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THE DAILY YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL.VOLUME V, No. g8 . MILES CITY, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 687. PRICE FIVE CIITS.
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COINTRA( TEPILS.
1(AiLK. & r&TvAwt'r.CO CoaACTUIa AlD H'.LD2s3.
EI(Mnate. tumarnabl .on ll kinds of carpenterwork
P H I,ECIA\N .
D M. U. R 1
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PHYSICIAN AND 8, JROLON.Of s. at . p:. pap's' drug store. 12 1
C . WAIrNr.Y,Lain sutat. over Ikackgrowewu Ncaioeaa Dank.
AlI work 4UaftSed and at remnnable ail.
D1. L . V. FIUH.P;IuTazcam. MIObON AD OmTETrICIAN.
(AntWunda and tcebNrtsbellsr.) 020. AtW~rLg du soeft, Mil.e City, M. T.
PKOIEwI*ONAL.
f %DK[W i. A.1 NLYI(,LI.S Aormsjat IAt.
Ofea c p . Coup .M lt a (l'(ItyM. 2'.
GW. 5. MILNUIRN,ATVQIIKY-A I-LAW.
14k 3pcial ert Iterior iiepariwat.Dote f, net Urowern bak building. l..k
CiLy, Neal.
LIDMN0D Iii TLEiL.JJ rfATIuMNKT AT LAW
A6W a Courtcaas. Main street. Ml.. ('ity.
3epttis Chufn--I$etv cP ISunday, II a. m. 7pS. Ls It. i~owaypastor
Netbodisl Cburb- services Sunday. II a. mi.,7:31 pm. :". E. alde,. pator
Presbyterian Church-trre e. SIunday, II a. W..6:30 p. m. T. C. Arnuvtrong. past jr.
St Paul.. 6p scoltel-Daiy acept Saeturday.9:30 A. a.; t~udyl, %w~ p. to. N r. Bonnhll,sener.
Church of Sacred Heart, E'4tiaullrc-Sunda1, 10a. a. E. W. J Lindeumuath, cchatlain. U. M. A.
tM 'IFTI L't.
A. O. H.--Dvision `o I meet first .ud econaSa-da' of each mouth.
K. of LI.-Mteeu ar• and third Wednesdays at7:110 p. mi.. at Odd Fellows'
A. F. A. M.-Yellowstone I.od•, No. 26, ,rutsain 'hied W aeedays.
L A. .Il-teslowetaoe Chapter, No. ., secondand earth Satardays:
K. T.-De•ascus Commandery. second as dneath Thu.l.eys.1. u O. t.- 'ub r Lodge, o. 13,, ev ry
Medayo a0 bleir h.al.L O. 0. -- entillal Encas pment. No. 6, irst
and thl• - ridse..L ftPP -* ruseder I odge, No. 7, ThursdayanIlgi at Odd s'ellouws Hll5.C. K. of A.-Miles ('ily Itranch. every 1unday at
. of L.-Firs and third I'rinays.0. A. I.-U. M. Grant Post, .No 14, irst and
thitl Tueadaya.I. O. i. T.-14tar of the West, No 24, every
Thuaday evening.
We aro olferlng bargains in
Ladies' and lisses'SHOES
AND ELEUANT IllI'tHTKD
UNDERW EAR.GIVE US A CALL.
C. R. Towers & Co.IAD !IUi zOO6ITI
YOUNG LADIES'blUING III DII KCloeL,
COMDKOt'rD JY li an
MILS OT2Y, MON4T.
WILLIAM HARMON,WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
G- RROCE R,
CROCKERY AND GLASSWAREUHAY AND GRAIN A SPECIALTYMILES CITY - - MONTANA,
STOCK GROWERSNATIONAL BANK,
MI.ES OITY. MONT=.
THE LARGEST BANK IN EASTERN MONTANACAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $105,000.OO
Tb seounats said busneee of stock men solicited and promised prompt attemtioe.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS.W. 3. TEZBBn1. Pr eaident, W . HAZMON, Vice Prusident.
H.. . BATOCHELO, Cashier.
FIRSTNATIONAL BANK.
! z .- , : OTUr &.U ..
THE OLDEST ID LARGEST BANK IN EASTERN IONTANLCAPITAL AID PROFITS, 106,000.00.
JOSEPH LEIgBTON, President01E030 M. MILES, Vic President
E. B. WEIRIOC, Cashier.H. B. WILEY, Assistant Cashier.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
IMPORTANT TO INSURERS.The s fety of the assured depends as much upon the skill and knowledge ofthe AGENT as upon the soundness of the company. The ability properlyto write policies and make the endorsements so frequently called for, aswell as to give the advice needed and asked for by almost everyperson assured, is not acquired in a few days or months, but requiresthe study and experience of YEARS. It is well known that mostof the delay and trouble attending the settlement of losses is theresult of the ignorance of AGENTS through whom the insuranceis efected, and their inability to render needed assistance
at the time of and after a ire.
WILLIAM COURTENAY.McAUSLAIND'S CHARLEs w. SkYDE,
NOtAll PUSUCO,
CItEEDIOOR AIlORY. m au and Real a t a t,GUN8. Ss m stre .. t e.... to allgher's.
REVOLVERS, MMIL8E CITY. MONTANA.
AMMUNITIONMercantwe b:oks posted; collections
ofo every deecriptlon. Tb. L*am3eT ITocR
of Heavy harps' Riaes in lb. west. made; all sorts of conveyancing and
(I unsmitllng sad Repsiraln of all kind ;clerical work promptly attended to.Natly don. sad Wlrsraatd.
ROSEBUD COAL.
S. D. MOORE, AGT.
$3.50 Per Ton,DELIVERED.
All ordrs filled pomply. Belt coal in themarket. Ordrs can b let at Harmon's storo.
BALD HEADED.
Moss Grown Chestnuts, a Rank
Tenderfoot Correapondentof the Washin'gton Star
Palms off upon the too Credu-lous Readers of the
Atlantic Coast.
A ORBUST LIAR
Who Dblhe, up Stal, Nrew and I'r•odulter-
ated tIffas fur Ea.trra Reader..
It is an old proverb that oi, "mustgo away from home to learn the hews,and it finds reenst ex.tnlplif.ation oIntile creed ,of ait o called .orrespondentia.of the Washingbon .'*tar. j',il -t,.diii tahe' is•ue of ID,)ember 24th. T ..seribtler i. evitet,:ly a correrlspi.hdtt
at large, for hie ult,.. • I. i. undle at.tale liet. fro i, "-suth..-tertrn .•l ,-tant,'' l).'qe,,cle-r loth, without tihe
year, it. apllearance In ita paer putb-Il.hed l)ecelmbi r 24 1h 1Is•U. leavilng theiiiferente that the statetll tit. made iII
the artille are ba-ed ou recent oibuer-vationr.. The "rowdy went" teing ataking suijet t with eastern readers,these correspondents, who are usuallyrank tenderfeet with an Itching forliteray fame, feel it a duty to theiremployers to fill the letters with themo-t startling possibilities which aregiven off as every day fa.ts. The rep-utation of the rowdy west hua got tobe sustained in the eastern proe, andthe correspondent who neglects thisfeature soon finds himself out of a job.From such worthless and sensationaldata as this are the people of the fatwest judged by their eastern country-men. The injury that the promulga-tion of such senseless lies does to agrowing place like Miles City, is
almost beyond calculation. Here iswhat is said of Mless City by thisveracious ourremsondent.
Alter two days of town life, our longlist of things to do and to purchasewas checked offt to the very las.t itrs,and pa) lug a princely ball for hotelacouuamodatioon that would rival thewret bJdne.s of a North river elas-grant "dave," we drew out sanld roughbut kindly farewells from the motleygroup of herders, buyers, pruspectors,owners, and drivers which orunuauetLen the piazza of the cattle men's bea ,-quarters.
I bad made friends during my shortstay in town with cattle kiuge, bord-er ruotians, anl Eungish lord, an oldminer, panisards, Meiscans, tlenfresh from eastern colleges, cliiailialwith a price on their heads, gamblers,"broncho busters," and men fromalmost ivery civilized country in thewurld.
Strange that this little out-of-the-way corner off the earth should reachout so far in it gathering, anudstranger still that men of such differ--ent metal should be content for thetime to be hand and glove with eachother; but there are all grades of
nmaun stock on the golden ranges 4t
this western cattle country.The two main tboroughfares of
Mile.. form a letter T. The buildingsare all low and cheap, giving the im-prlesion of a seaside town of summercottages. Nearly every other shop inthe long row Is a "gin mill," while thepicturesque wildness of things iunanimate as heightened by the characteris-tic life of the streets. Filled, at onetime, with horses and cattle, andresonant with the vigorous shouts olrollicking cow boys-at another withcavalry from Fort Keogh-or a wagonIrsin of agriculturists; or, p•rhaom.. apatching broucho makes it lively forhis rider and interesting for the bet-ting sp~etators, who l4,ll out of thesaloons to air their wit upon eachother and the victim. It is alwayslively even if it is nothing more thana malestic Cheyenne threatening toshoot the dogs which tipsy cow twbysare setting upon the heels of 'bigbuck."
The stores, with the exception of thehandsome bri:nk bank, are all of theten-footer species, and line b st oneside of the dirty street. Inside thetawdry saloons the life of the townwhirls like a vostex 'he men smokevile cigars and drink straight fire-water all day, and play stud-horsepoker all night, with now and thei alively squall with a shoot over thestakes.
Naturally the eastern reader wouldtake the foregoing racy excerpt as de-
acriptive of the Miles ('ity of today.and while in some respects it mightpass muster as a highly drawn peiture
of life here five or six years ago, it hamno relevancy to the present day.Contradictory of the first statementwe cite the fact that the Mel.ueenhotel, heated by steam tbrou:houtand equipped with the most modernof botel appliances, is known by
northwestern travelers as the tbethotel on the line of the Northern Pa-
olie road. The doubtful friends made
by the correspondent could have been
made in any city if the slums are
dragged for this purpose. and the bet.
tor clasu be probably pgaed at from a
distance, while making mental notes
for his lying screed. What Ie says of
the appearance of the streets of Milesity was never true even in the
earllest day.•. Mauc'h less now whenblock after block of magnlfleent two-story bri.k structures Ilue the streeton both bides, and the same is true ofour stores. Filomi the days when theold ''Diauaond It" and A. R. Ninolger& Co. outnfting etablishmuents werethe leading it,,rt, down to the pres.eat day, the quantity, excellence andvariety of tjerchaudie sltock carriedby Miles City umer.hauts has been thewonder of all stranw.er. except perhapsthibs purblild crrulspondent of theWashington tMar.
Among the stale and untruthfuliterms with whic.h this correspoudentis padded out aplears. oine which inthe minds of all I('uter (', urty read-ern discls.es the Ill,-s witll w hll.h it isdraped. 'liisj I- thlt fateflrtl 'Xplloion
that o,vertk B,.b BrownI. lie of thebroken .set. That o•icturd in Augus-t,
l~14. This is recited w ith great eir-'uLtartalntiality an rd u itt lol at of Lstwi
recent .wurrenice and ti •iallnd 'iton the Situr. Such turrespnLdrece ita
thl is anll inju-tit. t'o evenl the rutwiy
we-t, bul doubless will have to bie utUp with U is lo•t ,• '1 sI tlli( i tleit llt et t-l
ini let the ettulitiy.
PUNMIf IILItE.
Awful Experieurc our Irobate Judge Ha*
H thiii al hlyenue lhr.,e and His Little Old
Lion skin.
Black Wolf, the nol le war chief ofthe Che3enneu , appeared upon thestreets of the city yesterday, trailingalong after him a trophy of the chase(a very aged one too) consisting of atauueu amountain lion skin. BlackI
Wolf was directed to the court houseand sought out the teepee of the pro-
bate judge, where he was met with(figuratively speaking) open arms,and actually smiling countenane by!Hizusoner. The conversation carriedon was particularly animated, oonsld.ering that the Judge was unable tocatch on to the meaning intended to
be conveyed by the expreselve gruntsof the war chief and that Black Wolf'
was equally in the dark concerningthe courteous inquiries tie Judgemade after his health, the health ofbls squaw., pappooses and wife's re-lations generally. The conferencelasted about half an hour and BlackWolf occasionally waved the anti-quated mountain loun kin and at lu-tervals the Judge iexamlned the nmuti-lated ears of the hide. Despairing ofever arriving at a mutual undelrtaud-
log the Judge disnisaes the nobleCheyenue and ejaculates dasumit or,soue other figure of speech. Tlue'waxeth apace, the hanud of the offiteclock point the hour of 4. A wutnllugsound as heard at the eutrance to the
prolate court chamber and the Judgewould fain bide blltae If away in the
safe. Black Wolf stalks in. The
gathering gloom of the eve-inlg gath-era more surely after his entrance.
The tattered lion skin is still clutchedin the strong right bhlad of the ,arriorand he Is accomplanied by one knownto the Judge as all interpreter. BlackWolf's mission is uwald known to the
Judge by the Interpreter. He wantsto get the bounty on that aged lion
skin. The interpreter listens to theJudge's inquiries, is habwn the neces-
ary atfidavit blanks required to it.filled out and then asks Black Wolfwhen he killed the mountain lion and
where. Black Wolf understands that
the varmaint must be killed out over
thirty days previous to the delland
fur bounty and wakes it twtuty-
eihlit days even. No. It was not kill-
'ed on an Indian reservation. Had le
severed his tribal relations •,as astunner, and the interpreter acquaint'ed Black Wolf with the fact that ea hewas yet a ward of the nation he could
receive no bounty. Iliack Wolf de-
cided he would turn the skill over to'Warrouse ,Long Knife), weaului
Rowland, t!.e interpreter at the
agency, to obtalt the bounty, alid de•
parted. "That skin ha t een already!
punched," said the Judge, "and be.side, it has evidently eleen a tet pree
robe for the lpat fvl, years." IlackWolf i•s dliguted will, the amoutit of
red tape req.uired to obtain bounty,
anld wore a weary look as he drew
his blanket closer around him, and
with the never I'o.enlig grip upon
his lion skin, disdainfully stalks outinto the glo aliug.
'I he West ehure for December, 188,tI tfl our table and raukee among thefinett holiday magazine publishedduring the year '86. L. Samuel, thepubll.her, is eunoying deserved cou-Ilwledatiou Lhrough the press of the
northwest for the excellent standarda.ttained by the West hboreduringe.veral years past, but the oilmaz is
evidently reached in this latest issue.
The Helena man who was here tonspeet tbhe manipulation of the tobog-
gano lide and get pointers on its e-ostruction, will carry back to the espital city a glowing description of heMiles City slide, sad Ilts patrs Sadpatronage.
A CHBMITrr FrsAT.He Prodsues Whisay wieh is Rlobbed
t Yrower to Deauddi--i'rebitlitas_•May DrLsk It Freely.For several years a New York ohems
let has been experntenting with aview to depriving alcohoh liquors oftheir intoxicating principle. Aeoord.ing to this gentleman, the intoiesat-ng prinuciple is the ether, or cwobia.
tious of ether, which remain in aico-hol even after the lusel oil las beencarefully extracted; ether, in crmbi-
atlliu with certain gums that give; hisky and brandy their characteris-tic odors and some of their qualities,has never beeu eliminated heretoforewithout wholly destro)ylog the liquoras a m•diciual or exhilarating bever-age. 'The process by which the ethersor combiuations of ether with thegums hela in solutiou are eliuinatedis a s.cret (,one or which the Inventorexpects to be rewarded should the pro-ceat coue Into general use. None ofthe treated whiky hba been auteredtor sale; as yet the dlistiller look uponthe ilvention with extreme distlust,II ll1t atbsolute euwlly, foa if, as onediltiller r uemarked, mucih of this alauedwhirlky should get into I.e marketit uioEhti destroy the IeputLtlon-f a lty liuaUtlly of the realarticle; it wulid be eUoughto d,,guCL a oltd toper itl.a whiskyfur life to, dl.cov•er that hall a. .ottle ofit had u(no Wre ettfet " Ii hiu than aewru gl-~ets fi beer. He woul, at ouceRiller that ithing short o vitriolwould be of any further use to, I ilu, othat whiskey distillers had lo. t theircunning. In either case he wouldgive up drinking whisky.
The inventor believe that In ILak-nog this discovery he has done a great
work for the prohlbitionists, ina-much as whisky alter such treatmentmay be regarded as nothing more orless than lood of a highly nutritiousand valuable kind, and under this be-lief he has attempted to obtali the ap-probation of the leading prohlbit:;oadvocates. Unfortunately be does notseem to have been successful. Hesays that the Rev. Dr. Howard Crumbtreated him "like a nigger," andseemed to take his visit and his botteof whisky as personal insult. Dr.Crosby referred him with extremewarmth to the chemists, and said bhehad nothing to do with the soetanfleaspects of the question. With otherlights of the temnerance ctusihe met with no better luck. Uponthe other band, the liquor deal-ers whom he asked to test hiswhisky were unanimous in announe-ing It as Ia rud. As whisky it wasnu.t worth five cents a gallon after de-etherilalion, whatever it light beas a temlperance drink, and one prom-ineut expert in liquors declared to theInventor that so liquor dealer in thecity would dream of plahing the stufb'fore his pstrns, first, because thepatrons wanted to get drunk, and reb-uondly, hetruse the liquor daler.wanted theimi to do un. , more a-dignant ausemnbly could Ihe imagined'hsli the sital circle at any of ourgrog shops attemlptilig a New Year'scrletratioll on this tamlied whisky. A,pr.lllenlt whisky talster abh, was
a•ke.d for hli. l.roferional opinion uponthe menrite. of the stuff as a drink, aidthat it had no merits; it had lost its"hite" and any whisky drinker beforewhom a bottle of such stuft was placedwould t~ justified in throwing theiotti at the Ibrtender.
Altogether the prospects of intro-duliing tamied whisks us an article ofcommerce are not brilliant, and theinventor confessed that no capitalistshave appeared ready to manufacturethe article upon a large scale. TheI roen Lis cheap, and would not ap-preciably increase the cost of alcoholleliquors; the elimination cf the ethersin whisky would amount to about 5per cent. of the alcohol containedtherein.-New York Evening Post.
MONTANA MIESTIOv.
A nuutber of crooks have lit outfrom Helena, hewded this way. Lookout for them.
Lewis and Clarke county is creditedwith the i .uance or l11i marriage oer-tifincate duriug the year INlt.
C. S. Hefferlin. Northern Paifieagent at Livingston, and Mi.es ioIli.day. also ,f that place, were anrrIedon Saturday last.
Kenp aol•ete, the defaulting tres.urerof Lewis and Clarke county, whowu c'nvicted and sentenced to aterm of year. In the penitentiary. hasbeen pardoned by the executive.
United States Mbrshal Kelly waspresented with a magnificent goldheaded cane by his subordinates at theDeer Lodge penitentiary. WardenTorn MeTague made the presentattomspeech.
Warren Evans and Miss Clara Blel.enberg, a Deer Lodge damsel of onlysixteen summers, eloped and weremarried on the first day of the mewyear. The ijaternal benedlctios wasni it denied.
Hon. T. C. Powers, returmles •tFort Benton,, tells a Helena I•ledepSdent lmanl that there is nohalare amstock iaen there ooncermnlbgsnow storms, but that on the otriy.it wasa welcome visitor.
Sir Alexander Gall is at Ottwsworking zealously to emeure fLm tb.DIuinlon govesmnmet a hbarter forthe propnee railroad foam DWmmento Fort BHnoSo. Naturally Iea•otpeople advocate the scbeme.
The Northern Pacife and tb. Pa.cilfc expreu .napanits have Ronue toa tonmpromise to dles tisue eomselt.tins for Helena and Butt beelums.nloes sbortly after the opealal of te
Moetasa Union so.o the pre a wabthat Hiblowed, both ompeals as
baol cases In nob towa. Now, how.ever the Northera Padsl hIs elesIts uBtt. odeo, and the laSide isoane a 8ole. leeavag epsay s sha iwhen Phasodmes. It o pobiable that Iheberr oPeeie will i all s e1 esoat of G. Oiunrssmelsdent.