The Dillon tribune., 1883-08-18
MONTANA CONDENSED.
Antelope are plentiful near Livingston


expected to be in operation this fall.
John Chinnick, the victim of the myS-
terious shooting at Miles City, is dead
The Baptists OF Butte are making arrange
ments to buy lot and build church.
A laborer, of Missoula, was swindled out
of 500, few days ago, by bunko men.
The Cosmopolitan hotel at Helena is
having two additional stories added to it.
Billings has female real estate agent
She is said to be doing "the boom" there.
The Bozeman Coal Company have taken
500 tons of coal from their mines this season
A fire at VAUDEVILLE, Monday morning
destroyed Ellis ard Lees saloon and res
taurant.
A party of surveyors are laying out the
route for the new railway from Helena to
Wickes.
A water spout near Trail Creek on the
Yellowstone, a few days ago, did consider
able damage.
Mandan is having cat-ft because seyer-
al knights of the green cloth have taken
tables in that burg.
Katie Shannon did not fatally shoot her
self at Helena, as was reported, and is in
fair way to recover.
Gen. Brisbin has raised timothy grass, on
his upper Yellowstone ranch, that measures
three feet in heigth.
The Alice mining company at Walker
vile intend putting in 1000 cords OF wood
for use during the winter.
Leggat's planning mill, at. Butte, burned
last Saturday night, Loss $1,000 on which
an insurance Of $1,000 was carried.
The recently organized Montana Lun
Der and Produce Company of Butte, Cap
ital $4,000, began operations last week.
Tip Top will be the name of the n. p.
telegraph station on the summit of the
Rocky mountains, 10 miles west of Helena.
Mr.. Newman, a ranchman Of Custer
| County, has eleven horses stolen few days
since. The thieves made for the British
line.
| w. A. Sheperdson, formerly Of the Lar
annie Boomerang passed through Dillon on
his way to Benton to take charge of the
Record.
Mrs. Christian, of Glendive, accidentally
| shot herself in the arm the other day. The
wound. although quite painful, is not dan
gerous.
A sheep man from Montana, who is now
in Oregon, writes that about 100000 Ore
gon sheep will be driven to Montana the
present season.
The building situated in the center of the
stockade at tho Crow agency, and occupied
as the Children's Home, was destroyed by
fire last week.
The conference ofthe M. E. Church South
was held at Willow Creek, Galla,in
county, on the 18th inst. Bishop r. X.
Hargrave presiding.
A regularly organized, band of thieves
under the leadership of, Skinny Water
house" we'll known penitentiary bird, has
been unearthed at Benton.
The hotel in the National Park will be
supplied with register, upon the alternate
pages of which will appear views Of the OBJ
jects of wonder and beauty in the Park.
Bozeman has man, with hair 50 red,
that he has been warned to keep away
from the railroad track at night, for fear
Engineers will take him for danger
signal.
1t is said that S. T. Hauser, of Helena,
has organized new company with three
million dollars capital, which has bought
out the Alta Montana mines and works at
Wickes.
The Rivey Press says that buffalo are
nearly all nj the vicinity of the Woody
mountains. They are quite plentiful there,
and great number of half breeds are hunt
ing them.
The first annual exhibition of the Port
land Merchanics' Fair will be held at Port
land, Or, from October I1tn to 27th inclu-
sive. Mining men are invited to send in
specimens.
United States Fish Commissioner Baird,
talks of stocking Montar" waters with
game fish, and the Territorial clergy are
kicking, because it will depopulate thu,
churches on Sunday.-Miner.
The proposition to issue $4,000 in bonds
the school house at White Sulphur Springs,
was defeated by vote of twenty against
ten in favor of the proposition.
The team of the tri-weekly express, run
ming between Butte and Anaconda, ran
nameb Cornelius Kennedy and injuring
the three passengers more or less.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
by the Helena & Jefferson County Railroad
Company. The incorporators are Henry
Willard, Thos. F. Cakes, George Gray, S. T.
Hauser and Ed. Stone. Office, Helena.
The contract for building the railroad
round house at Helena has been let to Nc.
Burney & Haas by the Northern Pacific
The work will be begun at once
The house will have stalls for forty-two
engines.
On Monday morning brakeman en-
ployed on the Park branch, while coupling
ears fell underneath the cars and was run
over. Both legs were cut off at the thighs,
and after lingering four hours death came
to his relief.
John Dillon, a crank claiming to be a
brother of Mrs. McCutcheon No. I, was in
Helena the other day and said that Mrs.
Nice, has child eighteen months old.
Mac. says he has not lived with wife No.
or nine years. Some one rise and explain.
John McMann, a saloon keeper of Liv-
ngston, visited the residence Of Thomas
Riley, who owed whiskey bill, and, not
attaining satisfaction, blazed away at the
'ebter, his wife and children. He succeed
ID in shooting Riley in the leg, and now
anguishes In the gloom of the Livingston
)aStiOn.