The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-08-22
THINGS TERRITORIAL.
Items of Interest From all Parts Of the
Territory.

Virginia City, too, is going to have a
new water-works company.
John Mcguire was given benefit by his
admirers in Helena last week.
Another county division scheme is be.
ing warmed into life over in Choteau
county.
Butte has big mining deal on hand
which involves million and quarter
of dollars.
The Helena sewerage bonds have been
sold to Boston syndicate at one per
cent. above par,
A new electric light company has been
formed in Helena with John Worth,
formerly OF Bozeman, as one Of the DIR
ectors. He will also be superintendent
of the new plant.
A young lady named Whitney left her
home in Boston and has not been heard
from. 1t Is supposed that she came to
Montana to join her. lover who lives at
Whitehall, wherever that may be.
w. H. Raymond is probably the only
man in Montana who can boast of having
bred, raised, shod and driven trotter in
2:233. This was accomplished in a re-
cent feat performed by the beautiful
mare Carrie ell.-Husbandman.
Wash" Kelly, one of the old-timers
of Miles City, where he was an officer,
has been given place at the Peniten-
tiarv as guard. The force of guards at
the Penitentiary are all old.time officers
who draw quick and shoot straight.
ProfJ. w. lines, writing from Bozeman
says that settlement of the reservation is
going steadily forward. There were at
that writing fifteen dwellings already up
and more in course of erection. If the
people have gone on to the reservation
to stay they will probably hold the fort.
Chas. Myers, contractor of Helena,
has skipped. He borrowed the savings
of his girl and departed with them. He
was a person of good habits and indus
trious, but he could not resist the tenn.
ptation of securing the confidence of
woman and then robbing her of all she
had saved during the years she had been
a domestic.
The Manitoba railroad will give excur-
sions to Butte or intermediate points in
Montana from st. Paul for $50 for the
round trip, in order to advertise the
country by bring prospective settlers to
it. 1t is said that the Northern Pacific
will follow suit. This is an extremity
low rate and will be taken advantage of
by hundreds of eastern people.
Special Agent Col Jas. R. Howard has
just reached here from Indian territory,
to resume the allotment Of lands to the
Crows, on orders from the department
Six hundred allotments were made last
year, and there are about 1000 yet to be
made. Howard was gratitied to find
that the Indians understood the matter
better than last year, and are anxious
to have the allotments made right away.
Independent.
Mrs. Adele Nelson, member of the Nell
son family of acrobatie performers. has
brought suit against the Northern Pa
clfic. The woman's husband, Robert
Nelson, and her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Emma Nelson, have also sued the COM
pany, the former for $50 900 and the lat
ter for $30 900. The suits are brought for
alleged injuries received in an accident
at Gold Greek, Montana. July l, through
a washout. Robert Nelson was not
hurt, but sues for his wife's services.
These people were at Bozeman with
RELY 4 Woods show.
The Northern Pacific railroad an
nounces series of five special Harvest
excursions from St. Paul, Minneapolis,
Duluth and Ashland to principal points
in Minnesota, Dakota and Montana
during August, September and October.
Parties contemplating trip for pleasure,
business or with view Of securing
new home. can avail themselves of rates
lower than over hefor announced to visit
the wonderful country tributary to the
Northern Pacific railroak. Tickets will
be on sale at st. Paul, Minneapolis. Ash
land and Duluth on Aug. 81, Sept. IL and
25 and Oct. 9 and %, limited to to thirty
days from date of sale. and good for stop
over in either direction. These rates to
Montana points are about one cent per
mile each way and in some cases about
half of the one wsv fare for the ronnd
trip.