The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-15
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

THINGS TERRITORIAL.
A. Miles CITY on Mon lG AN opium
aen was raided by the officers ana
eleven habitues captured, among them a
Rozeman Cbinauian named Hop Gee
Nm Gee got off with fine Of $50. An
Sam the keeper of the den, was leu on
with q fine and costs amounting to SoS''
IS. ,
lanes II. Lemon las been appointed
. aaputV collector U. S. Revenue. with
sbeadduarters at Great Falls.
IN Is currently reported that the I mon
.pasfic has built at Omaha some second
~ ay.as uining cars, which it indends, to
rim in connection with its second class
sIeepers, between Omaha and Ogden anu
Il Is generally thought that the central
Pacific will run such ears over its line as
soon "a the Union Pacific inaugurateS
this service.
Three Indians confined at Fort Shaw
for stealing horses IN the Judith basin
escaped from their prison on day last
week. Five of them made the attempt
bpt oply thre got away. A detachment
nrsoIdiers was sent in hot purcuit ofthe
fugitives
The Montana Central Railway Com
-, bova purchased extensive we'll
machinery to be operated in this vicinity
nv an expert driver. The extensive in
PRODUCTION Of this apparatus will do much
good for the country Great Falls Iri'
bune.
A large mountain sheep was recently
killed in the Bear Paw mountains. the
horns of which measured sixteen and an
eighth inches at the base, and in length,
measuring with the curve, were thirty
Ave inches from base to TIP.
Rin,ini will be the only regular station
on the Helena & Re Mountain road at
present between Helena and that point
which is the terminus Next year, how
ever, if necessary, station will be locat-
ed midway between the two places.
Citizens of Benton are talking of or.
ganizing- mounted force to prevent
Indian depredations and punish the per-
uetrators when any are committed.
The residence of Hon. W. w. Dixon,
at Butte was entered Tuesday night and
burglary attempted. His plated waIe
was tested as to solidity, but none was
taken. Mr. Dixon's solid silver moi
being accessible to the thieves, was moi
stolen. The burglars made an entrance
and exit through the transonl, which
was removed. and that was the only
thing missing.
The rate over the Northern Pacific
and Manitoba is fixed at one and one
fifth fairs for the round trip to the Ice
Carnival at St Paul. These rates were
made subject to the following conditions
The ticket shall be a special ticket with
admission coupons attached, the contrac
10 contain the following provisions
good for five days from date Ofsale gooC
for going passage only one day from date
Of sale, as stamped on back; not good ioI
return passage unless stamped on bach
at ice palace and carnival grounds before
the expiration Ct the ticket, and gooC
for one day only after such stamping
but in one case beyond the origina
limit of the ticket. These tickets shall
be sold only on Jan. Is, l6, IL, 10, q, "A
25 and %, 1887.
John Mcguire, has pooled Montana
with the Alcazar of San Francisco, this
making one of the strongest managerial
combinations in America.
The President has accepted Il section
sot forty miles of the Cascade branch o
the Northern Pacific railroad in Wash
ington territory form the l25 to the l65tf
miles west the Columbia river.
r. b. Wilson, formerly live stock agen
of the Wisconsin Central in Montana
has been appointed general agent of tht
same company with headquarters at Port
land, Oregon.
Hon. Thomas l.. Napton, has just re
turned home and is quiet ill. Mr.. Nap
ton has been to Washington in attend
ance on the Supreme Court.
+. Katie Putnam has done the territor!
and gone to Portland.
Fine sweet potatoes are said to b.
raised in the Bitter Root country.
Wheat is now selling at 743 at Nilsson.
Ia. This time last year the price wa
94B.
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany paid Meagher county $4,000, the
amount of their taxation in that county
White Sulphur Springs, says the Illus
bandman. promises to become one ofth'
leading mining centers of the territory
at an early day.
The annual meeting of the. Montana
bar association will be held at the cOur
house in Helena, on Wednesday evening
January 5, 1887, at o'clock
A prominent citizen of Montana sug
gests that an association be formed whose
sole object shall be the opening Of thu
Crow reservation to settlement. --..:.
P NJ. Gallagher, engineer in chief o
the Billings, C1arke's Fork AMI Cooke
City railroad, has gone to Washington t.
look afterthe interests of his road
MadamtSampso prophecies at Mile
City, has been consulted by several cat
tie VBsNg and assures them that the loss
on stock this winter will not be unusual
ly Hea~y.
There Is prospect that the smeltel
and mining property formerly owned by
the. Clendenin Mining and Smelling com
pany will soon be redeemed by the old
company or will be sold to other parties
The headquarters of Gen. Anderson,
engineer.in-chief of the Northern Pacific
are to be moved from St. Paul to Tacoma
The Inter Mountain estimates the
population of Montana at 100 900, based
on the electoral vote Of $4,000.
The Dillon Examiner has entered up
on its second volume, at which Charlie
Wright the proprietor, is thankful