The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-13
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Culled From the Columns Of our
EXCHANGES.

Buffalo are becoming very scarce
along t e Missouri river.
A low form If fever J.. now almost
epidemic among the children Of Ben.
ton.
! Hon. VIM. H. Claegttt goes t. Or.
! egon from Montana and thiDks Of 10.
eating there.
1t IL rumoresl ~ l:cnt"n that Frack
Hughes. Of that ciry. has been killed
at sOn!e point down the river.
There i. no famc" around the Fen.
ton r.mstrr. End tn. cattle !,rvp
paved great holes in sore Of tic
graves.
Joe C"l'+l'. q Shonkin farmer,
raised Il G3si bushels "f cat- this se..-
son. Frank Ram. OF the same s~..-
ton. raised ,S:I' bushels Of oats.
Men are now At work saving .uci,
machinery ~ they cln from the
wrec.'.ed Red Cloud. and il il thought
probable that they will save It all.
At the meeting If the Shonkin I,i<-
tri't Stock Association at Benton last
Saturday. the officers were authorized
to hire n force If men t0 iiyl,t prxir;&.
tireS whenever occasion requires.
The Lewis and Clarke county ia;l
now contains Elk United States priS.
Onevs. and seven cnuntv-.hirtccn in
all. The United States prisoners in
clude two who are held ~, the charge
of murder.
\ Yellowstone exchange sava: We
ses' by the l territorial press that For
svthr j. regarded ~ the l,s rsl.st town
IN M"ntnn,. We .r.. NY! sire nf T. f.
hut do know that Ri!i N"rris's dive,
above old Fort Peck. l. IL. he'l-i,ole
Of Montana. and the resort of the
hardest and most .le,.rave.l cl,a,ac-
ter> in the Territory.
Yesterday morning refined bullion
to the value Of 81 :::i9G7 was shir,.-.!
east by the Pacific Express Conn
Panv. or this amount $14 S4:s was
the product If the G!t~tcr's last run,
and the remainder was If variou.
small l"ts whicl. had ,,a-s,t' through.
the hands of the United States as
saver.-l"del'""fic"t.
\ meeting of the Shcnkin district
StOs.k Association was held Ut Ran on
last saturday evening. and the fol
lowing officers were elected: pr.s;-
dent. John Le'''+v: e-Pre.id.n',
Richard Nee: Secretary. NJ +: Mil
ner: Treasurer. J. II. Green Exc..,,-
tive ('"nrHittee, Thomas II. Marin.
W. I. Morrow. g. q. Fish, William
Jones and Martin c"nn~iIy.
The following sensible remark is
n'a''r 10y lie t;lcndi>e Times: In.!i.n.
and haifhree.l- ar. blamed with q
goal deal nj DEMONSTRATING which, in
reality, belongs 1T the white mans
'iM'r. The Indians are bad enough.
tut when lnl.ar,l to white horse
sttaler> they areHnly IN their .\-H-(">.
This morning the Pacific ..x,,r..>
"nrany forwarded Fast from This
riiv bullion 10 tue amount OF S:;5.-
$500: Gl.'s'cr mine. :',i.S;;: l.. =.
Ass,v Office. $2,'. r,.ki. m
On Wednesday he contest ease Of
Thomas AlsrnelI vs.. Harr- l.. k.pne
Was heard in the I.snd Office. Tie
was brought hv M.rnel!
.gSinst keene's desert land entry
NJ. ~. to determine the character
u the land. The land in question j.
situated in the Missouri valley, near
anton. 4 number Of with, SECS for
he plaintiff were examined, several
II whom testified that n,rch Of the
aud In quest ion produced one nn,!
ne l'al:t"ns Of hay to the acre. with
ut irrigation. Nj decision Was rem.
Tered. the Register being out q; the
ity. keene did not appear.