The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-07-21
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

Capllce d McCune, the anaconda Woo
contractors, lost several thousand cord
of wood last week by fire. Two hund
red men rallied and fought the flames
The wood was well insured.
George Cassell, Texas cowboy ageC
%. in the employ of f. s. Newman, wa
drowned Monday while driving 2,4OO
head Of cattle across the Yellowstone a
Miles. Cassell was the only one in tht
outfit who could not swim and his horse
became unmanageable among the swim
ming cattle and the current carried him
under the water. He was formerly from
! Texas. His horse was found fiteer
minutes after. Twenty-seven head Of
cattle were also dro owned.
When W. C. SWEET was driving herd
of unbranded cattle from Townsend
across to his range in Judith basin
twenty-five head were cut out of his
herd and were subsequently discovered
bearing strange brand. Stock detectives
worked up the case, and last week
arrested one Joe Thompson, Of Smith
river valley, as party to the crime,
which amounts to grand larceny on a
heavy scale. Thompson was brought to
Townsend, and there on Monday waved
examination and was placed under bonds
in the sum of $1,000 to await the action
of the next grand jury in Meagher county
His confederate in this large branding
transaction is still at large.-Indepen-
dent.
The declination of Judge McLeary
says the INDEPENDENT, and the new judi
cial bill requires that the appointment
to the bench shall be made in the terri
tory at once. Judge Wade's term doesn't
expire until March 18th of next year,
He is now here and will preside over the
August term Of the supreme court.
Then he will hold court at Boulder in
September. Judge Gulbraith's term
doesn't expire for about two years. His
next term of court will be held in Butte
in September. In the meantime, until
some appointment is made, the calendar
in eastern Montana will stand no show
of being cleared. Something should be
done at once.
Dune. Mcdonald, of Butte, and Jim
Dillon, of California, will fight with
small gloves in Utah sometime this
month.
The total value of gold and silver
bullion deposited at the United States
assay office at Helena for the fiscal year
ending June 90 was $1,1G0,S2021.
The upper portion of the Sun River
Valley is suffering badly from drouth,
and the outlook for the crops is discou-
raging.
Sam Brown, while being arrested at
Powder River for horse stealing, shot
and killed Deputy Sheriff Ed. Lloyd.
The Gloster mine output for June is
about $4,000.
Last week the Alice company ship
ped S47,776 bullion.
The fact that there are about 5000
registered cattle brands in Montana at
the present time shows plainly enough
that the ranching business has been
making wonderful progress in this ter
ritory within the past few years.
S. H. Jackson, for many months con-
nected with the city department of the
Independent, ceased his lapors last week
and left in the evening for Portland.
where he has accepted a position as
travelling agent for wholesale grocery
house.
A raiding band of Piegans have run
off large number of horses from the
Crows. The latter are in hot pursuit
accompanied by detachment ofsoldiers
from Fort Custer.
The ores of the district in the vicinity
OF Red Bluff, so far as known. are gener-
ally base, through some fr7e-milling ore
is also found. Much of the ore is said to
contain tellurium and the district is uu-
rich one, but as vet there
have been no extensive developments;
is now active and some bond,
ing of leads for the purpsoe of develop
ment is also being done. On Old Badly
a mine has just been bonded
for $4,000 by company who will begin
development. Mr.. Vivion of Helena,
has bonded lead called the Homestake.
which has already some $500 worth of
development in tunnel 100 feet long,
from which are run some levels. The
ore is free-miling, and about fifteen in
ches of the vein goes $50 to the tom
Mining Review.
JEFF, George and AL Hankias came to
Chicago from the Montana mountains in
1870 before the fire, says the sold ROun-
der" in the Chicago News. They belong
10 McHenry County, in this State, but
for some before they settled down here
hey were gambling in a small way in
Montana. The biggest winning they
made in the early days was when JEFF
vas thrown out of one of Wells, Fargo |
( Co.'S stages. The coach tipped over
n the mountains somewhere and JEFF |
rot his leg broken. Before he got |
through with the company it had to pay |
lin $4,000 or $4,000, and the boys went
o dealing bank on it, and they have
,een dealing on that start ever since.
They are all pretty easy now, and be-
ween them they have certainly got /
100000. George has his in real estate, |
II has got some in property and the bal
nee in money, and jeff is keeping his
hare in cash.
Interviews by the Independent with
he parties interested in building the
Dad form Manitoba into Montana say
he work will not be delayed by the
Presidents veto of the Reservation bill
his season, as that time will be consum
d in getting to the reservation on the
asst, and 10y next season the Indians will
'e removed from the reservations.
When the track reaches the Missouri
ails can be brought up next season to
ron the Montana Central to Helena.
he grade will be completed this year.