The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-11-03

II the dog that barks all night.
Geo. Savage Is building new barn.
!. Vote early, but not often, for the delegate
Of your choice.
\ We thought Move mber would bring alon,
some fine weather.
| J. A. Davis occupies the lower barbe,
shop-his old stand
The north. bound mail train was an hou,
late on Monday and Tuesday.
/ Prof Hays, the billiardist, caused quite 8
sensation in Dillon few day. ago.
Beaverhead county records may now bt
considered secure, as the new brick vault I.
completed.
The kirkpatrick Bros, are occupying
their new buildsag. The postoffice will be
moved the first Of the week.
Beaverheaders ase. not worried much
about their gold and silver plate, Is the as.
SCISSOR reports only two assessable pieces in
the county. .4 ~.
All Of the nominees for delegates to the
Constitutional Convention are good men
and choice between them would be hard
to make, for non partisan.
All registered matter sent from Portland
to San Francisco goes through the Helena
post office and is forwarded from there by
the Utah g. Northern and Central Pacific
roads.
A correspondent who has been inspect.
Ing Western cities says: "Helena, the capitol
Of Montana, is accented, orally and morally
on the first syllable. 1t is probably the
richest and wickedest city of its size in the
country"
According to the assessors report there
are only g. watches and 36 clocks (assessa.
blc) in the county. The sky Is SO very
clear in this part Of Montana that the sun
can be relied upon at all times, for accurate
time; hence the scarcity Of time. keepers.
Helena Is 10 have lodge Of knights and
Ladies Of Honor, secret benevolent order
for both ladies and gentlemen. Any one
between the age Of IS and IS can become
member. As Dillon has only five differ.
ent lodges, why not make an effort to or.
ganize Knights Of Honor lodge here.
Editor Mills,o the Nerv North West hits
hard lick ut our abundance of mud aud
lack Of sidewalks, and we'll he might; but
we'll wager perforated quarter that Deer
Lodge didn't have as good walks when she
was three years old. We will have the
walks before another year, all the same.
The seats tor the new High School have
arrived and been placed In position. School
will open Monday morning, 1t is expected
with large attendance. A large bell has
been placed in tbs selfry, which will hence.
forth call the little people to school. 1t
will seem good to hear the SOUND Of school.
bell in this valley.
Dillon has novel quartet cotaposed of
young ladies. All the parts from soprano
to bass, 1t Is said, are rendered with fine
effect. They sing in private. and for their
own amusement. Naughty, naughty men
are not permitted to hear the sway up
strains OF the soprano nor the terrible notes
that issue from the fair throat Of the hasso
proformer. They will not sing in public
on account Of theis extreme modesty.
Apollo Lodge No. ISL. O. @. r, of
Dillon, was organised last Saturday evening
BY Grand Master Jacob Loeb, Of Helena.
The order starts out with seven charter
members and thirty.o applicants who
will be initiated Monday evening, next.
The Odd Fellows think their lodge is des.
tined to have the largest membership OF
any Of the local lodges. 1t certainly has
made f'attering beginning,
A resident Of Montana town was out
hunting recently and as storm came up,
he crcpt into hollow log for shelter. After
the storm abatcd he endcavored to creep
out, but found that the log had swellcd 50
that It was impossible to make his exit. lie
endeavored to compress himself as much
as possible, but with indifferent success.
He thought Of all the mean things he lad
ever done, until finally his mind revert. d
to the fact that, instead Of subscribing for
his local papers, he was in the habit of bor-
rowing them from neighbor and thus de.
frauding the poor printer. On this he says
he felt so small that he slipped out of the
lay without an effort. Moral: Dent sponge