The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-22


tournament The Helena club will ar
rive to-day.
A young lady watching bucking
horse on the street the other day, eiac-
m ulated "Oh see that horse he's going
ih to pinto" She was evidently, fresh from
the east.
m. The time to ship cattle is at hand.
M From reliable sources we learn that rates
on west-bound cattle shipments between
M ST. Paul and Chicago have gone down
m. below zero
The prohibition party will hold !
a another meeting on Friday night. We |
No have endeavored to Obtain list of the
temporary officers but as yet have been
unable to do so.
- The Band of Hope, or Juvenile Tenn
perance Society, under the direction of
- Mrs. Dr. Morse, will meet at the Baptist
IT church next Saturday afternoon at three
&C o'clock. Parents are earnestly requested
4 to send their children.
er Board of equalization is in session and
&c have accomplished considerable work
r Gallatin county's assessment exceeds
D. five ans one-fourth millions, exclusive
re of railroad lands. We will give the Off
cial figures next week.
Services will be held at the Baptist
church next Sunday at II, a m. and 7:30
p. m. Sunday school at go D. m,
: Regular prayer meeting on Friday night
at 7:30. = cordial invitation is extended
III to all to attend these services.
Patrick Gibbons, barber, who has
II been at Anaconda for Il ear past COM
r. mitted suicide by taking morphine The
rash act was the outcome of a long spree,
:, during which he had become involved
," in difficulty with the authorities
Mr.. A. T. Hamilton, of Spring Hill,
came into our Office yesterday, STOPPING
" under the weight of mammoth water
melon, raised on his place. Mr.. Hamil-
ton says he has had about 100 of them
v. this year, and never fails to raise them
y NJ. Natal, the baggage master of the
Minnie Hauk Company, white-headed
y gentleman resembling strongly Henry
d ", King of France, has gained some
IS notoriety owing to the fact that he was
: carried ever Niagara Falls ON the back
of Blondin, when the latter crossed the
Falls on rope.-Herald.
Grand Represen tative Philip Dodson
to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, l. O. OF.
of the United States, which was held at
Boston on Monday, the Goth, arrived in
Chicago on the 18th and left on the 18th.
10000 people left Chicago for Boston on
n that day-an excursion train every 20
or minutes being required to transfer the
enormous crowd.
G. During the progress of the county
It teachers institute held during last week,
ry Prof Wylie, Judge Hartman and Prof
Davis delivered lectures in the evenings
AL at the Presbyterian church. On the
nd same occasions, Mrs. DIR. Waters, Mrs.
r. Soper, Mrs L. S. Wilson and John Luce,
furnished music to the large audiences
in attendance.
:, government claim agent was in
~ town the whole of last week, investigat-
:. ing the claim of w. w. Wolverton,
whose property was destroyed by Nez
Ie Perces in 1877, OH Clark's Fork bottom.
he The government has been somewhat
e. dilatory in investigating this claim, and
u it is now hoped that Mr.. Wolverton Will
receive that which is his due-about
,e $4,000.
" A very important sale of real property
he was consummated on Monday last,
81 whereby Jas. T. King, of jacksonville,
Illinois, becomes the sole owner of the
large brick building known as the
- Courier building and occupied by the
post Office and several business firms.
. This building, one of the best in the
:, city, was erected in 1881, by Major W. w.
Anderson, and IS located upon one of the
best sites in Bozeman. Mr.. King paid
IN Mr.. Anderson $4,000 for the property,
1t and got it very cheap. This purchase
is does not include the printing Office.
:, The authorities at the war department
have made an allotment of So, 600 to erect
temporary shelter for the company of
e cavalry now in the Yellowstone National
70 Park, which was sent out there at the
Or request of the interior department on
a. account of the failure Of congress to
C. provide money for the payment of the |
superintendent and his assistants. 1t |
in is expected that the cavalry will be kept /
I'd in the park the greater part ofthe winter; |
ID at least until congress shall settle the |
Is question whether the military or civil /
al power shall be charged with its keeping |
DIR. LaGarie was down from the Park |
te Camp Sheridan) on Tuesday, to assist
,e DR.. Monroe in an important surgical
m operation performed upon John Weaver |
e. the removal of an abcess in his bowels
to The Doctor is we'll pleased with Camp |
Sheridan, and SAYS that, to a man who
has been in this country for some time,
ie it is not unlike going to watering place.
h. The Doctor will remain in the Park all
Ir. winter, while his family, in all probable
sl- ity, will reside in Bozeman, where they
ds have a large number of friends and ac-
quaintances.
I'M The West Shore for September is a
re specially fine number, both in its illus
u trations and literature. 1t contains
) splendid double-pag engraving OF One
lie. onta Gorge, as well as attractive views OF
snooualmine Pass, Ross Island, Indian
-, Bridge. Mt. Pitt, Eliot Glacier of Mt
a. Hood, and Tillamook Light. The special
he literary features are an interesting des-
,va cription of the glaciers of Mt. Hood re-
- view of the Occur d'Alene mines, leg
90 end of the mines Of Northern California
entitled "The Lost Cabin" and story
by Hugh Conway. IT is announced that
he a splendid engraving Of Mt, Hood, print
un ed IN eight colors, is being prepared as
NIB special supplement to the holiday NUM-