The Dillon tribune., 1883-02-17

ccuncilmsnIi White n ! late letter from
Helena writes: ..Beaverltead County seems
o be in such good shape, generally, tna1 no Z
ocal Legislation is needed-at least 60 Tar
can Judge or ascertain. If however, you
= any one In the county has any thing % +
suggest shall be only too glad to give u
and do my best to cure any ev"' I
that legislation can control"
The last fall Of snow on Horse fsaMs
and on Red Rock covered up the grass %
depth of eight to ten inches, making
rough on the large herds of cattle winter
ing in that section Of the county. MANY
cattle owners up that way are teed'ng nay
The chinook Of the past week helPeo 20
bare the benches, and unless more snow
falls the cattle will be able to get grass SUI
ficient to sustain life.
The masquerade ball at the Corinne no.
tel, on the evening Of St. valentines Gay.
was we'll attended. It being the close OF
chinese New Year the occasion was taken
advantage Of and the majority of the mask
ers appeared dressed in Chinese costumes
representing male and female Celest'als to
nerfection-and even more so. The ball
was highly enjoyed and those who Partc-
ipated had plenty of fun.
WEIGHS ComedyCo. being unable to get
the Court House, are billed to give one Oh
their popular entertainments at the Cor'nne
Hotel this, Saturday, evening. Ih's COM
panv has been making successful tour OF
the Territory, and every where the pertor-
mances were greeted with large houses.
Thu. entertainment this evening will be
| worth patronizing, as it will consist OF TWO
hours Of solid amusement.
| A. H. Mallory, formerly Of Pony in MAD
ison county, effected the sale of the famous
Drum Lummon gold mine for Tommy
Cruise to an English company for the snug
sum Of S163o,ooo. Mr.. Mallory sold, tor
the owners, the broadway mine at Silver
Star. Since Mallory had to "relinquish".
his Pony quartz he has been a successful
generator. and he has accumulated enough
Of the needful to carry him through this
life in comfortable shape
Some of the best partially developed
prospects in Montana are located IN the
Tidal Wave District in Madison county.
On account of snow and cold weather !rln'
ing operations, with few exceptions, are
SUSPENDED, but when spring opens WORK
I will be resumed with renewed activity. 1t
! is believed that the mines of the district
, will be sufficiently developed next summer
TO warrant the erection of smelling works
| in the district.
e The movement made to erect SamP!lng
Works at Dillon was timely and it received
t everv encouragement The capital stock
: will be easily raised when favorable re
port is made by Mr.. Larwill, who is no"
o East ascertainng the probable cost of thu
a machinery for the works. The man,
l. mines in the districts close to Dillon vii
p furnish ore enough to sample that "ii' keel
It works in constant operation during IN
It whole year round.
Claimants of desert land in Southern
is Montana will be interested to know tina
e Commissioner Mcfarland has recent,
!. written letter on "Final Proof" which
IS closes as follows: "Firal Proof must SHOW
y not only that water has been conducted up
IF on the land, but that the whole tract embra
ced in the entry has been IRRIGATED, and tina
, in consequence of such irrigation It ha
- been changed from its former Desert char
! acter and rendered productive Of some az
,e ricultural CROP" -
ut Jefferson McCaulev. by his attorney
Of Messrs Knowles and Forbis, has sued tn
q. Utah and Northern Railway Company &c
N $40 ZOO in the District Court for Silve
ri Bow county. The complainant alegt
X that the railway companv's CONSTRUCT
RI DESTROYED, and did not afterward rebuild
r. his jr, igating ditch on his ranch ON the 81
es Hole, and that in consequence he lost h
Is. hay crop for the years 1882, for which
asks Judgment in the modest sum stated.
Il, The Bozeman Chronicle, a newspspe
H. started for the purpose Of furnishing Den
pd ocratic thunder for the people OF Gallati
&C county, has reached the TRIBUNE offic
- Hon. Sam Langhorne presides in the e
ex itorial den Of the Chronicle and propels II
paper with ability. Taking glance at II
&, new iournal-up one side, down the othe
:, and through the middle-we find it news
H. readable and enterprising. It's column
/. way into public favor.
nv Two petitions were circulated in Ollie
or recommending to. the favorable consider
ton of Governor Crosby two gentleme
al for the position of Territorial Superinten
~ ent of Public Instruction. The first pei
~ ton urged the appointment Of Rev. E.
,at Prout. of Virginia City, and it was sign'
.as by large number Of our leading citizen
~ The second asked the re-appointment
a., Prof. r. B. Howev, of Helena, and it al
Re received numerous signature in town al
, the surrounding valley. .....
r. School Superintendent Cannon has BET
for visiting and examining the public schoc
IRE at Spring Hill, Bannack, and Bishops dr
,as ing the past week. He reports the schoc
~. we'll conducted and in charge of compete
lid teachers. He says Of the Dillon and Gle
rid dale schools that they will compare fave
w. ably with the best schools of the Terrtor
He reports the schools we'll managed, al
-. that the scholars, so far as he has had
~ opportunity to make an examination, a
~ making favorable progress in their studio
av Before one paragraph about an insa
he person gets cold another pops up. Augu
I'D Queroger, native of Belgium, was Sc
a down from Glendale to have his ment
m. fixings inspected and passed upon. Augu
-. beyond the show Of reasonable doubt,
' e. insane, and he was confined in the coun
a. Jail until Probate Judge Wing summon
~ a jury, as directed by law, to determine t
rs fact. The jury found Mr.. Queroger n
comtos mtxfis, and he was taken to the As
-. lum at Warm Springs. This tallies a
,ae other inmate in the Insane Asylum frc
80 this county.
If old St. Valentine would come ba
AIN and see how the DeOnle Derf)rm annual