The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-12-16
NEWS SUMMARY

The Grant fund now foots up $104,-
POS.
Hostiities have been resumed in the
Balkans
The Spanish election have been post
poned till May.
Epizootic mas broken out among Chica-
go street car horses.
Barney Caulfeld is candidate for the
Dakota governership.
Maurice Frau the theatrical manager is
seriously i'll, with jaundice.
There are 40 cases of smallpox at st.
Anne de la Pocatiere, Que.
A block ofbuildings at Navasota, Tex
as, bun ed Yesterday at loss Of $l15,.
600.
The total payments made to creditors
of theFreedman's bank has been 81 &c.,
80.
Washington has been selected as the
site of the proposed G. A. R. monument
to Gen Grant,
Gen Robert Toombs is sinking at his
home at Washington. His physIcians say
he cannot recover.
B. Gratz Brown died at his residence
at Kirkwood Monday His death was
caused by pneumonia.
President Cleveland and Secretary
Bayard and Endicott attended mass for
the repose Of Alonzo's soul.
Ex-Jndge Seward Smith, of Pierre, has
announced himself candidateforUnited
States Senator from Dakota.
President Cleveland's message has had
the effect of causing decline in Mexico
silver from SO to 81 cents on the dollar.
The strength and activity of the Sou
dan rebels under the new Mahdi is such
that England will sen more troops to
the Soudsn,
The Washington Post has a double
loaded article charging that Sam Randall
wrote that part of the Presidents mes
sage relating to the tariff.
There is general Indignation in Dakota
because nothing was said in the Presi
dents message about that territory. Da-
kota is nothing if not advertised.
The officials of the Panama canal COM
panv say that 1900 men are now at
work on the ditch. and that one section
will be completed in three years,
The President has offered Mr.. East,
the private secretary ofMr. Hendricks, y
position of equal dignity and compensa-
ton, but has not yet designated what it
will be.
Archbishop 1acher has issued lengthy
manifesto. in which he ascribes the cause
of the late rebellion In the Northwest to
incompetent governments officials and
holds the Nets blameless.
Congressman McCreery, of Kentucky
is one of the new members of the house
He is distant relative of ex-senator
NcCreery. He bears strong family
resemblance to the senator.
The Bundesrath, in session at Berlin,
has unanimously approved the bill for
the construction of the long-spoken-of-
ship canal between the Baltic, the ElDe
and the North sea- II will cost $50, 250,-
200.
Henry Beiderbeck, one of the surviv-
ors of tn the Greeley expedition has re-
ceived ar appointment as messenger in
the agricultural department at salary
Of $500 year. Mr.Beiderbeck's health is
very poor.
While Monta1a was basking in tropical
warmth, Forrest McKayya young man
f Wausau, Wis, was frozen to death
Wednesday night. He had been out
hunting and his body was found in field
close to the city limits.
Chief Justice NibIack, of the Indiana
supreme court Is now talked OF as Hen
bricks successor as the leader of the In
diana Democracy. This is done in the
hope of defeating English who aspires to
ill the late Eice-President's shoes.
Senator Voorhees, is direct descend.
ant of Stephen Goerte Van voorhees,,
who came from Holland in 1860. The
senator viii be one Of the principal
speakers at the dinner Of the Holland
Society of New York, TO be given Jan.
8.
As the time for the assembling Of the