The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-12-23
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

Three horses thieves escaped from the
Butte jail
The Helena mine intends erecting re-
duction works.
Morris Welsh, well known variety
performer, died at Butte.
Lewis & Clark county has only 1900
delinquent taxes this year.
Fort Conard on the Marias river has
been sold TO New York capitalist for 49,.
500. sE
The severest wind storm ever ex-
Derienced at Sun River prevailed last
week.
company is being organized to devel-
OPP the coal mines in Grizzly gulch near
Helena
Tie location Of the Helena pOstoffice
is to be changed, as the present quarters
are too small.
The Piegans have adopted cattle
brand, which is bench with the letter
p above on left hip
Judge ChuInasero and Col. l. ID. Nc
Cutcheon, late territorial secretary have
formed law partnership at Helena.
The Helena land office is having big
run of business under the apprehension
that the land laws will soon be repealed
Ge,. 6. t'arvill, a prominent sheep
maa of Careless Greek, near the Snowy
mountains, died of an affection al The
kidneys.
Investigation shows that nearly all
horses stolen through Northern MnEtana
are hsld BY the Bloods, Blackieet and
North Piegans.
Surveyors are at work on the new ca
nal at Sun River The length 10 be cut
Is ] 800 feet and the fall in the distance
will be six feet.
The richest mne in Montana is the
Granite Mountain at Philipsburg There
is in sight $9,5O0,O00, and four men de-
NSIOp P1UUsUuJ IhOlitH
c. w. Price has bought fifty head of
Thoroughbred Shorthorn bulls to turn
out with the Conrad Price herd Of 1900
head brought from Oregon.
The Neihart smelter closed for want
Of coal, During the present run they
have turned out about thirty tons If bull
lion ,alued at S4S7.5o per ton.
lambert Molnelli and w. L David
son have retired from ownership in the
Town Talk, OF Butte, and Cobban & Oak
ley now constitute. the Town Talk Pub
fishing Company,
Albert L. Babcock of the firm of Bab-
cock & Miles, of Billings has been ap
pointed to fill the unexpired term of
William B. Webb, as commissioner of
Yellowstone county.
The mill men OF Butte are determined
to close Jan. L. unless the salt rates are
reduced $40 per ton. Several conferences
with the Union Pacific officials have
been held but no settlement was effect
ed.
A coal oil lamp exploded in the Mont
ana Colnsa mine setting fire to the sta
ti"n and shaft timbers The steam pipe
burst and the pumps stopped but the |
miners were gottep ont through Clark's |
COlusa.
The Northern Pacific brought out |
eight car loads Of finely bred cattle, con-
signed to Charles Anceney, Moreland,
last week. They will be pnt on Mr.
Anceney's breeding ranch In the Gallatiu
valley.
The Northern Pacific has issued
circular announcing that rates on seed
wheat between all stations on the com
pany's lines IN Minnesota and Dakota
would be one-haf tariff, excepting On
shipments to Eastern terminals and on
shipments going off the companv's lines
The Northern Pacific has built 37.S
miles of track, at an estimated cost 81
SIS, 200 per mile. addition TO THU
100000 in r ,und numL err were exp nded
for improvements and betterments, other
than new tracks. This makes a total ex-
penditure for the year $1,245,000. OF
this amount only about $4,000 was ex-
pended in Minnesota.
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