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

T. II. Franklin killed Carl Stanford Mt
Fort Mckinney. Wyoming on the Lib
inst. They were both cattle nleal.
Lewis and Clarke county las ten tav-
payers WHO pay over $1,000; 'lirteea wllo
pay from $500 to 81 ,000, and orc hundred
and forty.one who pay from 500 to 500; ).
S. T. Hanscr PAYS the he9slt ias
Z. x. Newton, agent of the n. P. branch
line at Wahpeton was shot and killed on
Friday last by James Nash whose daughter
he had outraged. Miss Nash had sworn
out warrant against him, and when
brought into court Newton pleadnot guilty,
at which the father promptly shot him.
The relatives of Seymour Noble would
ike to hear some intelligence of him. He
left Rcedsfort, Montana, September 22d, for
Billings, and when within So miles of Bill
lings his team left him, and he returned to
Recdsford. He then started for Billings OH
foot. and has not been heard from since.
Up to Dec. 10, 9,64S miles OF new railroad
have been constructed this year, against
1901 miles reported for the corresponding
time last year; 5,s36 miles in 1880; 3,5el
miles in 1879, o.243 miles in 1877, and
2,2s3 miles in 1876. This year's mileage Is
more than one-fourth greater than that -
1881.
On Christmas cyeas sanFy Mar and tso
companions were walking I ross Plyrou
avenue bridge In Minneapolis, they ysre
attacked by crowd of men snd boys, AMI
MARI was struck by heavy ,prlc apd i
shortly died. The attack seeHs IA have
been unprovokcd and at lart accounts the
assailants were unknown.
The advance agent Of Dan Castollo's cir
Gus combination has entered into arrange
Inents with the Northern Pacific to trans
port the outfit da.sasr:n.- Summer from
town to town throughout the Whole lineof
road from Duluth to the Pacific. Dot1
Dan and the railroad authorities calculate
upon an early completion ofthe road.
The Duluth Bee, of recent date, makes
further reference to the rich silver find near
Pigion River, on the Canadian side of tho
boundary. The mine is believed to be
enormously rich, and it Is estimated that
$4,000 worth of silver is in view on the top
of the vein. Enough native silver was
picked up by the surveyors to pay the gov
ernment for the land. The fortunate
owners are Frenchman named Deanneall,
v.hn fhn &c
from the Indians, and Gen. ,Eills New
York mining specuiutor.
Telephone owners in st. PauLhd ! sin
gular though not original exfcficnce on
the Goth inst. from the instrumcntalit7 Of
the electric light apparatus. The wires
which supply the electric lights are cover
cd with an insulating composition which
is supposed to guard against the danger
which would otherwise result from their
contact with other substances. This cons
position had become saturated with water,
o ready conductor Of electricity, and the
wires laden with snow bent till they canlc
In contact with the telephone wire
stantly the point Of contact began to burnN
and the electric fame was conveyed along
the telephone wires to the various Offices
or houses with which they connccteds
where they burned keyzboards on instr. !
mcnts until the wires themselves burnt Cii
at the point where they touch the electric
light conductors. Il is claimed that hsa
any person accidentally or thoughtlcssl
touched tho the il1afrurncflt during