The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-27

BOZEMAN, M.
Zachary T. Burton has been appointed
Receiver Of Public Moneys at Helena,
Montana. He has been in the land Of:
fee sometime as chief clerk and is said
to be well qualified for the position.
The Miles City Journal will send out a
notice in a few days to the effect that it
will cut down its immense exchange list
and all pirates caught In the act Of pub
fishing Its editorials and poetical bon mots
without credit, will be Immediately
crossed from their exchange list.
So far Is the Livingston Enterprise has
been able to learn the loss of stock dur
ing the late severe weather was insigpifi-
cant. Fears of serious losses were enter
tanned, but the weather moderated and
sweeping winds came in time to obviate
the..danger. Cattle are doubtless in poor
condition and another protracted spell of
deep snow or freezing weather would be
productive ofsome part Of the loss that
was feared for last week.
There are two pork-packlng establish
ments in Chicago, either of which packs
more hogs than are packed altogether in
any other city in the world-that of Ar
mour 4 Co., who packed 1925, ,484 in
twelve months, and that of the Anglo
American packing company, which
packed 759,374. The number packed by
Armour & Co., made about 10000 tons
of freight, which, rs live hogs, probably
loaded $4,000 cars, or an average of near
ly so car loads for every working day OF
the year.
On the Northern Pacific emigrant cars
are now carried from St. Paul to Helena,
and from Helena to St. Paul, on the daily
Atlantic and Pacific express trains, thus
making the same time two days and a
half as passengers in the Pullman pa
lace cars, who hold frst-class through
tickets. From Helena to Portland regu-
lar emigrant trains will be run at fast
rate Of speed, 50 as to make their whole
time from St. Paul to Portland about five
and a half days.
A goat raiser in Texas says he began
with seven animals, and at the expira-
tion of fourteen months had butchered
three, sold three and had thirty-seven
left. He knows of no domestic animal
fit for meat which is 80 prolific as the
goat. The flesh of the kid resembles
that of the deer, and as the goat subsists
for the most part on leaves and weeds,
and very little on herbage relished by
other animals, it can be reared with far
leas expense than any other domestic
beast. Improved stock is Of course the
most profitable.
New Haven Union: The year whose
numeral is exactly divisable by four is
not called leap" because four will leap
into it, but for the very reason that in
ancient times it was found that none but
the giddy of the weaker sex. and the
jumping-jacks - the ancestors Of the
dudes-of the sterner sex were forming
marriage alliances. Hence it was en-
acted by public statute in most Of the
nations of Europe that "all maidens of
good repute shall hereafter, in every
fourth year, be empowered and authoriz-
ed to PROFOUND the interrogatory nuptu.
al without fear or favor of any man
barring the king"
Senator Voorhees, has introduced bill
to prohibit the officers and employees of
the United States from contributing
money for political purposes, he says
''that in spite of the existing law that
political assessments are going on as
much Is before. Men are not required
TO contribute perhaps, and it may be said
that in one sense they voluntarily do so;
but it is simply voluntary action born
Of the dread of losing their position in
case of refusal" The bill makes it a
penal offence to make such contributions
Again he says "all the evils. which threa-
ten the purity and stability of our insti-
tutions, sink into utter insignifcance in
comparison with the corrupt use of mon
ey for political purposes and the practice
is growing more prevalent every year."
The San Francisco Chronicle publishes
the contents of a confidential circular
issued by the railroad shareholders asso-
citation signed by John Livingston, Pres
ident. New York, which goes to show
how money is raised by the great cor
porations to influence legislation. 1t is
well that our Constitutional Convention
has provided such ample security to the
people against corporations. The circu-
lar states that the object is to raise an
imnenee fund to defeat legislation on
railroad matters, secure the repeal Of ex-
listing laws, and the abolition of railroad
commissions in those states where they
exist. All railroad shareholders are re-
auested 10 subscribe the amounts ex-
pected from them (being named in a
confidential letter accompanying the
circular). Two comparatively small
shareholders Of this city are called upon
for one hundred dollars each; it il under
stood that the demand from wealthier
ones is in proportion. It is known that
prominent eastern roads have allied
themselves with the Central Pacific to
raise this fund. The circular predicts
that enough will be raised to defeat
Congressional action on the land grant
bills.
The Stats Zeitung has the following
editorial in reference to Bismarck and
the insult inflicted upon the United
States by the return of the Lasker resolu-
tions:
There is little doubt that Bismarck is
not friend of the United States, and
probably he looks down with sort Of
contempt upon the conduct Of political
affairs in this country, and We regret to
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