The Dillon tribune., 1883-10-27
MONTANA CONDENSED.

MONTANA CONDENSED,
Chas Slessinger, Of Butte, has made an
assignment.
Miles City was the first Montana townto
receive the new two-cent envelopes.
Fifteen thousand head of Texas cattle
will be driven into Custer county in the
spring.
The iron pipe through which Missoula
Is to receive her water supply, is being re.
ceiued.
A wagon road through the upper Judith
has At last been opened 80 that light teams
can pass over it..
The Miles City artesian we'll is down
about 400 feet. The we'll 10 going down at
the rate ofa4 feet per day.
Since the withdrawal Of Major F. B. Nc.
Hurr has taken charseo Of that paper.-Mis.
er.
The grand Jury Of Yellowstone county
renort that numerous attempts have been
made to buy off the prosecution In criminal
cases.
Specimens Of rock, from the Artesian
we'll at Miles City hdve been forwarded for
assay. They resemble black carbonate Of
silver.
Jack Barnett, the famous guide and scout
Of the Yellowstone, after many years
soiourn In the western wilds will rusticate
in Europe, this winter.
The new geyser, in the Yellowstone
National Park, known as the Anew Crater"
which broke out last spring, promises to be
one Of the largest Of them all.
The remains Of Godfrey, who was drown
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until few days ago, were brought up to
Benton last Sunday and buried.
The construction of additional smelling
f.. :ilities BY works in the vicinity Of Butte
is in contemplation, which will increase
| their capacity 500 tons in the next year.
Its reported that Mel Powers, who kept
a variety show, in Billings, several months
ago, was hanged at Sioux City last Friday
| for killing q man whom he suspected Of
improper intimacy with his wife.
The following are the prices OF various
kinds of fuel in Glendive: Cedar wood,
$4.so per cord; cottonwood, from S. so to
$500; and native Ignite coal from $3.50 to
$5.2s per ton.
The Bismark Tribune sagely remarks:
| II the Montana people would make some OF
their horse thieves do a song and dance at
the end Of rope 1t might have a discour-
aging effect on that branch Of industry.
Butte Miner: A large number of idle
mines have been started up recently, which
will be worked during the winter. Almost
every mill and smelter In the camp Is to be
provided with additional stamps, blasts or
other Improvements, and the outlook for
mining interests was never more fattering.
The platts Of the new town Of Drummond
have been completed and final arrangements
l e. l~>t~ A. rs
mace in the next few days. Drummond is
located on the Northern Pacific and is
about four miles distant from New Chicago.
The republicans Of Bozeman have select.
ed the following as their Constitutional
Conventional candidates, viz; c. H. Cobb,
w. w. Anderson, Bozeman Caldwell Ed.
wards, Of Elk Greek Mai. F. D. Pease of
Livingston; Col. Geo. O. Eaton, Of Cooke
City.
The Northern Pacific proposes to build a
substantial bridge across the Yellowstone
at Chickory. This will expedite travel to
Emigrant gulch, Mill { reek and other min
ing districts in that region. 1t is expected
that smelter will be at once erected at
Chickory.
A special to the TRIBUNE from Miles City
SAYS: Thirteen ofthe older and smaller
business houses Of this place burned Tues.
day. The flames were finally checked by
blowing building up with gunpowder.
The remainder &c the business section had
narrow escape. The loss and insurance
are not known.
The action of the County Commissioners
! in turning the county building facing
Springs Park, erected for hospital, into
jail,is breech Of good faith on their part,
as the lot was decided for hospital purposes.
The Jail fronting the park Is a great eyesore
to our village OF health and pleasure, and
will remain SO as long as It stands.-H"s-
baudmax.
Coal was first discovered in the Bull
mountains in the spring Of 1851 by Horace
. Young, son Of the gentleman from whom
name. He came upon the coal outcrop
while tending stock in that region, and
shortly afterward located ranch and coal
claim on the ground.
A barber shop on main street, Bozeman,
has been denied the privilege Of putting up
pole, although their competitors are al
lowed to do SO. The Chronicle says Of it: A
barber shop without pole Is a curiosity
which should be stuffed and sent to the
Cincinnati Exposition as Northern Pa.
ci6c production.-Ex.
About II a. m. YESTERDAY Tuesday, the
SCOT in the stove pipe at Charlie Maguire's
iced store, on East Park street, took fire and
communicated the flames to the single
roof With the aid Of the fire department
and parties who were near at the time, the
fire was soon exiting uished with little or no
damage resulting therefrom.-Afiser.
\ Last week 4 band of Ogellai Sioux cross.
ed Powder river near Richard Frewen's
ranch on their way north. The band was
composed almost entirely Of braves, they
having but three sQuaws with them. They
were without tePes or pack animals, each