The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
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holding court at Glendive.
John Murphy, of Judith Basin, raised
the past season lO5 bushels of oats to the
acre without irrigation.
The draughtsmen of the Helena q
Red Mountain road have completed IN
making profile 70 the town of Rimini
to which point the f0at has been COM
pIeed, ka k8
Deer Lodge county rejoices in the COM
pletion of q new court house, costing $780,
900.
The Cceur d'Alene mining district lool q
better to day than it has since its dis
covery.
Manager Mcguire has the Emma Abbot
opera company booked for his Montana
circuit for January He has also received
nronositions from the Thompson opera
company for an engagement this season.
Col. W. W. Botkin, for several wears
Warden of the U. S. Penitentiary here,
leaves tomorrow for LeaveAworth, Kas.,
having been admitted to the Soldiers
Home at that place. He hopes, after
few months soiourn there, to be restored
10 vigorous health.-Northwest.
Gov. Hauser, president of the Helena
d Red Mountain road, will leave for the
east this week stopping at the following
points en- route: st. Paul, Chicago and
New Youk city. While at the former
point he will in all probability turn the
Red Mountain road over to the Northern
Pacific company, who expect to open it
and put it in operation by November q.
On the opening day it has been decided
TO run a special excursion train from
Helena to Rimini and return, which will
have Aboard several invited guests and
members ofthe press. The train Will leave
Helena about q. m, returning at about
5p. M, thus giving a good, daylight ride
as well as several hours stay at Riminl.
The road will without doubt be complet-
ed bv the 2lst, as several new stations
will be opened in about week. 1t has
been decided not to build a station house
at Warm Springs SO the only accomoda-
tons at that point will be a platform
erected alongside of the track for the
present. At other points, however,
houses will be located and round house;
wards and etc, built at Rimini.-Inde-
endent,
Sam Scott and Ranchero have got
back from racing tour with the Walla
Walla and Salt Lake smooth ones. Ran.
chero lately won a race at Walla Walla
for purse of $3.50. The race was nile
heats. Time, 2:27i, 226, 2244; the best
time heretofor in the territory being
22BE. Ranchero has knocked five
seconds from under the previous record.
The recent census of the Crow tribe
shows that they number less than ZOO,
The census taken ten years ago showed
that the tribe numbered $500. This dec
rease is continuing; a gentleman intim
ately acquainted with these Indians for
the past fifteen years states that the
tribe is decreasing from eight to ten per
cent annually. In the lar rest camp in
the tribe, that Of Plentycous, the deaths
exceed the births three to one. And
this band is less affected with veneral
disease than any other on the Crow res
ervation. If this thinning out of these
Indians continues the problem of civiiiz-
ing them and reducing their reservation
will solve it's If in the next fifteen years.
Gazette.
By an accident in the Drnm Lummon |
mine last week three miners were MUIR
ed by falling 40 feet down the shaft.
One Nelson, swede, sustained fatal in
iuries and died Sunday
The jury in the case Of the territory
against W. K Roberts, the defaulting ex
treasurer of Lewis and Clarke county
10 the amount of $4,000, brought in a
verdict If enlightenment as charged, after
being out three hours. District Attorney
Hunt prosecuted the case to successful
issue. Warren Toole & viii Wallace, Jr.,
were employed lorthe License. Roberts
was taken to Jail Fent9nce is MT YET
promo ,nced blJ TIE pen lily is from
two to ten years in the pen t1ntiary,
The body of Michael Foley, aged so
years, in Helena on Tuesday was found
dead in deserted building near the
Northern Pacific Railroad depot by officer
Flynn. The roner's jury returned a
verdict of death from natural causes
1t is supposed he wandered into the
building under the influence of liquor
and laid down on. the floor and froze to
death
The Times OF Misoulisn tells about a
piece Of gross carelessness that might have
been serious. The Missouls Mercantile
company receiveda car-tank Of coal oil
the other day, and Sunday one of the
oompanys employees was dipatched to
unload the fluid. This is done by insert
ing siphon into the tank and drawing
out the oil into small galvanized iron
tanks, each having capacity Of fifty
barrels. Water having frozen in some
Of the empty tanks, a fire was kindled
and the tanks were tipped up so the
water would run out as fast as the ice
melted. 1t seems the vent had not been
opened in one Of the tanks, and when it
had rested over the fire few minutes
1t exploded, either from gas inside or
from hot air, The employe of the com
pany luckily escapted serious injury, but
the iron tank was blown into smithereens
The Deer Lodge Rod and Gun Club
have sent for 200 live pigeons for them
10 shoot In Deer Lodge on Thanksgiving
Day.
DR.. Mdssigbrod has given. up active
control of the insane hospital at Warm
Springs TO his partaer, Dr. Mitchell, on
account Of advancing age, and will here
after attend to outside practice.
In the month Of October just closed
the. Helena postoffice sold $1,000 two
cents stamps ond over 10000 one.cent
stamps, or revenue considerably over
81 200 from:those two classes of stamps
alone.
In the case of the Territory against
Andrew Stevenson, formerly Clerk in thu