The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-06-18
MONTANA CONDENSED

AvAnr coumes
The new court house Is nearly co,r,,,..
but VIZ doubt ii the contractors viii tp l'c,
to present it to the county Board for ,c, "o'
ance during the present session. ">>'p'-
The Van Vl;et surveying party r,.,
ON through the valley this week t;r the ,, n,'
Pose Of making survey from G.,l,..n.
City down the Missouri river, and ,,.'
over towards Helena. Bou.,nun h,s 's
particular objection to being put in a;r, 10
railroad communication with the can;,",
Some person or persons, without .,;,,
the fear Of the law or the hest inter..,.'"F
the people before their eyes, SIT fir. ~ =. !"
timber ut the foot of the mountain, :, a''
miles soutl, Of town, last week; and =" -"
matter ofcourse, II has spread over !, g..
extent Of country, utterly sie-trovin.r finn"
lands Ut acres of valuable timber. Ih.r.:
no telling now when Or where the fir. ~;
stop. Whether it got out through car,,. "'''
ness, nr was maliciouslv started, tn, a.r.
tating results will tx the same, and th,. w.,
tv Or rarti arc crin,inalIy guilty in r;, Ill.,.
event, and should be severely punished
MAosonAn.
Riley, the would-hc suicide, is rccoy,r;r,
! rapidly from the wounds which he int,ic,s,
upon himself last weak, ami Is in h.,,..
spirits than when he made the a,tcmp, ivy,
on his life.
Mr.. Morse, the general ticket arrn, ~;
the Union Pacific railroad, estimate, II :
tourist travel to the National Park N.
summer at two thousand persons. Bv f th,
system ri through and excu, sion rate, -.
tabli>hed by the L. p. y Us n. CONN.,.
MES, all these travellers will come ia VIZ.
ginia City, arrangements having been ,,S,
In Omaha by Mr.. Marshal! for their ,run,
rrtation over this route.
/ The county commissioners ADJOURNED q,
Thursday evening. During the scs,in
the board applied $500 to the omn.
ing Of road through the canyon to River.
side, on the National Park road. mi.
with the amount raised BY the ci,ix.r, ~
Madison valley, will open II direct road 4,
the Fire Hole basin, and save the long Al.
tour heretofore made besides avod;n
crossing the Madison so many times. Th@
work has been awarded to ". +. kirhwu
/ and will, we understand, l,e completed b,
!. the 10th Of July.
Last Friday. as tour Young rnrn, citizen
' OF the uppe, Bitter Root, we're coming In.
. town, they were approached by ,ir,,nkc.
Indian who demanded tobacco nj then.
Thinking cOnciliatorv course the belt,
one, one Of the bows gave him some tnba,
, ca. Shortly afterwards he whipped ~.
his butcher knife, and brandi,hiny il in
threatening manner, charged on the part,
, the same time making deroyatory r.
marks about their parcntagc. As the
were nnar'ned, he got away with his blu,
: putting three out OF t0ur to precipi,a,
flight. The fourth qui, tlv pursued hi, wa
into town, without loosing his hair; bu,
Is SAT. to say that there would have been
dead Indian had there been a revolver
, the party. The Indian had bottle c
whisky with him, and its contents in Il
probability had much to do with lis "bi
| brave" in attacking tour white men in hroa
daylight.
. HussAnomAa.
W. 7. Hamilton writing from Od.n >,,
-four Indians were recently seen Il few mil.
, south Of Painted Robe creek with fitic,,.
head OF horses making tor the Bull mount
aims. lie believes them to be Sioux AMI
1; that the horses belong in the Sweet Gra..
'o.ntry.
a remarkable instance Of equine sasaci;.
is related Of a horse in Jefferson canyon
|
the Utah & Northern railroad was ritlin
upon cliff overlooking the majestic r',.
' as it swept in deep blue line between tn
high stone walls, and when OH top Dis
mounted and his horse, by some acchien
fell over the cliff and rolled into the rive
an hundred feet or more below, hut in do
ing 20 he became entangled in the bride $
!, that it held his head under the water Will
S,ri,,, v,;y.r h,,f nj intervals H., tyOul0 max
remarkable exertions and get his hra
$ above water and catch breath, and the
n swim with his head half buried IN the wat
!: tor the opposite shore, which he reached il
safety, but ut a point where the bank wa
perpendicular. Ii was some time before h
e could bc rescued, but the intelligent ANNA
|. knew enough to adapt himself to the sitt;
:. ton and thus saved his life. The story i
; related by an eye Witness as most remark
II able occurrence.