The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-09-08
MONTANA NEWS

Maiden wants daily mail
The Husbandman is to be enlarged.
Junction is to have harness and saddle
establishment.
Donald Dinnie, the Scotch athlete, will
probably be at the Helena fair.
The stage line between Helena and Deel
Lodge has been discontinued.
A. NJ. Hotter, recently came from Sar
Francisco to Helena in IS hours.
The farmers of Choteau county repor,
large yields of grain. this season.
The Massachusetts, mine in the Montana
district is to be bonded for $4,000.
rhe Musselshell roundup begins to-day
Work will commence on Smith river.
There was shipped from Livingston this
season total of 343, lis pounds Of wool.
A Butte firm has contracted to complete
the court house superstructure for $44 1857.
Choteau county will have good exhibit,
mineral and agricultural, at the territorial
| fair
A numb er of horses belonging to gov
crnment surveying party were stolen last
week.
William Quirk, of Missouri valley, has
been arrested on a charge Of stealing
cattle.
Carpenters have commenced putting up
the frame work of the $4,000 hotel at
Townsend.
The Stock Growers Association of Sun
river will try and figure out some mode Of
preventing prairie tires.
Con. Sullivan, miner who was injured
while working in the Belle mine, recently,
died at Butte on Friday.
The Miner says the Inter- Mountain is
liar, and the latter defes the former to
knock chip off it's shoulder
Commissioner Read will place the Mon
tana mineral on exhibition at Cincinnati,
instead Of Louisville as first reported.
Queenor, who killed Wenandy at Phillips
burg and escaped to the mountains, came
in recently and surrended to the Sheriff at
Anaconda.
Dawson county is striding ahead nobly.
Its assessed value for 1888 will be about
$500, 900 in excess of last year. In 1882 it
was $500, 900.
Extensive forest fires have been raging
for some days on the mountains east of
Deer Lodge and bordering on Gold and
Boulder Creeks.
Mr.. Hershfield, whom the River Press
describes as a level headed gentleman pre-
diets that half dozen railroads will reach
the River City in the near future.
Four hundred laborers on the Canadian
Pacific railroad quit work after the track
was laid to Calgary, when Langdon, Shep-
pard & Co.'S contract was completed.
The uncle of the Nation says he is glad
that the roads in the Park are in such
condition as he feels sure the president will
recommend sl,oOO.oO0 for their improve
msnt.
At a meeting of Bsntonites it was resolv-
ed to send deputation to Helena to inter
view President Willard with view of in
ducing him to expedite branch railway to
that city.
The Missoula Times says that the cham
pion trout of the season was seen at the
express office in Missoula last week. 1t
was just three feet long, and weighed six
teen pounds.
Jerry Flowers, of Benton, in the columns
of the River Press, challenges ]. X. Waite,
"or any other man. to stand up before him
for four rounds. He is evidently not one
of those flowers, that is born to blush un-
seen
The Husbandman says that Ryan 4
the Big Bend of the Musselshell, last week.
This herd was turned loose last year on
Snake river, and at that time numbered
10000.
The Winston Bros. having completed
their long contract are disbanding their
workmen and getting ready to rest from
1,oir 1ohn fNr n n
horses and mules will be wintersd in the
Yellowstone valley.
Two weeks ago number of Cinnamon
got into dispute near the town of Pioneer
regarding some mining ground, in which
one of them received injuries which proved
fatal Two Cinnamon are under arr. st
charged with his murder
The Independent is starting a cotton
boom. 1t says that the first cotton ever
raised in Montana is now growing in Fred
Helms garden in Dry Gulch. He only has
few plants, but they look as thrifty as if
south of Mason and Dixon's line.
Judge Tattan offered to wager 81 900 the
other day, and put up the money, that
Fort Benton will have five railroads inside
Of three years. He found no taker.-River
Press. We hope that the man who takes
the Judges bet will lose every dollar OF it.
Running Antelope, the Sioux chief, is
starting q boom for General Hogan. At
the late conference with the Indian Com
mission Antelope said he would like to see
the General president of the United States,
a sentiment which was received with
whoops OF applause.