The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-09
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

VI AuNCA HSA
last week,
Mr.. J. E. Hendry, of the Independent
vent east last week TO make some pur
cbssas OF material to perfect the equip
inent and make the Independent the
beat newspaper and job outfit in the
country.
I'm the westbound train last Tuesday
wssa special car occupied by samueI
Wilkeson. of New York, the venerable
secretary of the Northern Pacific COM
many, together with his wife and grand
daughter. Mr.. Wilkeson stopped a day
in Billings.
srrvsvor General Green has accepted
the following bids and issued contracts
for surveys in accordance: George NJ
stafford Meagher county, NJ. T., S2OOoi
George T. Lamport, Billings, M. I? 81
600; Charles ]. Griffin, Fort Benton NJ IT,
$3.50,
The COWBOYS on the Powder river
roundup struck for S4o non'n al
round and got 1t.
Outside friends passed whiskey
through the windows of the Helena CITY
Jail TO the inmates.
The special grand jury at Deer Lodge
protests AGAINST letting Indians violate
the game law.
Benton has raised funds for the pur-
nose of catching fish from the river 10
sock the lakes near the town.
Great Falls claims to have more gam
bling money for its population than any
other town in Montana, outside OF Hell
ena
Thecontract to supply the Crow agency
with beef was accepted by Asal Reyes at
S2.79. 1t will require 1900 head.
Richard Walsh, age about 30, hung
himself in his room in st, Josephs
hospital, Deer Lodge, Wednesday. He
tied the rope to peg in the wall, and
had to almost lie down in order to
strangle himself He was partially
blind.
Two hundred ounces of gold dust was
received at the Helena assay office on
Saturday from the Ceur d'Alenes. The
quantity constantly being receiving from
that section indicates some good paying
mines there.
President Broadwater, Of the Montana
Central says that no arrangements has
vet been made with the Northern Pa
cifc relative to the freight tariff on rails
for the former road, and there is no
prospect that they will be Immediately
shipped.
w. R. Stebbins went to Livingston
this morning. He has the plans for a
very fine bank building, which he in
tends to erect in Livingston this season.
It will be built on the same model as
the First National Bank of Billings, and
the stone will be taken from our quar-
ries. Gazette
In case before Judge Galbrath last
evening we are informed he decided the
United States could of its own motion
sell aside any patent issued for mineral
lands. This is considered importont as
relating to mining patents on town sites,
and may reopen the Butte mineral pat
ents.-Northwest
Col. Curtis as Postmaster of Helena
and the Hon. Robert Kelly as U. S.
Marshal were confirmed last Thursday.
A big timber cutting suit will soon be
instituted against A. H. Wilder growing
out of the operations of the old Diamond
r. outfit. 1t appears that from 1880 to
1888 this outfit cut ties and delivered
them to the Northern Pacific Railway
Company. and foated logs down from
the upper waters of the Tongue river to
a saw MILL, owned and operated by the
company at Miles City.
John Bosanko, one of several miners
employed in blasting in the lowest level
of Clark 8. Colusa mine at Butte was in
stantlY killed by giant powder ex-
plosion Thursday. A box Of powder
and caps was kept about 100 feet back
from the face of the drift, where the men
were at work. Bosanko went to get
drink of water, and on the way back to
the work stopped over the box to get
some powder and caps. A miners candle
stick in his hat fell into the box which
ignited, exploding the powder. Bosanko's
head and the upper portion of his body
were blown of, brains, blood and frag.
ments Of his flesh scattering the drift in
every direction. The conclusion was SO
great that the other men were knocked
down, one being hurled ten or twelve
feet into the air
B. F. Potts and twenty. nine other
Stockmen of Montana have presented a
remonstrance to the U. S. senate against
the passage Of the bill to regulate the
transportation Olive stock.
The Northern Pacific will build from
Wickes to Red Mountain, instead of from
Helena, as first announced.
There are 100 telephone instruments
in use in Butte
Nearly all the towns in the territory
are making preparations to celebrate the
Fourth.
The annual statement ofCuster county
has just been published, and it occupies
four and half large pages ofthe Yellow
stone Journal. The net indebtedness of
the country is 1921 Sal so.
The Bad Lands Cow Boy says Theo-
core Roosevelt does his full days work
with the rest Of the men, and except for
the big spectacles, would pass for COW
puncher anywhere.
Delegate Toole has introduced a bill
providing Tor the sinking ofartesian wells
In Montana. Section ] authorizes the
secretary of the interior to cause to be
bored under his direction and without
delay i've artesian wells, at such points
as he may deem best calculated to test
the efficacy of producing water for
lrnganng purposes by the artesian system
Section appropriates $4,000 to carry
out the provisions of section one.