Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-22
BOHEMIAN.

Tracey & Schirmyer are building a
greenhouse on Mendenhall street that
promises to be very profitable invest
ment for its owners. The greenhouse
now contains an excellent crop of lettuce.
which Will be harvested about the first
OF the month and shipped to Butte, where
there is always ready market for this
product. The owners of the greenhouse
say that the soil of Montana is excel
lently adapted to the growth of celery.
1t contains more iron oxides than the
eastern Soils and to bleach the celery it
| is necessary to use boards set up along
| the sides of the rows. Very little celery
is grown in Montana at any time of the
year, and in the winter months the sup
ply comes from as far east as Michigan.
The price of good celery in the west is
so high that an excellent profit can be
| made from one greehouse of average size
devoted exclusively to raising this
product. Tracey & Schirmyer have two
houses and will soon be in position to
supply the market with home grown eel
cry, fresh from the greenhouse. and ex-
pect to find the business very remunera-
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| Yesterday afternoon the case of the
State VS.. Nelson Story was tried at the
lcourt house before Justice Mcpherson.
ftThe charge was assault in the third de-
lgree. The act charged was that of strik-
Hing George Miller, who was in the en-
lploy of the city ana engaged in tearing
out dam which Story had constructed.
The following jury was empaneled to try
the case: James M. Fly, John Murphy.
William Roberts, Marshall Nelson. Rob-
Iert Menifee and Martin Geary. The six
linen heard the evidence in the case and
Iafter deliberating for time brought in
| a verdict of acquittal. The defense was
| that Mr.. Story had no intention of maxi
/ ing an assault on the complaining wit
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his attention to the fact that he had told
| the men to quit work on the dam.
Mrs. Mary Jane Wlkin died at her
home in thu city on Monday morning at
S:15 O'clock. She had been sick for some
time and her death was not unexpected.
She was 6S years of age. She came to
this state from Iowa, where she resided
with her husband until his death, when
she moved with her family to Livingston.
This was II years ago, and after spend
ing six years in Park county the family
moved to this city, where they have
since resided. Three children survive
funeral will take place tomorrow after
noon and will be conducted by Rev.
Hickman of the Baptist church.
A telegram to the agent at this place
ANNOUNCES that fare and one-fifth will
De maze from CIllS CITY 10 'I1SlcHd OIA
Sunday to those who wish to attend the
funeral of Colonel Wallace.
Will Flowers OF Butte was in the city
over Sunday visiting relatives. He was
one of the boys of the First Montana and
was married in San Francisco while the
troops were returning from the Philip
pines.
Ii w. F. Kirby, one of the old residents OF
Livingston, was in the city today. This
Twas his first visit to Bozeman for a
, number of years.
l. Miss Josie Gingrich, who has been Wis
iting in this city for several months. de-
parted for her home in Reed City, Mich.
on Friday night.
Mrs. Samuel Colett, who has been
: spending several weeks in Anaconda, re-
turned to Bozeman Saturday.