The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22

.n.,, in the Minneapolis .Iourno
.r.t George G.. Hazlet0n, TELEGRAPH
s:ys 49, fDr the Northern Pacific Con
ope..;". company, ut Iron Butte, MOI,
s.nt to his father in Minneapolis
tana, .,rooi leaf half grown. which wa
ea ssI in that vicinity. on the 18th O
february -n.
- T,mx man an improved railroad
', n;L, Of which he Is the inventor anG
>p."nt,.. 1t screws into the wN,d in
:s s'i If being driven the same as com
>:..' screw bolt, and It Is claimed that i,
n mi ,y;olutionize railroad spiking al
WIZ WV ,i:. country where soft wood j.
u>,d i'r ties
.,e;, body recently <.'und between
,.n,.o,, and Fort Mckinney is sup
'" .n,I hy tl,c Hrco,.l to lie that Of At.
VEN = gambler who is well known
sT..,,,o,,. and who was down in that
mntry and was probably frozen ia
death.
ur Fox, the gentleman who was try.
:., r. work up a lodge Of United Work.
lux in Virginia City, has left fol
..f-..h woods and pastures new" hav.
~ fn,,rd that the wOrkmen hereabouts
I ,'H., mite worth = continental, ~ Ar.
, """ Ward would say.-Afatiisoniun.
Nth Coulscn Past says: Mcssrs. Glib
.on & TAYLOR, Of Minneapolis, were in
,own recently, looking over the town
~l.ts and otherwise interesting them
ir.;vc, in Coulson's future. Mr.. Gibson
;si.trly from Barker, on his way to
minneapolis, presumably to bring out q
su,aItcr. Mr., Taylor has been t. the
i p,,cet sound, looking over tie country
9TH 4 view Of investing. Hesays there
;. M possible chance for spectators or
msv enterprises on the west end, as
.vervthins seems to be in the hands of
s;nos and nOnopOlies. He was quite
svor,blv impressed with Couls0n, and
s,nn.ael his intention Of embarking in
witness here Anon. He has absolute
nth in the building Of rad from
Coulson to Benton, and IL supposed to
Ssve an inside knowledge Of manipu-
i.iions. that outsiders are not aware of.
One result Of the trouble with the
.muerlers and whisky traders Of Milk
liver will he the destruction at the half
hr,ed village Of Medicine Lodge. II IL
nit Of adobes, situated on the resprva-
tion and near enough to the boundary
line 10 render easy the operations Of IL
Keit traders. We understand that the
moons are under orders to dismantle the
tovn. throw down the housesand break
No what has long been q favorite resort
nd rendezvous. not only for half-breed
snuexlers. but white 0utla W. and cut
throofs a Well.-Rec0rd.
The Benton Record says: The Crow
Indians stole S. head Of horses from the
rlatheMls on Checker Board creek Sat
urlav night last. On the day previous
to the raid three Grows were at Mr..
Halps place and told him Of their inten-
tons, and Mr.. HI. sent out man to no
tifv the Flathead camp, but the man
failed to find 1t.
The .Mnlis0nian Of the 18th inst. says:
The Immigration tn Montana Is bOOm-
ing already. We are informed by Mr..
PIP. WOrsham. who arrived here from
the East Wednesday. en- route to his
home in l}ozeman, that the road is liter
ally crowded with passengers for Mon
tsna and the western territories. When
he left Ogden sixty emigrants to this
Territory had to I've LETT behind for lack
oftrain accommodations, and half that
number were obliged to remain at Dill
lon to await wagon transportation. 1t
Looks IA il there will be more pilgrim
prospecting done in Montana this year
than ever before i'm her history.
The Madisomian prints letter from
correspondent anent the disputed ques-
tion whether Jef7ersnn Island lie located
In Jefferson or Madison county. 1t II q
matter which IL likely to be Of consider
able importance to the county. and It,
- the writer asserts, the island Is with
IN the Madison county lines, the assessor
II Jefferson county should he stOpped In
the illegal assessment of taxes. With
out, with imperfect Information, going
too deep into the matter, we may say
that, In our opinion, the island Ii l0e:.t-
ed in. ard should he assessed. In Madi-
sen county, and that our county officials
should lN,k into the matter and see that
our rights are not infringed upon.
The "spiss'' of Judge Constock, Of
Utica, whom his exeellency. the Presi-
dent. selected tn All the executive chair
in Montana, got ~ far ~ White Sulphur
Springs on their mission, and then
turned hack. apparently satisfied that
the country il not lone where civilized
man can live" According to the HWs-
h*tndmnn. the news Of their errand hav-
ing preceded them, their reception at
the Springs was not such a. would make
. very favorable impression in regard to
the high standard Of our civilization.
Men for ''brcakfasf7' were talked OF a.
an every day Occurrance, and one was
conveniently furnished by some OF the
guests Of the hotel for the prospcctors to
sleep on--he was killed for slight row
,.ation in game Of poker. The thrill
,lny accounts of men being killed ~
Indians and highwaymen on the stage !
Ilne I" C"ulson piled in upon their I'M
s'sPicious ears thick and fast. The tab
a"us accounts If business. merchandise
my. stock-raising. etc which went In
AZ An offset, only served to convince
Them If the truth Of what they were
nearing. Suffice it to say they tarried
nut one night. The coaches not making
rl''"c r"nnertion. q private conveyance
Wa procured bright and early Sunday
h"r"in" anil the journey hon'eward
" - in haste. 1t Is probable that
ne President will have another cand'-
vale ;Hr the gOvcrnorship.