The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-09-02
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

Fire bugs are again operating in Hell
ena
Three thousand miners had a picnic at
Butte on Monday.
Thirteen stock cars were burned at
Mingusville on Tuesday.
Travel through the Yellowstone Park
this summer is much greater than ever
Isaac McCutcheon, late secretary Of the
Tertiary, is slowly recruiting from a
severe attack of rheumatism at Alhambra
Spring.
The territorial superintendent has
changed the days ofthe country Teachers
Institute from the Sth 9tl. 10th of SEP
TENDER to the 9TH Sth and 9th
Among tho stock shipments over the
Northern Pacific line Yesterday were
seventeen cars of sheep sent out from
Rathdrum to be delivered at Helena
Extensive forest fires ale raging all
along the Northern Pacific between
Horse Plains and Huron, destroying
immense quantities of valuable timber.
The Alameda mine, near Virginia
City, was recently sold to Mr.. J. H.
Ramsey, an Albany capitalist, for $780,
600 by Messrs. Thexton and DeyarmOn.
Mr. Townsend. formerly of Billings, is
one ofthe contractors on the new court
house of Lewis &elarke county, at Hell
ena for which the contract price is $685.
900. V
Col. Broadwater and Dennis RYAN of
St Papi, have acquired controlling M
terest in the leads at Neihart mine, for-
merly owned by,Mclntosh, Wells x Bells
The eonsideratioRApaid was 10000. Il
B. Fl. Tatem, proprietor of the Helena
Iron Works, has begun the erection of
largest foundry west of st. Paul, TO ac-
eommodate his rapidly increasing bust
ness. The new building will be 3GxS0.
Twelve hundred and thirty-five ounces
of gold were brought to the Helena assay
Office on Wednesday by Mr. McNutt,
from Salmon River. Idaho, the result of
seasons run on his claim. 1t is worth
900. %
At Cooke City two miners played 100
games of cribbage, the stakes being 100
feet Of the Snowslide lode against 100
feet ofthe Elevator lode-both rich prop.
critics. The Elevator man won, and
received his deeds Immediately, for
which he refused 81 800.
The journalists of Montana are in
tellIgent, well educated and conservative
gentlemen. There are no fools and but
few hypocrites among them. few
are on the political fence, but most of
them are men of positive convictions
which they have the courage to express
and defend.-Inter Mountain.
Butte demands of the Northern Pacific |
company a speedy, direct eastern and |
western communication with the east
and west. 1t demands a direct line of /
one gauge to the forests and farms Of
Missoula country via Anaconda and
Garrison and also line to the coal
measures of Gallatin country via the
Pipestone Pass.-Inter Mountain
Allen M. Easterly lately of Radersburg
when a boy, left Goodhue country Min
nesota overland for Montana, crossing
the Missouri at Fort Berthold keeping to
Benton, and thence by the Bear Paw
mountains to the Gun River country. Mr..
Easterly lived in Montana nineteen
years and nowgoes to Bismarck as an in
spector of the land department.
I The Northern Pacific stock records
show that the shipments of young stock
cattle into Montana for the season
amount to $4,000 head. Half the castle
went into the territory from the East,
and the other half from Washington
Territory. There went also 1000 head
of horses and 2 400 head ofsheep shipped
into Montana from the west end of the
Northern Pacific line.
The following statistics furnished by
Agent G. w. Scott, of the Utah & North
ern railway may prove interesting read
ing. Total number of cars received at
Butte for the month of June, ,94l; total
number of cars sent out l 400 average
number of cars handled daily 90; tonn
age for June forwarded, over 50,0OO,O00 |
pounds; tonnage for June received over
100000 pounds; number of car loads
lumber, averaging 5000 feec to the car,
S47, or total by rail of 2,OS2,OOO feet OF |
bulk ore there were shipped 957 cars,
with an average $4,000 pounds to the
car or total of 95,366,0OO pounds. OF !
matte and copper there were 40, with
an average Of 81 900 pounds to the car or
total of IA, $50, 000s Yf3fos8 E{E