The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-02-29
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

A new paper, Democratic, is TO be start
ed in Missoula.
The first car load of Sand Coulee coa
reached Helena en- Sunday.
Mr.. Brereton, who was frozen in Fer
gus county, had to have both feet ampu
tated.
Helena sent out two car loads of me1
this week to work on the Bitter Roo
railroad.
A. Il. Fenwick, newspaper man of St
Paul, has arrived to take the city editor
ship of the Independent.
On Monday the President sent to til,
Senate the nomination of Il. Z. Briscoe
as Crow Indian agent in Montana.
Henry Martin, Il well known old timer
Of the Teuton,. was killed Sunday morn.
ing at the Benton depot.
Hon. John +. forbis, of Butte, and
Miss Nina Daft, of Salt Lake, were mar
ried in the latter city last Wednesday.
The Stevensville Tribune says there
are nearly 5000 acres of land in the Bit.
ter Root Valley held under patents by
Indians.
Fort Benton has just commenced the
construction of $4,000 iron bridge
across the Missouri river. 1t will be
built by the city entirely.
There will be meeting of the horse.
growers of Yellowstone and Meagher
counties and any others that may be in
terested, at Billings on the first of March.
There is rumor that the secretary of
war had about definitely decided on
changing the station oftheFifth infantry
On Miles City's account we hope this is
not true.
On Feb. l7th, at the Montana Indus
tiial school on the Crow reservation,
Geo. ii. Pease was married to Miss Sarah
Walker, Gros Ventres who lives at
Hancock, Dakota.
Stock Inspector W. d. Smith reports
to the Yellowstone Journal the heaviest
hi'iiiis oi range sVock oy 'he railroad this
sea' '''"' 'e ever hhe"' Most OF the
iioes are Drought 10 Miles 'lty Tor In
spection.
The man Collins, better known as
'hor'y WIN 'he Dog died OF small
poN III the but'e pest mousse saturday
ne was Tue prs' ana Only victim OF small
poN' anu was III STARVING eohuition
"nei ne 'ooh 'ie oisease.- e.-Northwest'
The Dillon Tribune OF last week says:
The stock throughout Beavtrhead and
Madison counties is reported to be in un.
usually fine condition for this season OF
the year. Southern Montana stockmen.
as far as interviewed, are feeling jubilant
over the prospects of swintering their
''e''S "''"''' any serious ioss'
The ASSESSORS of the several counties
are warranted to take The same care in
listing the trees and acres OF trees grown
by farmers as any other property owned
py them lhe law on this subject was
SO changed by the extraordinary session
OF tie legislature as TO include all trees
now painted or which NAV hereafter be
panied IL Is the business OF the conn
" '' supply Tue heeesSaI blanks iorthls
as well as other rwork.--uusbanuma
The Yellowstone Journal of last week
says o. IL, Wallap, stock detective at the
Crow agency and deputy sheriff, reports
the condition ofstock as mo It encourag-
ing and besides flatters himself that he
mas secured the confidence OF the Crow
i"on''s 10 IL great extent. Mf. "ailap
mas ''eeh stat'oheu AT the agency since
n's apl"ihliheh' three months ago. and
No" 'i'e lhu'ahs extend TO nm every
au'ahtfee ior the recovery OF lost stock
o''h hofses anu cattle
There seems to be well founded be-
lief among well.iniormed men that the
tide of immigration will this year carry
more people into Montana and farther
Northwest than ever be fore. The mid
west is well filled. The disasters in Da-
kota last winter has impressed immigra-
ton uniavorable. There is something
of field yet between Glendive and
Sitka, of which no evil has been said,
and many of the ever shifting people OF
our own land will seek to better their
condition here, and their number will be
added to by foreign emigrants who have
money enough to cross the continent
Washington and Oregon especially will
get large number.-New Northwest.
William Martin. who shot and killed
Reardon at Anaconda last Friday was
arrested on the oOth near Ellison while
riding OH hsnd car with some section
men. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Mediation and Jailor Frank Conlev who
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