The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-23
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

THINGS TERRITORIAL.
Agricultural lands all over 5Iontana
are enjoying veritable boom.
Montana will double its population
within the next two or three years.
Arrangements have been made for
celebrating in Maiden on Saturday, July
Sd.
Mr.. John O'Neill has been appointed
postmaster at Garrison and will take the
Office July LIST.
Ed. G. Bailey and Parmley Billings
have established themselves in the bank
ing business at Billings.
Judge Galbrath has been selected, and
accepted the invitation, to believer the
Fourth of July Grafton at Butte.
Guy Piatt, of the Inter-Mountain, has
consented to read an original poem at
the Montana Press Association conven-
ton to be held at Bozeman in August.
There is no assessment for May in the
Nevada jurisdiction of Ancient Order
United Workmen, no death having &C.
Cured in May. The jurisdiction en-
braces the State of Nevada, and Utah,
Idaho, and Montana Territories.
The Tranchant says the people are
talking up the building Demonstrating
works at Townsend. 1t is estimated that
$1,000 will cover the cost of lCh works.
A subscription has been started at
Neihart to provide funds for the erection
of a concentrator there. The scheme
contemplates plant Of not less than %
tons capacity.
A range fire on the south side Of the
Teton, between Muddy and Deep creeks,
started about ten days ago, has just been
extinguished, after doing much damage,
1t burnt up many miles Of grass.
Jacob Wyrouck Of Twin Bridges had
twenty-five head Of horses stolen from
his place last week \ strong posse is
in pursuit OF the thieves,
The annual exhibition of the Montana
Agricultural, Mineral and Mechanical
association will open at Helena August
%.
Governor Hauser pardoned five con.
victs last month, including Victor Hory
the majority being pardoned on the
eve of expiration of sentence, to restore
them to citizenship.
Christian Twansen. a Swedish miner
near Blackfoot, committed suicide a few
DAYS ago by hanging himself in a cabin
in American gulch. The cause of the
deed is unknown.
J.B. Cable. formerly division superin-
tendent of the Northern Pacific at Mis-
soula, has been appointed assistant super
intendent of the Iowa and Dakota dlvl-
sion, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad,
The Northwest Magazine, Of st. Paul, +.
V. Smalley editor and publisher, Is
getting out an edition especially devoted
to Helena, with twenty illustrations and
in every way a magnificent number.
Montana generally seems to concede,
without dispute, that Deer Lodge Is the
educational center of the Territory. Its
location, pure atmosphere, excellent
society, and its moral tone, all mark it
as the place where the youth Of the Ter
ritorv should be trained.-Miner.
Superintendent Blickensderfer was at
Garrison Tuesday endeavonng to secure
10000 standard gauge ties from the
Northern Pacific, to expedite the work
of widening the gauge, the Union Pacific
not having as many for delivery as they
could use. The track is laid to both
gauges from Stuart nearly to Silver Bow,
and it is intended that the line will be
ready for the Northern Pacific cars to
run to Butte on the LIST of August.-New
North West.
S. E. Walker, who owns a sheep ranch
on Sun river, says the clip will be heavier
per head this year than usually, as feeces
are very thick. While prices promised
to be firmer, he had not much hope OF
their being frmer, or much hlgher
than last year. on account OF the late
sharp foreign advance, as the market was
for a coarser grade than is produced In
Montana. The profit of wool producers
he said, was, somewhat reduced on ac-
count of the heavy freight rates to the
market. which he hoped the competition
of the Canadian Pacific and the Montana
Central would lower. He added that ne
intended to ship 5000 wethers by the
Canadian Pacific this season and that
soon after the shearing they would be
started ON the trail to the Maple Creek
acknowledgement.