The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-26
CHRONICLES.


The cattle plague in Kansas is GROWN
more alarming.
The yacht Atlanta, with Jay Gould o.
board has reached Havana.
Heavy rains in the south have adde
materially to the dangers to the levees.
A violent tornado passed over tn
country near Storkville, Mississippi tn
other day.
Colonel David S. Stanley, Of the %
infantry, is to succeed General Mackenzi
as brigadier.
Ten novels are written and registere,
in England, it is stated for every one tina
is published there.
1t is said that Senator Fair, of Nevada
will subscribe $500 900 to the democratic
campaign fund.
Huntington and Cannon counties dele
gates to the republican states convention
are instructed for Blaine.
King Alfonso is slender and good look
ing. He has dark eyes, while his sister
haye blue eyes. Significant!
The Dominion parliament at Ottaw,
has refused by vote of los to 6S to in
corporate Orange societies.
The Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatives has passed bill making wife
beating punishable by flogging.
The Kansas legislature has assembled
at Topeka in special session to legislat.
upon the cattle plague in the state.
Prairie fires have destroyed building.
and improvements on several farms nea,
Kingston, Kansas. One life was lost.
In theOhio legislature, bill abolish
ing convict labor was passed, to take
effect as soon as the present contracts
expire.
Italy is about to strengthen her coast
defences with ten steel guns, over fifty
five feet long, and capable of sending q
protection of more than 1000 in weight.
An Alabama judge has decided that q
man who puts his satchel on seat in the
cars reserves the seat-unless the man
who moves it is bigger than he is.
The experts that examined the herd Of
cattle belonging to Mr.. Drake, at Wapel.
la, Iowa, found several suffering from
foot rot. and only calves were suffering
from it.
At st. Louis J. F. Sanders, book-keepe1
for D. w. Vanhouton, commission mer.
chant, was found to be a defaulter for
$4,000, which he spent in private spec
ulation.
Wilkinson and Kirkland, charged with
trying to bride members of the Ontario
legislature, have been refused $4,000
bail. Kirkland is resident of Melville,
Wisconsin.
The copy of Vapeau which Napoleon
III owned has found its way into Ber-
lin antiquary's possession. It is richly
bound, and on the the cover appears the
initial IN" in gold.
Envelopes made of vellum of the pur-
est white, and bound all around with
tinted satin ribbon, which is tied into
knots and sealed with wax of the same
shade are stationery novelty.
Ross, the hacker of Mervin Thompson
in the coming fight between him and
Sullivan, trusts that Sullivan will have
no quibbling, and. that the match will
come off. The money is ready.
Mr.. B. S. Sheldon, of Brooklyn, bought
a Newfoundland dog for his child a few
days ago. The dog whined on parting
from his old master, and recently as Mr..
Sheldon was going across the ferry, he
saw the dag walk to the deck and throw
himself overheard. The dog evidently
suicide.
A one-armed man was the only person
in Hartford, Connecticut, who could be
prevailed upon by the Times of that city
20 climb pole thirty feet high and bring
Town the flag which had been floating at
1alf mast in memory of Governor Hub
oard. The one-armed individual per-
ormed the feat successfully.