The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-27
from Thufsday's Daily.,

fight were left where they fell.
The nomination Of Judge CObnrn ha
been confirmed by the Senate.
Farmers report the roads to be till't
viii. large snow drifts in many places.
Tomorrow being Washington's birth
day the Rozeman banks will be closed
Miles City is to have q telephone ex
change, under the same management q
Boseman's.
The Y. M. Z. A. have placed laml
before their hall door, on which is paint
ed, strangers are welcome"
! The picture Of The temptation Of Sit
Anthony" by Cleopatra, will soon liz
offered for exhibition by the B. l.. A.
! A burning chimney this morning
alarmed the merchants of Main street
near the brewery. It was soon squelcl,
ed.
Tomorrow night is the "Old Folks
bail, IN annual dance that should be per
petuated and attended for years to
come.
F. E. Thayer, the book-agent, is in
Montana again. Precautionary method,
shonld be taken at once by the citizens
of Bozeman
| VIM. Shanks, of Coal Bank, has 40l
cords Of wood banked for the first steam
boat which lands at the bank, and hopes
/ thereby to increase his bank (account.)
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will give socisble this evening at Mrs.
John W. Smiths. The public generally
are cordially invited.
/ A duplex wire, upon which two tele.
| grams can be transmitted in different
|. directions, is being strung along the line
Of the Northern Pacific railroad.
/ An effort will be made by the Miles
City "Hoosiers" to induce Judge Coburn
to locate in that town, and with that aim
in view she will tender him reception.
Rudolph vogel is now the proud
father of son. We trust that it may
soon be able to assist Mr.. Vogel IN his
operations upon the valuable farm he
has recently purchased near Rozeman.
Mn. L. s. Barr, Of Portland, one Of the
three general agents for the map of the
Ceur d'Alenes, viii remain in town
until tomorrow. She will appoint an
agent for this section before departing.
P. R. Wilson, stock agent for the
Northern Pacific railroad is in town to-
day looking up the condition of the stock
interests of the road. Mr.. Wilson says
that in some portions of the country trib-
utary to his road, stock have suffered
very severely. Also, that in Dakota snow
is very deep and the weather cold, caus-
ing delay and much trouble to the west
bound trains.
II. G. Reding returned from visit to
his home in North Carolina this morning.
1t has been twenty-seven years since Mr..
Reding visited the paternal roof, and
great changes have been undergone dur
ing that time. He says the grass was
green, the trees were budding and all
nature seemed to smile, but under no in
ducements would he live in that country
again. The mountain heights, with their
grand, snow-covered peaks and the free,
unbound west is to be his abiding place
It is very probable that Bozeman will
soon have daylight train. A dispatch
from Fargo says that as soon as the
bridge At Ainsworth, Washington Terri
tory, is completed, which is expected to
occur about April LIST, the Northern Pa
cifc will put up on fast through express
from st. Paul to Portland, making the
trip in four days, to run in connection
with the fast train over the Milwaukee
4 st. Paul road from Chicago. making the
time between that city and the Pacific
coast in five days, a saving of one day by
any former schedule.
D. R. Le3per, of South Bend, Indiana,
a resident Of Lewis and Clark county in
1855, and candidate for the legislature on
the ticket with Judge Burson, and Hedges
writes that he has read with great
deal Of interest the deliberations of your
constitutional convention, of which see
you have have been an active member.
l recognize among the members of that
body, such old familiar names as Messrs.
Fergus, Hedges and Pembeton. Am
glad to hear that Montana is having such
alively boom, which it certainly deserves.
l have seen much of the far west and that
Territory embraces much the finest coun-
try I have ever seem"
A letter from Wolf Point in the Fort
Peck reservation, says: Zone has to but
glance at the haggard and woe-begone
expression Of the Indians features to
know that they are hungry, and what is
more SLOWLY but surely starving to death.
The rose bushes are picked clean by
them for food, for miles around. Their
dogs were numbered by hundreds, while
now do not believe you could find half
. dozen throughout the whole camp. It
is quite common occurrence for them
to kill - many - five in day for food"
We understand that an appropriation
has been made for these starving
wretchss, but the supplies cannot be
brought in for some time yet.
The Enterprise says that foul muir
der has been evidently committed some
where in the vicinity of Big Timber,
within the last past year. This morning
Chas. G. Brown, who lives three miles
east Of here, brought to town q human
skull, upon which there was some flesh
and hair remaining. A hole about four
inches long, and over one inch wide, in
the back part of the skull having the up.
pearance as if it had been made with the
poll Of an axe, or some other blunt in