The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-11-05
MONTANA CONDENSED.


PURCHASE OF PLACER PROPERTY.
Mc>>rs. Raleigh \ Clarke to-day consum'
mated the purchase Of go acres OF placer
mining ground on Nevada creek Deer
Lode county. This ground. or a small
fraction Of it thus far worked, has yielded
large profits to tn. late owner, Mr.. John b..
Wilson, who has worked It every season
tor a succession OF wears. At one time as
high as S,ooD was offered and refused for
the property, and its value to-day is gen
orally estimated by mining men familiar
with its a,,riferous richie, as worth much
more than that sum. From what we can
learn Mr.. Wilson disposed Of the ground
at something of sacrifice, receiving less
than was originally offered for it. Among
other reasons inducing him to sell was a
desire to engage III some less laborou>
business and to establish himself near to
schools where he could educate. his chill
dren.
On Sunday evening, Leland, the driver
Of Galen's coaches between Central Park
and Red Bluff, committed suicide by TAX
ing bottle of strvchnine, which he pro.
cured in this city on the Friday previous.
lie was engaged to be married next week
to young lady residing near Helena, and
it is thought She broke the engagement.
He made an attempt to kill himself several
months ago Tor similar cause.
Mr.. f. l.. Smith has recently purchased
Of Mrs. Gorin.cv one.haf of the Francis
lode, on the hill opposite Virginia City.
He las been sinking shaft on the lode,
which is already down ten feet, and is also
having a tunnel run in the hillside, which,
will tap the vein Of ore one hundred feet
from the surface. The quartz il, the shaft
looks we'll and gives good prospects in free
gold. These constant additions to the
quartz developments in the vicinity are en-
couraging. and the good results generally
obtained are still more SO.
AvAnr covaisa
John Malloy, one OF the men who took
Lieut.. Frencl, and family from Fort Ellis
to Dillon, last week, and who were to have
brought back MAJOR Griyg and family by
the same conveyance, decamped with the
carriage and team after Lieut.. French had
gone south on the train. No trace OF tho
thieI or property has been found.
4ussasomAn.
The Satellite lead near Diamond is one
of the best defined leads in Montana and
shows an immense amount of ore, and
should it prove as rich as it was once sup
posed, old Diamond. the city OF renowned
hospitality, utlsurras .ed in its w.altll, thrift
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. may yet re-
gain its departed greatness.
Moses Marks, who put in the summer
on the cattle drive. gives an account OF a
wonde, ful growth Of wild rlu,ns in the Big
grove where he could have loaded ten
xt..frn,,c rifl, M. I..l;,.;,,.,s fr,,it
RIVER PRESS.
Henry Kcn,cr!v was in the city few
DAYS the past week. He reports that Just
before he lett home a number Of Indians
with band OF American horses ca,nped
near his ranch lie hid not then heard of
the Yellowstone raid, and his suspicious
were not aroused. lie now believes that it
was the same party Of reds that stole IIar-
r.son, Murray INA Ioun5's horses.
>pl,oid fever is ra cling in Missoua; it
is frequently caused by fifth and decayiny
vegetable matter. Missoula has always
been Il very healthy place. /, it not we'll
to look about oar own doo,,yartiS, streets
and "M..vs for the prin..ry cause: Ask
Your do.tors.
Mr.. Cox's party off, men, left Missoulu
on Monday, for their field OF operations be-
tween Missoula and Finley creek. They
are at present engaged in running pre-.
urinary line between Camus Prairie and
Misoula, working this way.
\ re,nonstrancc was circulated and nu
merously signed during the week asains,
cutting the mail service between Mi>sou!,
ana Helena to three time, :. week.
BUTTE MINER.
To day the petition for increase Of post +,
facilities in this office will be forwarded t.
lion. Martin Maginnis, Washington, u. G
Tncrc are about five hundred signature
and the paper is six yards long.
John Aiken cat himself severely on til
left shoulder Yesterday afternoon at tn
Pircrtonc Divide. lie was going up tn
hill side with an AZ On his shoulder, whe,
in some way the AK dropped over his arm
cutting it severely. lie was brought int,
the Workinymen's Hospital last night.
Th, graders are working rapidly on tn
| Utah II Northern road between here an,
Silver Bow. 1t is estimated by an otlici:'
that the grading will be over half done b
next Saturday. The force ut work is bein
/ increased daily, and track having vii! b
commenced in week or ten Gays.
Judge \. J. Davis, with his brother, NJ,
Erwin Davis, OF New York, and his mar
ricd niece, OF Chicago, left yesterday morn
ng,,tor the terminus by private conveyance
The party took the private car of Mr. III
win Davis, at the junction, aud went Ea>
II Judge Davis health permits they will z
straight TO New York, otherwise they wi
stop over in Chicago.
Shot and instantly killed is the new
waited to lis from Plum,ncr'> ranch.
seems that Il lot OF ircighters were at Plum
mvr's last Sunday and in the evening ma
whose name we could not learn went bt
hind the bar and took his revolver, whic
he had left in Pum,ner's charge. and. walk
ing to the door deliberately shot Pa,ric
Farrell, the bail entering the face an
coming out ut the top of the head, KILN
him instantly. lie then fled, hotly per
sued by several freightcrs with Sandy Ian
at their head. lie jumped over an EN-
bankment. some Is feet high and was Il
a moment hid from view. Some one di
covered him hiding behind Il boulder al,
informed the party when again he ran te
ward the river, several shots were sent i,
ter him and once he partially fell, whcth.
he was hit or stumbled it was impossible
tell. However he plunged into the riv.
and last heard was the words "save m
save me" In the morning dillise,
search wa> instituted and as no tracks con