The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-07-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Yellowstone Park will be visited
very soon by an excursion party from
Walla Walla.
The Modoc Indians are said to be
very good base ball players. They arc
something on the fight too.
Twenty loads Of Montana cattle
passed down the road last Friday, Ell
route to the eastern market.
James Mccoy, an experienced miner
has taken up quartz claim within the
city limits of San Francisco.
A little son Of Mr.and Mrs. VIM. Walk.
er, of Deer Lodge, was drowned in the
irrigating ditch on his fathers farm.
Leighton, Jordon & Co. mourn the loss
of four horses and six mules that were
spirited away from Fort Buford recently
4 party of civil engineers passe d
through Bozeman on the llth inst under
command of f. NJ. Mccoy. The party
was bound for Helena.
Lieut.. Doulass, who recently resigned
from therarlny to 90 into the cattle busi-
ness, left Miles City Saturday. the Sth
inst, for Mizpah Creek.
A new telegraph corporation, to be
into existence in New York with capi-
tai of twenty million dollars.
There is a rumor to the effect that W
4. Clark, of Butte, will accept the nomin-
alton for Delegate at the hands of the
Democrats-if it is rendered him.
Mr.. S. r. Foss, who has carried on the
cattle business near Crete, Nebraska, is
coming this month with the intention OF
locating upon some of the fine ranges III
this vicinity.
Col. Gilbert, of Walla Walla. Oregon,
is preparing history of Washington
Territory, which will be ready for circu.
latiOn about October 1st. The Walla
Walla Union speaks very highly of it,.
n. l.. Shattuck and son left Yesterday
morning for Billings, Montana Territory,
and will probably go out as far as the
National Park. They will be gone ten
days or two weeks.-[ Fargo Daily Ar
gus
Ryerson and Hennesy who were arres-
ted upon the charge of burglarizing Tay-
lor q Greenwood's store at Forsyth had u
preliminary trial before Judge Walker
and were held for further examina-
ton.
Sitting Bull draws a government ra-
ton of pint of whiskey II day. At one
time he drew the whole regular army,
and it didn't tire him half so much
as his daily whack at the agency tan
bark.
Captain Melville c. Wilkinson, Third
Infantry, is relieved from duty as pro-
fessor Of military science at the Pacific
University, Forest Grove, Oregon, and
ordered to join his company at Fort
Missoula, Montana. He has never seen
his company, and bets are even that he
will not join now.
Dr.T. B. Green is engaged in the laud-
able pursuit of knowledge relating to the
diseases that have proved fatal to so
many horses in the western part of the
territory. He requests communications
from horse men upon the subject and
will publish the results of his research
The Miles City Press states that"a man
named Steele was brought down from
Billings by deputy sheriff Greedy and
lodged in Jail last night in default Of $500
bail The charge was borrowing another
mans horses and forgetting to return
them. He was examined before Charles
Resick with the result as above stated.
Yesterdays train from the eas
brought the new and improved sleeper
"Mandan." which is built expressly fol
passengers on this end of the Northern
Pacific Railroad. It is probably tht
finest car on wheels in the Northwest
and will add largely to the pleasure, O
our citizens who go, east.-[Miles Git,
Pyess.