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

appeared from Butte, has been found IN
prospect hole with has throat cut.
The ice in Tongue river broke up and
went out quietly at Miles City on the
22d. The Yellowstone is still frozen.
T. C. Power bas purchased 1000 acres
of land on the Musselsiell near Lavina,
and will establish large cattle ranch.
Contracts for two tunnels in the Prickly
Pear canyon have been let by the Mont
ana Central railroad company.-Indepen-
dent.
Bullion shipments from Butte last
week were: Alice company, $26,720;
Lexington, S21 ,12O, Clarke & Larrabee,
$2.7O4.
The people of White Sulphur Springs
and Smith River valley are holding mass
meetings to talk up the building of a
smelter.
Water in Warm Spring creek is rende-
red poisonous by the flow from the
Anaconda smelters, and settlers are loud
in their complaints.
Chambers made its appearance near
Deer Lodge recently. but the diseased
animals were Immediately killed and no
new cases are reported.
At Rimini forty houses are completed
and there are thirty-fve more in course
of construction. The camp also has six
saloons and two hotels.
The Alta CALIFORNIA says that the big
Brighton ranch of 1000 acres in Custer
county Neb., has been traded for 10000
acres of land in Montana.
The Fort Benton board of trade mem
orialized congress to commence improve
ment of the Missouri river at the head of
navigation, and also asked for increaced
appropriations.
A letter from Hon. J. K. Toole an
nounces that tri-weekly mail service has
been restored between White Sulphur
Springs and Clendenn Via Neihart. The
new order is to 60 into effect after July
/.
The glove contest between Tom Man
ming and Jerry Flowers at the opera
house Saturday night was declared
draw by the referee. There was large |
audience present to witness it.-Helena
Herald.
Charles Jennings, the horsethief who
escaped from White Sulphur Springs
Jail by breaking out one of the Pauly !.
cages, was captured before he had pro-
ceeded far His horse went lame and
would not travel,
1t is estimated that Mr.. Bennett, the
lucky cont ractor Of the monster tunnel
on the Cascade division of the Northern
Pacific, will make a profit of $40 per foot
for every foot of the work, He will use
the Ball electric moter.
Travelling men and show men state that
the Northern Pacific country will be over
run with shows during the coming sea-
son, as nearly every company in the
country has arranged for tour across
the continent via this line.
The contract for carrying the mail
from Custer station, on the Northern
Pacific road to Rock Creek ON the Union
Pacific, has been awarded the Northwest
ern stage company. They are to receive
$14 800 per annum, service six times per
week.
Madisonian: 1t is understood that par
ties are negotiating for another mill site
and water rights in the vicinity of the :
city, and the erection of more reduction
works is among the probabilities this
season. Particulars are for the present
pending the negotiations.
On Friday night heavy cave occur
red in the Liquidator mine at Meader-
Ville The cave began at the 800 foot
evel and extended upward to the 200
DOT level and along the levels distance
IF sixty feet. 1t buried the timbers and
,ools in the levels but no one was hurt
March 4th is the anniversary Of the
birth of the patriot and martyr, Robert
Emmett and the Robert Emmett Literary
,lub Of Butte will observe the day in an
appropriate manner. In the afternoon
here will be street parade and in the
evening Major Martin Maginnis, of Hell
ina. will deliver an oratian on the hero
A very shocking murder and suicide
occurred at Moor's ranch AZ miles from
Helena on the Benton road on Thursday.
The supposition is that Mr. William
Moore killed his wife and then killed
himself Nobody was present at the 4
ime of the shooting They were found
y two men coming from Fort Shaw,
wing on the floor dead. Mrs Moore was
wing on her right side in the doorway
eading from the dining room to the sit
ing room shot through her right breast. T
Ioore was found in the sitting room,
ging on his face, his gun under him. He
,as shot through the head the bullet
oming out Of the top. 1t seems as.
hough they had quitea squabble before
he shooting as the center table and +
ome chairs were turned over and the :
oors all open. Jealousy is supposed to
9 the cause of this terrible deed. The
agedy has created sensation through r
ie Territory, both of the deceased
arties having numerous friends and