The Dillon tribune., 1881-05-14
MONTANA CONDENSED.
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/. MONTANA CONDENSED.
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Til: contract for Police and Indian sup.
plies in the Northwest has been awarded
to I.G. Baker u Co, Ut St Louis and TT.
Benton.
The Northern Pacific s:rtcyors arc on
| this side Of the Yellowstone CANYON. an !
| will soon be ON the top Of the divide over
looking Bozenan.
| \ sale Of condemned government horses
took place at Fl. Ellis on Saturday last. 1t
was we'll attended, an ! the horses brou sht
good figures.
| llarrows on which one my ride, and
thus make OF the N ,st drudginy farm work
pleasure, arc recent importation t. Gal.
latin Valley. Two arc now ut work on the
farm 1T HOY Brothers and one Oh White
Caliee's ran:h.
V. 4. Cockrill. Of Central Park, was in
town on Thursday last. Yard has recently
opened road to the public, will, IL new
bridge across the Madison. that lessons the
road between Bozenan and Dillon, Bate
and other West side points, ut least rs
miles.
DR.. W. S. Wright intends starting out
soon on tour OF the Territory tor the pur-
pose OF organizing, in all the principal
towns, Councils Of Chosen Friends. The
Doctor is Deputy Supreme Councillor of
the Order for Montana, ami has been sue.
censful in organizing In Bozetnan one Of the
largest councils in the United States 1t Is
the Doctors intention tn establish stuff
cient subordinate councils to cntitle Mon.
tana to u Grand Council.
NEW aosrH.wtsr.
Mr.. Chen3wcth's party OF engineer. is
proceeding up the Little Biackii,ot. 1t /.
anticipated It will tax. fv. Or six weeks to
reach Helena.
Mr.. W. E. Bass was in town Wednesday
with >ix teams laden with 10000 pounds 81
flour, bacon, corn meal and potatoes, bound
tor Butte and the Terminus. lie reports
some portions Of the road in The Flint
Greek Hills very bad.
The barometer Of Col. Dodge showed
the altitude of o Donncll's cabin above
, Deer Lodge to b. ! 400 feet !; Paterson Pass,
$50 feet and Dry Cottonwood Pass, ,,2I
feet. The latter would be IS miles from
Deer Lodge as n line Of road would run.
Messrs. Washington Dunn and l.. ]
Fisk, the former having the contract for
grading ot the first 20 miles Of the Clarke's
Fork Division west OF Little BlackEx,t, and
the latter having immediate. supervision ri
the construction, arrived Wednesday from
Dillon and left Immediately to examine tho
, line. Arrangements had been made ttl
commence work BY this date. but owing tn
the washouls on the Utah T. Northern some
delay has ensaed. A force Of lab ,rcrs in
Z employ Of Bishop Merrell Of Utah, are en-
: gagged and are now en- route with 20 wag
ons from Ogden, it being deemed NOR,
certain to drive up than to depend upor
transportation bv rail. Work will BIZ com
nefced ut the inoutl, Of Little Black foo
and extend westward, the first work being
earth and then rock. 1t is anticipated
, body Of laborers will be on tn, ground II
: ten days. The surveyors have alread,
{ cross s.ctioned Tor considerable tiista,,c.
{ and work can be prosecu Ell without delay
7 MAc,aoM,AN.
!. A man named Riley was orrestet
"Wednesday, charged with petit larceny II
stealing gold dust from one Of the upper
gulch claims, last tall. liz l. In Jail, aw:.i.
ing trial.
, Last Saturday, John TIL .xtnn po,,ml.<
up about ten pounds Of ore from the Ala
media mine, and obtained thcreirom on.
ounce ana a half Of gold, worth about Sal
Rock that will Weld $, so per rounl is no
. 10 be sneexed at, and the best Of it is thai
ofore.
lame, N.>.,,,,s Inc r,.;,,,,a 49,. .,:
.,'.,, .> ~ -. t"'s ' 81 t''e Po:'
and vest .r.itv Sheriff ISl,.n,r nv ,,;,+.,
Sum ,er II III ;,:hiiti. lat. with " IS Ar,
j. strong, to the position. Durin.r his in,.,,n,
a bcncv Of til. office, Mr.. Nc Adam has cx
ccuted his duties etficienr,y ana faithfully
and his resignation tlepriy.s the neonie .
good officer. Mr.. iIauschiId. how..vcr
= possesses MI the r.,u,;sit,. ou,l;tc,,;o,s =.
j the position, and will, we have no doubt
{ prove worthy successor.
). 1.-the prisoner Douglas. now occupvin,
the co:,l I'm ,et: eel, in The county ;aii .:iv,.
Y truthful recital Of his former life. II wo,l,
:. have been an excellent thing for s.ci.t,
=. had he been stranyled in infancy. Accord
). ing to his sorry, the crime for which he
now under sentence is not, by any mean,
the first he has committed. In fact. hi
y whole career seems to have been coutinu
\ al war against so .iety, in which murders an,
ro,lberies were such common incidents tina
their recital would make tho hair Of
- Rowery boy stand ON end with ecstacy
'. and lay the famous exploits ofD.ck Turpi
Il and Claude Duval 40 deep IN the sha.i
!. that those dime n,vel h ro,s would seer
mere MOI, nj o,,&1,,.. H., .