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

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York now sell for $50 and to Chicago for
sS5.
Gen. Hazen, CHER of the signal service,
sues the New York Times for 100000
libel.
There was a general resumption Of
work in the Pennsylvania coke regions
Monday.
The railroad war has reduced prices OF
limited tickets from San Francisco to
New York to $50.
The appointment of S. M Johnston,
post master at Anaconda has been con-
frmed by the Senate.
The tomb of General Hancock is secu-
rely guarded by armed men specially
employed by the family.
Secretary Lamar has requested the At
torney- General to institute suits against
several parties for timber trespass upon
public lands.
The Bell Telephone have advanced
rents in New York on telephones from
So month to SIP, The original cost Of
each instrument is about $3.50.
Not member of the Grant family at
tended the funeral of Gen. Hancock, and
it is not known that the Grants sent any
message of coincidence to Mrs. Hancock.
Chief Geronimo has refused to sur
render to Gen. Crook. He is reported to
have ninety bucks, besides women and
children with him. Chief Mana is held
as hostage
1t is scheme of Marquis de Mores to
export store cattle to France, where he
claims that they can be delivered for
$50 each, and that when ripe they are
worth over $3.50 each.
In the set-to between Jack Dempsey
and Pete Mccoy at Jersy City on Wednes
day night, Dempsey was declared the vic.
tor. The receipts which went to the
winner amounted to over $1,000.
The Mormon Receiver Of the. Land
Office at Oxford, Idaho, was removed
last week, and also eight Norman POST
masters. These officers will be replaced
by nine Democratic Gentiles forthwith
Messrs. Clark, Tate and Brown, repres-
enting the Committee of the Constitu-
tional Convention of Montana, formally
presented the Montana Constitution to
the President. They received assurances
of favorable consideration,
The Western blizzard has reached New
York. The mercury fell over 20 degrees
in few hours on the Goth and the streets
that were deluged with rain were covered
with ice. The wind blew gale, and it
was with the greatest difficulty that
Geographic communication could be
maintained with either the East, West or
South
Mr.. Mccormick announces that as re
suit of his conference with committee of
his workmen that the lockout is at an
end, and that the works will be started
up again in few days. The committee
stated that about 900 of the men were
ready to go to work regardless of any
action that might be taken by the
Knights of Labor.
G. w. Miller and his two SONS have
been arrested for the murder of M. Col
man ana Wilbur Patton, near Seattle, on
the l4th instant Colman had accused
Miller Of having murdered a settler and
this charge was about to be investigated,
and Colman and Patton were on their
way to Seattle in answer to summons
to give evidence, when they were
murdered in their boat.
The Mar quis de Mores and the North
ern Pacific Refrigerator Car company
have sold all their large plant on the
line of the Northern Pacific railroad to
the Northwest Dressed Beef company Of
New York. The capital Of the company
is 100000 The Marquis de Mores
will remain in the West as vice presi-
dent and general manager. The company
will operate the large plant on the
Northern Pacific and open in New York
100 retail butcher shops
A Washington dispatch says the bills
for the Cooke & Cinnabar railway. is
solidly drawn. The bill introduced by
Carson of Illinois. provides that the right,
of way shall not be mora than 200 feet.
except at stations, where it is 400 feet.
The company will acquire no right to
any coal or other mineral even in the
right of way and if the road is not in
order within three years, the
right of way will lapse, even if the bill
loes pass.
A call in San Francisco paper brought |
ogether about seventy five people, Chase
who claim to be heirs of |
what is known as the Mary Towniy |
estate in England who assembled to |
discuss the question as to forming pre-
nanent organization on the Coast for
he purpose Of joining at her similar
in the country, whose pur-
Jose is to ascertain if something cannot
,e done towards securing a rightful
distribution of the property row estimat,
d to be worth anywhere from five
hundred to eight hundred millions of
dollars.
The case ofLieut Loren I'd W. Cooke,
'hird Infantry, who was recently tried
It Fort Ellis, for making improper prop
sails to a woman resident in the garrison
las been published from department
headquarters, Lieut.. Cooke was charged |
Nth conduct unbecoming an officer and
gentleman, and to the charge there
Fere three specifications Of the first
pecifcation he was found not gpilty;but
pom the two last specifications finding
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