The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-08-15
THINGS TERRITORIAL.
Items Of Interest From all Parts of the
Territory.

Water is run into the Woolston wells
at Helena from ditch
The average price of wool at Benton is
seventeen cents per pound.
The Morrison Company will play in
Helena during fair week.
The average price of wool this year at
Deer Lodge has been fifteen cents per
pound.
The Deer Lodge races begin this week.
| All the stable room has been engaged by
horsenien.
The Sun River people want the Ft.
Shaw reservation thrown open to settle
ment and the post abandoned.
Ii is reported that Superintendent Gi,-
bert of the Missoula division of the
Northern Pacific has resigned.
The meeting of the stockholders of the
Rocky Fork Railroad at Laurel has been
postponed until the eth of this month.
The Adele Payne combination had a
four dollar house at Bismarck. The capit-
al of Dakota must be an amusing. loving
community
Harry F. Parker. forger, sent up from
Butte three years ago, was pardoned out
by Gov. Leslie last week, for meritorious
conduct.
The Boulder Age. Kennedy's paper,
has been enlarged and improved. The
Boulder seems to be first-class field for
newspapers.
The story of negro soldiers being com.
PEELED to supply Ft. Shaw with hay is
| denied by person who seems to know
whereof he speaks.
Fergus is the second wool producing
county in the territory. She has over
100000 sheep. Meagher takes the lead
with about 100000 head.
Eight years ago the population of the
region now embraced in Fergus county
was less than 100. The present popula.
ton is placed at 5000.
The examination of Max. Hoppe, who
murdered Adams near Fort Conard two
months ago, was examined at Lethbridge
last week and committed.
The senate bill appropriating $4,000
for a post Office building at the Nam.
moth Hot Springs, in Yellowstone Ma.
tional Park. has been passed.
7. W. Hall & Co., the bankrupt wool
! firm take up position behind President
| Cleveland's message and lay all the
blame of their failure to him.
The Northern Pacifi, is moving its de.
pot at Helena eight hundred ieet nearer
the center Of the town. The cab fare
will be just the same We presume.
The Comfy boys, of Deer Lodge, have
challenged Mr.. Paxton, or any other
person in Butte, to shoot either at glass
balls or coins with rife, at from Sl0O
to $500 per side.
Jake Wallis is the name ofan individual
who skipped from Missiou!a last week
leaving whole batch of unfinished busi-
ness in the shape of unpaid bill for his
numerous creditors to remember him
by.
The Montana Methodist is the title Of
the NJ. L. church, south, paper. The
first number is said to be a first-class one.
The society have enough money ON hand
for the purpose to run the paper for
year.
City Treasurer Cannon, Of Butte, who
was reported by an expert to be short in
his accounts, has fully vindicated HIM
self from the charge, which has brought
without full knowledge of his transac-
tions.
The corner stone of the old Masonic
Temple was removed last week, when
the building was torn down, and many
valuable relics taken possession of by
the Masons to be opened at meeting
for that purpose.
Miles City is trying to corral the
woolen mill plant, which is said to be
seeking location. Miles ought to secure
the dressed beef plant too. It is the
most suitable place in the territory for Q
slauRhtering establishment.
F. G. Hilands, representing himself
to be drummer, is languishing in the
Helena bastile for defrading his fellow
man by the bogus check scheme. He
will languish for considerable length
of time as the people of Helena are be-
coming wearied by this form of amuse-
ment.
A man named Cayanaugh is in the
penitentiary for the murder of Gerber
near Missoula. He was senetenced for
eighteen years. And now comes letter
from man in Nebraska who claims that
he has got the man who murdered Ger
ber.
The press dispatch from Helena on the
fourth, Stating that Phil Armour pnrchas-
ed there block of land for SIS, 900 for
the purpose of starting an extensive can
ming establishment. has been absolutely
denied by representatives of the great
packer at Chicago.-Yellowstone Journal.
The Northern Pacific and Manitoba
roads have put into effect an east-bound
live stock tariff to st. Paul, based on
their proportions of the through rates
from points OH their lins to Chicago.
This is done so that live stock and pack
ing house interests in St. Paul will have
an opportunity to compete with Chicago. |
Harry Patterson, of Great Falls, who
was arrested last year for the murder of |
man in Dakota some years ago, has |
been relased and will make his home in |
Great Falls where he was married just |
prior to his arrest. His wife stood by
him during his long trial and was over.
come with joy at the outcome.
John Holt returned from FORSYTH yes