The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-12
MONTANA MELANGE.
Accidents and Incidents as Mar.
rated by Our Exchanges.

Livingston will take steps to incor-
porate as a city.
The Billings artesian we'll has
reached a depth of leo feet.
Pickpockets have been working
the crowds at the territorial fair,
Fort Benton shipped 1,128, 900
pounds of wool during the rast sea-
son.
Winner, the victim of Benton's
duel, is considerably improved and
may recover.
Judge Tattan. of Benton, wants to
bet $1,000 that Benton will have five
railroads inside Of three years.
Chief Justice Wade will preside at
the first court held in Yellowstone
county, to meet in October.
Steps have been taken in Choteau
county to organize an agricultural
and mineral fair association.
1t. George o. Eaton is putting in,
at Bear gulch, the largest hydraulic
apparatus ever placed in Montana.
A Pend d'Orielle Indian was run
over and killed by a Northern Pa
cific train, at Sand Point, last week.
Al. Lewis recently shot a crane in
Beaverhead county the wings OF
which measured five feet from tip to
tip.
The Big Hole monument arrived
On the battle field safely on the 9Th
inst, having been two weeks OH the
road,
Good management, good exhibits
and good weather made the -Four
teenth Annual Territorial Fair a
grand success.
The Choteau county Jail contains
sixteen worthless awaiting adjudica-
ton of their cases at the next term
of the district conrt.
Benton young ladies don becom-
ing bathing suits and disport them
selves in graceful natatorial hilarities
in The Big Muddy.
After two months trailing, Pres
White, a notorious Indiana, Ken
lucky and Tennessee horsethief was
arrested at Bozeman last Tuesday.
The Cook Pass route between
Townsend and White Sulphur
Springs will, it is stated, be open for
travel inside of sixty days.
Geo. Cornell, VINO was with a Dill
lon Geyser party, fell into a hot
in the devils half acre" and
was severely scalded about the legs.
Several head of horses stolen from
VanCamp and Razier, of DILLON,
have been traced to Bellevue, Idaho,
and the owners have gone after them.
About 45 per cent Of the United
nearly 1000, COS. COO acres in
all, remain unsurVeye1. OF this
amount there are S0,00O,O 900 in Mon
tana.
Large fleets of prairie schoeners
sail through Yanktoa daily, with
their crews westward hound, many
of them coming to Montana and the
tar west.
From all sections of the Territory
come of increased ssesment |
rolls. Chotcau county will foot up
So, OO0. OG. GallAtin expects a show
ing Of over IS, O0o 900 and Meagher
shows an increased valuation of
81 DOC, 900.
Chas. A. Lewis, held at Dillon on
charge of murder, is in receipt of
\ testimonial ofgood character signed
by prominent citizens of his form IF
bome in Michigan, and kind letters
ladies who formerly travelled
with him.
1t is believed that the forest fires
have been raging on the up
Der Madison for the past week or two,
set by Bannack Indians for
he purpose of driving the game FROM
here to other localities better suited
their convenience for hunting it.
Husbandmdn: It is stated on good
authority that the Northern Pacific
company have in contemplation the
OF Il railroad from Living.
ton to White Sulphur Springs, to
ap the immense mineral fields trib-
ltary to Smith river, and that work
will probably be begun next spring.
At a council held on the 9Th inst.
he Flathead chiefs said they neither
Wished to sell or remove from their
resent reservation. The commits
ion went to the Mission on the 7th.
IN the Sth they were to proceed to
he Bitter Root, and thence to Hell
ma.
A passenger train on the Park
ranch jumped the track last
and was perciritated "a
own a twenty-five foot embank- {
lent. With the exception OF the
reman, who was severely hurt, the
.ssengers and train men miracu-
'usiy escaped injury.
The remains of Matt J. Carey, who :
tho was drowned in the Fire Hole {
yer, on the I'D day of August, 1880, !
lille in bathing, were exhumed last :
eek from their temporary grave
nd taken to Dillon, where they
ere inferred in the Catholic ceme-
'ry.
franklin Bauers and Amos G..
isher, who were urHler arrest at $
ivingsten on suspicion Of murder u
ohm Fogerty and Thomas Parker, r
ave been honorablv discharged, evil i
nee having been obtained that the r
niortunate men met their death by 5
in the cascades of the Vel =
'wst0ne.