The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-11-16
MONTANA NEWS.

MONTANA NEWS.
Glendive has new passenger depot.
Stebbins, Post & Mund arc about to open
bank at Miles City.
| The Northern Pacific has established a
| through express from Bozcman to the-cast.
There are 3,542 Indians at the Blood Re-
serve this year and they have h paid
sls,1lO.
The Alice company, at Va9kerville paid
out $4,000 last month for wages and
materials.
The Daily Yellowstone Journal an
nounces itsintcntion Of enlargement about
December 1st:
The assessed valuation of property in this
Territory has increased thirty per cent.
during the year.
| The Judith valley will produce more
grain in five years from now than any two
valleys in Montana.
The Bozeman Courier rejoices in the
prospect of round-honse with twenty
four stalls for locomotives
The mines at Barker, we are informed,
are looking remarkably we'll and are turn
ing out large quantities Of orc.
Deer Lodge congratulates herself over
the arrival of regular through passenger
trains from the outside world.
Miss Ellen =. Clarke was triuInphantly
elected superintendent of schools for Lewis
and Clark county. Good for Ellen.
The soldiezs.of Eost .Maainnis- Aaxe- taken
dramatic fever and as a result have a
theatre and scmi.wcekly performances
therein.
William MCGOWAN killed his brother
Archie, near Fort Benton q few days ago.
The crime was the outcome Of long
standing quarrel The fractricide is only %
years of age and his victim q.
A close estimate Of the vote for council
man, based upon comparison Of figures
in the hands Of Messrs. Burleigh and Cox,
shows a majority in Custer county Of one
hundred for Cox.-[a1iles City Press.
During the last fiscal year 1874 mineral
patents were issued by the General Land
| Office. Of these Montana received loo;
Utah. III; Arizona, G2;; Colorado, 1333; Cali
fornia, 14s; Dakota, So; Nevada, S4; New
Mexico, 5; Oregon, 10; Washington Terri.
tory, :; Wyoming, 3.
Montana has two railway officials that
formerly held positions in Colorado. They
are S. r. Ainslic and Joe Edgar, the former,
although quite young man, is conceded
one of the most competent railroad men in
the United Statcs.-[Journal.
Calamity Jane is said to be doing bust
ness at Billings. Calamity" has reputa-
ton all over the country, and has been the
heroine in stories that have appeared in the
New York Weekly, from the pen of Ned
Buntline.-[ Journal. We have to inform
the Journal that the enterprising and cele-
brated female has transferred her business
to point further up the valley. Billings
docs not regret her loss as any great calami.
ty either.
Maiden, or the Maginnis mines, is said
to be having something partakins OF. the
| nature of boom. Capitalists have lately
bought mining property theirs and new
stamp mills are to be erected in the spring.
AS a consequence Of this evidence of re-
ncwed confidence property has advanced
considerably in value. We have little
doubt that on the opening of another sea-
son both Maginnis and the Clark Fork
miners, and some booming discoveries may
be the result.
George Oppenheimer and two brothers
named Seeburger are engaged in cutting
wood on Ten Mile. Last Sunday the former,
in some unaccountable manner, swallowed
large pewter spoon, which stuck in his
throat and could not be dislodgcd. He
was brought to town, and after good deal
of patient effort and difficulty, Drs. Cole
and Brown succeeded in removing the Of
Tending object, thus relieving the terrible
suffering Of the man, who will probaly by
more careful in the future in conveying
spoon victuals to his mouth.-lInd.
Eastern Montana is having newspaper
boom. The Ayant Courier is coming out
soon as daily, the Yellowstone Journal
has already attained that dignity; the Miles
City Daily Press makes its first appearance
on our table this week; new candidate
for journalistic honors is the Yellowstone
Press, sprightly folio published at Glen
dive, in Dawson county. If all these with
the Gallatin News, BILLINGS HERALD, Coul-
1 son Post, and Glendive Times can find
Eenough support to keep their managers out
Of the poor-house, nobody will be able to
deny the wonderful stories tnat are told
about the rich resources Of that REGION
[Madisonian.
We last week pointed out to our stock.
growers the new era awaiting the beef and
mutton induse sof Montana, viz: the trans
portation of our products to Eastern mar
kets in refrigerator cars. Since writing We
notice the experiment is exciting general 1t.
tcntion in the east. Harpcr's weekly ol
this week illustrates the Chicago house, and
in closing long article on the subject,
says; Experiments bare shown tldtlbssi