The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-08-01
THINGS TERRITORIAL.
Items Of Interest From all Parts of the
Territory.

The citizens of Butte are going to give
Manager John Mcguire, who was lately
burned ont. n big benefit.
Benton seems to be the principa, wool
market of the territory, judr ing by the
reports of sales in the River Press.
The Montana Central pays the North
ern Pacific $1,000 month for the use of
the latter's line over the mountain,
The Husbandman is booming Mon.
tana as a summer resort. And well it
may. there are no better on this con-
tinent.
The men sent out to capture Godas the
Indian murderer, who broke Jail at Hell
ena two weeks ago have returned with.
out their game.
The Salvatien Army has been relnforc
ed at Helena and it is now fighting the
devil with all its might, with song, pray.
ers and exhortations.
NJ. II. Martin, of the wool hrm of
Harding, Martin & Caverly, has bought
nearly 100000 pounds of wool this sea-
son, paying from l54 to II cents.
A negro woman in Helena drank a
large quantity of arnica which she
thought was whiskey and was buried at
an expense of SlO5 by the charitable peo
Pile of that city.
Surveyor General Greene has received
instructions from the general land office
to re-let the government contract let to
II T. McDaniels, the abscondlng deputy
surveyor who did not inform them.
Butte is generously sympatlizing with
Manager Mcguire in the loss that has
come upon him by the opera house fire,
and its citizens have unanimously signed
letter, rendering benefit performance
to the unfortunate theatrical man at an
early date.
Company A., National Guard of Mon.
tana, Captain Reynolds militia company
at Butte. were mustered out of service
yesterday on irappication, their term
enlistment having expired. This with
draws 40 or so men from the infantry
anks of the militia.
Officers Bills and Lippencott returned
yesterday from their unsuccessful chase
Of Godas in the Blackf foot country, They
were on his trail once, but Godas turned
off to the north instead of pursuing his
course to the Big Blackfoot, the region
they secured. While at Helmsville, Ed.
Carleton, one of the party, accidentally
shot himself through the leg while toy
Ing with revolver, inflicting painful
but not dangerous wound.-derald.
The ST (Sands & Taylor), the I'll
North Montana Cattle company and the
(Flowerree) outfits are all engaged in
spaying all their yearling heifers and
female calves, says the River Press.
These are the largest cattle companies in
northern Montana, and their determine.
ton to decrease their herds by prevent
ing natural increase indicate that they
consider their ranges fully stocked up to
their capacity, and they propose to pre-.
vent overstocking if possible.
Col. Curtis says that the subscription
list of the encampment expenses is filed
and that they are now awaiting the pro-
clamation of the governor, which will
come along in due season, when arrange
ments will be commenced for the recep.
tion of the guard. The tents are now
being made and other necessary parap-
hernalia is in course of construction.
which will add to the comfort of the
guests and the ornampntation of the
grounds. The colonel is much gratifietl
by the way the people of Helena have re-.
sponded to the call for funds, and ex-
presses himself as repaid by their appre-
citation of his efforts for the hard work he
has been doing in getting the affair on
its feet,-Independent.
On the Sd instant the body of Nelson
Bump was found about two miles from
the road near Camas, Idaho, says the
lnter-Mountain. He disappeared in
April and no trace could be discovered
until his dead body was found on his
blackboard with his feet hanging oyer the
back and his head under the seat. He
had been shot through the body and in
the skull. the latter wound probably caus.
ing his death. A man named Frank
Sullivan was arrested as he and Bump
had had quarrel the day of the latter's
disappearance, and Sullivan had used
language OF threatening character
toward him. John Bliss is also under ar.
rest as an accomplice. A charge of horse
stealing is pending against the same par.
ties, who are believed to belong to the
Teton Jack gang. The horses were taken
out of the harness that was left at the
scene of the murder, and the authorities
think one of these horses can be traced
to where Sullivan traded it off.
On Sunday last a party arrived at the
Macqueen house from the west, consist
ing of man, woman and child. They re-
gistered as W. Bird, wife and child, Bill.
lings, NJ. T. Nothing was out OF the
common in this connection and no
particular notice WAS taken of the per
sons. Sunday night their bill was paid
and they disappeared, whether by train
or team is unknown. The next event in
this connection was the arrival of two
detectives from Spokane Falls who are
yet in the city and having enlisted the
local officers are searching high and low
for the gay birds, who, it appears, are
wanted in Spokane. The man eloped
with the female and child, who legally
belongs to a resident of the eastern WASH
ington metropolis. Not only did this
Bird take his neighbor's wife and child
during his neighbor's absence, but he
also got away with 5000 and the proceeds
of the sale of the household effects of the
betrayed Observation-Disclosures Journal