The Dillon tribune., 1881-06-04
MONTANA CONDENSED.

hand cut off in the shinglc saw "Wednesday.
DR.. Mitchell rc-amputated them THURSDAY
morning. The first finger is enr'rel, gone
and the second near the base.
We notice the n. r. surveyors have |
mark cd the cluster oil houses At the mouth
OF Gold creek deserted Village" We
thought ut first that was an unfair advan.
tage to take of Deer Lodge, but inquiry
demonstrates that there IS not vacant
dwelling house in town, and they are as
difficult 10 obtain as Al anv time during the
past ten wears. Some Of these days, II
things goes right, this town will have its
boom too.
There was quite heavy fall Of damp
I snow through this region Of Montana last
Saturday night and Sunday, doing much
damage to the shrubberv by breaking /,
down. The snow fall here barely covered
the ground, as il melt ID as it fell, but it was
six to ten inches deep on the mountains,
and about eight inches deep III Helena
The snow did great good, and AS the wealth
er succeeding the storm was warm, vescta'
ton has grown rapidly since. Some lambs
were lost in exposed flocks, but not la,g &c
number.
AvAMr COURIER.
Last week was an extremely unhealthy
one for net poodles. Some hcartlcss wretch.
without TIL: feeling Of a common cur. scat
tered poison broadcast over town, and as Il.
; consequence dozen useful or harmless
dogs turned up their toes to the daisies. II
the n,iscreant can he found it is highly
probable that he would he compelled to
taste his own "pisen," just for luck.
Late Washington advices arc to the IF
feet that the Secretary OF the Interior and
, the ATTORNEY General, have virtually con-
coded the right Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad to cross the Crow Reservation,
OH the grounds Of prior rights. The Attor.
j.. nev- General is said to have acknowledged
|. that the priority Of the Northern Pacific
g charter to the setting apart Of The Crow
Reservation, gives the railroad company
. an ,,ndoubted right Of way; but that the
+. Grows arc entitled to compensation, and it
4 is Il doubtful question whether it will be
!. the business Of the railroad or Of tn: gov
' ernncnt to pay tl'S Indians.
Z We understand that the Indians has
Is made rail in the vicinity Of Saltwater
e cleaning the settlers in that section ont Ut
nearly all their stock. Mcssrs. Benson
i; Porter and Pearson arr the prineipal vic
n Tins they having been cleaned out Of ever.
l. hoof they owned. Cit;zens OF saltwater
Il and vicinity have applied to &. neral Alex
II :nd.r. Fort Ellis, for assistance and pr,,f.c
ton, and II company ol the Second 1aval
y nv left Fort EllS yer:,ls!ar for White E't
IS YER to render al TIL. .:Si>af', ps'sSib!', nv
; make every ef ,rt to recover stolen stock
e The line has been down Tor several day.
= between Ellis and Still water, and the opcr
\, ator ut the latter place started out ON foo
q 10 repair it, his l,or:,: having also bccn >to
y len.
=, The Nortl,crn Pacific has contracted u
L 4 :: a ~,
x This will equal $50 miles Of road. All hu
q 5000 tons are steel.
: We are informed that til. Survivors y,
- the line Of the Little 4}lacktnt toward
!. Helena have found much easier grade.
- than were expected. From the Little
- Blacktoct for i've miles the grade is tilt,
," feet to the mile, and til. remaining shrc.
;" miles to the summit does not exceed eight,
feet to the rile. The summit at Railroad
:" Pass Is $3.50 feet above sea- level. Tl,t
:, summit at Dry Cottonwood Pass, on thu
:, Boulder route is 6.4ss feet high, tn n,ors
- :. than 6oo feet higher than Railroad Pass
=" This Is such adherence that Il none nor,
y favorable is found during the exploration
Of the engineers, the road will pass b. ltcl
- cna to the Li.tl~ D!.c!:.,ot.
:. A,~s.':,"..
,s II we have no mere >cri n,s freaks t.
II. weather this spring than we have had tb,,
~ tar, VIC will have a splendid season Tor will
n. fruit, gtsosebcrre>, raspbcrrics, Strawberries
tn currants and hu. kle',crries. The ,noan1
+, aims adjacent to the Springs. atx,uad wi.
no strawberry plants and h,ck ltbrrry bush.
!y The farmers OF tho upper Missouri VI,
At ley are becoming thoroughly aroused ,
III the necessity Of Direct wagon road t. Il!
he county seat and sill COM hetore the Hsn.r
e- of County comm ssionvrs a. their I.n
i'll meeting, with = r,,asis,y big petition .,,: It
nd construction OF the same.
II Missouri va!'cy farm rs manifest .;n,>i,
81. cradle unc;,sine>> TN account %. water. II
nd creeks are still low and the fields begin
y. need water badly. They will have to |
na very judicious in the appropriation OF Il
ms present amoupt il they max. il supply Il
IA! need
~" w From the present prospects the p,s.u
,ar', age on all the principal valleys ofthe Te
-; -" ritry will be light. The season. has b..
~. dry, and the grass il heading out sho
.,', There is still some hope tor a wet June,
'.'s which case it would come out
W. right. hut nothing short m'a months n,
,,,, will give MS average feed.
Of ""''sos'""
,1, Douglas was visited bv the sister of
IA, victim last Sunday. The inter, lew "
m, the one sid, aud cal!ousness IN the oft,
ol hyins the principal features ot it
Hon. Samuel Word was recently
c< pointed attorney nf tn: Utah 4 North.
lu>- railroad AMI has removed his Office to b.,
ion. for greater convenience in the pcrtorn,ar
ing OF the duties OF the position. The tam
me will continue, tor TIN: present, at least,
zap, occupy the Virginia residence.
led: Madison county has beat the world
naa the richness ot' h,r placer mines, and IN
'h'e few experts predict THAT she vii! soon
zap. tonish it with the production OF her qua
vas iodcs. All unite in the opinion that her
dications of great mines are unsurras.
anywhere. The "hoom," they say, is 81
mt. to come.
With On Tuesday afternoon, our town f,
H., Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. White, cnme near L
' ing their youngest child in Il singular ~;
ed'- ner. The little one, who is about a v,
at old, was PLAYING near the hack door, nj
can by some means, fell into Il ten gallon
>, which was there AZ reception for sw
wv" The mother came to the door to look af
be the babe, and seeing it's feet as It kicl
net. around, snatchcd it from its perilOus