The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-12-30
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

Paupersare buried in Meagher count,
for SS5 each.
The gross output of the Drum Iumou
mine for November was $77,5OO.
Dir. Jackson has succeeded Mr.. vii.
kinson as city editor Of the Independ-
emf
The Missouri at Benton has frozen
over and the ferry boats have stopped
running.
Billing claims improvements to the
amount Of $4,000 during the past six
month";. ~
The manager Of the Montana Copper
company has received notice to shut
down Jan. /.
Every bigjawed animal Of the bovine
species found on the Mhsselshell is to be
killed and poisoned for bait to wolves
and other beasts Of prey.
Benton has succeeded in raising $50.
900 for the Gault railroad scheme Only
$4,000 more is required and Jerry Col
Inns has noryet subscribed
The Miles City Irrigating and Ditch
company has been organized TO carry
ont the scheme Of the old Tongue River
lrngating and Ditch company,
A meeting was held, ct Helena. last
week at which resolutions were adopted
asking that there be no further legisla,.
ure on the silver coinage question.
Some founders of Billings crept upon
John Anderson and knocked him down
Witt aclub, or some blunt iustr Ilnent
and while the victim was Unconscious,
went through his pockets FT A
Bullion shipments from Butte last
week were: Lexington, -Sls,O56; Moul. /
ton. $r5,2l6; Silver Bow, S2i, 26O Alice, |
SS5,0SS; Partridge & Co., sl,l6S Allen
Hayes, $2,o32. Total value, $98.32O
The largest eleshipment OF territory |
wool made this year was from Fl Benton /
to New York 1tcensisted of nineteen |
car loads, 500 sacks The prices realized !
were from % to Is cents for all grades
The line riders from the Yellowstone
report that, alth ugh lots Of riding has
been done lately by them they have seen
no castle, the provision of water in thu
hills being quite sufficient 70 hold them /
there, .u. g. at. t.#.
4 strike OF five feet OF excellent galena
ore is reported in the l01-foot level Of
the Helena mine. The thermometer il
considerably below zero on days when
Helena does not discover mine Of great
richness. |
The people OF Helena have held
meeting and appointed a committee to
investigate the building of the court
house in that city. Gross iobbery IS
alleged and the county commissioners
very seriously implicated
Three highwaymen held up the Miles
City and Spearfsh stage, but the driver
whipped dphis horses and escaped to
Miles City, a sheriff and posse went
after the robbers, wourding and captur-
ing ~Corkscrew Hank" and 'Dick Iur-
pin"
The Indians who captured the sheriff +
md posse at Arlee, and threatened to
Jack the town, have released their
prisoners and gone away in u very bad
lumor. Trouble is feared over the kill
ns Of an ugly Indian of the Spokane
rihe.
The Lewis and Clarke county court
house, designed by the architects, rs, in
their language, Norman With touch of
the Romanesque." It is our private
opinion that if there, were a little less
ROmanesque" aad q better foundation
he Helena peop pie would be better salts
led
A. NJ. Whitley was brought before
nstice Eddy at Helena to answer to the
barge of embezzling $4,000 from T. C.
Aower q Co. The total amount il now
tated 10 be over $3.50. He waived ex- tlJ
and was held for the grand -
lry in bond of $3.50. In default Of
'ail he was retained to Jail. . i H.
JudgeC. R. Pollard Of Delphi, Ind, sue
essor TO Gen. John Coburn. as, territorial
idge Of Montana, says: II was not a
andidate for Columns place. had made
pplication for territorial iudgeship in
ger eral way. and the first notice I re-
rived that | was to superaede Coburn
as the public announcements. regret :,
nat it falls to my lot to take Gen. Co q.
nrn's place. ! have the kindest feel
lgs towar | him ~ man and Judge, and
id not seek to displace him" Coburn il =
not filed with kindred feeling y
r he would have accepted the situation N
ithout 6 murmur.