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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

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| Husbandman of interest to farmers:
There is no subject frought with SO
much interest to the Montana farmer at
the present writing as the grain problem.
What kind and how much to grow is the
question that presents itself at this, the
beginning of seed time, very forcibly to
all tillers of Montana soil who are de-
pendent upon field products for living.
There is no question in our mind but
what wheat would pay the best, provided
quality can be grown that will make
-four that will be equal to the standard
Minnesota brands. But as this is doubt
full until further experimenting can be
done, we would not advise any more ex-
tensive sowing of wheat than last year
but would recommend the testing of hard
varieties. The usual proportion of barley
may be sown with perfect safety, but the
bulk of the crop must be oats. This
promises tobe reliable crop and we do
not consider that any farmer will be in
danger of loss, no matter how much of
this crop is grown, providing it can be
grown for one cent per pound. There
will be consumption for fully half mil
lion bushels more than was grown last
year, which is as much probably as can
be grown. However we would not coun-
sci the hiring of large force and carry
ing things ON on an extensive scale as was
INDUCED in last year. since the market
next fall will be much like last. Grain
merchants will be few and it will be COM
paratively difficult for farmers at the end
of the season who find themselves press
ed for money to market in quantity; yet
there can be no doubt that to those who
are able to hold to wait for consumption
to create a demand, as was the case the
last winter, there will be an ample mar
ket at good figures. If the harvest is
good there will be tendency to cry
down the market under the pretense of
overproduction as is generally the case in
the fall. But the farmer who is cogniz-
ant of this fact and is prepared to make
his account meet without the sacrifice of
his crop, can safely calculate on from ST.
% to $1.5O for his oats before another
March. We do not counsel light sowing
but economical operations all around.
Let the farmer grow as many bushels as
he can with limited force and he will
have no difficulty in getting through all
right. Those who have determined to
grow stock to feed their products to
rather than depend upon the grain mar
kets will do well to persevere in their
course as there is in every country better
promise to him who markets his grain
or grass on the hoof than in the bale or
bushel; yet to all there is good outlook,
and the farmers of every valley may en-
ter into the work of blowing and seeding
in good spirits.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02
Burglar Under the Bed.

A young lady from CINCINNATI visiting
lady friend in the northern section Of
st. Louis was quite certain the other
night that she had at last bagged the
bird. A party of four of them had been
to the theatre, and upon their returning
home the Cincinnati young lady retired
to her room, humming in Q subdued
tone:
I'm days of old,
When thieves were bold
And bandits held their sway,
A burglar bold,
With BAGS of gold,
Sang merrily his lay:
My love-"
At this point she saw half protruding
from beneath the end of the bed a pair
of mans boots. She did not scream or
rush wildly from the room, but with
great presence of mind branched off into
a timid, tremulous little whistle and
walked around once or twice apparently
Then she stepped into the
hallway, shut the door suddenly and
locked the door from the outside. In
she was down stairs in friends
room with the startling announcement:
There is a man under my bed"
Tableau! The gentleman of the house
a young doctor cousin who lived with
them were aroused and given the start
ling information. Armed cap'a pie, the
two proceeded cautiously to the young
lady's room and threw open the door.
Twas true, there lay the monster bur-
glar. The report of pistol reverberated
the house. The smoke cleared
away, but still the william lay motionless.
He must have been killed instantly. APP
the foot of the bed the old gen.
tleman grabbed one of the boots and
gave it jerk. He landed on his back in
the middle of the room, still holding the
boot stuffed with rags. A post mortem
bullet hole in the edge of his
dress pants. His young son, who had
evidently been reading Peck's Bad Boy,
thinks it mean that some fathers should
lick little boy just because he wanted
10 have some fun.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

The Helena and Benton railroad will
certainlv be built. x. Beidler has given
all hisindebtedness and that "vote of
thankg', toward its accomplishment.
What this lacks of building it can be
easily furnished by 4he enterprising citi-
Gems of Helena and Benton.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02
When Mormon missionaries visit an

When Mormon missionaries visit an
honorable law-ahiding people and coax
young ladies off to Utah to be "sealed" to
satisfy the lust of the Ell Mahdis of the
desert, it is good time to unseal the tar
cans and pick the geese. A large num-
Der of such missionaries have been sent
out to various States, especially favoring
the South. Give them coat they will
remember. 1t is about the only remedy
left for dealing with such moral lepers.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02
The Life or Nan.

Man, born of woman, is Of few DAYS
and no teeth. And, indeed, it would be
money in his pocket sometimes if he mad
less of either. As for his days, he vast
eth one-thlrd OF them, and as for his
teeth he has commissions when he cuts
and as the last one comes through, 10 |!
the dentist is twisting the first one out,
and the last end of the mans jaw is
worse than the first, being full of porce-
lain and roof plate built to hold black
berry seeds. Stone bruises line his path
way to manhood, his father boxes his
ears at home, and big boys cuff him IN
the playground, and the teacher whips
him in the school-room. He buyeth
Northwestern at ITO, when he had sold
short at SO. and his neighbor unloadeth
upon him Iron Mountain at $50, and it
straightway breaketl. down to SGT. He
riseth early and stitch up late, that he
may fill his barns and storehouses, and,
10! his children's lawyers divide the
spoil among themselves and say, "Ha,
hap He growleth and is sorely dis
tressed because it raineth, and he beat
eth upon his breast and sayeth, "My
crop is lost" because it raineth not. The
late rains blight his wheat and frost Bit
eth his peaches. If it be SO that the sun
shineth, even among the nineties, he
sayeth, "Woe is me, for l perish" and if
the northwest wind s;gheth down in AZ
below, he cricth, "Would were dead"
If he weareth sackcloth and blue jean
men say, "He is a tramp" and if he 60
eth forth clad in purple and fine linen all
the people crv, "shoot the dudew He
carryeth insurance for twenty-five years,
until he has paid thrice over for all his
goods; and then he letteth his policy
lapse one day, and that same night fire
destroys his store, He. buildeth his house
in Jersey, and bis irst-born is devoured
by mosquitoes; he pitcheth his tents in
New York and tramps devour his SUBJ
stance. He moveth to Kansas and a cy-
clone carryeth his house away over into
Missouri, while prairie fire and ten mill
lions acres of grasshoppers fight for his
crop. He settleth himself in Kentucky,
and is shot the next day by gentleman,
a colonel and statesman, because, 81 h,
he resembles, sab, man, ssh, he did not
like, sah." Verify, there is no rest for the
sole of his foot, and if he had to do it
over again he would not be born at all,
for Athe day Of death is better than the
day OF ones birth"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

Governor Crosby is swinging around
the circle, and no doubt will be in Boze-
man. We bespeak for him cordial well
come. OF course it does not make much
difference to us who his presidential can
didate is. We expect to knock down the
best man put up.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02
WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2, 1884.

The CHRONICLE Is the official paper Of
Galdtin County, haring entered into a con-
tract to do all the printing for achich the
county i chargeable, as aOeH as the official
paper for all legal advertisements required
By law.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

It issad to think that little Charlie
McComas has at last persisted, after 80
many efforts have been made to recover
him and when hopes were 80 bright for
his ultimate restoration to his friends.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

The Butte Miner says: Governor
Crosby was expected at Livingston last
Tuesday" This is news to us. We do
not think Governor Crosby would slip by
u without call.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

The next annual fair at Helena will
have fast stock from Oregon and Wash
ington Territories, as well as some i'm
ported from Kentucky.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

Phila. Chroicle Herald: In one Of the
far western towns the inhabitants at
their Washington birthday celebration
couldn't find an American flag, but they
came as near as they possibly could to it
by pinning white stars to the hair of
red-headed girl.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

PeckB Sun: A colored sinner Of St.
Louis, who sought the penitential or
anxious seat at a revival, came to the
conclusion he had got into the bad place
in spite of himself. The white penitents
couldn't give up their worldliness even
at the throne ofgrace and left Off their
prayers to eject the black man. There
seems to be two kinds of grace in St.
o,,io
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

The County Commissioners of Lewis &
Clarke County have made an order that
the financial statement of the County be
published in both the Independent and
Herald. It was provided that one paper
should receive the rates allowed by the
printing law, and the other half rates. If
the law is decided valid, the Independ-
ent will receive full rates. An agreed
case has been stipulated to be made in
volving the legality Of the law, to which
the Independent publishers should be
parties. The design will be to enable the
Independent to obtain decision of the
Supreme Court of Montana, and if need
be of the Supreme Court Of the United
States. By this arrangement this much
vexed question will have an investiga-
ton, when there will be q chance for
beA tideG to be heard. :
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

Bicycle riding is becoming very popu-
lar in California. A bicycle is about the
only machine that can outrun sheriff
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

"Wkbeves finds this, know that have
found lie is too hard to bear" What
sad words for the human hand to write.
What bitter anguish, what keen disap-
pointment, what blasted hopes do they
convey. This life, 40 full of hone, so full
fgreat possibilities, "too hard to bear"
Ordinarily it is too sweet to be gwen up
without great struggle. All, it is a mys-
terry. Must not the mind be Diseased
when man is willing to take the life
God has given him and plunge into the
unknown future? What anguish and
torture must one endure, before they
take the final leap. Our sympathies go
out to fellow being in such strait. If
we could but read the secret thoughts of
such one, how much could we do to
soften the asperiteis of their condition,
but the sad tale is often repeated. Is this
life too hard to bear in Montana, where
willing hands and stout hearts can find
something to do. Was it from want or
some dread secret craving at the heart?
Who can tell? life too hard to bear"
These are the saddest words which
tongue can pen.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

A Chicago paper has engaged colored
man as society reporter. He will work
on the colored servants of society circles,
and now look out for some lively news
lively even tor Chicago. $ ..
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02
TELEGRAPHIC +!

Further Accounts of the Terrible
Cyclone.
The Trade Dollar.-Earthquake,
Murders, and Suicides.
The Jail at Cincinnati Broken
Open by a Frenzied Mob.
Berner, the Murderer, Escapes
and is Captured.
Fort Belknap in Danger from
High Water.
Items of Interest to Settlers on
Northern Pacific Lands.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02
Kinkey-Halred Justice.

Old Nelse Patmore was elected justice
of the peace He could neither read nor
write, but his friends assured him that
such accomplishments were merely side
issues. One day Jack Maine sued the
commonwealth for false imprisonment.
He employed excellent legal counsel and
every one thought he would surely gain
his case. When the case came up for
trial the judge said
young man, der dictment saysdat yer
wants damages fur false 'prisonment.
"That is exactly what we want, your
honor" said Names lawyer.
"Uh. huh"
"And we think, your honor, that we
are entitled to five thousand dollars dam
age"
''Uh, huh," handling his papers.
"We claim that Mr.. Names imprison-
ment was false"
"Uh, huh"
"And we can prove it."
"Uh, huh, ginermen you say dat de
mans 'prisonment was false"
eyes, your honor.
''Uh, huh. He went to Jail didn't he?"
"Oh, yes"
"Uh, huh. What am de meanin' O.
false? Sumthin' what doan 'zist, amt
,it?"
eyes, sir"
oval, dis man went ter Jail. OATS a
fack. amt it,"
Eyes, your honor"
"Dat listed, didn't it"
ooh, yes"
"Dat wasn't false, den. De 'cision O.
dis cou' tam dis. De gennerman claimed
ter hab been 'prisonment falsely. De
proof shows dat de state didn' perten' ter
put him in Jail, but did put him dar. De
cou't hol's dat dar watt nutnin' false
bout dat. Now, eff de state had pertend-
ed ter put him in Jail an hadn't done it,
dat woulder bin false 'prisonment. I'll
jis sen de gennermsn back to Jail an fling
de lawyers in de cost"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

Helena, on the 18th inst, to consult on
the best methods to prevent the intro
duction Uf the fatal cattle disease, now
prevailing in several states from which
cattle are coming to Montana. In view
Of the extensive preparations being made
to make this one of the leading industries
of Montana, it is wise stepto take every
necessary precaution in this matter. Per-
haps in no country are cattle so free from
disease, and Mr.. Conrad Kohrs, one of
the largest-cattle dealers in Montana, has
taken the-initiative in this matter and
the facts suggested by him in the New
Northwest are worthy Of consideration.
He says, "there are on Montana ranges
$4,000 head of cattle, worth $50 per head,
making valuation of $40, SOC, 600 exposed
to the ravages Of this fatal disease, and
urges that immediate action be taken to
prevent its introduction. Let his sug-
gestions be followed out all along the
line. We trust their deliberations may
result in much coed to this branch of
industry.
While we have always been opposed
to the system Of, appointments to terri
torial offices andbelievethat it would be
better, more agreeable to our tastes and
more likely to insure that the appointees
would have more than q mere temporal
interest in Montana if such Offices were
filled by persons who are citizens of Mon
tana, we must confess that it offends
our sense ofjustice to call every ono
carpet bageer who by virtue of such an
appointment has come to reside among
us. The term carpet bagger'' originated
as Q term of reproach to those who went
South soon after reconstruction, with
selfish purposes to play upon, and We
may lay prey!upon the credulity of the
newly made citizens Of African descent
and that they did 90 in fragrant viola
tions of decency and right and in many
instances in violations of law. cannot be
denied, but we cannot see how the term
can be applied to one who is sent here
lit may be true not Of our choosing, nor
not of us in Territorial sense and in
furtherance of q system we condemn) to
I'll position assigned him by the au-
thorities in power. The whole broad
domain of America is open to the citi-
Gems and they go from one place to
another, as they may deem best to better
their condition, and why blame those
who have secured appointments to lucra-
tive positions. Blame them, if need be,
for not discharging their duty. Expose
theih ii they are guilty Of fraud or cor
ruptions Hold them up to . strict dis
charge oftheir duties, but do not add this
opprobious epithet; hurl your sarcasm at
thesystenn. Do all you can to change. it,
and then you will be consistent. Wesay
this without offering the Federal officials
Of this Territory any Of our love, because
they know as we'll as we know that we
would displace them by Democrats if we
cosld, but from feeling Of absolute JUS
tice.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

Dow Rose accidentally shot and killed
Robert Jones, aged sixteen, at Lakota,
Oak. Jones, with several other boys,
was snowballing Mr.. Rose. He (Rose)
retreated to a neighboring house occupi-
ed by Frenchman. He made the re-
mark that he would like to have some
thing to scare them with, and at that
moment spied shotgun hanging on the
wall. He asked them if it was loaded,
and they told him it was not. He then
asked for a cap, which was given him.
He went to the door, and, as the boys
threw a shower ofsnowballs, he held the
gun toward them, without taking any
aim, and fired. Robert Jones threw up
his arms and cried out. Mr.. Rose drop
ped the gun and caught him before he
fell. Jones died in about two hours
afterwards.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02
Terrible indignation Meeting.

CINCINNATI, March 28.-Ten thousand
people gathered at Music Hall in re-
spouse to the call by reputable citizens to
take action on the Berner verdict. Many
could not get in. Strong resolutions were
adopted condemning the verdict, and a
committee on legal action was appointed.
Upon adjournment d vast crowd moved
directly to the Jail, when they began an
attack On the front door. At $40 the riot
alarm was sounded, sammoning the en-
tire police force to the Jail, and vast
crowds of people were gathering in that
vicinity. Berner was removed after his
sentence this afternoon and is now on his
way to Columbus, but if the mob gets in
other murderers win De lynched. Upon
the arrival Of the police in the vicinity of
the Jail they commanded the crowd to
move. Not being obeyed, they fired, but
as no one was hurt it is presumed they
fired in the air. 1t is said that was the
intention of the police, they being in
sympathy with the movement to con-
denim the Berner verdict. A shot orlwo
was fired from the jail, but the crowd re-
fused to move. They have good leader,
and are still at work 90 p. m.) on the
Jail door.
The history of the crime for which
Berner was to-day sentenced to twenty
years is briefly as follows: William U.
Kirk was murdered IN his stable last
February by Berner, Who stood behind
the door, and when lis victim entered
smashed his head vita hammer; rob
bed him of $500, put the body into
wagon of the murdered man and dumped
it into Mill creek, where it was found
two days later.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-03-06
The Author of "Mr. Isaacs."

F. Marion Crawford, the celebrated
author OF "Mr. Isaacs," "Dr. Claudius,"
"A Roman Singer" ITO Leeward.
etc, lives in o twenty-four-foot room in
Rome. 1t is furnished almost to mea-
gerness, and contains, besides the ordi-
nary furniture, only few books and
two or three busts. He is tall, dark
haired, blue-eyed young man, with
hearty English voice, powerful shout
ders, and muscular limbs. He is only
26 years old, and was born at the Baths
of Lucca. He received cOsmoT olitan
education, studying in turns at Cam
bridge, Carlsruhe, Bombay, and Rome.
He, however, remained true Ameri-
car. loving Newport and believing with
unhinching faith in Boston. He has
none of the Alterations 50 common to
writer's, and, beyond his few books and
the writing-pad and inkstand, his room
shows little to indicate the literary
character of its occupant He is an ex-
cellent scholar in philosophy and the
languages, especially Sanskrit and the
other tongues of the East. Indeed,
this is his chief delight and aspiration,
and the intrusion of fiction into his
work is droll one. He is remarkably
well informed upon almost all subjects,
and is musician of no small talent.
He is the son of Thomas Crawford, the
sculptor of the Washington monument,
who lived in Rome, and died young,
after having married Miss Louisa Cut
Ter Ward, the sister of Sam Ward. He
learned English ut DR.. Colts famous
New Hampshire school. After study
ing at the places named above, he went
to Bombay with his Roman teacher of
Sanskrit. There he began 10 write for
the press, and became editor of the
India Herald. Here he learned to
speak Hindustan and write Urdu. He
then returned to Rome, and afterward
to America, visiting Julia Ward Howe.
He went to Harvard and took a Sans
krit diploma. He wrote paper on the
silver question, which was read at the
Bankers Convention at Niagara, and
also wrote long list of reviews on So
cial, political, or philosophical subjects.
While dining with his uncle Sam in
New York he told him the true story Of
Mr.. Jacobs, diamond merchant of
India, and it so interested the bon
vivant that he insisted that his nephew
should write it. The young man locked
himself in room and wrote mir.
Isaacs" in thirty-fve days. His other
novels have been completed in almost
the same length of time. He lives in
Rome in Indian fashion. He swims be-
fore luncheon, rows when through
with his days work, and goes abroad at
night. His best work, "To Leeward,"
was written in the caves of Sorrento.