The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-07-12

Diljo1 3sjaone, JulyS.
Smith hall = making psepaiattoas
y uohe anothsr sooes1seal Tua q TIE
Asgsu1a fusooss - osss lsnm The
Aygents AMI Dlue Wing Districts.
Thew = % nultiplieetioa table In
ths almanae q arithmetic big enoagh
b multiply numbers large enough to
represent the present crop u mos
quitoss.
Jimmys Bar, below Bannack, the
famous rich bar % GsasshoPpeseree
has been mined for nearly twenty
veass and It b not played out set.
Mcclellan 4 Underwood are drifting
o. the Old bar, and they are washing
"ut good miness' wages from the bed
rock DIRT Of the back pay streak.
Nine large freight oathts have been
engaged IN delivering base bullion as
the railway from the Gregory Con-
solidated Company's works near
Wickes during the past week. The
amount Of bullion will reach 90, 900
pounds, and this one shipment u val
I'D ct between so. 900 and $4,000.
The New Departure mine, In the
Blue Wing District, owned BY Nessrs.
Claytoa 4 Browne, IL . bonaLxa Of
hnt-claas shipping or. A body Of
ore, eighteen feet In thickness, Is the
way this mine b showing up ut pres
enf. This b all shipplng ore, and 1t
b the largest body Of high grade ore
ever developed In the New Departure
mine.
1l1Doalian, July tn.
The fury in the Morris case acquit-
ted the prisoner last week, hut be
WAS held to answer to two further in
dictments. The verdict Of acquittal
on the charge Of murder seems to
give general satisfaction.
A peculiar accident happened .
band Of sheep owned by Milton
Chafln, short time since. They
were icing grased not far from Cor
Wallis, and were corralled for the
nigh: on the side Of . steep cut hank
to rsvine. During the night bear
or some other animal frightened
them, and they dartod out Of the un-
inclosed end Of the corrall in the
ravine, until enough sheep were piled
up to form solid bridge for the re-
n,ainder to pass over. Upon count
ing noses the day following. 1t was
found that just an even no sheep had
perisbed In the gulcb.
A ralt belonging to Eddy, Ham
naond 4 Co., Miss0ula, went over the
falls on Thompson river one day last
week. Two men were up0n it. Dreu-
ming and Charley Caldwell. The
former was drowned.
Msdisonian July =.
A flve-year-old-boy, the son Of Mrs.
John T. L,nyly, by jumping of a
moving wagt,n, was ruu over and kill
ed ut Glendale, last Sunday evening.
There is much sympathy for the dis
tressed mother, aud the citizens raised
ed quite large sum for her relief.
On Monday last, the county CONF
n,:ssioners awarded to Pat Carney, of
Fish creek, contract to put In a o.
k'ot span II Parsons bridge across
the Jefferson, to replace the unsafe
pan in that bridge. Tn re were two
bites for the work-One from HART 4
Taylor, at$l 900, and Mr.. Carney's ut
$50.
One day lsst week, as Oscar Welcl,-
eF young man who lives near Wiz
consin creek, was rounding up some
cattle In ROch. ster hasin, = thunder
storm came up. When the rain be-
gan to lall Welcher Stacked up his
horse, and the cattle got sixty or sew
enty yards ahead Of him. Just ~ he
was starting to Overtake them, q
fash Of lightning struck the rear Of
the herd, killing fourc ,ws. Welcl,-
er got OF his hOrxe IT, cut the Threats
Of the COWS, with the intention Of saw
ing them, ifrt,esiblc, for Leef, when
another terrific fash caused linn to
remount and get out of here with the
greatest possible alacrity. Oscar says
sou can't fool him into the belief that
lightning never strikes twice in the
same place."
Exodus Of Montana Cattle.
From Nj. w. u. Flowers We gath
cred a few days since some interest
ing facts showing the heavy exodus
Of cattle from Montana during the
present season as welt ~ the rapid
advance In prices. In the spring he
purchased :.S0: head Of cattle for the
New England Live Stock Company
Of Colorado. The cost of these cattle
was ST. per head. They were sent to
Wyoming. Amer this he purchased
loo head for Randall 4 Jones, Of
Fort Mcleod, to which place they
we're shipped. These cattle cost 81
per head. Then cattle made another
advance aud are now stir ut So PER
head. Yet, notwitl,sta nding the i'd
vance, the great demand has continu-
ed. chiefly from the British ptmses-
sions. Among Others the Clarkson