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THE DAILY YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL. VOLUME V, No. g 8. MILES CITY, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 687. PRICE FIVE CIITS. THE DAILY JOURNAL TA. offd..U Iup..r of Luater C.tsy. Every Morning Except Monday. Population of Mile City, -- .000. Terms of Subscriptidt: BY MAIL-IN ADVAICI-POSTAOE PAID. Daily Editloe, one year.....t................$10.00 Dally Edltion, ail month ...................... o00 Daily Edition, three mot.................... 8.00 TO CITY UUBtICRIBERI . SBy rarrler, rer, Morning. at Z ete. per week. WEEKLY EDITION-YELLOW PAPER. One Year..........................................- ........ .00 dil Moethu...- .... ......... ................- . 2.00 Thbee Mo ths ........................................ 1.00 Advertising Rates. - r r. t : o z ,.---... - ;...... ... 1.00 0 1.00 .01 t.1( 14.00 00.00 2 ,ye ..... I) 1a 0 7.00 11.00 13.00 11.00 2.00 1)y. .... .10) ".0,) '400 14.00 15.0) 11.00 10.00 S . k .... 1. 0 6.0l 111.0 15.0)I Ii000 24.001 A.00 " .•,. ... I'P I I , I 14.t) '2.0J 24. 1 ' .0) 50.00 nth .n. 10 ua 10 ismm, *..(0' .r2(1) 4'2.%p 0.01 Iha..., ,'I I* r1 I 2.. ' .. 111 4. III .2.'t) I".. J S l.'h... I. 1i ': Ml 2'. 12.101 'I 11 MIM I.0 10. 0 1 ( 't ... ,r r _ 1. , 4n 1..I ( l,.1) ; l4.1 n L,• miJ 101 .0 iL4W u,.ttlea-1e C,.is r1. rt uite for Oach Iberr onr. 'rift. *oI f;ft•.e cenlts pr line. Addrlo YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL, JoIuI'NAt I I I Niil(., 11II (1'1* 1'•,I M. T. IN COINTRA( TEPILS. 1(AiLK. & r&TvAwt'r. CO CoaACTUIa AlD H'.LD2s3. EI(Mnate. tumarnabl .on ll kinds of carpenter work P H I,ECIA\N . D M. U. R 1 t, PHYSICIAN AND 8, JROLON. Of s. at . p:. pap's' drug store. 12 1 C . WAIrNr.Y, Lain sutat. over Ikackgrowewu Ncaioeaa Dank. AlI work 4UaftSed and at remnnable ail. D1. L . V. FIUH. P;IuTazcam. MIObON AD OmTETrICIAN. (AntWunda and tcebNrtsbellsr.) 020. At W~rLg du soeft, Mil.e City, M. T. PKOIEwI*ONAL. f %DK[W i. A.1 NLYI(,LI. S Aormsjat IAt. Ofea c p . Coup .M lt a (l'(ItyM. 2'. GW. 5. MILNUIRN, ATVQIIKY-A I-LAW. 14k 3pcial ert Iterior iiepariwat. Dote f, net Urowern bak building. l..k CiLy, Neal. LIDMN0D Iii TLEiL. JJ rfATIuMNKT AT LAW A6W a Courtcaas. Main street. Ml.. ('ity. 3epttis Chufn--I$etv cP ISunday, II a. m. 7p S. 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. C hurch of Sacred Heart, E'4tiaullrc-Sunda1, 10 a. a. E. W. J Lindeumuath, cchatlain. U. M. A. tM 'IFTI L't. A. O. H.--Dvision `o I meet first .ud econa Sa-da' of each mouth. K. of LI.-Mteeu ar• and third Wednesdays at 7:110 p. mi.. at Odd Fellows' A. F. A. M.-Yellowstone I.od•, No. 26, ,rut sain 'hied W aeedays. L A. . Il-teslowetaoe Chapter, No. ., second and earth Satardays: K. T.-De•ascus Commandery. second as d neath 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, Thursday anIlgi 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 GLASSWAREU HAY AND GRAIN A SPECIALTY MILES CITY - - MONTANA, STOCK GROWERS NATIONAL BANK, MI.ES OITY. MONT=. THE LARGEST BANK IN EASTERN MONTANA CAPITAL 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. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. ! z .- , : OTUr &.U .. THE OLDEST ID LARGEST BANK IN EASTERN IONTANL CAPITAL AID PROFITS, 106,000.00. JOSEPH LEIgBTON, President 01E030 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 of the AGENT as upon the soundness of the company. The ability properly to write policies and make the endorsements so frequently called for, as well as to give the advice needed and asked for by almost every person assured, is not acquired in a few days or months, but requires the study and experience of YEARS. It is well known that most of the delay and trouble attending the settlement of losses is the result of the ignorance of AGENTS through whom the insurance is 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. AMMUNITION Mercantwe 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 the market. Ordrs can b let at Harmon's storo. BALD HEADED. Moss Grown Chestnuts, a Rank Tenderfoot Correapondent of 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, "must go away from home to learn the hews, and it finds reenst ex.tnlplif.ation oIn tile creed ,of ait o called .orrespondentia. of the Washingbon .'*tar. j',il -t,.d iii 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 thei iiferente that the statetll tit. made iII the artille are ba-ed ou recent oibuer- vationr.. The "rowdy went" teing a taking suijet t with eastern readers, these correspondents, who are usually rank tenderfeet with an Itching for literay fame, feel it a duty to their employers to fill the letters with the mo-t startling possibilities which are given off as every day fa.ts. The rep- utation of the rowdy west hua got to be sustained in the eastern proe, and the correspondent who neglects this feature soon finds himself out of a job. From such worthless and sensational data as this are the people of the fat west judged by their eastern country- men. The injury that the promulga- tion of such senseless lies does to a growing place like Miles City, is almost beyond calculation. Here is what is said of Mless City by this veracious ourremsondent. Alter two days of town life, our long list of things to do and to purchase was checked offt to the very las.t itrs, and pa) lug a princely ball for hotel acouuamodatioon that would rival the wret bJdne.s of a North river elas- grant "dave," we drew out sanld rough but kindly farewells from the motley group of herders, buyers, pruspectors, owners, and drivers which orunuauetL en the piazza of the cattle men's bea ,- quarters. I bad made friends during my short stay in town with cattle kiuge, bord- er ruotians, anl Eungish lord, an old miner, panisards, Meiscans, tlen fresh from eastern colleges, cliiailial with a price on their heads, gamblers, "broncho busters," and men from almost ivery civilized country in the wurld. Strange that this little out-of-the- way corner off the earth should reach out so far in it gathering, anud stranger still that men of such differ- -ent metal should be content for the time to be hand and glove with each other; 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 buildings are all low and cheap, giving the im- prlesion of a seaside town of summer cottages. Nearly every other shop in the long row Is a "gin mill," while the picturesque wildness of things iunani mate as heightened by the characteris- tic life of the streets. Filled, at one time, with horses and cattle, and resonant with the vigorous shouts ol rollicking cow boys-at another with cavalry from Fort Keogh-or a wagon Irsin of agriculturists; or, p•rhaom.. a patching broucho makes it lively for his rider and interesting for the bet- ting sp~etators, who l4,ll out of the saloons to air their wit upon each other and the victim. It is always lively even if it is nothing more than a malestic Cheyenne threatening to shoot the dogs which tipsy cow twbys are setting upon the heels of 'big buck." The stores, with the exception of the handsome bri:nk bank, are all of the ten-footer species, and line b st one side of the dirty street. Inside the tawdry saloons the life of the town whirls like a vostex 'he men smoke vile cigars and drink straight fire- water all day, and play stud-horse poker all night, with now and thei a lively squall with a shoot over the stakes. Naturally the eastern reader would take the foregoing racy excerpt as de- acriptive of the Miles ('ity of today. and while in some respects it might pass muster as a highly drawn peiture of life here five or six years ago, it ham no relevancy to the present day. Contradictory of the first statement we cite the fact that the Mel.ueen hotel, heated by steam tbrou:hout and equipped with the most modern of botel appliances, is known by northwestern travelers as the tbet hotel 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 Miles ity was never true even in the earllest day.•. Mauc'h less now when block after block of magnlfleent two- story bri.k structures Ilue the street on both bides, and the same is true of our stores. Filomi the days when the old ''Diauaond It" and A. R. Ninolger & Co. outnfting etablishmuents were the leading it,,rt, down to the pres. eat day, the quantity, excellence and variety of tjerchaudie sltock carried by Miles City umer.hauts has been the wonder of all stranw.er. except perhaps thibs purblild crrulspondent of the Washington tMar. Among the stale and untruthful iterms with whic.h this correspoudent is padded out aplears. oine which in the minds of all I('uter (', urty read- ern discls.es the Ill,-s witll w hll.h it is draped. 'liisj I- thlt fateflrtl 'Xplloion that o,vertk B,.b BrownI. lie of the broken .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 'it on the Situr. Such turrespnLdrece ita thl is anll inju-tit. t'o evenl the rutwiy we-t, bul doubless will have to bie ut Up 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 of the Che3enneu , appeared upon the streets of the city yesterday, trailing along after him a trophy of the chase (a very aged one too) consisting of a tauueu amountain lion skin. BlackI Wolf was directed to the court house and 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 carried on was particularly animated, oonsld. ering that the Judge was unable to catch on to the meaning intended to be conveyed by the expreselve grunts of the war chief and that Black Wolf' was equally in the dark concerning the courteous inquiries tie Judge made after his health, the health of bls squaw., pappooses and wife's re- lations generally. The conference lasted about half an hour and Black Wolf occasionally waved the anti- quated mountain loun kin and at lu- tervals the Judge iexamlned the nmuti- lated ears of the hide. Despairing of ever arriving at a mutual undelrtaud- log the Judge disnisaes the noble Cheyenue and ejaculates dasumit or, soue other figure of speech. Tlue' waxeth apace, the hanud of the offite clock point the hour of 4. A wutnllug sound as heard at the eutrance to the prolate court chamber and the Judge would 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 clutched in the strong right bhlad of the ,arrior and he Is accomplanied by one known to the Judge as all interpreter. Black Wolf's mission is uwald known to the Judge by the Interpreter. He wants to get the bounty on that aged lion skin. The interpreter listens to the Judge's inquiries, is habwn the neces- ary atfidavit blanks required to it. filled out and then asks Black Wolf when 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 a stunner, and the interpreter acquaint 'ed Black Wolf with the fact that ea he was 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." Ilack Wolf 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 out into the glo aliug. 'I he West ehure for December, 188, tI tfl our table and raukee among the finett holiday magazine published during the year '86. L. Samuel, the publl.her, is eunoying deserved cou- Ilwledatiou Lhrough the press of the northwest for the excellent standard a.ttained by the West hboreduring e.veral years past, but the oilmaz is evidently reached in this latest issue. The Helena man who was here to nspeet tbhe manipulation of the tobog- gano lide and get pointers on its e-o struction, will carry back to the espi tal city a glowing description of he Miles City slide, sad Ilts patrs Sad patronage. 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 a view to depriving alcohoh liquors of their 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 been carefully 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 heretofore without wholly destro)ylog the liquor as a m•diciual or exhilarating bever- age. 'The process by which the ethers or combiuations of ether with the gums hela in solutiou are eliuinated is a s.cret (,one or which the Inventor expects to be rewarded should the pro- ceat coue Into general use. None of the treated whiky hba been autered tor sale; as yet the dlistiller look upon the ilvention with extreme distlust, II ll1t atbsolute euwlly, foa if, as one diltiller r uemarked, mucih of this alaued whirlky should get into I.e market it uioEhti destroy the IeputLtlon -f a lty liuaUtlly of the real article; it wulid be eUough to d,,guCL a oltd toper itl.a whisky fur life to, dl.cov•er that hall a. .ottle of it had u(no Wre ettfet " Ii hiu than a ewr u gl-~ets fi beer. He woul, at ouce Riller that ithing short o vitriol would be of any further use to, I ilu, o that whiskey distillers had lo. t their cunning. In either case he would give 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 treatment may be regarded as nothing more or less than lood of a highly nutritious and valuable kind, and under this be- lief he has attempted to obtali the ap- probation of the leading prohlbit:;o advocates. Unfortunately be does not seem to have been successful. He says that the Rev. Dr. Howard Crumb treated him "like a nigger," and seemed to take his visit and his botte of whisky as personal insult. Dr. Crosby referred him with extreme warmth to the chemists, and said bhe had nothing to do with the soetanfle aspects of the question. With other lights of the temnerance ctusi he met with no better luck. Upon the other band, the liquor deal- ers whom he asked to test his whisky were unanimous in announe- ing It as Ia rud. As whisky it was nu.t worth five cents a gallon after de- etherilalion, whatever it light be as a temlperance drink, and one prom- ineut expert in liquors declared to the Inventor that so liquor dealer in the city would dream of plahing the stuf b'fore his pstrns, first, because the patrons 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 our grog shops attemlptilig a New Year's crletratioll on this tamlied whisky. A ,pr.lllenlt whisky talster abh, was a•ke.d for hli. l.roferional opinion upon the menrite. of the stuff as a drink, aid that it had no merits; it had lost its "hite" and any whisky drinker before whom a bottle of such stuft was placed would t~ justified in throwing the iotti at the Ibrtender. Altogether the prospects of intro- duliing tamied whisks us an article of commerce are not brilliant, and the inventor confessed that no capitalists have appeared ready to manufacture the article upon a large scale. The I roen Lis cheap, and would not ap- preciably increase the cost of alcoholle liquors; the elimination cf the ethers in whisky would amount to about 5 per cent. of the alcohol contained therein.-New York Evening Post. MONTANA MIESTIOv. A nuutber of crooks have lit out from Helena, hewded this way. Look out for them. Lewis and Clarke county is credited with the i .uance or l11i marriage oer- tifincate duriug the year INlt. C. S. Hefferlin. Northern Paifie agent at Livingston, and Mi.es ioIli. day. also ,f that place, were anrrIed on Saturday last. Kenp aol•ete, the defaulting tres. urerof Lewis and Clarke county, who wu c'nvicted and sentenced to a term of year. In the penitentiary. has been pardoned by the executive. United States Mbrshal Kelly was presented with a magnificent gold headed cane by his subordinates at the Deer Lodge penitentiary. Warden Torn MeTague made the presentattom speech. Warren Evans and Miss Clara Blel. enberg, a Deer Lodge damsel of only sixteen summers, eloped and were married on the first day of the mew year. The ijaternal benedlctios was ni it denied. Hon. T. C. Powers, returmles •t Fort Benton,, tells a Helena I•ledepS dent lmanl that there is nohalare am stock iaen there ooncermnlbg snow storms, but that on the otriy. it wasa welcome visitor. Sir Alexander Gall is at Ottws working zealously to emeure fLm tb. DIuinlon govesmnmet a hbarter for the propnee railroad foam DWmmen to Fort BHnoSo. Naturally Iea•ot people advocate the scbeme. The Northern Pacife and tb. Pa. cilfc expreu .napanits have Ronue to a 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 wa bthat Hiblowed, both ompeals as baol cases In nob towa. Now, how. ever the Northera Padsl hIs eles Its uBtt. odeo, and the laSide is oane a 8ole. leeavag e psay s sha iwhen Phas odmes. It o pobiable that Iheb err oPeeie will i all s e1 e soat of G. Oiunrssmels dent.

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THE DAILY YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL.VOLUME V, No. g8 . MILES CITY, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 687. PRICE FIVE CIITS.

THE DAILY JOURNALTA. offd..U Iup..r of Luater C.tsy.

Every Morning Except Monday.

Population of Mile City, - - .000.

Terms of Subscriptidt:BY MAIL-IN ADVAICI-POSTAOE PAID.

Daily Editloe, one year.....t................$10.00Dally Edltion, ail month ...................... o00Daily Edition, three mot.................... 8.00

TO CITY UUBtICRIBERI .SBy rarrler, rer, Morning. at Z ete. per week.

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D1. L . V. FIUH.P;IuTazcam. MIObON AD OmTETrICIAN.

(AntWunda and tcebNrtsbellsr.) 020. AtW~rLg du soeft, Mil.e City, M. T.

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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

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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

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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.