The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-01
MELANGE.
Accidents and Incidents as Mar
rated by Our Exchanges.

Accidents and Incidents as Mar
rated by Our Exchanges.
A great fire is raging in the noun
tains near SkalkahO.
Severe frosts visited the valleys
about Dillon last week.
The Meagher county term of dis
trict court will convene on the 18th
of September.
s. J. Cline has been elected chief
fire marshal and Tom Healy city
marshal of Benton.
From sixty to seventy-five men are
steadily employed in the railroad
yard at Missoula.
The first cotton ever raised in
Montana is now growing in Fred
Helms garden in Dry gulch.
John H. Fogarty and Thos. P.
Parker were drowned in the Yellow
stone river near the lake about ten
days ago.
The military line between Helena
and Fort Shaw is being taken down,
the wire coiled, and the poles hauled
away.
Sitting Bull modestIy asked the
Indian commission for SIS, O0O, 600, and
got a round scolding from General
Logan.
The First National Bank of White
sulphur Springs will be ready to
begin business about the 1st Of Nc
vember.
Billy Brown was arrested on the
Sandy last week by X. Beidler on a
charge of stealing horses. He has
been taken to Meagher county.
New cars, fresh from the shops, are
coming west daily on the N. P. r. r.
and finding their way to the western
divisions of the Northern Pacific.
Madame Cappiani was caught on
the fly by a Bismarck Tribune re-
pnrter and interviewed about the
great northwest. She gave a glow
ing picture of it.
The Golfer family, living near Cor
wallis, attempted last week to skip
out without paying their debts, An
officer was sent after them and they
were brought back.
The Northern Pacific Express
Company now has messengers run
ming through to Missoula and in a
few days will operate clear through
to Portland.
The Montana-bred horse, Jocko
four years old, won the Baldwin
stakes, the great four mile race of the
Pacific slope, in 1901, beating,
among others, the celebrated Lucky
B.
At Benion last Saturday the propo-
sition to issue city bonds to the
amount of Sis, 900 for the purpose of
providing the town with sewers was
submitted to the voters and lost, not
receiving the necessary two-thirds
vote.
The sheriff of Missoula county,
never having seen a gallows, con-
structed one after his own ideas, to
hang All Young upon. The struc-
ture was a success, however, and Ah
Young was yanked to the realms of
eternal youth in fine shape.
Some renegade Indians made their
appearance at Flathead Agency last
week and began to behave badly, de-
flying anybody to make them leave.
Major Roman Immediately tele-
graphed to Fort Missoula for troops,
on hearing of which the bad Indians
left.
Bv the separation OF the Northern
Pacific into two divisions, making
Helena the dividing line, the East
miles and the Western division 1925
miles. The latter includes the lines
of the Oregon Railway s. Navigation
Company and the Oregon & Califor-
MIA Railroad.
Missoula Times: A force of eight
teen carpenters reached Missoula
Yesterday morning with instructions
to build an office for Supt. Griffin in
forty-eight hours. At s o'clock yes
terday morning the foundation was
being made, and on returning to the
| spot at , O'Clock we found the build
ing up and the roof on. This is the
way things are rushed in Missoula.
Ben on Record: Peter Mcdonald
has become the owner of the gavel
which called the first legislature OF
Montana together, at Bannack in
1868. 1t is male of a second.han
wagon spoke and bears the evidence
! Of having done considerable service.
The gavel was given Mr.. Mcdonald
bv J. G. Douglass, who came into
possession of it as soon as the Terri
tory had become able to purchase a
more fancy one. The relic is an in
teresting one and will some day be-
, come very valuable.
Joseph Dapper, of Meagher county
met with Il evere accident Tuesday.
He was attempting to take a CAP
from a cartridge which had missed
fire. when it exploded, bursting the
shell and tearing Mr.. Dapper's left
hand trightfuIly. The nails of the
thumb and middle finger were blown
| off and the flesh terribly lacerated.
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