The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-01-07

James Martin left on Monday for Miles
City to visit his sheep ranch.
The band paraded the streets on New
Years day and left their cards at almost
every door.
Stockmen estimate the loss of pilgrim
cattle between now and spring tremen-
diously high. |
All in want of good coal will read
something to their advantage on the
first page.
lloyd Martin, brother of James and
Berry, left on Monday for his home in |
Kansas.
Delegate Toole will leave for Washing
ton early in January He will not take his
seat until in March.
Charlie and Willie Anderson, were out
with New Years greeting on Thursday
and were made happy with many a piece
of com. Il
B. V. Clark, after enjoying a round of
pleasure at the metropolis, took his de-
parture for the cattle ranch on Friday.
Miles City will tender a reception to
Governor Carpenter when he passes
through there from the east on his way
to Helena.
Charles G. Reynolds, of Helena, has {
been appointed clerk of the district
court for Montana's third judicial dis
trict, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of A. H. Beattie
The firm of Forscher & Mack succum- ,
ed to the inevitable and disposed of their q
butcher shop to Hamilton & Mardis last !
week. ;
The young lad found guilty of robbing
Tongue River post Office of stamps was
fined by the court and placed in Jail G
owing to the absence of funds I
The German Harmonic Society, re- :
Gently organized, will give their first an :
nual ball in Spieth & Krug's hall, We'd J
nesday evening, January 18th. r
Northern Montana people contemplate a
petiuoning General Terry, asking that s
some action be taken by the military to a
guard them against the annual incursions o
Of raidiRg Indians r.
William Francis of Townsend, exhib- =
tied his smiling countenance on our y
streets yesterday. He reports business
fair at Townsend and the future of that .
embryonic city lurid with bright pros u
poets u
Ex-sheriff Blakley and wife left this g
week for Denver, where they will spend a
a few weeks visiting relatives. FROM d
there they will go to New Orleans and "
other southern points, expecting to re-
tnrn to Bozeman sometime in May. O.
Lovely & Webb have something of Il
Importance to say in this issue, They p
advertise as the cheap grocers and mean
every word of it. Cali at their store for Ii
anything in the line of groceries and you D
will surely be glad you did so. u
We are in receipt of the holiday edi- =
ton of the Minneapolis Northwestern !
Miller. 1t is undoubtedly the most cost
ly and finely printed publication of its q
kind ever gotten out west of Chicago y
There is enough reading in it to interest "
one for n week.
The average age of farmers is sixtyfve 81
years, while that of the printers is thirty. CT
three, which shows the necessity of Il
payments to the latter, so that they may B
have the pleasure of handling their own it
moneys during their short sojurn on this p
sublunary sphere. Il
ii
The commissioners of Yellowstone a,
county, at their recent session, in re- n
Spouse to petition from stockmen, de-
clded upon offering bounties Of 50 for 8
each wolf killed and 81 for each coyote l.
killed in that county-this being addi- n
tional to the territorial bounties. :;
The three butcher shops of Bozeman .
all see the advantage of advertising in
the CHRONICLE and accordingly begin at
first of the new year to let our citizens 9
know what they are selling, where they s.
can be found let our farmers know 9
where they can find purchasers for fresh 9
eggs, ETC. Read them all .
DIR. Foster while making professional b
call on Monday, entrusted his promising s.
horse in the hands of a careless driver, Il
who in turning upset the enter and was Il
thrown out. The horse trotted off and b
strange to say, although taking the side il
walk of Main street, the sleigh was not h
badly broken or the horse hurt or G,
frightened. .
Stems & Arlington, of st. Paul, who
recently made large investments ofsheep =
and ranches on Belt creek, have now |,
bought The Phil Gibson ranch, near :
Belt butte, and the well known thorough =
bred flock of Paris Gibson & Son. The :
flock of is composed of Merinos and =
Shropshire Downs, numbering about $50, +"
which, after the present year, will be ; :.
treated az separate Aocks. !
The music box drawing came off On {.
New Years day at noon. Number twenty d
tive drew the prize The drawing was i,
under the management of Berry Martin q
and Gus Steffens, who after shaking the
box containg the tickets, blind folded e
little Sallie Biakeley, who happened to Il
be in the store. Miss sall.e then drew ii
out the lucky number and inc hand Is
some prize was awarded to number l!e