The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-14
AMAL9AM.
As Found in Our Clean-UD Of the
Territorial Exchanges.

Secretary Tooker will not assume
his official duties for two or three
weeks yet.
Though Livingston did not shu,
up her liquor stores on election day,
scarcely !, single drunk was seen.
John A. Clark and frank Young
were sentenced by Judge Wade to be
hung at Bozeman, December q, 1889.
Davis & Shinnick, of Townsend,
liabilities are about 2,000, and their
assets near SO. 900.
Fully one hundred voters were
turned away from the Livingston
polls Tuesday because OF the six
months residence law. It was gen.
orally th0ug ht that the three months
provision was still in force.
The ladies of the W. C.. +. IT,. as
sisted by the children of the Band OF
Hope, will give sacred concert At
Dillon OIL Sunday evening, Noyem-
ber 18th, at the High School Hall, to
which the general public is invited.
Henry Juenger, An old time miner
of Canyon Greek, was found lying
unconscious in his bed at mis- cabin
recently, having apparently starved.
He was brought to the poor farm
and died there on Monday last.
There are fourteen prisoners in the
Lewis and Clarke county Jail await
ing the action of the Grand Jury.
The charges cover the whole cata-
logue Of crime. There are also three
or four other defendants in criminal
cases out on hail.
Major J. K. Royce, Of Butte, has
been in town all the week, with fine
line Of samples Of everything carried
in stock by the great dry goods house
of Sands & Royce. The Major has
done q goodbusiness since his arrival.
Dillon Tribune.
On last Monday the new high
school, at Dillon. opened with about
one hundred scholars in attendance.
The three departments, IN charge OF
Mr.. J. Cannon. principal, and Misses
Carter and Coffin, assistants, are all
we'll filled and moving along halmc.
niously.
The new school building, at Dillon,
consisting OF three large rooms on
the first floor, and large public hall
on the second, has been built at a
cost Of about $l4 600 and Is an orna-
ment to the town. and will prove
source OF pride to the people of Dill
Ion for years to come.
An epidemic OF assault and battery
cases seemed 10 prevail in Dillon last
week The ball was opened by the
courtesans; then the sports took
hand; ranchnlen came in and tum-
bled against the wrong men, and last
ly two young railroaderA wanted
each others gore.
On Monday young Bannack buck
who was riding on q. and N.
freight train fell between the cars
when near Melrose. and was In
stantly killed. His body was horri-
bly mangled, and every bit OF cloth
ing torn from him About forty In
dians camping near Birch creek
went up to Melr0se and had big
time burying the unfortunate In
dian.
Last Saturday morning the dead
body Of James Beecher was found
lying on the bed in his room at the
Bannack Hotel. A smouldering
bundle of clothing was found on the
table near the bed, together with a
candlestick. From the testimony
given at the Coroner's inquest, held
on Sunday, it was learned that de-
ceased had played poker until about
8 o'clock Sunday moning, and that
when he quit playing and went to
bed be was under the influence Of
liquor.
The Road Supervisor, Mr.. H.
Churchill, at Dewey's Flat. is now
putting in road along the bank OF
the river, just above the Flat, cutting
through solid rock, and making fill
ups in the river to the depth OF six
teen feet. This cut is three-quarters
of a mile in length, and rs soon as
finished it will open up passage to
the upper Big Hole coantry for 80
miles. The Board of County Com
missioners have opened up their
hearts sufficiently to appropriate $500
to build a bridge across Wise River
and put in this road or cut, and all
the citizens ask is $500 more out OF
the county. 1t should by all means
be furnished out Of the road fund.