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The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06
THE CROW INDIANS.
Statistics About a Rich Tribe Of Red
Skins.

An eastern paper says: "The
Crows are better off in every way
than other tribes in Montana. They
are the richest and LATEST Indians
in the Territory. They have an enor-
nous reservation, nearly 100000
which they are too lazy to cultivate,
neither will they let anyone else do
it. If this land was equally divided
up among the $50 men, 10 boys,
1,10O women and 67O girls compos-
ing the Grow nation, it would give
exactly 1,473 acres to every man
woman and child Of the tribe. Be-
sides this they have over 1900
head OF horses, or rather ponies;
$4,000 worth Of peltries and skins,
10000 buffalo robes, and at least
$4,000 worth Of other property.
They have many rich mines on
their reservation, particularly in
the Big Horn country. Some Of
the bucks occasionally bring speci-
mems Of gold and nuggets into the
post traders store at the military
fort, which they barter in exchange
for beads, calico, shells and other
trinkets. When asked where they
get the gold, they smile an Indian
smile, shake their heads knowingly,
and say: Up in the Big Horn
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06
Selecting Cattle for Cold Climate

The experience with fruits in
matter of the ability to grow GER
tain kinds where the mercury falls
low in the winter, while there is an
utter failure to bring other sorts
into bearing under like conditions,
should be used as significant in
dication in regard to cattle. All
plants and trees have vitality and
innate power of resisting undue
cold, heat or drouth and wet; these
qualities depending, as in cattle,
upon peculiarties Of structure and
force of circulation say in the one
case, and circulating blood in the
other. Notwithstanding, cattle rails
ers are behind the fruit growers in
the matter of attention to the laws
of adaptation, still the former have
facilities which the latter does not
possess. An outward look at tree
fails to tell whether or not it will
stand intense cold, holding fast to
its fruit bear.ng properties under Sc
we're exposure, while due knowledge
OF the cattle beast enables one to
select, through attention to anatomi-
cal formation and physiological
vigor, as the usual evidences of the
latter appear outwardly, such beasts
as will surely stand low tempera-
ture. AS has been stated heretofore
in the Journal, the ability to stand
a cold climate does not belong es-
pecially to any one breed. On the
contrary, there are specimens in all
the beef breeds that are in an emf
nent degree adapted to extreme ex-
posure. Trials of cattle in the far
north will enable both owner and
herdsman to single out such ami
mails as will be worth while to retain
in localities where the mercury falls
low. Such as have come near sue
cumbing, it will not be worth while
to experiment with, and, as rule,
the same may be said of their
progeny. AS remarked, there is
as much fitness in studying adapt
ability in the matter of live stock
as in the case of fruits, and the
mode Of doing this is by no means
obscure.-[National Live Stock
Journal.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06
Raising Horses on the Plains

Horse-raising on the plains is be-
ginning to attract attention, and
doubtless before many years will be
a valuable industry. The Kansas
Cowboy in speaking on the subject
says:
Quite a number of stockmen in
Hodgeman and Ness counties who
have heretofore been devoting them
selves exclusively to raising,
are now turning their attention to
horses and stocking their ranches
with them. This is wise move.
There is more money in horses than
in any other kind of live stock
John r. Farnsworth, of Ness coun-
ty, and one of its wealthiest and
most successful stockmen, has been
raising aud handling horses for a
number of years, and he says they
have netted him profit yearly of
100 per cent.
"Untamed Texas horses can be
bought at the Dodge City lnarketat
prices ranging from $23 to $25 a
head. Mares Of this stock placed
upon any of our ranges and bred to
thoroughbred or high speed stall
lions, will produce horses that will
sell for $50 or $75 when two years
old, in wild state. If trained
they will bring much larger figures.
Speed horses are the kind to raise
for this market. There is not much
demand for draft horses. And it
pays, too, to train horses. & Horse
ranchmen should have trainers
whose business it should be to
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06
Dismantling the Guns.

About 100 old-style muzzle load
ing 5S-calibre Springfield rifles are
now dismantled at tie. armoly
daily, and such parts as fit the new
breech-loading model are reused.
The guns thus taken to pieces are
part of the 100000 old style rifles
made at the armory during the
war and stored there unused after
1865. The dismantling began in
1868, when it was found that the
whole gun could be sold in the
market for only $3.50, while the
parts which could be used in the
new model, together with the sale
Of the remainder as scrap iron or to
shotgun makers, would net the
government about 81. The parts
sold are mainly the stock and bar
rel, and scrap material, and most OF
these 60 to manufacturers of cheap
shotguns. The Whitney company,
OF New Haven, and the Remington
company, of Illion, N. Y.,. are large
buyers. The 5O-calibre rifles, which
were first made in 1866, of which
only $4,000 were manufactured,
were never stored, but went at once
into active service, and have been
mainly worn out in it. There are
now stored at the armory about
$4,000 of the 58-calibre model, and
$4,000 dismantled barrels, and
128,OOO stocks. About $4,000
cleaned and repaired" 53-model
rifles are also stored, but will not
be dismantled, as they are mainly
guns, and have seen such
rough service in the field as to make
it inadvisable to use their parts in
new hes.-Springfield { (Mass.) Re-
publican.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06
LIEUT.. F. F. NSLINGBURY,
Partly Eaten by His Comrades of the
Greely Expedition.

The condition of the body O
Lieut.. Frederick F. Kislingbury
which was exhumed tor examina
ton, shows that all its most feshy
parts had been cutaway with SHARP
instruments, and there is no doubt
that the miserable survivors of this
young officer, all or some Of them
ate the missing portions. Since the
horrible discovery was made public
it has been admitted that six
bodies of those members of the ex-
pedition who died while in the
Arctic regions, were thus inutilated.
Frederick +. Kislingbury was an
Englishman by birth, but came to
America at an early age, and was
reared at Rochester, N. Y. He en-
listed in the army of the United
States in 1868. In 1866 he was re-
tired from active service, and was
made paymaster's clerk at Detroit,
Mich. BY the influence Of the late
Zachariah Chandler, he was made a
first lieutenant in the regular army,
In 1873. His first station in this
capacity was at Fort Concho, Tex,
where he became acquainted with
Lieut.. Greely. He was transferred
to Fort Standing Rock, OAK, where
he had charge of the scouts engaged
in service against the Indians in
1875. At the time Of the Custer
massacre he was with Gen. Reno.
Subsequently to that tragedy he
captured the Indian who Killed
Custer in the fight. In 1880, while
his regiment was stationed at Fort
Custer, Kislingbury's second wife
died of mountain fever, immediate
ly after his return from scouting
expedition. He had been made
with her danger while
$50 miles distant from the post at
the head of scouting party, and
Immediately left for the station.
This Mrs. Kislingbury, who had
been his wife only six months,
was the sister of his first wife, the
mother Of four children. The ages
of his family, all boys and main
tanned by friendly people in differ
ent places, range from eight to
seventeen years. Kislingbury was
offered a position in the Greely ex-
pedition in 1881, and promptly ac-
cepted it. He was dead before the
I'D of June, 1884, when the surviv-
ors of the Greely expedition were
found. His body was recovered,
brought home and buried in Roch-
ester, where it was examined and
found in a mutilated condition.
Poor Kislingbury died at the early
age of weight. He was an able
officer and a good comrade. Until
,he publication of the official re-
port of the Greely expedition it
would be premature to say more
han that be and Commander
dreely are reported to have been
IN bad terms, and that his superior
officer relieved him of duty at an
Early period of the time spent by
he expedition at Fort Conger.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06
A Congre= sman's Story,

Congressman Blackburn, of Ken
lucky, tells the following story of
his txperience in the Confederate
army: "Four days before / went
to the front with my regiment we
had little girl baby. She is now
grown, and you always see her with
me at any social gathering. Well,
in our army the furloughs came
very rarely. When we got into
line there was no great chance for a
man to get home. It was about
three years afterward that a few Of
us were one night going down the
Mississippi on a river steamer. /
had been sick and was returning to
my command, bul pretty well
broken up, even then. AS for
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06

train horses. Good cow ponies are
always in demand at good figures
and fleet, stylish roadsters will I'll.
ways catch the eye of some admirei
of horse flesh who is willing to pay
fancy prices for them. There il
also steady market for cavalry
horses, and the kind that suit can
be sold in large lots and at highly
remunerative figures"
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06
Dusk.

Out from the phantom forests of the west
The black-winged bats Of the night are flying
This whipoorwill drowsily chants of rest,
And the brown owl, grooming within its nest,
Means DER tho couch Of the daylight dying.
And the swallows circle above the trees,
In the purple haze yet slightly golden
While softly the Tutoring, whispering breeze,
Low murmurs in tremulous melodies
OF by-gone hours, and of legends oldcn.
And the cline of tho sunset far away,
Known only in dreams or magic story,
LIS seen through mist, rs the dying day
A moment fingers with parting ray
Then disappears in cloud of glory.
Thomas e. Ford.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-06

IO1U71 OF
COULSON.
On o. number Of the lot!
good bltildiz1 Ss are already
erected, suitable for stores,
residences and barns; 0lsl
A Large Frame Hotel
There are also in this Ud-
dition q T01trishUlS bre1O-
cry, q soda Water factory
and u store.
The addition embraces
Mree-fourths Of u mile OF
frontage on the .YellozU-
stone RiUer, Worcline
| splendid
Power for Manufacturing
The addition is very nd-
Ua7atage01sly situated for
residences, being high and
dry and IN every W0y suit
able for that purpose.
When built the
Billings & Benton R'y
101W start from this adozi-
ton, 07ad1reiGht sheds and
other rnil1cny buildings
must be erected OH it.
The Marquis de Mores's
extensive
SIaughtering and Refrigerating
Establishment
0dJoins my addition on
one side and on the other
side an extensive manu.
factory Us projected to be
started this season.
The Northern Pacific
crosses the Yellowstone at.
my addition, and the pro-
iecteG
WAGON BRIDGE
will be located in the same
Uicinity. The Yellowstone
ferry, By Which the great
bulk Of the traUel from the
stock and mining regions
Of Shrinking Wuter, Grey
Bull and Northern Wyon1-
ing and the Clnrhe's Fork
country comes to this Uicin-
ity, Us also attzis addition. |
IoFer these lots, mclud-
ing such as have BUILDINGS
on them, on liberal terms,
and at such Rock Bottom
Rates that the p1tr-
chaser can not fail to Sc
cure o. good
Paying Investment.
IFS my other business en-
gngen1ents will Keep me
fully occupied this season,
I should prefer to sell n
0ne-h0H interest in the
addition to some IiUe real
estate man 1Oho can sat-
isy me as to his ability to
handle it, and will SiUe
such u man u chance to
big money. Or 7 zoill
sell the Whole addition out ,
and out on very reasonn-
Bile terms.
REAL ESTATE MEN
ZUOztIG do zOeW to make o.
note Of this chance as 1t
it offers 0n NctiUe man a.
ma ngn23ceut opportunity to
coin money, by taking hold
IF it.
For further particulars
1pply to {
JOHN j. ANDERSON.
on \.
Devine & Matheson. !
BILLINGS. MONTANA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-23
PORTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS-.
Second Session.
sen NATE.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. %.

WASHINGTON, Dec. %.
The chair laid before the Senate a regular
message from the President transmitting a
supplementary report of order; referred TO the
committee on military affairs.
Several petitions were presented remon.
strating against the ratification of the Spanish
treaty.
Among the bills introduced and appropri-
ately referred were the following:
By Mr.. FRYE, to authorize the secretary OF
the treasury to compensate clerks and en-
ployees for extra work performed in the ex-
change of bonds in the treasury department.
At l2.l5 the Senate had disposed of all that
offered, and proceeded u its calendar of cases
not objected to, which are subjected to five
minutes Limitation in debate.
On motion of Mr.. Beck, private pension
bills that have already passed the House of
Representatives were taken up, and number
of them passed.
Mr.. Blair called up the bill providing for a
commission 10 examine into the liquor traffic.
He said it was the bill already passed four
times by the Senate, but not acted on by the
House of Representatives.
The motion was opposed, but the bill was
ordered to be taken up and was passed-24 to
l6.
The vote in detail was as follows:
YEAs-Messrs Allison, Blair, Cameron of
Wisconsin, Cameron of Pennsylvania. Con-
ger, Cullom, Dolph, Edmunds, Frye, George,
Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hoar. Lapham,
Henderson, Miller of California, Miller of
New York, Morrill,, Platt, Sawyer, Sherman,
Van Wyek Wilson-24.
NAYs-B Bayard, Beck Butler, Colkrell,
Gibson, Hampton, Harris, Jonas, Jones OF
Florida, Maxey, Morgan, Pugh. Slater, Vest,
Voorhees,, Walker-l6.
Mr. Hale, from the committee on appro-
priations, reported with amendments the
House bill making temporary provision for
the naval service"-the 81 day bill He ex-
planned that the Senate committee had amend
ed that bill by substituting for it the provis-
ions of the regular annual appropriation bill
for the fiscal year ending June 30 1885, pre-
cisely as the House had passed it at the last
session, but so modified as to cover only
the remaining half of the fiscal year, the
amendments formerly inserted by the Senate
relating to ironcads and steel cruisers being
stricken out. The bill. he said, as far as
the amendments went, stood precisely on the
basis on which the House had passed the
original appropriation for the year. In that,
Mr.. Hale added, the Senate maintained its
attitude of considering this years appropria-
tions and not those. of former years. He
said he would call the bill up tomorrow
morning.
The Senate then at o'clock, on motion of
Mr.. Sherman, went into executive session,
and when the doors were re-opened adjourned
till tomorrow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-23
A BOUNTIFUL FEAST.
Annual Dinner OF the New England So.
ciety at DelmOnico's-Large At
tendance-roa>ts Respond
ed to by Members.
NEW YORK. Dec. %

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.
The annual dinner of the New Englan
Society, at Delmonico's to night, was one OF
the mos. successful and elaborate feasts ever
given by that organization, About 200 mem
bers and invited guests were present includ.
ing Hon. Stewart L. Woodford, president of
the society. Gen. Sherman, ex-Gov. Long,
of Massachusetts,, Henry Cabot Lodge,
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Gen. Horace Porter,
Rev Edward Everett Hale, C. Vanderbilt,
President of st. Nichols society, and many
others.
The following toasts were given and re-
sponded to:
"Our Country" responded to by General
Sherman.
"Forefathers Day" responded to by ex-
Gov Long.
1.-The State of New York" Chauncey NJ.
Depew.
''The City of New York." Frederick R.
Condert.
''Sister Societies" Judge Chas. P. DAILY
"Our Guests, Gen. Horace Porter.
l.. p. Hubbard, secretary of the society
who has been member of the society for so
consecutive years. was also called on and
made some interesting remarks.
Gen. Sherman came 100 miles to be pres
ent, and responded to the toast, "Our Coun-
try" He was received with great enthusi-
ssm. He said, referring to the absence of
Gen. Grant, 81 went to see Gen. Grant last
night and was gratifed beysnd measure to
find him much better than | was led to sup
pose. had long conversation with him.
dating back 20 or 80 years. His memory is
clear and lucid as possible and think he is
in far better health than he was II months
ago.
The general then reviewed the progress of
the country from the foundation of the pres
ent form of government, touching briefly on
the war of 1912 and the Mexican war Reach
ing the war of the rebellion, he said Il
wish to impress on the young men here that
the civil war was imposed on US; that the
people of the South did not want civil war.
1t was imposed on them by their leaders who
sat in the Hall at Washington. (Applause
If from the beginning of the world to the
present day there was ever a conspiracy, it
was the conspiracy in the winter of 1S60-6l.
In Washington it was a damnable conspiracy
(applause) and l speak it with knowledge
because myself was then a citizen of the
Southern States, and so it continued till the
firing on Fort Sumpter, when it assumed the
character of rebellion and remained so to the
close. We have fought with our foreign
enemies and ourselves, and have conquered
in every instance. We have a right to toast
our country in all its respects, and rest secure
in the possession of our country, grand in its
proportions, beautiful in all its past and pres
ent history. We may sing and say: "Our
Country, it is of Thee We Sing"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-23
COLLEGE SPORTS.
The Princeton Faculty Endeavoriug to
Correct Evils.

PRINcEToN, N. j., Dec. 90.
The following has been adopted by the
faculty of Princeton College
In order to prevent any Misunderstanding
as to the position of the Princeton faculty
with regard to intercollegiate games 1t should
be known, first, that more than a year ago
the faculty, by unanimous vote, united
with the authorities of Harvard College in
an effort to correct existing evils in these in
ter-collegiate contests. In this they were
not sustained by the other colleges interest
ed.
Secondly, that before the recent game of
foot ball was played on the polo grounds in
New York, the faculty had decided that af-
ternoon Of Jan. /, 1885, inter-collegia
games should BY played by Princeton students
only upon the college grounds. In view Of
existing engagements and for other reasons
the faculty did not deem it advisable to pro-
hibit the usual foot ball game on the polo
grounds, Thanksgiving day of this year.
The college of New Jersey encourages man.
ly sports, and to secure such reform in the
rules of foot ball games as will free it from
its present abuses it has taken active steps to
correct the evils which have arisen.
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THE NEW YORK SENATOR.
Hon. VIM. Evarts Frankly Avows Him.
self a Candidate.

ALBANY, Dec. %.
The Evening Journal prints letter from
Hon. Wm. Evarts to Senator James Arkell,
in which he says: In response to many in
quires and requests made to us from all parts
of the State take the liberty in this form
of making public my readiness and desire to
be considered among the candidates for elec-
tion as Senator from this State. The gen.
eral sense of the republicans of this State
looks upon the Senatorshp now open to elec.
tion, as of unusual Importance. They re-
gard this as important to the great political
and material interests of this State. They
regard it as important to the whole body and
array of republicans of the country and
shows that the Senators of this State shall
take and maintain an increasing warfare
with the democratic party, in which every
republican is enlisted and which will be per-
sisted in until the republican policy and re-
publican statesmen shall regain authority in
Congress and the Presidency.
In this critical juncture in the affairs of
the country, and in the interests of the re-
publican party, / am desirous to fail in no duty
on my part towards the welfare of the coun-
try and the prevalent authority of the repub-
lican party in the national government which
deem inseparate from the welfare.
have no debut the Legislature will treat
the duty before them with fairness to the best
interests involved in the election of the Sem
ator.
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LOOKING UP A CLERGYMAN.
Sudden Disappearance of a Reverend
Gentleman from BrOoklyn-The
Methodist Episcopal Church of
That City Lett without
Pastor.
New York. Dec %

NEW YORK, Dec. 90
Rev. Mr.. Thompson, of the Grace Metho-
dist Episcopal church of Brooklyn, left his
residence on the 7th inst. to visit friend
living a mile away. After staying a short
time with the gentleman he called to see, he
left the house suddenly, and since then has
not been seen by any member of his family
He came to New York and sent a telegram to
his wife, asking her not 10 let his absence
occasion her any uneasiness, as he was about
to attend the Methodist centennial confer
ence which was held in Baltimore on the fol-
lowing Friday From the receipt of the tele-
gram, all trace of him has been lost. He was
not present at the conference, and as he was
expected to have delivered an address there,
his absence was neted with surprise. This
fact being made known to his friends they at
once set about to discover his whereabouts,
but all efforts in this direction failed. Pink
erton's agents in Baltimore are employed on
the case, but with equally fruitless result.