The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-05-14
from Thursday's Daily.)

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The bright illumination in the sky last
evening just north of town was OCCASION
ed BY the burning of a ranchman's
house. We have not been able to learn
the owners name.
Mai. Eaton, Maj. Gordon, DR.. Carroll,
and several other distinguished lights
from Fort Ellis and S. w. Lan7horne,
left this morning for Cottonwood on a
trouting expedition.
Peace has been declared between the
Northern Prcific and the Belkrap Town
site company. The trail to the mines is
now open, and all that is needed to make
things boom is lots Of good dust.
J. D. Scully, the popular junior men,
Der of the well known firm of High
smith, Scully & Co., arrived on to-day's
train direct from Boston. Strange to
say he comes alone Bozeman girls take
notice
The Helena papers say there are more
hard cases and dead broke strollers there
than ever before, which they say is at
tributed to the failure of so many losing
their millions in the Occur d'Alene.
They should organize board of Broken
Boarders."
Joe. A. Mcconnell, the popular repre-
sentatiev of the great Albert Lea Route,
is in town to-day confering with our
merchants on the most advantageous line
Of shipment from Chicago. 1t needless
to remark that he makes the A. L. Route
take the cake.
The Independent says: The mayor
and common council Of Helena have been
having their photographs taken-for
public distribution we suppose, with
view to attracting feminine emigration
from the east. Bozeman ought not to be
outdOne in this matter.
According to receiver Hume the con-
dition of the National Park Improve
HICut IL liot oo UItSN do ~ was
painted by Rufus Hatch in his applica-
ton to New Jersey court for receiver
The total indebtedness Mr.. Hulmes
thinks will not exceed $4,000, which is
considerably less than the 100000 here
tofore stated. As yet the employees hold
the fort at the hotel and refuse to sur
render, but Mr.. Hume hopes to be able
to convince them that he intendsto treat
them with fairness and settle their
claims.
A week from next Sunday the Boze-
man base ball club intend making trip
to Spring Hill, pleasant little village
located about fifteen miles from Bozeman
down the valley. The Spring Hill nine
has extended aninvitation to our boys to
come down and try them a game, and
they will make the trip pleasant one,
through hearty reception and first-class
entertainment while there. OF course
all our boys will 60 at this season of the
year fifteen mile drive in one of Wake
fields Concord coaches with the certain
ty Of a royal repast at the end of the
journey is attraction enough for any one,
not to mention the still more enjoyable
pastime of getting away with the Spring
Killers in that great national game.
We were greatly amused yesterday
wit: the attempts of new beginner
blcyclist," to show courteous attention
to some lady acquaintance, who were
passing on the sidewalk at the same
moment that his unmanageable steed
was evincing strong desire to dash
through plate-glass store front. In the
excitement of the moment the gallant |
equestrian forgot his foaming charger,
and lifting his hat in the most graceful
Chesterfieldian manner was about to
make low bow, when with a sudden |
rush his machine dashed forward and
the bow was finished by the gentleman 8
on his head, greatly to the
and edification of the fair
sisters, who had expected some such |
termination. To-day one of our most
talented Typographical! artists has his
head tied up. He says it's cold-but
Sudlow says he knows better; there are
some big bumps under that silk handker-
chief
The closing entertainment Of Prof |
Wllmot, at the roller rink last night,
drew large crowd-perhaps the fact |
that race was advertised to take place
between the professor and our we'll
known hardware man, VIM. NJ. hewitt,
excited an extra degree of interest--cer-
tain it is there was a big crowd. The
professor did splendidly. His feats on
the bicycle seem marvellous. Barnaby
Junior, did some wonderful work ON
roller skates. His enthusiastic reception
at the hands of this large Bozeman
audience will convince him for all time
to come, that he is the peoples "pet;"
the hero of the skates and the prince of
the arena. The interest of the evening
in the one mile race between
Prof. Wilmot and Mr.. hewitt. The con-
testants started at opposite sides of the
rink. From the very first hewitt gained
steadily on his opponent and would have
passed him but for the crowd along the
outside of the track. As it was he won
easily in $50, beating the Helena hero
by one second. Not so much, it is true,
but enough to show that the capital city
will always get left beside of Bozeman
when it comes to fair and square trial
Of ability. The professor has gone east
on his tour of conquest, and hewitt has
to the ''demnition" grind of bus
mess, abandoning his cream and brown
bread dirt.
Sale Of the clifford Ground.
Yesterdays Livingston Enterprise con-
tained the following mention of sale of
placer ground in Emisrant gulch, to Mr.
w nal11aha and his aastarn aSsOcintpS. |