The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-07-30
MONTANA CONDENSED.



RIVER eaess.
The Nellie Peck arrived last Thursda.
evening after a somewhat difficult triT
She brought up large amount Of govern
=. :. ment freight for Fort Maginnis.
The river is now said to lie at about it
worse boating stage. During the next te,
weeks we'll defined channel will b
washed out and the large boats will ex
perience no difficulty in getting to Benton
1t is thought tl.at the Utah Northern
folks will extend their survey as tar a
Benton this season and bring on the iroi
horse as speedily as possible. The time i
, not "a, distant when Benton will be con
nected with the world Of commerce by tn
: iron rail.
In the police court this morning (sl,
James McLin, charged with ill.treating hi
wife, plead guilty and was fined IS ane
costs. Cheap!
The Boulder roundup has been com
pleted, and the stock men Of that range Cd
innate their losses at from 40 to 50 pc,
cent.
During the present year the Alice take,
the eighth place in the list OF the greatest
silver producing mines on the continent
|
ing Journal the receipts Of Alice bullion in
New York from January list to July 9Th,
1881, aggregate $stoooS.
The Northern Pacific railroad Surveying
party in charge Of Capt. Chenowcth is
now working between Spokane and prickly
Pear, and will probably reach the latter
point this week.
/ s.> -.
terests hereal,out gives an impetus to
every line OF business, and it is long time
since SO hopeful Feeling prevailed as now
exists. Virginia's "boo,n" is coming, sure.
Two men entered the saloon Of John
Dahl, ut Mcaderville, one night last week,
and, after beating the proprietor until he
became insen>iblc, ,bjct the till Of about
SIS, and dec:,,n.,:d. No clue to the per.
l,ctrators.
On Monday afternoon, AL Refs, son Of
Valtine Refs, blacksmith, Of lower Wallace
street, was buried under falling bank OF
earth ON the west siIe OF Alder gulch.
opposite the city, and but tor timely assist.
ance would have lost his lite. The father
and son have been ''coyot ny" and rocking
| the pay.gravel from piece ri ground
which had been left by the miners, and
undermined the bank, for considerable
distance. They were warned Of their dan.
ger but continued to ex"avate, and, finally,
the bank fell, buryiny Lac boy under u
mass Of earth five feet deep. Fortunately
number Of Cinnamon saw the bank fall,
and gathering from the excited movements
Of the old man that something serious had
happened, ram tot!,e spot, and, by strenuous
exertionS, 500 released the hoy from has
periIous captivity.
mssou.,An
The body OF John Rowland who was
drowned in the Pen d'Orei.l.. river, near
Hose Plains, about IL IN Data a.o--was
found last week near where he sank, and
buried by the people OF the Plains.
Notwithstanding the large immigration
this spring, laborers are scarce IN the Mis-.
souia market. Harvest lands are in de-.
rnand, and help scarce.
NEW noarn-wesr.
Advices are received here that com.
pany is organized in Butte and Helena to
construct Il narrow gauge railroad from
Butte via Helena to Benton. There is
$5oo,o0o OF the stock subscribed BY mum.
Der Of the heaviest capitalists Of Montana,
and arrangements are made tor the inm...
date commencement Of work and the
early completion and opening OF the road.
There will be twenty eight bridges on
the Northern Pacific Railr oad bet cen
Little Dlackfoot AMI Missoula.
Quite number Of children are sick in
town, but it Is not thought any are danger
ou>ly So 1T present.
HeLssA aERA.o,
There his been company Incorporated
by Assistant Engineer ]. r. Dodge, Henry
NJ. Parchen, $. I. Ha,,>er, s. f. Larabie,
Peter Koch and others to construct Il rail.
road r. m the Mammoth Hot Springs, on
Gardeners river, down the Yellowstone,
over to Boz man, down the Gallatin and
Missouri to lle!ena; thence across the
Ko:ky Mount Tins down the Little Black
foot, up throu .,h Deer Lodge to Butte, with
a Branch from Helena to Benton All
parties can extract comfort from this CON.
panv.
The hotc., are So full that it is scarcely
possible to accommodate applicants tor
rooms. Oar boni.i.e> are quite happy at
the state OF things.
Mr.. Vaughn has forty men employed ON
the new rad leading from the Little len
ME mine to the Wickes Reduction W,rk~.
AvAsr oouRsa.
Struck by Lightning.
va "SSouut, Ps'ti'p@, =" our ulsu mOtn-
tain peaks, which appear to attract the sub.
tie fluid more c'fec,ual!v than IL million sht-
ming rods, it is seldom that lightning in
Jures either persons or property in Mon
tana. But, IN Tuesday tine electric cur
rent struck the house OF Chas. b. Blas eley
with such force AS to utterly dcmnlisl, a
brick chimney, tear II stove pipe into
shreds, smash u lookin. glass, .!e,no:sh
some other household h,riture, and pas;
out at the upstairs window. Mrs. Blake
ley was in the house ut the time the boil
struck, bat fortunately escaped injury. 1t
Is said she was not even badly frightened,
which Is somewhat remarkable, AS the de-
,nolished chimney fell on the chamber
floor with a terrific crash. Mr.. Blakci.y
has no IDEA OF leaving the house, tor he
realizes that there is Modelling where light
ming may strike again.
Nelson Story returned from, the Yellow
stone roundup Saturday last. lie reports
about an average crop OF calves and thinks
his herd will yield 1000 to l,,e,o head this
year-ahout the same number as it pro.
duced three years ago. The losses last
winter were confined chiefly to old cows
and young animals. There will be a com
parativeiy satisfactory gathering OF mar.
ketable beef steers.
YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL.
Two horse thieves were arrested bv Tom