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Suicide of Ed, Aston,

One of the pioneers of Gallatin county,
Ed. Aston, and residing about three miles
from Bozeman, suicided Friday morning
of last week, by cutting his throat. The
circumstances in connection with the deed
were such as to make it seem doubtful as
to whether Aston committed the act him
self, and the case was very carefully in
vestigated by the coroner's jury, but no
evidence was found that would justify the
suspicion that he had been the victim of
foul play. Aston was eccentric in many
ways and whenever he went to town he
drank heavily. He is reported to have
previously attempted to take his own life
by hanging, but was prevented by friend.
He committed the decd in room where
one or two members of his family were
present, but was not seen to make the
fatal cash by any one.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION IN NEWS

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION IN NEWS.
United States Land Office, Bozeman, Decembe,
10th, 1885 5.-Notice is hereby given that Beal
Iuich Placer Company, corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the Territory OF
Wyoming, by. George o. Eaton, it's president
whose postOffice address is Gardiner, Gallatin
county, Montana territory, has this day filed its
application for patent for 1888 acres of placer
mining ground known as Bear Gulch Placer Com
pany forty acre placer, situated in the socalled
Sheepeater Mining District (unOrganized) in the
County OF Gallatin, Territory Of Montana, and
designated by the field notes and official plat on
e N this Office az Survey No. 81, Mineral District
No. Z, in township 9, South Of Range 9east, ap-
proximately upon unsurveyed land. Said Survey
No 81 being described as follows, to-wit: Com
mencing at the N. E. location corner thereof,
volcanic rock in place, 4x5x3 feet above ground
marked with cross (x) and 1-61 for corner No.
l, from which fir tree 10 in. in diameter marked
tree IL in. in diameter marked B. T. 1-61 bears
s. 81 > 26' E. IS feet and from which the Sheep
eater initial point bears q =, 81 20 1889
feet thence north 50 ., g., 3O' w. O43 feet to the
northwest location corner, granite stone aOx12xs
inches, IA inches deep, marked 81 for corner No.
2, thence S. 32o, 46, 30 w. ,422.5 feet to fir
post AZ inches square, in mound of earth, and
cut No. bears N. 42o, so E. 71S feet, and n W
corner of blacksmith shop, bears N. Is ., 10 E.
7s5 feet, thence S: 50 6, 30 E. 1,O43 feet to
for corner No. T. thence N. 32o as, 30 E. 1925
feet to corner No. 1, the place of beginning; mag
netic variation 1872. g. 3D. East, containing 81. SO
acres. The location Of this claim is recorded in
the Recorders Office Of the County Of Gallatin, in
Book Of Mining Claims, page sos. The adjoin-
ing claimants are Placer Survey No. A, on the
southwest. Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely any portion of said mining ground or
premises are required to file their adverse claims
with the Register of the United States Land Of
flee at Bozeman, in the County Of Gallatin, Ter
ritory of Montana, during the sixty days period
of publication hereof, or they will be barred by
virtue of the provisions of the statute.
o. P. CHISHOLM, Register.
(irst pub. December 10, 1852
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The West Virginia Mine Disaster.

Newburg, small mining town in West
Virginia, was the scene of terrible mine
disaster on the 22nd. An explosion of
gas in the Oriel mine resulted in the death
of 80 men, residents of Newburg and
other small villages for so miles along
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The
origin of the disaster IS variously deter
mined by experts, who vary in their theo-
ries. The general accepted theory, which
is that of the company's representatives,
is that one Of the miners, who was cutting
a ditch through GRATIS at the extreme
end of the working, to let water off
knocked down door to give him better
chance at this work. The door played an
important part in the system of ventilation
which was thus deranged. The fuel gas
collected in great volume and was fred
by miners lamp. An exploring party
was Immediately organized for the recov-
cry of the bodies but owing to the many
difficulties encountered, their work was
slow, and the bodies were not
all recovered until Thursday of this week.
The unfortunate victims were buried bv |
the company, who also issued provisions
from its stores to the families, manv of |
whom are in destitute circumstances.
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Ra1lrOad Notes.

The train and station men on the Utah
& Northern are shortly to be Uniformed
Chas. s. Zee, general passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific, has issued circular
announcing the appointment Of George s.
Marsh as assistant general ticket agent.
his title and duties to correspond with
those of II. G. Davis, assistant general
passenger agent.
Contracts have been let to Col. Bush,
general manager of the Kansas, Wichita
& Texas North and South line, and Frs
kline Smith for the construction of the
Balk Knob spur of the Iron Mountain
road, from Balk Knob, Ark, to Memphis.
The spur will will be nearly one hundred
miles long, and the work on it will be
commenced in short time.
The board of directors of the Northern
Pacific railroad have authorized the letting
OF tunnel two miles in length, through
the Cascade mountains, to Nelson Bennett
of Deer Lodge, Montana. The tunnel will
cost something under $500, 900. and is to
be completed by May. 1858. Muir Bros.
OF St. Paul were bidders, but Bennett had
the advantage in having contracts for the
construction of the Cascade branch. There
were eleven other bidders, including H.
Clark & Co. The work is to be complet-
ed in twenty eight months from date.
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The Root of all Evil.

Seven brothers, all raving maniacs, en-
route for Jacksonville, ILL.,. asylum. passed
through St. Louis Sunday. Prior to the
war a wealthy farmer by the name of
Anson Arnold settled in Hickory county,
Missouri, with large family. The ac-
quirement of money seemed to be their
aim in life, and the whole family of seven
sons and five daughters deprived them
selves of the necessaries of life in order to
gain 1t. About three years ago stranger
visited their home, and after convincing
them they could likely in short time in
crease their wealth, induced them to in
vest their all in a mythical silver mine in
Nevada. After months of anxiety thew
learned they had been imposed upon. and
all seven brothers, upon the reception of
the news, Immediately became afflicted
with violent form of insanity, which is
the cause of their present visit to Jackson
vile.
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In the Supreme Court.

The following decisions on several i'm
portant cases were rendered in the sapreme
court Monday, Chief Justice Wade and
Judge Galbraith on the bench:
Nearly all the cases that have been re-
versed during this past term of the su-
preme court were cases which had been
tried before ex-Judge Coburn.
Territory ex rel board Of county COM
missioners of Custer county VS.. Yellow
stone county; judgment affirmed with
costs; opinion by Chief Justice Wade,
Galbraith conc urring.
1mogene Dupont VS.. Perry W. Meadow;
judgment reversed with costs; cause re
manded for new trial; opinion by Wade,
Galbraith concuring.
Board of county commissioners of Gus
ter county VS.. board of county commits
sioners of Yellowstone county; judgment
reversed with costs and cause rcmanded
for new trial; opinion by Galbraith, Wade
concurring.
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The reputation of Don E. Doph, one O
the party who lately attempted to rob the
Speartish and Miles City stage, is that Of
a hard citizen. He has acknowledged te
have assisted in the robbery of the Las
! Vegas stage upon three different occasions
and to have been successful each time, the
smallest haul which they made being 5000.
Completely in shooting scrape at Sgd
ney, Neb., caused his sudden retirement
from that country, together with numerous
other cscapades.
Miner: Barney Lee, former stage
driver on the road from Boulder to this
city, was arrested in Helena last Saturday
on a charge of criminal libel, and taken
to Boulder, Jefferson county. Mrs. Kate
Castle of Boulder was the prosecutor and
the charge was using an obscene written
libel against herself. The preliminary ex.
animation occupied two days, T. F. Casey
of Helena acting for the prosecution and
Duffy of Butte for the defense. He was
bound over for the action of the grand
jury in the sum of $500. The libel was
too gross for publication. Mrs. Castle
keeps the stage station between Boulder
and Butte and is regarded as an estimable
lady.
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Pillage(l and Outraged.

A bold robbery, accompanied by out.
RACES of most revolving nature, were per-
petrated in Kinsman, Ohio, some fifteen
miles from Warren on Thursday night.
About II o'clock three masked men
forced their way into the residence OF
James Dathers, a wealthy farmer, by bat
tering down the front door. Dathcrs was
bound and his wife and two daughters
were subjected to nameless indignities.
The men then pillaged the house from
cellar to garret and secured several hund-
red dollars in money and jewelry. After
wantonly destroying considerable amount
of property that could not be removed,
they stored their plunder in a two horse
wagon and drove toward the Pennsylvania
line. A large posse of citizens is in pur-
suit
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Death of Col. Chestnut,

Chronicle: On Thursday last the long
illness of Col. Chestnut terminated in his
death, and on Sunday, escorted by the
Masonic fraternity, and the band and fol-
lowed by long line of friends, all that re-
mained of one of the pioneers of the Gal
latin was left with those sswho have gone
BEFORE
Born in 1884 in Ohio, his life proved
an eventful one--from college in Indiana
to dry goods store; from the counter to
California in 1848; from the mines to Cen
trail America with Walker; from filibuster-
ing to Kansas; blown up in steamboats,
and jailed for high treason during the
"border troubles;;" serving during the war
and graduating colonel, fate at last
found him in Bozeman, where, from 1867
bis home was found.
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PRICE 10 CENTS
From Red Lodge.

JANUARY 17.--Snow knce-deep and
cold. Have no idea how cold it is, us we
have no thermometer.
The town of Red Lodge is about 1000
feet higher than Livingston, and consists
of one small cabin occupied by lone
batchelor, who holds the very remunera-
tive position of postmaster. The mail is
brought from the stage line running from
Billings to Meeteetsee on horseback once
week when the weather is fair, other
wise we wait anxiously for fair day,
when we can expect the mail carrier
There are about dozen of us ranchers
and few sheep men in this isolated part
of Gallat;n county. Most of US seem to
have lacatcd here to avoid being disturbed
by close neighbors and tramps.
Don't know whether farming will be
success in this locality or not, as no one.
has tried to raise anything except stock,
but those who do not get discouraged and
leave in the spring will probably plant
few potatoes and some oats. As we are
forty miles from the railroad we cannot
expect to market grain for some time yet.
Cattle do we'll to the east of us in the
bad lands, the range being sheltered and at
lower altitude than this place by about
1000 There are several bands of sheep
in this vicinity, but during the winter
months they are herded lower down and
towards the Yellowstone AS the Crow
Is not fenced many stray
across the line.
Range riders report cattle doing fairly
well, though there is some complaint of
black leg among early tat calves.
We expect with the development of
tine Rock Creek coal mines situated here,
to build up very respectable settlement.
At least portion of the Rock Creek
bench will prove capable of producing
crops when we have a sufficient market
to justify the expense of taking out
bitches. RANcHER.
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Judge Brewer in the United States cir
cult court at Denver on the 25th, filet
an opinion in the Maxwell land grant case
The decision was for the defendants
The suit was brought by the governmen
to cancel the land patents claimed t,
have been obtained by Maxwell and other.
by fraud, and involved 100000 acres
in Colorado and New Mexico.
Louis O'Neil has been convicted OF
murder in the first degree ut jacksonville,
Oregon, and sentenced to be hanged Fri
day, March 12 .O'Neil lay in lt.and
assassinated Lewis Mcdaniel in the out
skirts of Ashland, November 20, 1884.
He had been criminally intimate with
Mel Daniels wife and irtended to marry
her after he had made her widow.
The Mississippi river is blockaded by a
solid mass of ice from St. Louis as far
north as the mouth of the Illinois river
and as far south as St. Genevieve. a dis
tance of sixty-tive miles The ice is six
teen or seventeen inches thick and rcsem-
bles in many respects the gorge which
blockaded the river in 1875, and which
remained intact from December to March.
1t appears that Maud Miller was mar
ried in Chicago last week to J. L. Nc
Cormick, theatrical manager, and took
him with her to New York. She did not
trouble herself about first getting divorce
from her other husband. She claims,
however, that the former marriage was
illegal, and therefore 7oid The whole
matter depends upon the question of
whether her first husband was baptiz ed
Catholic at the time of marriage. This,
however, will not interfere with its legal
ity as civil contract.
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Tough Times for Horse Thieves

Billings Gavette: On Jan. 4th H. c
Lowell left Billings for his Wyoming
ranch and on arriving at Curly Rogers some
days later, learned OF the killing of his
beef by two white horse thieves, as already
reported in the Gazette. A man who
lives with Rogers had seen the men skin
ming the beef and led Mr.. Lowell to the
spot where the carcass and hide were
still lying. Mr.. Lowell cut his brand out
of the hide and brought it with him for
evidence. He went to his ranch and then
took Clay. Anderson and Bob Rath to help
him hunt down the offenders. The latter
were found at trapper's on Sinking Water
and proved to be Harry Armstrong, a form
er employee of Mr.. Lovell's, and one Craig
They were brought before Justice Otto
Franc, and the evidence being complete,
were bound over to appear at next district
court In default Of bonds they were
taken to Lander, and are now quartercd at
the castle. The prisoners tell different
story about their interview with the Crows
from that related by Plenticoucs The
first thing the Indians did when they
came on the thieves was to fire several
shots on them and, yelling like lot of
demons, drove them up into the hills.
When they got close enough to parley the
Crows told the white men to come down
and give up their arms, and they could
take their own horses and go. They ac-
cordingly came down and gave up their
rifles, upon which the Indians treated
them to such wholesome kicking from the
rear that they were glad to leave without
the horses, and they made pretty good
time, too. They claim that they stole
'nly sixty hsrses, and had eight of their
'wn. The Indians took possession of the
'ixty-eight horses with the rifles, saddles
md camp outfit of the thieves
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Fire Af Fort lIllsfnr

A fire at Fort Custer on Wednesday o1
last week destroyed the stable of tloop NJ
Harris) First Cavalry, together with the
entire contents. The stables contained Sc
cavalry horses, including five from For,
Maginnis, and these, together with the
horse equipments and camp and garrison
equipage belonging to the troop and a
considerable amount of other property.
makes the loss to the government quite
large. The fire was probably the work of
an incendiary. The wind was blowing
hard and it was with difficulty that other
stables were saved.
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Indian Relics

DR.. G. G. Abbott's collection of stone
implements of the American Indians, now
on exhibition at the Peabody museum of
Archaeology at Cambridge, Mass, is con-
sldered one of the most important of the
kind ever brought together, and one
which archaologists will consult for all
time to come. It contains more than co.
600 stone implements and several hundred
objects made of bone, clay and copper,
and was gathered almost wholly in the
neighborhood of Trenton, N. j.
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NOTICE OF F0RFEITURE.-Cooke, Gal

NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.-Cooke Gal
N latin County, Montana, Jan. 9th, 1Ss6.-To
fed that have expended one hundred dollars in
labor and improvements upon the Carthage Quartz
Lode Mining claim, situate in New World Min
ritory, in order to hold said premises
under the provisions Of section 1924, Revised
Statutes of the United States, being the amount
required to hold the same for the year ending
Dec 31st, 1885. And if within ninety days after
the publication of this notice you fail refuse t"
contribute your proportion Of such expenditure
as coowne1, your interest in said claim will be-
come the property of the subscriber under said
section 1924. MARTIN RANMAEL.
first pub. Jan. 16, 1886.
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Arrested.

Daniel j. Welch, ex-treasurer of Silver
Bow county and ex-collector of internal
revenue for the district of Montana and
Idaho, was arrested at Helena last week
and taken to Butte, charged with the en-
bezzlement of county moneys. The time
OF the alleged commission of the crime is
stated as on or about the 18th day Of
September, 1885. He waived examina-
tion and gave bonds in the sum of $4,000.
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Attempted Suicide.

Louise Whitehead, a girl employed in
the Comique at Butte, attempted suicide
on Monday by taking laudanum She was
found in her room in deep stupor from
the effects of the powerful drug she had
taken. but medical aid prevented her from
dying. She was from Miles City, and a
bartender with whom she was associatine
robbed her of all the money she had, and
receiving letter that afternoon from
home it increased her dependency which
induced her to attempt suicide.
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Bain's Story.

Town Talk: Manager Balm of the
Montana Copper company told heart
rendering story to I. S. G. Van Wart OF
Helena. going over on the train last Mon
day. He said he was awakened from
sleep by the sound of pistol shots in close
proximity to his head. Awakening he was
confronted by four pistols in the hands OF
as many masked men. He was not per-
mitted to complete his toilet VIXEN he was
pounced upon and pummelled severely.
He yelled for help, but none was allowed
to reach him. He attempted to jump
through window, but was caught and
pulled back, cut with the broken glass,
and was carried out of doors where he
was subjected to more pounding from the
fists. feet and revolvers of the masked men.
He says one Of his feet was frozen while
he lay out of doors-a very improbable
story, as are other parts of the recital.
He thinks his assailants were miners
whom he had discharged.
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Getting Mineral Lands.

One of the most important western bills
before congress this winter is general
proposition to open all mineral lands tc
public sale that are located in Indian res
ervations. Some of the finest mineral de-
posits in the west have been known for
years to geologists and business men, but
it has been impossible to develop them be-
cause of the Indian title. The Indians
could neither sell nor lease, and there has
been no way of getting at these vast re-
sources of wealth. The coal deposits on
the Grow reservation where the best coke
in the world can be made will be opened
under the proposed law. as we'll as the vast
silver, gold and copper deposits that have
been known to exist there for years tits
believed that the bill stands good show
of passing congress this winter.
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MONTANA NEWS.

Butte's bullion shipments last wee
netted $5S,7O4.
A Miles City man isthe owner of So
bride. 1t must be landy.
Common Dillon whisky, says the Tri
bune, freezes so hard that it can be cut i,
blocks and sold at hi a block.
Scanland's bridge over the Madison
river, between Red Buff and Bozeman
has been taken out by floating ice.
VIM. Beasly, Bozenan boy, was severe
ly frozen in Helena hst week. It is as
serted that his legs will be useless fo1
some time to come.
The residence OF Ton Todd, Fort Ben.
tod, was destroyed byire last week, to-
gether with the furniture. Loss $1,000
insured for $4,000.
T. G. Power is the loves bidder on the
mail route between Bento and Helena.
his bid being in the neigborhood of S.
900. Mr.. Power is bi1er on twenty
six mail routes.
John Corners of Portlad, Oregon, and
j. Bernard of Helena, haveigned articles
of agreement to wrestle cdar and elbow
style best two falls out of tree, at Helena
within two weeks, for $2ua side.
Granite Mountain stOcl was worth $26
share in st. Louis on te nth, with
plenty of buyers. It ireported that
Gov. Hauser recently boght $25O,OO0
worth of Granite stock at 20 a share and
makes nice profit on the Sc.
A mountain lion, eight fit from the tip
of his nose to the end his tail and
weighing 200 pounds, was He'd by Frank
Brown on the Harris ranchl Custer coun-
ty last week. The lion ", helping him
self to the fattest of flocof sheep when
killed.
J. Harm, the ranchman Tongue river
who suffered loss last fl Of four head
of COWS from the effects eeatirg John
son grass, has been unfortute enough to |
have five head of stock ,zen to death
during this last cold spelamong which
stock was fine bull wortlat least 5000.
The prize fight at Glende was fail
ure, almost fiasco. Thewo pugilists
could not come to any agre.ent as to who
should be appointed as refsc. Leonard
was willing to agree to arone who was
capable of filling the situan, but Blake
ly would neither name m nor would
he decide to agree in favof anyone.
Daniel O'Grady, woodlopper in the
employ of Purtle & Lyncfumber man
ufacturers, while telling rec on Gold
creek near Garrison met ost unfortun-
ate death. The tree cam down unex-
pectcdly, carrying him to tground with
it. He was soon releas by another
but lived only minutes.
Donald Fisher, who dicm saloon in ! !
Benton few years ago, v one of the E
most inveterate drinkers anne ever saw. 6
He would drink anything; maica ginger !
was favorite beverage his. When /
living at Fort Walsh he wd take a bot.
tie of the stuff every ming before b
breakfast, for an appetiseryd it seemed s
to make no impression upoim.
Alex oleson, an employf the Hecla
mining company while on way from Z
the Cleopatra mine to Hec Beaverhsad r.
county, lost his life by bel caught in a
snow slide on Lion mountai This IS the A
first fatal snow slide in Mana this sea- b
son. The coroner's jury exonted the COM o
pany from any blame as he's following 81
q trail of his own instead ole route pro- s
vided by the company. ii
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