The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-02-24

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4. CITY NEWS.
The prize of wool makes the sheer
: men smile.
Now is the time to plant agricultural
machinery ads.
,Bozeman has a genuine resident rag
. picker, al samee big cities.
Frank Vreeland was awarded the con-
tract of building the fire bell tower.
Judge Pollard has rented the Mccain
mon residence, furnished throughout.
If TIE weather continues fine, farmers
will begin seeding in the valley this
week.
If farming was done more on a COM
mercial basis, fewer mistakes and failures
would result
The annual Old Folks ball on Monday
night was attended by the usual large
number of citizens.
Ed Laferty came over from Helena
on Monday to spend a few days with
his father and mother.
Hamilton & Mardis have just received
from Iowa a handsome 4-horse power
engine for their meat shop.
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Washington's birthday was observed
in Bozeman by the display of flags, clos
ing the banks and schools.
A good farm and limited stock range |
in connection, a few miles from town. for
sale by J. M. Lindley, real estate dealer. |
We have received a copy of the terri
torial suDerintendent's report for 1856, |
from the territorial superintendent.
Thanks.
Farmers living on unsurveyed govern
ment land are advised to request the
surveyor general to have their land sur
veyed at once.
Mr.. VIM. Kermode, the expert brick
layer Of Bozeman, has been given the
contract of laying the brick in Nelson
StOry's residence.
Mrs S. w. Cook and daughter have
returned from San Francisco While
there Mrs. Cook was obliged to have
her arm re-broken and reset.
There is great rush at the land office
many are filing homestead entries on
railroad land they have held since 1882,
by reason of Sparks recent ruling.
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Jas. Ponsford brought from Helena on
Friday, two German carp, averaging in
weight about two pounds each They
were about two inches long, when plant
ed year ago.
Raleigh, Lamme q Co. received on
Monday a lot Of dress goods that is cal
culated to bring rush to their store
The goods are the latest in the line of
embroidered dresses.
The rise in wool has made one class
unhappy and another happy. The happy !
ones are those who did not sell sheep
because wool was low The unhappy
ones are those who did sell.
The potato eye needs enough of the
potato to supply it with nourishment .
until the roots can be sent off and =
become established so as to support the !;
plant and supply it with nourishment. :
Nathan Lay of Elk Grove, brought to
the CHRONICLE office this week, a tooth t
of some gigantic animal long ago extinct
The tooth was found eighteen feet under
ground in the foot hills of the west Gal
latin.
The Bozeman Silver Cornet band dis C
coursed free music to the crowds on 6
Main street Monday afternoon. This I
band has made wonderful progress and e
can now well be called the best civilian b
band in the territory.
One of the large chandeliers in L. S. y
Wilson & Co.'S store suddenly dropped F
on Monday, and for few minutes G
caused considerable CONSERVATION and r
excitement The lamps were finally n
thrown into the street. n
If the heartfelt hopes of the newspaper a
profession go for anything, Mr. Waiter Il
son, the brilliant editor of the Louisville n
Courier Journal, will recover from the II
serious illness from which he has been
or some weeks suffering. /
The Ladies' Guild of st. James church, =
3ozeman, will give a lunch in the Mich :
Us Block, to-day, Wednesday, the oath =
INST. Ice cream and lunch will be served "
rom five until eleven p. m. The Girls =
iuild will have a sale of fancy and use Il
ul articles at the same time and place. I"
Mr.. Powers, agent for a large New fa
York company, has about sixty head of o,
he best horses he could purchase i'll s.
his and Madison counties at Jerry
Matthew'S rancl near town. On Thurs
lay the band will be shipped east. Mr.. :
Powers will return to Montana and con- =
inue to purchase fine stock.
VIM. Ellis exhibited and operated the S
aiming mill he has recently patented in r
J. L. Benepe's warehouse on Saturday, to f
large audience of farmers, all Of whom F
pronounce d it the best fan they had ever il
cen. Cookie, wild oats and smut were L
separated from the wheat. Mr. L
ellis has valuable invention.
By request. the Y. M. G. G. will keep 2
open house" tonight at their club