The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28
MONTANA NEWS.

T. C. Power recently paid "a, 800 for fou
lots in Billings.-li,cnton River Press
Although the railroad has passed Bill
lings hundred miles or more, the tow
still grows and thriyes.-Independcnt.
The Miles City theatre which had beer
closed for some time from lack of patron
age, opened again last Saturday night a,
reduced prices.
Davis and Keats, of Butte and Walkor.
Vile, fought with hard gloves last night al
Butte, for the featherweight championship
Of the territory.
a member of the English parliament is
now on his way to this country to inspect
Montana, with view of investing heavily
in the sheep business.
The commissioners of Meaghcr county
have appropriated s4OO for the construction
Of a bridge across the South Fork of the
Musselshcll near Martinsdale.
On Dec. 10th Jas. w. Warner was killed
at Colorado Gulch, twelve miles from
Helena, by the accidental overturning OF a
loaded wagon, which he was driving.
The cars on the west end of the Northern
Pacific arc running to Thompson river. 95
miles from Missou!a, and will probably
reach Weeksvillc, thirteen miles further, by
New Years day.
A Chinese herder named Larrey Herne
was found murdered in his cabin near
Wecksvillc. a large sum of money and
other valuables were found intact upon his
person. 1t is supposed his life was taken
in revenge by other CclestiaIs.
The terms Of the recent sale Of the Collar
mine, at Maiden, are about as follows
The Omaha Snielter Co. pay Messrs Snow,
Irvine d Co. $4,000 in cash, put in $50, 600
worth of machinery. stock the mine and
deliver stipulated amount of the stock to
the sellers.
Silver Bow County has one hundred and
sixty individual firms or corporations pay
ing over 500 each in taxes, fourteen Of
whom pay over $1,000 each The Miner
thinks this is q better showing of wealth
than can be n,ado by any one county OF the
same population in the United States.
Charley Gates was driving stage coach
from Butte to Boulder City. When going
down hill few miles out of Butte, his
team became unmanageable and upset the
coach, Charley still heroically clinging to
the rcins. When the horses were finally
stopped the drivers legs were both broken
and he had received injuries of which he
died in a short time. With exception of a
few bruises, none of the passengers were
hurt
Andrew Waddell had not held any COM
with his people during seven
years, and his mother, who lived III Chica-
20, mourncd him as dead. A few days
ago he received severe injuries from an ac-
,ident at tic Mullan tunnel and his name
vas mentioned i'll the papers. A lady of
Helena who knew him many years ago
sought him out at the hospital and there
was q mutual recognition. Mrs. Waddle is
low made happy by news of her long lost
son.
An immense gold lead has just been dis
covered on Elk gulch, tributary of Yogo.
oy O'Gary e. Burnhan. 1t is Il feet in
width, and the walls are well defined The
,rs is free-milling, and will yield from SIS
o so per ton in gold under stamps a
iocc of men will put in the winter develop
N IL x.gif it continues to show up, W.
L. Miller, of the Judith, rfopUessas to -ersts n
mill on 1t in the spring. If the
reports arc true 1t is indeed a promising
tHusbandman
From the manv desperate reports which
come from Wceksville it would seem tha: it
s about the hardest town in the territory
The latest is the story of how seventy or
eighty citizens disposed of famous villain
known by the enphonions title of Dick the
Diver. He had been making himself extra
ordinarily conspicuous by daring violations
Of the law, when the crowd organized with
intent to lynch him. He was haltered but
made such troublesome resistance to taking
, part in the hanging act, that he was
placed on the ground and uncercmoniously
shot in the back.
Michael Walsh and Charles Rafferty,
masked themselves and entered q cabin
near Deer Lodge where Martin Goctschins
and Geo. Bowman were sitting, covered
The inmates with revolvcrs and demanded
They got seven dollars. all that
could be mustered, and having failed to find
A rope wherewith to pursuadc their victims
20 produce more cash or valuables held
suddenly removed their
masks and announced the whole business
a Joke. Goctschins. however, could not
see the matter in that light and had the
practical jokers arrested 1t now looks as
If they would have chance to think out
other funny schemes in the penitentiary.
Henry Forman shot and killed his SON
n-law. Jacob kenck, at Helena on The
I'D inst. kenck had married Forman's
,nly child some years ago and she having
lied he married again. Forman became
with the idea that had not kenck
married his daughter she would yet have
occn alive, and the thought seems to have
become mania and to have developed a.
1engefll desire. On Friday he stepped up
behind kenck, in the latters saloon, and
discharged revolver shot into his head.
The wounded man fingered few hours
and then died. That night about O'Clock
, crowd gathered in front of the Jail where
Forman was confined with intent to take
summary vengeance on the murderer, but
were induced to relinquish their purpose by
he counsel of more reasonable citizens.
Bellevue Sun: Everybody knows Harry
Gicse, the proprietor Of the Sawtooth res
.aurant, who has just arrived in this city.
The circumstances which we will relate
TOOL. place last summer in his house. A
boarder called for codiish-balls, and when
they were served did not cat them. Harry
became very much vexed thcreat, and gave
the order, "D-n you, you cat them Goldfish
balls!" The boartler objected. but Harry