The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-05
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

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Lodge al once.
The Missouri river commissi IN was in
Helena last week on the way to Benton
to see about the river improvements in
that vicinity.
Mr. Van II. Fisk. has purchased one
half interest in the Trancbant, and as
sumes the business management of the
paper at once.
At the wool growers meeting at Ben
ton last week banquet was held, and
the men who took part represented an
ownership of l65, 900 sheep.
At the territorial fair at Helena next
month the purses for the races alone will
famo1nt To oyer 5000, and the premium
list willasgregate a much larger sum.
A petition was circulated in Missoula,
Saturday for the appointment of DR.. J..
III. Choquette as Indian agent at Flathead
it is rumored Major Roman is to step into
the suryeyorgeneral's Office
A notice posted mp in front i,f Butte
City employment office, stating that six
men were wanted to chop wood brought
at least seventy-fiye wood choppers
around in ten hours The labor market
of Butte is overdone
Fifty millions of the tangible wealth
of Montana can be found in our cattle,
horses and sheep, feeding and multiply
ing on the free bunch grass meadows of
the Territorg. The stock holdings of
Helena alone are estimated to exceed
$7OOOOO0 tf}olJ el1Ndt tl6
Henry Behrens,r, who. was arrested
on the complaint made by Russell B.
Harrison, Secretary of the Montana
Stockgrowers Association. under the
statute commanding butchers to keep
record ofbrands ofthe cattle slaughtered
by them.
Stock Inspector Matthews, who has
been stationed at Horse Plains through
out the season of moving cattle from the
west, states that he inspected p, 500 head
of cattle and horses at Horse Plains since
he began the work there last spring.
About one thousand of these were horses.
Not one Of these cattle was afflicted with
diseases. Ell DIS |
The Northern Pacific and Utah North
ern Railroads have both agreed to give
special low rate to all those who are de-
sirous of visiting Helena during Fair
week. Round tickets win be sold at all |
stations in Montana for one fare Arti- |
cles and animals exhibited will be re-
turned free on certificate from the |
Secretary
Potts & Harrison had the Misfortune
to lose Thoroughbred Clyde two-year-
old-One of their own raising-last Fri
day The animal was taken sick short
time ago, and, although ayeterinary SUR
geon from Helena wrs called in is was
impossible to save it. They also lost fine
mare, it is supposed through blood-poiso-
ming by the bites Of flies-fr anchant
Standard in an editorial on the renorted
advance of Russian troops to Zulifikar
pass, says: although more re-assuring
news was received late yesterday from
Col. Ridgway, chief of the Russian Afgh-
an boundary column; the news from
other sources regarding Russian move
ments is of the gravest character. The
only redeemlpg feature ofthe intelligence
from Afghanistan was that the Afghan
have attached themselYe, more firmly
than. ever to our side.
B5nten Press. DUMAS and numont
are going down on the steamer Helena,
and win go direct to Washington They
will meet a party of French Canadians
who are travelling in the interest of
Riel and the haEf-breeds VIII join them
in their efforts to raise funds for the
defense of Riel and others. While at
the national capital they will endeavor
to secure a, tract of land, probably in
Montana, to locate the refugees from the
Saskatchewan, thirty of whom are now in
this vicinity
Attorney Pemberton who has just re-
turned from Coeur d. Alene says that he
found the country rather lively and that
there were quite a number of new a. r
rivals At Murray there were fully one !
thousand men. He has no doubt but t
that the country is very rich but would
not advise any one TO q there at present. 4
Tha t,1ooo. s,-r Io<,,,
from twenty to forty feet and are hard to !,
work There have been several import b
int quartz strikes but for the time =being a
hey cannot be developed
There is some talk in railroad circles b
hat scheme is onsfoot to build rail- I
way from Fort Benton, Mont, to some Il
point on the Canadian Pacific line Those
with the scheme, it is stated, :
ire some very prominent railroad men
md English capitalists, one Of them
,eing Sir Henry Tyler, presidsntof the
irand Trunk Railroad company Sir
Henry made a trip over the Canadian
'acifc line, tits stated, purpose, to inspect
be country where the proposed line n,
ouches the Canadian Pacific This
you'd be in the Saskatchewan valley The
abroad would pass through both a :
mineral and agricultural country, and as I
9th were developed theproits from the =
reduction would in year or two pay
Or the money invested iii the railroad.
'ort Benton would, however be only a !,
terminus as Helena would be
be objective point. The hne, as stated,
Toull touch Fort Assiniboine and Fort
Walsh. ~