The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-10
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

UUO 10 T0UU,UOO RBiu uVsL per dnUhh'J
coming from Alder Gulch, while the
county (Madison) is producing 100000
per year.
o. d. Garrison, form erly of Billings, is
reported to have sold twelfth interest
in A placer mine in the Coeur a. Alene
country near Murray for $4,000.
The First National Bank of Helena re-
ceived $4,000 worth of Ceprd' Alene gold
nuggets last Wednesday.
The fight between Murphy, the Eintte
pugilist and Harlan az Ilah1 bruis
which took place At Elsle r 'ck last sun
day resulted in a complete an easy vic
tory for Murphy. About 500 people were
present at the fight.
Col Guido nges is at present a weekly
contributor to the Cincinnati Graphic,
and is sending circular letters to his old
friends in this vicinity soliciting cubscrip-
tons to the publication. The last issue
ofthe paper contains an article on bounty
jumping during the war.
In round numbers Is, 900 head ofhorned
cattle have been purchased from Wash
ington territory ranges bv Montana
stock men since March LIST of this year.
A little son of A. c. Brown, of Helena
was badly bruised last Monday by break
ing through thin covering over an
old prospect shaft and falling IL feet to
the bottom.
The N. c. Deering Cattle Company,
capital, $40 900, and the Iowa and Mont
ana Live Stock Company capital $780,
600, filed articles of inooruorotion with
the territorial secretary last Tuesday.
The sheriff of Deer Lodge county has
had posted at Anaconda the following
notice: "All Migrants, or persons with
out visible means of support are hereby
notified to leave Anaconda on or before
June 18th, or they will be arrested and
dealt with according to law.
The spring round ups in eastern Mont.
ana now about over, point to the largest
calf trop ever known in that part of
the territory. In some localities the i'm
crease is rs per cent, and some others
even above that figure. Late rains have
caused fine condition. Never before in
thehistory of the herds of the northwest
have there been such promising results
as at the present time.
John Ticknor, who played first base
with the Butte base ball club last year
is playing this year with the Rochesters,
of Rochester, New York. His club was
victorious last week over the Stars, OF
Syracuse, by score Of 10 to 6.
The quarantine proclamation is produc-
ing general dissatisfaction except among
the few large stock-owners who are res
ponsible for it it is indeed a hardship.
1t in effect places power into the hands
of the veterinarian to say to any shippers
'You must not take those cattle across
theborder of Montana until the expira4
ton of ninety DAVIS" This he has done
and can do arbitrarily and without in
spection if the cattle come from any Qnef
of seventeen states or territories named
in the proclamation. The veterinarian
is the chosen officer of the ctock asan-
missioners, and those commissioner are
the bonanza cattle kings of the territoGsshI
who also ruled our legislature last wlHte1
the shippers who have been rounded
up by the quarantine pretext so far are
small operators or new, beginners while
heavy stock owners are mot nlelested.
The cattle quarantined are allowed TO be
either corralled or loosed Uupon the
prairie at the option Of their owners. To
corral and feed them would G be
enormously expensive, and and as the
owner has nohorses with him with which
to herd them he is impaled upon the
horns of "a serious dilema. He canronly
turn them on the prairie to follow their
own inclinations. -. ~ bea
The largest exchange of horseaesh1
that ever took place in Montanaoowas
made in Miles City few days since.
VIM. Rowe, of Fl Benton, gave J.aH.
Truman for his Shire horse Importer and
one grade horse. 70 head of good native
Montana horses. Mr.. Truman is fascin-
ated with the stock ranges Of Montana.
For the purpose of introducing good
horses into Montana he is willing to
trade as in the above case English Shire
horses or Polled Angus bulls, for native
Montana mares neat cattle or sheep.
This will enable those who have not the
ready cash to procure the best polled
animals brought to Montana.
AT Fort Custer, recently, while firing
at a 3OO-yard target Lieut. DeFrees, Fifth
Infantry accidentally killed soldier of
the First Cavalry. The man without
displaying the danger signal, walked
from behind the bullet proof butt in front
of the target justas Lieut.. peFrees pulled
the trigger. The bullet tore of the crown
of the soldiers head. No blame is at
tached TO Lieut.. DeFrees.
Vice President Hendricks viii visit
Montana to look after his mining intrests
at Glendale.
DUMAS and Dumont arrived at Benton
from Fort Assinnibeine last week. They
feel safe while in the United States. In
the engagements at Fish Creek, Duck
Lake and Batonche the Halfbreeds lost
but twenty four men. They were beaten
at Batouche because they had on arms
and ammunition. for they were So well
entrenched that with gunsand ammunir
ton they could have rendered Middle
toms Calling gun of little use. Riel did
not try to escape.
The Avant Courier deplores the bad
element of inhabitants which seems to
prevail at Timberline, in Gallatin county,
describing the people as hardly human.
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