The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS,

Glendive is the pet of the n. P, R.
| Times: So is 3 hoil. = Yellowstone
Journal.
| Veasey and Duffy, of the Musselshell,
sold II ,5i4 pounds of wool in Benton last
Iuesdsy, for 25f cents per pound.
The Cochrane Cattle Company, Of Bow
River have already branded 5000 cattle
this season and still have 1900 to brand.
Henry Willard has presented to the en-
ployees on the Western division Of the N.
+, 4. r., g library containing 2, ,O00 volumes
The Canadian Pacific railroad, from Mon
treal to the Pacific ocean. via Lake Superior,
will be 1850 miles in length, of which 500
miles will be laid this summer.
The town of Colfax, W. r., was almost
destroyed by fire on the morning Of July
18th: The loss is.put at a quarter Of a
million dollars ana rhetnsurancear sf5U,uo0
The bill providing additional training for
Indian youths has passed both houses OF
Congress, and will receive .As Presidents S
| APPROVAL. The Cheyenncs, Crows and Sioux
came under its provisions.
The. store Of Joseph Hofflin, in Mime
apolis, was injured by fire last Friday even
ing to the amount Of $4,000. Mr.. Hotfiin
was formerly member of the firm of
Hofiin q Gerrish, at Miles City.
Mr.. n. n. Boydston, Of Warsaw, md,
IS organizing two excursions that will leave
WarsaW on the 1st and 18th Of August re-
speetively, and will come over the Northern
Pacific railroad as far west as Miles City and
possibly to Billings.
A fine array OF Angus or Polled cattle,
from illinois, will be exhibited at the COM
ing fair This is comparatively new breed
OF cattle in this country. being a hornless
variety imported from Scotland, and have
never been introduced in Minnesota.-fMi
ncapolis Evening Journal.
The earnings of the Northern Pacific rail-
road, during the second week of July
amounted to Sl51 200, all increase of :59, $40
over the same week last year. The total
earnings of the road since January 1st
amount to s2,S96, ,941, an increase over the
same period of last year of 81, ,4li,1s7.
Last Thursday steamer started from St.
Petersburg with Engineer Melville and two
sailors of the lost steamer Jeanette. Lieut.
Berry Gilden and another officer of the
burned steamer Rodgers, will return from
Iskoutsk to Lena Delta, in order, during
the winter to follow the coast as far as the
frontier Of European Russia, thereby COM
pleting Engineer Melville search to Olensk.
Two cow boys, one named Diamond and
the other unknown, were shot near Dead
wood on July 25th. One report says that
they had been stealing horses a,,d were
overtaken by DepGty Marshall Westfall and
posse near HAYWARD, when, resistance being
offered, both were shot down. An"'..,a
report denies tha. they Were .,,orss.thisyes
or had done anyth'..r nrono
Monday was holiday in Utah and por-
tions of Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona
where Mormons predominate it being the
thirty fifth anniversary OF the entrance into
Salt Lake valley Of Brigham Young and his
associate.pioneers. There were PROFESSIONS,
orations, artillery salutes and fire works in
the principal towns and in Salt Labe City
a general suspension of business.
There arrived in this port Friday, and is
now anchored off Goat island, says the San
Francisco Sunday Chronicle, an iron vessel
that was built in ninety days in Liverpool.
The vessel is clipper-rigged, all her spars and
masts below the topsails being Of iron, and
as she rides at her anchorage presents very
pretty sight. She is coal laden, and after
discharging her cargo, will take wheat back
to England.
Messrs. Davidson and Healy started yes
terday on a wool buying expedition, the
former to the west-side and the latter to
Benton. Their wool purchases will proba-
bly, aggregate in the neighborhood of
900 600 pounds, which is the usual seasons
purchase by the house. This is about one
half the clip of the territory, ard will cost
in the neighhorhood of $3.50, ,O0O.-[ Helena
Independent.
The Northern Pacific has placed tickets
for sale at the office of Mr.. Ed. Stone in |
this city for all principal eastern and Euro |
pean points. The road is now far enough
advanced toward Helena 80 that the trip by |
stage to the terminus is comparatively short. |
Gillner e. Salisbury propose running a first |
class line of coaches between the terminal |
points. The trip from Helena to st. Paul |
will be made in four days and sixteen hours. |
Helena Independent.
The largest sailing vessel aAoat was
launched July 9, from the ship-bullding |
yard Of Messsrs. Holland, Wolff 4 Co., of
after one of the partners Of that firm of |
builders, and is for Mr.. Samuel Lawther,
J. p Belfast. Her measurement is 300 feet |
by 42A feet by 25 feet. She will be classed !
100 Al at Lloyd's, She is built of lion, has |
four nAsts, three of which are square |
rugged and is capable of carrying 1900 tons
dead weight.
Miss Annie Ingram, an Albany girl, killed
large black bear on Depot slough, near |
Yaquina bay, on June Goth. 1t appears that
Jack RAIDER had caught bruin in trap, and
the whole neighborhood had turned out
to help Jack kill it, As the bear was fa,lnch-
ing around and about to got away from the
paialyzGd Yaquinaitcs, Annie snatched the
gun from Jack and drawing center bead
on the varmint, let go. A dead bear, an