The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-10

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oo0dsasea nom - Oooumns Of Our
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The ClArke's Fork miners are still
sticking % their clainss like = crab to .
small boy's tor, = d gri,nly smile -
they thinx q the glittssiny dust they
viii gather when the warm weather sets
In.
A man named John Hiner, recently
from DesdwoOd, wxs drowned while
attempesug to cruD the Yellowstone In
y sk'6, week ~, Last Wednesday. At
last accounts his body had n It been ~
covered. aid pr.bsbly never will be,
~ the Yellowstone seldom gives up it,
dead.
The Josephine, on her down trip from
Benton last week, had l8O sacks Of PO-
tatoes On board.
Three c0w buys were tefrorising the
citizens OF Miles City last week by FIR
ing = volley vt the comet. They were
arrested and each fined 80.
Col. Ilges will soon take command Of
Fort Assinnaboine.
U. 8. District Attorney Eastman is in
Benton.
Among recent sales Of cattle h one ef-
fected BY Sands 1 Co. Of ooo head Of
beef steers, deliverable from their range
IN the Teton, Northern Montana, next
August 1t "a per head. These cattle
will Le driven to the nearest shipping
point In the Yellowstone valley and for
warded Nv the N',rthern Pacific to
Eastern markets.
The Billings Herald II the lat says 1t
about six O'Clock this evening VIM. Pres
tim, who was formerly deputy sheriff Of
tAis county, Was met by former part
ner Of bis. Daniel Leahy, who, present.
ing Sharps rifle, said, Damn you II
you put up those,bsn I will shoot you. I"
Preston, realizing Leahy meant wbathe
said, q led out. Dan. don't shoot !"
crouched towards thu ground an par
TALLY shielded himself behin~ cue of his
herdefs. When Preston stooped Leahy
fired and Preston Immediately fell with
bis head against the logs near the back
door at Leahy's salo"n, which sbutted
on tie corral. 1t VS. ascert lined the
l,all had entered the upper third Of the
lex ut the thigh, passed inwsrds and
upwards, severed the femorsIsrtery and
torn through At the buck. 6urgicaf -
sistsnce W. Of NO avail, however, - the
artery continued to gush out the life Of
the injured man, and in . few minutes
life va extinct
The immediate cause Of the shootluG
seems to have been some business disor
gresment, consequent upon tho diseo)d-
tjon q partnership. Nr. Preston leaves
. wife, daughter Of b. r. Donnen, E>q.,
Of Huntsville, to whom be was married
lhst winter.
Muir City b lively.
There b . 80 d deal Of bad feeling in
the Clark's Fork country 1t present,
caused BY milh,its jumling.
A sixty-thrssp pound piece Of quarts
ftou the Alameda minis, near Virginia
CITY, = said to b. worth 500, which
wou]d give the ore value Of about %, :
90 per ton. Il Wa taken from the
vein $50 heet ftom the surface
On Sunday Let $500 in gold went
south by express from Helena.
Lat Saturday II. r. Baker. Of Hese
M, cold the 1ne mare, ntw Ella, by In
quires, dam hatslla, BY Australian, to
Con Khon for $3.50.
Billinss = without . post ONCE but
desires.
The Ripon colony, numbering ove'
100 people, who are now In the Yellow
Stone valley will settle in section q, o.
what b known - Valley creek.
Billings b to have . street railway
Nine hundred shares Of stock have
already been taken.
Billinss Heraid: A story b going TIKI
ruunds to the elect that party hired
one of NJ. Prestoa's hosses which be
took down the valley for . short die
tauce and cold. he then returned to Mr.
! Prsuton's establishment and procured
another which he rude oil, and has MOI
been heard from since. This man must
be . coal hand.
,Gexican Nine 1xpsrt en- route e
| Montana.
6P. Young, for years general mana
ser Of the Ward milling and mining
oOmpany Of Wall street, New York, Will
heaaqosrte.: a. P.r! McKee, s,.t i;in tn p,
INVESTMENTS. He will make pessons
inspection Of the Maginnt:. Barker
Butte, Clarke's Fork and Helena mine