The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-08
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

p,,p,ors are again current that railroad
. .hors arc To be erected in Missoula.
The hav-crop in Deer Lodge valley is
pretty fair, after all.
A great forest fire is raging in the
mountains back of Phillipsburg.
JohntA. Gum, special agent Of the
land bureau of the government in the
district of Montana, has had his district
changed to Kansas, with headquarters at
Oberlin.
Cal Davis, who stole and killed cattle
in Custer county, and left the country
before a warrant found him, has Deeh
caught in California.
The earnings of, the Northern Pacific
Coz the third week of August show an in
creas of $4,000 over the earnings for
the corresponding week last year.
last Thursdays River Press says !;
Word has Just been received that a war
marty consisting of forty or fifty Blood
indians from the north, are on their
wav down the Marias killing cattle and
committing other depredations.
The Northern Pacific will have forty
miles more of the Cascade division
finished and ready for government IN
spection Oct. l. This carries the line to
the Ellenburg goldfelds, and opens the
market to 500 or 900 tons of coal per
day.
THE Western Union Telegraph COM
pany will string a new wire between
Helena. and Butte TO. accommodate the
increasing business between those cities.
The wires along the wagon roads will be
transferred to the railroad lines.
A suit has been instituted at Miles City
by the Northern Pacific railroad COM
pany against the Tongue River Ditch and
Irrigation company for freight charges
on large shipment of lumber from
Minnesota, which was used in the con-
.struction work of the latter company in
1888. The amount involved is some 49,
900.
Montana Regent has the honor of
large illustration in the Horseman, as he
appeared on The back stretch for the
Hotel RicheIieu stakes. The Horseman
saws "The race was one of particular in
terest to all who witnessed the running
of the same, and the result from weight
and time standpoint proves it to have
been one of the best and fastest races
over this distance Of ground that has
been run in many day"
Prominent Butte people report depress-
ing effects rhen that camp by the closing
down of the Anaconda mines and works.
Mr.. P. A. Largely one of the leading bust
ness men of Butte, assured a Herald
representative that such was the case.
at is fact, whatever may be said to the
contrary that large numbers of miners
and others ofthe industrial classes find
ing themselves without employment, are
scattering for other parts seeking work.
remarked Mr. Largely. He thought the
situation serious enough when an average
of fifty men a day were leaving the
camp.
Helena's Mining Review very cred
. table publication of its class-after
several issues, has quietly gone out of
print.
The Helena Business College will open
Monday, September 9Th. The course of
study are Commercial, photographic,
normal and art.
"A fire destroyed T. C. Power & Co.'S
agricultural warehouse with nearly all
the stock. and Rankin's hall with con-
tents at Missoula last Wednesday. Pow
er & Co.'s loss was $4,000 to $4,000; no
insurance Rankin's loss was $4,000 with
but small insurance.
Z Two of the prisoners who recently
escaped from the Springs Jail were cap
tIired by a ranchman living on Beaver
: Fiat, Oh the road between Fort Logan
and Chestnut. They came to his house
and asked for something TO eat. He re-
cognized them at once by the descrip
ton sent out by Sheriff Kumpe, and
resolved on their capture. Telling them
to be seated while he went into the room
to get the grub, he left them, but re-
turned with gun, made them throw up
their hands, bound them well and took
them TO the Springs, where they now
occupy their old cells, They are Tex.
Reed, horse thief, and Pierce Curby for
ger.
r. s. Sanders, who was appointed one
of the commissioners to aliot lands in the
severalty to the Crow Indians in Mon
tana. is native of Tennessee, but has
for several years. been located in New
York as the editor of the American
Agricultural Review. He had some ex-
perience in Indian matters. and is well
qualified to handle the matter placed in
his charge. Mr., Walker is well-known
resident of the District Of Columbia. The
commission expect to be employed for
several months in this work.
Northern Pacific East-bound stock
shipments continue increasing. Thurs
DAY it had on the road 154 car loads of
cattle and 5000 head OF Sheep.
The Alice company shipped S23,776
worth of bullion last week and the
Moulton. company S11 $50.
Henry Wright is reported to have
left Fort Maginnis with thirty-fve head
of mortgaged horses.
Everything is ready for commencing
the Judith round-up. About fifty riders
will take part
Indians are reported to be stealing
horses on the Tenton near Fort Benton.
We do not anticipate that the shutting
down Of the works at Anaconda and
some of the leading mines at Butte is
calculated to cripple the territory half
as much as many of our people expect.
There is strong probability that they
VIII resume again in short time, but if
they do not we can not see where it viii
entail any serious disaster on the terri
tory. The influence can only be local.