The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-24

was severely injured last week by tn
explosion of u loaded shell, from
which he was trying to extract tn
cap.
The Republican deadlock in tn
Third Judicial District for the cleo
ton of De'egate-at large TO the Con
stitutIOnal Convention, was broker
yesterday by the election o: T. {
Power.
The Democratic Convention of tn,
Third Judicial District, in its session
at Helena last Saturday, selected
Hon. w. b. Hundley as it's candidat,
for election as delegate to the Consti
tutional Convention.
Col. Dwyer, special Indian agent
asks for permis sion to establish q
warehouse on the Rosebud, between
Little Muddy and Lame Deer creeks,
fer the purpose of supplying the
Cheyennes from that point.
The Benton coaches have beer run.
ming on slow time of late. The Rec.
ORD of last Wednesday says that Sat
urday's Helena coach had not rea he'd
there at that date.
Yes, three days behind time is
rather slow.
Majors Arthur and Bates, paw
masters Unltej States army, are ut
Fort keogh, called there as witnesses
on the Hargrove cour.-martial. Ma
jor Arthur is a brother of President
Arthhr and was stationed in Mon
tana for some time.
c. W. Cook, Thomas Dean and
James Fergus nave been nominated
8 candidates to the Constitutional
Convention from Meagher and prox-
les have been sent to II. H. Klein
schmidt, at Helena, to represent the
county in the district convention,
Joseph Booth, of Bitter Root bend.
informs us that from 32a acres of
ground he raised The past season 1.SOO
bushels OF grain. or AL average OF a
little over IS bushels per acre. Items
OF this character are always of inter-
est. Let lis hear from Others.-ITs-
sOuii0n.
Leave Of absence for one month.
with permission t" apply 1T Head
quarters Military Division of the
Missouri for an extension of five
months, is granted Captain Carol H.
Potter, 18th Infantry, to take effect
when the business before the general
court martial, Of which he is a men,
Der, is completed.
Two ladies Of Miles City, return
ing home after dark, were held up bv
u foot pad and obliged to give up
money ana >aluabie-. One Fortunate
~, had lett her purse at home, the
other lost $25 in currency. Robbing
iadit in the stree. is a new departure;
AMI one that The people o Montana
will sit down upon with IL vengeance,
should the guilty parties he detected.
The body of Ellsworth, who de-
from Fort AssinatOine last
June, was lately found on the Lone
some prairie trail, some thirty-one
miles from Benton. The face had
bren almost entirely eaten away by
wolves aud the only way the remains
could be recognized was by the cloth |
ing. He had evidently persisted from
exposure.
Gen. Terry has directed that prac-
ice On the rifle range at the several
costs in the department be discon- !
inued, and that, until its resunlu- |
ion, practice in estimating distances
~ pacing and by sight DC held at /
east twice a week by each company, !
prevented by inclement
Weather.
The recent mining trouble ut
Brandon, lear Sheridan, is in Il fair
way to be satisfactorily settled. Mr..
!. &. Francis, of Salt Lake City, who i
$ interested in the bonded property !
# the Toledo and Centre mines, has
Irrived on the ground. hi visit being
. arrange the difficulty arising from
he non-paylnent Of the men at the
miles. MI. Francis says he expects
0 make an adjustment by which all
can get their money, and in
orns us that t ere is a large amount
If ore OH the dumps at the mines,
when, if shipped to Salt Lake, will
ell for lnoney enough to pay all liza
and leave a balance in the
reas.ry.- smithsonian, roth.