The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-19
AMALRAM.
AS Found in Our Clean-Up of the
Territorial Exchanges.

territorial Exchanges.
Sun River is to have a bank, Local
people furnishing the capital.
A fire at Fort Keogh Saturday de.
stroyed q small house and contents.
Col. Guido Ilges has engaged
Mings Opera House at Helena for his
lecture on Thursday night.
A contest involving a large portion
OF the townsite of GlendlVe Is pend
ing in the Miles City land office.
Madison county has 1890 children
OF school age, an increase of 81 over
last year.
The total revised assessment of
Gallatin County this year was 81
948, 900.
The balances in the Custer treasury
on the 1st of September were, county
funds, $39,975; territory's funds, ST.
539.
A grand ball was given at Jeffer-
son City last Friday. An excursion
train was run from Helena and the
affair was a great success.
Wolf Chief, an Indian of Fort
Berthoid, turns an honest dollar in
the summer time by selling wood to
the steamboats,.
Wolves killed eighteen head of
cattle in the past week belonging to
kemp!on & Tusler, whose range is
on Cellar creek.
The Helena City Council has
granted the right of way for the street
railway connecting the city with the
depot.
1t is said there have been over 200
deer killed in the Dry range, Meagher
county, this fall. A number of elk
and bear have also been killed in the
same hunting ground.
The rope by which the drill is sus-
pended in the Billings artesian we'll
bore broke on Wednesday morning
and dropped the drill at a depth Of
675 feet.
Miles City has a saloon which
fourishes under the attractive name
of the Dog Ranch. The concern is
supposed to deal in liquid hydro
phobia.
ECaptain Quinn, the engineer in
charge of the improvements on the
Yellowstone river, recommends the
appropriation of 500, 900 to continue
work on that stream.
A new town called Rabare has been
started on Birch creek, and applica-
ton has been made to the Depart.
ment asking that a postoftice be es-
tahlished there. q
Notwithstanding the depression of
mining matters in Barker district,
there Is a fair prospect that there will
be a brisk season in that vicinity |
next spring.
The festive horse thieves made an
other roundup on Tongue river Sun
day night a week ago and stole sew
eral head of stock belonging to the
ranchers in the vicinity Of the mouth
Of Pumpkin creek.
In the Massachusetts mine, Mon !
tana district, last week, M. L.sLoh-
mire, was holding a drill wnen the
striker made a misslick, hitting him
on the side of the head. cutting an
ugly cash, and fracturing his skull.
II. d. Burchardt, Of the Clenden-
ming Mining aud Smelling Company,
At Barker, says he feels positive the
smelter will resume operations with
in a month, and that all those hav-
ing claims against the company will
be paid In full.
The...report that w. l.. Warren,
postal clerk, had been arrested for
peculatlon in Office is denied by the
Miles City Journal, which says War
zen has been engaged in business in
hat city for some months and that
re bears an unstained reputation.
During the present year 945 car
Dads of cattle (mostly young stock
we're transported by the n. P. from
he East to points along the Yellow
tone valley. OF beef cattle des-
east over the road from yell
owstone points there were 1877 car
Dads, or 80, 573 head.
John Mcdonald, of the firm of Lo-
IAN & Mcdonald, wool growers of
he Judith Basin, got his hand
rushed in a threshing machine one
lay last week and came near bleed
to death before aid could reach
Tim. At last accounts his arm had
'een amputated, but he vas not ex-
,ected to live.