who wish to enjoy an evening out and
have hearty laugh should be there to
witness the many handsome costumes
that will be on exhibition.
The Miles City Press of the 10th inst
says that Charles Cox, colored man en-
ployed on the Northern Pacific road, as
a porter on one of the dining cars, found
a watery grave near Glendive yesterday
He, in company with another man, at.
tempted to cross the Yellowstone on the
ice at that point, which broke through
and Cox was drowned, within ten feet
of where his companion stood, he being
unable to assist him. The other porterf
of the Northern Pacific dining cars on
this division have offered $50 for his
body.
The Minneapolis Journal of Tuesday
last saws: The Utah & Northern en-
gineers were in Bozeman, Montana, yes
terday, surveying their line from the
Madison river through Bozeman to the