Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-08-07

When Delegate Toole again visits
Butte the Miner suggests that "he be
not so exclusive"
A band Of 500 horses from Oregon
passed through Bozeman on Thurs
day. en- route 20 the Yellowstone, via
the trail.
A meeting Of the cattle and horse
growers OF Gallatin county is to be
held at any suitable place in the city
Of Bozenan, on Monday Aug. IL, 1885.
Last Friday morning 5000 sheep
raised a cloud Of dust while passing
through town from the west, headed
for Yellowstone range. -Bozeman
Chronicle.
1t is said thai prairie chickens
throughout the territory are more nu-
merous and in better condition than
IN any previous year since the settle
ment Of Montana.
The territorial convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held in Bozeman Tues
day and Wednesday, August 18th and
18th, in the Methodist church.
Services In memory Of Gen. Grant
will be held throughout Montana to-
morrow. The territorial posts Of the
G.. A. X. will pay due respect to the
grand soldier and honored citizen.
The average young man Of Helena
is now trying to figure out how he can
go out on a summer excursion for
couple Of weeks without its costing
him any more than staying in town.
Homer NJ. Hill completed the sale
Of his stock In the Helena Independ-
ent to E. w. knight last Tuesday
and has started for Seattle, w. T.,
where he expects to engage in BUSH
ness.
Six thousand four hundred and
ninety pounds Of plate glass, etc, was
received Wednesday morning for the
First National bunk building. The
plate glass was SO large that IL had to
be loaded into one of the largest cars
in use.-Billings Gazette.
One Of the Summit papers explains
why the 81. Paul exeursionists failed
Is see many Of the ten thousand Butte
ties. Their stay of several hours was
in daylight, "when the greater por-
ton of the population was under
ground, Helena Herald.
The Fargo Argus reports that q
party Of Montana capitalists are about
to go to Washington TO promote new
division scheme. Their scheme Is to
divide Dakota on the Missouri river,
and Montana, north and south, at the
east end Of Bozeman tunnel.
Hon, Horace Taylor, wife and son
accompanied by Judge Humphreys
and wife, al Of Hudson. Wis, are
visiting friends in Bozeman. Mr..
Taylor, until recently, has been con-
sui to "a port in France, aud is cousin
of Mrs. Chas. Rich, Of Bozeman.
Hon. ]. B. Sperry, whose sheep
passed through here last week, was at
the Northern Pacificon Sunday. Mr..
Sperry came from Herpner, Ore, and
says that his sheep did well, and that
the grass in Montana is better than he
ever saw anywhere Bozeman Chron-
icle.
Tom Cannon, who will wrestle Pas
coe at Butte on the sth inst, IL work
ing hard To get himself down 10 l65
pounds. Tom knows he will have
bis hands full with Pascoe, and that
unless he Is In the best OF trim he can
count on no sure thing with the Ne
vada champion.
r. p. Vivion and wife returned
from Cooke City on Saturday. Mr..
viyion informs US that in and about
the Homestake is scene Of great ac-
tivity. Five wagon loads Of ore were
shipped on Saturday and other ship
ments will follow as quickly as possi-
ble.-Bozeman Chronicle.
District Attorney Blake, of Virginia
City, in an open letter to w. w.
Wylie, territorial superintendent Of
public instruction, says that he pro-
poses TO compel Messrs, Bancroft q
Co. and Harper Bros. a Co., to per-
form their part of the contract, made
last winter, respecting the exchange
Of school text books.
IL has generally been supposed that
the boss liar Of Montana was living In
Butte, and the following extract from
a communication published In Butte
paper would seem to confirm the inn
preston: "In the Sweet Grass Hills
there Is probably the largest galena
lode In the world. The ledge can be
traced by broad black line for more
than thirty miles, aud varIes IRON Ave
10 ten feet In width, and in addition
has numerouss spurs which jut out from
II almost at right angles"
Johnny Coleman, who has been