The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-10
NEWS SUMMARY.

The government transportation serNsce
were reduced 1886 in April
and May,
About 200 residents of the District Of
Columbia have been stricken off the
pension roll as not entitled to pensions.
Commissioner BLACK decided yesterday
not to grant an application for a pension
By a soldier who deserts but took M
service again on being captured.
The Northern Pacific land sales for |
May were 46,S0O acres amounting to $685.
572, an increase of 10000 acres and S94,-
643 over the same month in 1884.
Ofacials of the Union Pacific road claim
that the experts report making the e'm
pany $6JO,OO0 in debt in addition 10 the
100000 already paid Is wrong.
Gen. Middleton has not vet met Big
Bear in battle, it being the generals
wish to surround the Indians and make
their escape impossible before engaging
in conflict.
A coroner's inquest on the death Of
0dlum, who was killed by jump from
the Brooklyn bridge was held in New
York with finding BY the jury that he
jumped off his own free will,
{ Major Powell seems to be in fair way
for removal from the head of the geo
logical survey investigation revealing the
affairs of the denartment to have been
loosely and badly managed.
1t is not believed that the president
win reverse his decision against continu-
ing the New Orleans exposition another
year, the Indebtedness already exceeding
the appropriation S62,SlS.
Secretaries Manning and Whitney want
| Hubert o. Thompson appointed TO the
New York coleotorship; Samuel ]. Tilden
fayors William E. Smith, and the mug
wumps are working for Joseph Freelor,
! The Dakota delegation called on the
president to epdeayor to have q revoca-
ton of the ejectment order from the
Winnebago reservation revoked, but
little satisfaction was obtained. Indian
Commissioner Atkins said that there was
no prospect whatever of revocation. The
sixty days in which the settlers were to
leave is almost expired.
Ferdinand Ward, who has been indct-
ed by the Grand Jury for larceny in
the first degree, for stealing 5 100000
worth of bonds and securities from The
Marine Bank, was brought down from
Ludlow street Jail on the writ Of habtas
corpus given by the court and arraigned
in court. He pleaded not guilty, and
his case was postponed until the l5th
inst.
J. Fl. Hibbs the dishonest postmaster at
Lewiston Idaho who got away with $l5,-
900, is founi to have secured 5000 from
the Saltwater, Mimi, Office on six 5 100
money orders in the same way as at Lake
City. He tried it at St. Cloud, Albert
Lea and Winona, but for different reasons
: something wrong was suspected and the
held. The suspicious of the St. Cloud
postmaster led to Hihbs' detection.
Atand annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the ST. Paul 4 Northern Pacific
Railway company the following directors
were elected; Robert Harris, Ed D
Adams, Frederick Billings. C. H. Coster
]. B. Williams, New Yoek; Charles b
Wright Philadelphia and T. F Cakes
c. panl The officers elected were: NOD
ert Harris, president; Edward ID. Adams
vice president, and George L. Jones
secretary and treasurer.
Some months ago a gang Of knavisl
adventures who had been driven on
of Saratoga come to Vineland N. ]. ant
. openeda 'sanitorium," called themselves
''The Order of the New Life" anC
pro Tossing to cure people by faith. Low,
} of God took the place of medicine, ant
was talked about as such. Their system
was really compound Of spirItuaIisn
and free love, the prime object of the
order being to secure converts and induce
them to give their property to the order
They were quite successful here until
the shameful practices carried on intheil
"home" became public They persuaded
an old couple named Carey TO give all
they had to the order, and then treated
the old people cruelty so as to drive
them away. They also got possession
of the house of Mr.. shedd, who was
dying and drove his wife out by unkind
treatment. When the fact became
public that they were forcibly OBTAINING
Mrs, Paul In their den, telling her that
God had ordered her to turn over her
valuble estate to them, there was great
indignation and public opinion has COM
PEELED the swindlers to leave. They are
going west, but where they will settle
next is not known. A branch of Order
of the New Life" exists in California and
has annexed much property.
Ayers Sarsaparilla requires smaller
dose and is more affective, dose for dose
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