The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-01-04
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

o. II. P. Thorourhnan, of Butte, whu
was visiin- his daughter at Chestnut,
near Great Falls died on the 2Gth. lie
is the father Of JenIrey Thorbushman of
Butte.
! Halle Marks, aged seven years, Young
est child of ]. Il. Marks @: Townsend,
after painful, lingering illness for MANI
days, died on Christmas evening.
Helena is to have large smelling
plant in the immediate future. The
prelininaries of the project arc already
settled and the details will be agreed on
at once. Governor Hauser has 35o0,0O
that he wants to invest in smelling work..
A commission has been appointed to
settle the dispute between the Montana
Central and the Helena and Butte road
over rght.ofway disputes in the Little
Prickly Pear and Boulder valleys.
Ex-Governor Hauser says the proposed
railroad TO the Castle Mountains viii as.
srredlv be built next year, iftl develop.
ments in the miners there continue as
favorable as they have begun.
Progress at the Wickes tunnel for the
past week was l13 feet, seventy Of which
was made at one end. This is consider
ed the best tlmbercd tunnel record in
history; at all events it is a record hard
to beat.
1t is stated on god suthorty that the
Northern Pacific has no less than sixty
branch roads in contemplation for next
year. Montana will come in for good
share of the proposed lines.
The secretary of the interior has per-
mitted Crow Agent williamson to with
draw his resignatiy.. il order TO stand
trial on the charges of business inrapa-
city and nverstepping his authority, pre-.
ferred by Inspector Armstrong. 1t is,
however, insisted that Williamson has
lost his influence with the Indians, and
even if he can clear himself of the other
charges. it is likely the ageny will be
vacant early next year. There will then
be radical change in the management
ofthe agency affairs
A certificate of the Incorporation has
been filed in tho Office of territorial sec
retary Webb at Helena of the Living
ston & Castle Mountain railroad company
The incorporatoas are Samuel 7. Ilauser
of Helena, A. l.. Love. j. A. Savage, fei-
lows D. Pease and Z. Geughnour. The
capital stock is 81 100000. The object of
this company is the construction Of
railroad whose terminus shall be in Park
and Meagher counties, running thence
in a northerly dlrecti NJ to Shields river
valley;thence northerlr to the.most prac-
ticable route up Shields river to point
near the head waters Of the Mnsselshell;
thence north is Coast mountain,
At the recent session of the commits
soners of Yellowstone county it was or
dered that the salaries of the following
deputies be changed as follows; Under
. sneritf, 81 200 per year; jailor, 5000 per
year; deputy sheriff at Junction City,
500 per year, and that these salaries be
not changed except by unanimous vote
of the board of county commissioners.
Constables who are also depIty shcrils
and receiving salary from the county
will not be entitled to constable fees.
= The amount of gold AMI silver buliion
! received at the U. s. assay office, Helena
;. for 1885 will foot up upwards of 81 1884,
4 900 and it Is estimated that the territori-
:, al output of precious metal for the year
+ 1887 will approach to nearly S3o,oO0,otO.
r The Merchants National Bank, of Hell
ena, has purchased all the re-fnnding
bonds Of Jefferson county, and all those
to be Issued in Fergus county. These
two issues will amount 10 San,0OO and
is will enable these counties to pay oil
,e their warrants i'll cash.
e The Rocky Mountain Husbandmar
,g says it can count up $500 horses that
n have died of the prevailing horse dis
II. ease, and thinks over 600 have died, il
al the lot ten or dozen stations wortl
% from 500 to $500 each. And yet NJ
w veterinary surgeon knows how to trea
it or what it is.
as Charlie Besserer, well known oil
he Montanian, has purchased the Wall
Sn Walla Journal and will take possession
Is, Dec. 3lst.
'es The monthly output of the Drum
3 Lummon mine has decreased from nearl
IT. 200 900 to 10000, tho ore being lowe
ny grade. Though the ore is not so rich,
ll- is said the vein is widening. Four hnr
dred and fifty nine linear feet was mad
10 in the mine during October with thirty
III one power drills.
'''s Among the treasury estimates the 70
~. lowing appropriation are asked for til
:. upper Missouri: For removing obstru
tions in the Missouri river from Siou
llv City, Ia. to Fort Benton Mont, and col
-; tinuing improvements, Sloo,OOo impiov
vs. ments of Yellowstone river in Montan
and Dakota, and continuing imProv
y mcnts, $50 900.