The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-09
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

TERRITORIAL NEWS.
As Narrated by Our Montans
Exchanges.
The Government will put q steam
) ferry at Fort Buford.
The Missouri river is said to be
quite low for this time Of year.
The Chinese "aFlee Masons" had q
blow out in Aisseula last week.
The Barker smelter is running out
from $50 to 200 bars of bullion every
t~wenty-four hours.
One hundred wagons were loaded
at Livingston, on Thursday week,
for the Clark's Fork mines. t+ >
The third crossing Of Clarke's Fork
is known on the railroad maps "a
Perma.
A horse fell q distance Of Is feet
from . butte near Benton recently
and was instantly killed.
A. NJ. Crawford, of Billings, will
get out 1900 strawberry plants in
his farm garden this spring.
General Meade: formerly manager
of the Northern Pacific road, is now
owner of some rich quartz mines at
Vaudeville.
A brother Of Sullivan, the pugilist,
10 reported to be sojourning at q
ranch on Tongue River, 81, ing spar
ring lessons to the cowboys.
The residence of L. J. Fisk in.
Missoula was burglarized last week,
the thieves securing $50 in money
and $1,000 in securities. 80
All outstanding bonds Of Lewis
and Clarke county are now redeema-
BILE, as are also all county warrants
registered prior to March l, 1881.
Local talent under the manage
ment of Gen. w. II. Penrose are edi-
flying the Missoulians with q rendi-
ton of the comic opera "~Penelope."
A fine vein of coal has been discov-
cred near Olden's ranch On the Mus
cleshell, on the line Of the proposed
railroad between Billings and Ben
ton.
The Cree Indians ART said to be
crossing the Missouri river at the
mouth of Arrow creek. Stock men
in the Judith are liable to be heard
from next. t. 49,. -..
Carlos Trowbridge, Of Glendive,
arrested on charge of bigamy, has
been placed under $500 bonds to APP
pear before the next grand jury of
Dawson county. %t'5t .fa' @%
One hundred and. fifty @%Michigan
miners arrived at Livingston y Jew
days since en-route, to the Clark's
Forks mines and $50 more were ex-
pected in a few days. "
The Virginia City Reduction Com
pany has secured the services of MI. |
Henry Kemper, formerly of Glen
dale, to superintend the work of put
ting up the new concentrating
works.
w. B. Settles year and a half old
boy at Benton reached for a cup of
hot water on q table and received the
contents in his eyes and face. 1t
was feared his eyesight was de-
stroYed.
Virginia City expects q building
boom this summer. Among the inn
prOvements to be erected are the new
reduction works, a city hall, Catholic
church and a number Of private
structures. IS -.
One night last week three men
were knocked down near O'Keefe
and robbed of about $5O-all the
money they had. Several suspicious
parties were immediately RUIZ out of
town by the yigilantes: ae @
A pair of reins, bought at auction
for so cents, gave rise to a replevin
suit in Stevensville in which over
100 witnesses were examined and the
unsuccessful litigant had a bill of
costs amounting to $500 saddled upon
him. "
Sim Skotsow-who was badly fro
zen last winter while out in q storm
up near the Canada line, making it
to have both his feet ampu-
has been adjudged insane and
will be sent to the Warm Springs
Asylum. So .i'.. -
An exchange says: IA faro bank
in Miles City has a trap door in the
floor, through which the players can
let their watches down into q pawn
shop without leaving their seats"
The trap doors in Butte are used to
the suckers into when they
get broke.
It was reported at Benton last
week that q man named Dustin had
left Claggett with twenty head of
horses. making for the Cana
dian Territory. Dustin is also sus. T.
picioned of bothering other mems
cattle on the range last winter, doing |.
driving business by selling the
meat in Claggett. X. Beidler is after
him.
Missoula Times: Last Saturday q
stranger named Wilson was brought
on the stage from Benefits camp,
O'Keefe, suffering with
lelirium tremens. As he was being
through the Jail door he
shouted, "I'm on the road to h;
I'm going through the gates of h"
and in ten minutes he was dead. It
is stated that he had been on a spree
for four weeks. The body was buried
,n Sunday. Il,
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