The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-27
MONTANA MELANqE.
Accidents and Incidents as Mar
rated by Our Exchanges.

There are three feet of snow in the
Prickly Pear canyon
The Ogden Pilot ruefully remarks:
dead beats are as abundant rs car
rots in this city"
A BoZeman merchant shipped
three car loads of butter to eastern
markets, the past year.
The Concord Cattle company is
now engaged in rounding up 500
beeves for shipment to Chicago about
November 5th.
LADY, Preuitt, oldest daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Preuitt, of Hell
ena, died in San Francisco, Monday
morning, the 22nd inst.
The first carload of iron for the
Wickes branch arrived at the Helena
depot yesterday. 1t will not be more
than u few days before track-laying
will begin.
Mr.. James Mitchell, who met with
an accident short time since while
at work in the Collar mine, is able to
get around with the aid of a cayuse
and crutches.
Track is now laid almost to the
portals of Mullan tunnel on both
sides Of the range. 1t is expected
that trains will BIZ running through
the tunnel by the middle of next
week.
Next Sunday a change of time
will go into effect on the Northern
Pacific. It will only affect the east
bound train, which will arrive and
depart fifteen minutes earlier than
at tpresent.-Independent.
Last week r. Deschamp. of
Frsnchtown, in Missoula county,
was leaning on his gun. the muzzle
being under his right arm, when it
was discharged and the charge of
shot entered his body. He will
probably recover.
The three slaughterers were hus-
tied oft to Miles City Wednesday, to
preserve their valuable lives as there
was fear Of lynching. Needless
trouble! Groundless fear! There is
not the slightest fear of such a thing
taking place in Glendive.-zimes.
The Union Pacific is erecting an
extensive plant of machine shops at
Shoshone, Idaho. Shoshone Falls,
which are said to excel Niagara in
grandeur, are located within twenty
five miles of the place. Next spring
q regular line of stages are to be run
from the town to them.
The cattle of Montana are much
superior to those further south, for
they have better blood, better climate,
and better pastures. Many OF the
herds driven here, and especially
those of all early day had strong in-
fusion of Durham blood, and Il new
cross would not make 80 great an inn
pr0vement. Stiil it would pay even
here.
About year ago Helena China
man while in San Francisco married
q white girl. native of Boston. They
have been living in Helena since.
About two weeks ago little daugh-
ter was born to them. 1t is the first
Chinese-American child (Chinese IA
ther and American mother) born in
Montana, and probably the first in
the United States.
The Cortland cattle company is
new stock incorporation, which has
bought out John Ramsey's ranch
and herd on Golden creek, which
will be their range. The officers are:
J. Fitzgerald, Cortland, n. Y, presi-
dent; q. U. kellogg. Cortland. vice.
president; J. r. Halfway, Billings,
secretary and treasurer; Col. F. L.
Greene, Billings, manager.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Iele-
phone Company, to which Helena's
telephone exchange belongs, has ac-
quired the sole right to the Terri
tories of Utah, Wyoming, Montana
and Idaho, and has eleven exchanges
and over one thousand instruments
in successful operation. The capital
stock of the company is $80O.OOO, di-
vided into 500 shares of 500 each. 1t
will pay good dividends.
Prof. Pumpelli's report of the !
survey says that ex-
plorations between the Yellowstone
valley and the great falls Of the Mis-
souri, have reslllted IN the discovery
OF many thin veins Of coal, valuable
for local use, and of outcroppings ola
vein of bituminous coal of
high heating power. Within four
miles of this coal vein OF magnetic |
iron ore was found. This is the only
point in the United States where
ores and coal exist in close
proximity.-Ente71orisc.