The river press., 1880-11-24
MONTANA MILES.
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Under Sheriff of Deer Lodge county, and
who now that the election is oyer, i affords
,7s pleasure 10 say is Cne Of the best officers
the county or Territory has ever had, remain
ed here long enough 70 see be was $50 ahead
and then lit out for Butte Wednesday, He
received majority be may feel proud Of
over one of the strongest and best Republic
ans in the county, and we believe bis ad=
mnistration will justify the confidence
placed ia him. ..=.
Jno w. Cozad, known in Montana as a
foot-racer Of 40 mean pretentions, but Of
class disposed to- s'cbuck" o race If money
was to be made thereby, met his fate at Den
yer recently. In a race run there week Or
two since he was shot dead On the track.
$50 runs the world away.
A new departure, and one which we trust
will meet with the approbalion Of our read
ers, has been made feature Of our ''Local
Brevities" the omission Of advertisements
of all classes theFefTom 4 separate column
has been placed at the disposal Of al who
wish to avail themselves of local advertise
ments.
Messrs. Blickensderfer and Washington
Dunn locating engineer and chief OF con-
structon Of the Utah e Northern Road,
were in town Wednesday. They are travel
ing by private conveyance, spying out the
land, and have gone to Helena, Radersburg,
Three Forks, and thence up the Jefferson
toward Dillon. They state the track-ayers
have been discharged for the winter, but that
quitea force will still be employed in grading
heavy work on Big Hole during the winter.
No orders from headquarters have been re-
cei7ed to construct to any definite point be-
yond where the road now is. 1t is to be
presumed, however, that the investigations
Of these gentlemen on the present trip, and
the several surveys made, will exert con-
trolling influence on the location of the road,
and the rate at which it will be pushed next
year. Construction this year has not been
pushed as vigorously as might have been.
Scarcity Of rolling stock has been assigned as
the main cause, but that could have been
readily obviated had the company desired,
and it would have been penny in its pocket
to have reached Butte this season. However,
the worst part OF the route is now built over,
the material is mainly brought up for the
shops on the three divisions into which the
road is cut up, and with the grade completed
during winter, the track can be laid in q few
weeks in the spring. The gentlemen think
there 10 no doubt Of the construction Of the
r
think its initial point will be near Ogden,
instead Of At the mouth Of Port Nsuf Canon
as originally projected. IF there is any
present design to continue the y. & IT. down
the He'll Gate river, they gave no ntimat;on
OF It. The objective point appears 10 be
Helena,
Herald
An Omaha correspondent says: sThe
main stem of the Utah s. Northern will be in
operation north Of Salisbury before the end
Of July next
Cords Of silver bullion are being turned out
by the Alta Montana works, and stacked,
awaiting shipment to the Omaha refinery.
The post Office at Cayetown, in Meagher
county, has been discontinued. The people
there will now have to rely upon the office at
Canyon Ferry for mail service.
1t is believed the Northern Pacific will
complete and operate at least three hundred
miles of road inside of Montana in 1884,
The Western Union Telegraph Office in
Helena has been reinforced by Mr. w. C.
Bohannon, who last evening entered upon
his duties aS night operator. Our new light
ming striker is an exceptionally good scrloe,
and furnishes both iegibIe and inttlIiglbe
report. hr. Frederick seems To have got the
assistant he has long sonp 1T
[Independentl
Major W. l.. Chipman, Sd Infantry, who
was ordered to Fort Missoula on court mar
tial du1y, is il to w to-day ea route % his
station, Fort Shaw.
Mr.. D. Fitzpatrick, one of Meagher ooun-
tvs prosperous wool growers, with his wife
and sister, recently arrived from the East,
and will spend the winter ii Helena.
a new ten stamp mill IS to be erected by
Mr. Courtwright on the .sStar Of Hope,'' .
gold quartz mine, located about 13 miles
east Of Helena, and belonging to Mr.. Colt
Saunders and others. 1t is expected that tht
mill will be ready to begn work within tht
next ninety days.
On Wednesday, while man named And,
johnson was working in the Mountain Bo,
mne Butte, q mass Of rock weighing SOC
pounds became dislodged and fell, strikin.
him in the back. The rock han but q shor