The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-13

kAH MI V11nVlylNkEOs
G:s%al .Ees.asy'. Daily.
B<k Myers. Of Shields River, spent
yesterday in Bozenlan.
Two CIR loads of coal from Maxweli's
mine were received in Bozeman to-day.
The Roseman silver cornet band played
stth1 AineraI' Of the soldier buried last
Sunday. !" = =.
Tie prisoners Of city and county jaiIs
were put to work to-day cleaning snow
Aom tie sidewalks.
Ihs telephone company are now en-.
gaged in running the wires into the
buildings of their subscribers
The report is again being circulated
that the Bozeman coal company have
dispoA6d II their mine to the Utah &
No4thesn,
Extensive preparations are being made
by the members Of the Farmers and
Nechanis' for their masquerade ball on
the 18th inst.
The, Bozeman weekly CHRONICLE has
scored its first year of existence. May
many more years Of prosperity greet its
enterprising publishers Dillon Tribune
A private letter from E. s.. Topping
dated At st. Paul, February Sd, says Il
eetHss Ahat copy of my work chronicles
Of the Yellowstone" tomorrow, and will
BE- up there with the full edition week
after next."5Ehterprise.
Tbe Eatrprie is in receipt e, letter
from former townsman now in the
C@pk d,Alenes. in which the writer says
that the new mining camp is greatly
overraked and that all the newspaper
reports he has seen relating to that coun-
try are gross misrepresentation.
The Madisonian Of the End, directs few
remarks, full of wisdom and good sense,
to some of its former patrons, who have
withdewn their support because the
pfepsi1tae of that. paper saw fit to bond
sole Ainng property in Alder Gulch.
When will the bright day come that
will allow sensible and decent editor to
do as he pleases?
The ladies of the Methodist church
have decided to have the Mother Hub
bard candy pull on the evening of the
18th inst, in the building formerly oc-
cupied by Hunbcrt & Kennett. This
affair will be! one Of the most joyous Of
this gay and eventful winter and it is
earnestly hoped that all will come.
whether arrayed in their Mother Hub
bard calieoes or not.
II nativisyof the members of the
coIl (tutional lconvention is as follows:
KehtdeAy,5; Pennsylvania, 4; New York,
a ireland, 4; Missouri, 8; Ohio, 8; In
diana, 2; Scotland, 2; New jersey, l;
Tennessee, l; Spein, 1; Iowa, l; Connect
icut, /; Massachusetts, l; Louisiana, ];
Minnesota, /; and Delaware, /. Eleven
southerners; 10 northerners and seven
foreign Dor
Governor Crosby has recommended
Hon. WA. Clark president of the Con-
stitutional Conycntion) and General Jon.
8. Harris Surveyor GenerlD for appoint
ment by President Arthur as cohmis-
eionels to the Worlds Exposition, which
VIM Be held in New Orleans next fall and
Eintsr." MI. Clark's long residence in
the county peculiarly fits him for the APP
ppintment. The collections are popular
ones.
On Thursday evening there will be a
lecture at the Presbyterian church on the
use and abuse Of money" by Rev. Geo.
FE4fd Ai~oslA Those who attend
VVl Hchly repaid by the lecture itself,
n veil Is aid two excellent objects, viz:
the building of . church at Missoula and
the liquidation Of the debt on the Pros
byterian parsonagein Bozeman. Tickets
can be purchased at Taylor's, 50 cents
Thewfmlng ct the Presbyterian par
soneala4 s1s4ing was most ENJOYABLE
ASda I'D, Young folks, youngsters
ALL babies WED with each other in hav-
ing jolly good time. The storm with j
out only made the glow within all the !
brighter. The ice-cream and cake were
ofthat delicate and luscious kind which !
the ladies have such a reputation for J
making and there was plenty. The
ministers from abroad were there aud {
se1ned 70 sajey themselves heartily.
sTKe4npE it appears, to-day was not
vttxaa! wrong in his prediction. viz
That Montana would have very severe g
snow storm on the 4th and 9Th inst. q
Vennors predictions this winter have
been unusually true. Perhaps, however,
this 10 owing to the fact that there has
been very few of them. An old weather I
prophet in st. Paul says that the North Z
west is to have mild weather during 4
February. but inasmuch as the proceed G
ing winter months have brought to this !
section Of the Northwest most delightful |
weather, our oldest inhabitants take an +
entirely different view and say that Feb Il
ruary will Be the coolest month of the t
winter. The safest time for prophecy {
will be in May. h
The kadisonian says that George Rea,
guide of the Utah & Northern surveying Il
now surveying the National 0
Park and Gallatin City branch, and who Il
. one Of the most thoroughly posted b
nountain men in the territory, was in v
he city this week, having come in to e
1mpiete the purchase of the transporta- v
ion outfit from Messrs Crittenden & G.
Kooch. George expresses the opinion O
that the main line Of the survey now be- D.
ing made will run from China Point on g
The U. 4 N. across Henry's fork Of Snake al
river to q point on the Madison, and II
thence down that stream to Wigwam, u
crossing the Madison divide near Virgil A
mia City, and following the Ruby and e
Jefferson rivers to Gallatin City. He p
says the distance is but little greater e.