The Dillon tribune., 1882-08-26

The MadSsOSias observes that "Demo.
cratic tangle.foot and Republican bug.
juice" IL In great demand in Madison
county. What is the stuff used fors
District Court meeting In Dillon on the
ssme day that the Territorial Democratic
Convention meets In Butte will prevent .
part Of the delegates from attending the
Convention. Several Of the delegates have
been caught ON the grand and trial juries,
and others are witnesses in cases before the
court.
Over in Madison County Mr.. Irish dis.
covered lake full Of nine. .toed tad-poles.
They are slimy looking amphibious rep.
tiles. The tad-poles are picked for the
Smithsonian Institute, and preserved for the
reporter Of the Madisosias-tob be used by
that able and prolific genius when he gets
! hard up for local subject.
The new brick Banking house Of Messrs.
! Sebree, Ferris g. White IL fairly under
way and will be completed ss rapidly as
possible. The cellar for the Fyhrie- -Eliel
brick store house has been excavated, and
material for the foundation is being deliv.
cred on the ground preparatory 10 com.
mencing the erection of the building.
William S. Ketchum. the Virginia City
suicide, shot himself in the body, not In the
mead, as at first reported. A love affair,
not business trouble, was the cause Of his
killing himself. The Coroner's jury found
that ke!chum came to his death bv gun.
shot wounds, inflicted bv himself while Ia.
boring under temporary fiji Of insanity.
The lsdetexdesf Of last Saturday saws:
"The mail service between Dillon and Hell.
ena needs to be expedited. The Dillon
TRIBUNE Of August 12th did not reach
Helena till the evening Of the i7th-fve
days AFTER" That being the case. It Is evi.
dent that about four DAYS Of expediting the
! service is needed somewhere on the line.
The number Of school children in the
Dillon school district is now over 2oo The
last school census showed that there were
I6, children Of school age and 81 under
population Of the district will show. when
the next school census is taken in the fall
that the number Of children of school age
will exceed 200.
The County Commissioners of Lewis
and Clarke county contemplate the buving
Of forty acres of land for a burial ground
for Helena. Our Com .nissioners would d6
handsome act II they would purchase a
piece OF land suitable for burial ground for
| Dillon and the surrounding Valley. At
present Dillon Is without a cemetery and
our dead have to be hauled to the Poin-
dexter precinct for burial.
We notice lion. Joe A. Browne is running for the
| Legislature in Rcaverhead County. Take our ad.
vice friend Browne, and come over to Deer Lodge,
make make Mrs. an ssT Ssppy@n",S sny 70 ao: . : a. an"
AS that il Republican advice the pre-.
sumption is that Hon. Joe will not pay
much attention to 1t, especially when he Is
running In big district where the Demo
cratic majority is large enough for all use.
ful or benevolent purposes.
The Tennessee Jubilee Singers made
their second appearance at School Hall on
last Wednesday evening to small.sized
audience. One dose Of Jubilee songs wa.
sufficient to satiate Dillonites. or else the
. weather was too warm for an entertain
ment Of genuine Ethiopian character
to receive liberal patronage. The pro
gramme at the last concert had too man,
pieces "by request" in II, and failed to Gre
:. ate ANYTHING that resembled riproarious cn
thusiasm.
The political pot il not very hot vet
. Is too early In the campaign yet for an,
:, heavy work to I've performed BY candidates
and the friends Of the different nominee
are merely exchanging dissectiny shots t
X ascertain how the land lays. Some buck
!. ing is reported-but it is the prerogative {
o a Democratic. Republican freeman to buc
;. as high a. the top Of the Bannack range
a he wants to. Otherwise things are remark
ably quiet.
Up at Silver Bow. last Sunday evening
a Swede named Fred Harness was kille
IS by the Utah and Northern constrnctio
:. train. He was an employee Of the con
e pany, and while attempting to get on boar
Of the construction train while it was
+ motion he fell between the cars. Thrt
n cars and the locomotive passed over h
d body, fearfully nansling his right shou
!. der and neck. The accident is attribute
l. to carelessness on the part Of tlarmes
making an attempt to board the train whi
7. it was in motion.
e 1t is said that "Yeast Powder Bill' wan
n the Democratic nomination for Sheriff
IT, Missoula County. Yeast powders may
h. Il handy medicine to elevate the charact
OF a candidate high enough In the esti,r,
II. ton Of the people 80 that they can "cat
es on" to It. In some sections Of Montana
,e- IL reported that candidates are running
,is Office that tons Of yeast powders would [,
Of ''rise" them sufficiently high in the estin
tion Of the dear people for the aspirants
he get there. Something livelier than We,
~ powders will be required to resurrect I
~, dead.
off A party Of Dillonites visited Black,
,as Canyon on last Sabbath. When the pa
left town It was the intention to de vote
,.u dav to refreshing devotional exercises. I
e. atmosphere Of the Canyon proving
- light for rious purposes, the party proce
~ ed to take. advantage OF the occasion 9
H. utilize time. Five hundred mountain tr,
'9 were caught and basketed. An infant !
was killed and tull.grown Cev,ws Ca
)il. d'"s's was Stayed before the days lab
'e'' ceased. and when the company returned
av- town the members were highly plea
ur- with their SUNDAYS work.
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