Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-10-25
OUR CANDIDATES.
EepuhllcaD Nominees for Sheriff,
Clerk and Recorder and Trees
urer ul Custer County.

ORR CANuuATi.
Republican nvm.HaliDus Tor C0uuty
OWrea.


OWre-.
. Preceding Wli4 rhe review u! ou
'u"uin-ra We come to = consideration
,oi gr" GlLs.- lo5oIlice OF the gentlemen
'he republican p"rfy hays chosen 70
ahr7tE county clrrk aGd treasurer
FnT sberg we have placed bpforu
tue voters II Custer county. Capt
John Tu'Ig, who wa, born in O.wrgo
Now York, TO ls53; Dee received hi
eiucatiun ia The public schools oi ht
nuiive town and also learned his trad,
I0f worker In TIN, ,Gept iron and coppel
thera. varying ni- lat0r with an ocCa
s'onai trip ou the irrlghtDng vessel,
|pl"iuR on 'he great lake., a. "a sailor
in 1857 he embarked In Ia, hardware
business IN O-wsgo and continued IN
II until January, 1861. when he sold
nut aud went 10 Mobile. there 70 ca
gag" In stegmhOatiug, but already the
premDnt1ry symptoms OF the great
icivii var were being felt ia the south
and Mr.. Tully being All outspokeD
Union psu, Ill ,tav at Mobile was st
first made uncomfortable and after
wares dangerous; in Order to reach
Size north he went 10 New Orleans,
where, on the day of his arrival, he
heard The salute pf one hundred guns
that announced the passage Of Ibs
ordinance ot secession; with great
difficulty he prevailed ou a sieenboat
captain 10 smugg,e him up 10 Cincin-
nati, where he arrived lust after the
firing on Sumpter; he then boUgh. I
lake scooner aud began frsighiing on
tile lakes, lying between Oswsgo and
CT icsgo; in November, 1868. he met
with Il severe disaster in the loss Of his
vessel and cargo amounting to $4,000,
the insurance had expired only four
hours before the wreck; as soon as pos.
sible after arranging his business
affairs, John Tully raised com pspy OF
volunteers, was commissioned captain
aud joining the lS4lh New York, de-
parted for the front; his regiment was
attached to Sberidsn's command, in
the SbeneDdoah valley, where, under
such indefatigable fighters as Sheridan
and Custer, Capt. Tully saw two
years OF hard but brilliant service; in
July, 1865, be was hCnorably mustered
out of the service at Syracuse, New
York, and shortly sfterward resumed
his calling Of fresh water sailor, this
time on the Erie cansl, W here be oper-
ated boat of his own until 1874; in
1876 the Black Hills excitement in
duced him TO join the throng that
were seeking fortunes in that new
Eldorado; on his arrival there he found
employment at his trade, rs foreman
with the well-known house Of Starr &
Bullock and subsequently, became q
partner In the firm; Mr.. Bullock was
the first sheriff In "the Hillsn which
was at that time infested with despsr-
ADDE'S, and the Jail being attached to
the Starr d Bullock store, Capt. Tully
was frequently called upon to act % q
special deputy in cases OF emergency
and ia this and other ways became
familiarized with the duties OF . sher-
itf; In 1882, being attracted by the
extraordinary exertions that were
being made by the Northern Pacific TO
boom Billings, he smigrated TO that
place and embarked In the hardware
business, putting up the first house In
the new town; his old associates Of the
Black Hills-Messrs. Starr h Bullock
were ut first partners with him In the
BillingsIbusiness, but they subseq equsnt.
ly retired, giving place TO the present
well-known firm OF Tully q Freeze;
early In 1885, having been burned out
in Billings and seeing better opening
for business in Miles City, the firm
removed here; on the occasion OF the
incorporation Of the city of Billings,
and few months before the fire, Mr..
Tully was elected first mayor OF Bill
lings, and during the formation OF the
city government be displayed such
executive ability as to cause him to be
spoken Of now, a. the best mayor Bill
lings ever had; during bis three years
residence in Miles City he has devoted
himself closely TO his business, but is
now asked by the republicans OF Gus
ter county to again enter public life,
and acceeding 70 this request he has
undertaken the canvass OF the county
as our candidate for sheriff Az will he
seen by q reading Of this sketch, Capt.
Tully is no tendertoot or kid-glovs
candidate; saving the two years that
he faced rebel bullets In defense OF the
Union, he has earned bis bread by the
labor Of his hands and no man In this