The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-03-31
THINGS. TERRITORIAL

VI. W. w akeuelu manager OF the w axe
field & Haynes Stage company of Mont
ana, was in st. Paul last week on his
way east to purchase several new noun
tain coaches to be used on the National
Park stage line the coming season.
Governor S. T.. Hauser, of Montana.
President of the Helena & Wicks Rail-
road has completed arrangements with
the Northern Pacific Railway for the
building Of several bfanch roads for that
gyHtem, which are to start from Helena.
Baptist Bufo, an Italian, was killed
Monday evening while coming off shift
at Clark's Colusa mine at Meadsrville.
From the testimony of all the witnesses
that could be found that night by a
Miner representative 1t is presumed that
the mans death was purely accidental.
Helena is to have the electro-mercuric
fire alarm The device consists Of
bulb of mercury in each room separted
by a very little space from the electric
alarm system. A fire in q room expands
the mercury SO that it touches the wire,
establishes the circuit and conveys an
ecietric. alarm. -
Mr.. George Luton formerly of Boze-
man and R. L. James have formed CO.
partnership under the firm name of
Luton & James, contractors, at Helena
They have contracted for the grading of
the Red Mountain branch of the Mont
ana Centeral railroad at the Rimini
termini, and commenced work Wednes-
day.
Richard I. Cook, Of Virginia City,
Montana. Gsinvented and patented an
ingenious continuance for attaching neck
yokes to the tongues of wagons and car
riages, that promises to come INTO gem
eral use The invention contemplates
the secure fastening of the neck yoke to
the tongue by means Of iron hook and
ring. sy..... ,--r.-
It is already evident that there will be
more cattle driven to the Montana
ranges this year than ever before.
Thousand of head have already been
purchased in Texas, Oregon, Washington
territory and elsewhere. ard in q month
or two the influx will begin. Choteau
county ranges will come in for large
share of this increase--River Press.
From T P. Mcdonald, assessor of Gal
latin county, who called Monday. we
Lao hot &c IL L; =. L /.
have ~intered well, and stockmen and
farmers are generally in good spirits.
Tho towns of Bozeman and Livingston
are building up gradually and in a very
substantial manner. Mr.. Mcdonald de-
clares that city life does not agree with
him, and he proposes to turn cowboy
when his term as assessor expires.-Hus-
bandman.
Last Saturday wet took flying trip to
Bozeman, and were pleased to note
great improvement in that burg since
the locomotive first climbed over Boze.
man Pass; We found Yerkes, of the
CHRONICLE, doing rushing business in
an office well equipped with first. class
presses and engine. The Courier
building is an ornament to the city, and
a credit 70 the proprietor, who was
absent in Helena when we called. 1t is |
expected that number of handsome |
buildings will be erected in Bozeman
this year, including 100000 reidence
for Nelson Story.-Billings Gazette.
A big suit bas been c, mmenced in the
United States District Court at Deer
Lodge, rays the Dillon Tribune, in which |
over Slm0,00O is involved The suit has
been brought by United States District
Attorney Robert B. Smith r. the GOV
eminent against the Montana Improve
ment company and the Northern Pacific /
railroad company. t. roc W. #ran.ta.s.
companies the sum o. 81 ia 600. TIL. |
suit IL for an accounting for timber clt ,
from unsurveved lands bel ming tn the /
United States in the counties of Deer
Lodge and Missoua.
Not ripple diSturbs the. calm surface
ofthe political arena in Montana. Cog.
Hauser, Hon, w A. Clark and Major
Maginnis are in Washington and are con-
tenting themeelyes with telerIapiug nc /
counts of their public moveme Its to t..s-
ritorial papers. Gel Broadwater is eiviny
his attention to business enterprises ii
more importance than p,lities Col. /
Sanders is attending T. his law praetic !!
and Outstanding his heath Hon Wssh.
Mccormick is crlanizing railway enter
prises and attending to his chicken,
ranch. DIR. Mitchell is unaccauntarlv
silent. Col. Botkin il consid, .rinx what
protiteth it man to start third paper
In Helena. All the other big and little +
politicians are occupied with privAte al
fairs or are laying wires for future per-
formanee in q quite. undemonstrative
way leaves no sign to make their opera
tons known.-Town Talk. Y
Thesannouncenlent that the Montana
Central had begun work upon IFS line
has created the Impression that the
Northern Pacific would not build its
proposed Ten-MIle Greek branch road.
Mr. Cakes says that the impression is
erroneoues The Northern Pacific, he
said some time ago derided upon a
branch road to run south from a point
on the MAIN line, little west of Helena,
down the Ten.AIile creek to .Renlinia, in
the Red Mountain dictriet, North from
81 % v
the point Of commencement this branch
will be built up the Prickly Pear to the
Great fair OF the Missouri. TIE fact that
the Montana Central propose building
in this locality will not cause any charge
in the Northern Pacifc's programme.
The Northern Pacific was first upon the
ground and proposes TO carry out its
programme. As Mr., Cakes said IF the
Montana Central persist in building its