The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-11-15

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0alleA nom - 0oluiinns q Our
1xohaageo.
The Pieoan Indians are reported
70 b KILLING cattle % the Aasias.
Little Dick, The noted e0oyard
Montana horse, hAs been sent to
Oseeoo.
II. G. Mysss L Co., II Missoula,
killed . bog last week that dressed
6oe pounds.
The Montana Natjooal Hank 1t
Helena has opened It, doom for bust
n0oo.
Snow fell 10 . depth q twenty m
ehes in the Yellowstone Valley lat
week.
All Of the best locations for stock
ranches for one hundred and my
miles est AZ the Nuscleshell country
have bees taken up.
! The county ~ Meagher IL the only
one In the Territory through which
trave3en By coach are ouIy required
to pay 30 cents per meal at the hotsls.
The Democrats 10 Madison county
elect Norr,s Councilman, Gilbert
Treasures, lessen Clerk and Recorder,
Reed Assessor, and Platner Sheriff:
The cattle men OF the Upper Vel
lowstone and Ausselshell have finish
ed the fall round up, andwill In .
fsw days dispose OF the mavericks
to the highest bidder.
The 6rst through freight forHe3ena
by way Of Deer Lodge was for I.eh-
man Bros, and was shipped from
Deer Lodge last Wednesday. The
Ncsr North West says there are about
s0 tUns Of freight for Helena now In
transit.
! Petitions have been forwarded to
the postolllce department, praying
for the establishment Of mail routes
l'etween Junction, Custer county.
and Fort Maginnis, and FROM Billings
to Clarke City.
! The long anow-shetl from Hecla to
Greenwood h done. This shed IL
; three miles hong, contains 10000
posts aud $780, 900 feet Of luml,er. 1t
| h made A shape, and IL some Is feet
high in the centre.
A handsome monument to the
memory Of Hon. Oscar A. Sednsan,
! who died during the last session Of
; the Montana Legislature, was last
week erected ct Virginia City. It
consists OF u handsome obelisk Of
blue marble set on q massive base Of
Montana granite.
The rush Of freight to Dillon 10 UNI
precedented, and Freight Agent
Jacobs, with q large force Of freight
handlers, are bdsy handling the i'm
n,ense piles of miscellaneous freights
that are arriving daily At the depot
and warehouses.
The big concentrator Of the Hecla-
Company at Greenwood was put In
motion on November al BY Manager
Knippenoerx's little ten year old
daughter. Miss Mamie, and run
empty k'r several days. The ma
chinery h perfect success thus Tar.
John Bowens was working in the
botto,n of = we'll. ~ feet deep, near
Try (;ulch, Montana, when In some
manner the mud bucket became de-
tached from the rol,e, and falling
struck him. resultingin . severe con-
cussion Of the spine, besifes internal
Injuries which may prove fatal. At
last accounts the injured man was
splitting blood, AMI was suffering
great agony.
A cowboy got on the war path At
Maiden . few days ago, and rode
back aud forth firing 1t everybody In
sight. He shut several times at &. Il.
Eaton, . merchant Of the camp, but
did not hit him. Mr.. Eaton soon
tired Of the fun, and pulling his six
shooter, knocked the warlike cowboy
out of his saddle the FIRST pop. The
bullet cut OFT one If the COW punch
eris ears and lodged In his neck. The
wound h not considered dangerous.
The .N".';~m;,'~ puts it thusly: The
c.ndidatal cocktail no longer intrud-
e itself between the nose and chin OF
the festive fireman, and air-corrupt-
ing fumes of the seductive stinkers Of
the olIice-seeker no longer permeates
the mountain atmosphere. Half the
alIectionate aspirants have xailes, on
their voyage up Salt river, ard the
other half are figuring whether saw
ing wOod at dollar cord wouldn't
have been . more profitable invest
ment. The agony IL over, free drinks
have wo0dbined. and the country h
safe again. Selah!
The small .pox patients mentioned
last week ~ being sick In the store
room, under Masonic hall, were on
Tuesday taken by County Commits
siouer Auslin to the newly acquired
nest house on the FrenchtOwn road,
some two miles below town. On
Wednesday the patient on Rattle
snake was also removed to the same
place Of safety by the same vigilant
commissioner, who, when he could
flud no one else to remove them, took
them into his own wagon, and HIM
self conveyed them to the pcst'house.
However, before the men were re-
moved there was a great deal II 60.