The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
MELAN9E.
Accidents ana Incidents ae Mar.
rated by Our Exchanges.


Twenty-Five prisoners are in the
Bozeman Jail.
Bozeman will have trotting races
the first week in October.
The Benton Record says that Sun
River turnips average fifteen pounds.
Joseph Henry Willard Bernard Is
the name of q two weeks old Glen
dive boy.
Cinnabar Station has been estab-
lished as the terminus of the Park
branch of the N. P.
John Harris is on trial in Miles
City, charged with q murder on the
Little Missouri.
All the bodies inferred in the old
graveyard are being removed to the
new cemetery, at Benton.
Livingston will apply for incor-
poration at the approaching term of
the District Coult at Bozeman.
A wealthy Colorado company is
casting about with q view to building
a smelter at Dillon.
The increase in the assessment of
ChOteau county in the past year has
been over q million dollars.
The contract for building the new
school house at Missoula has been let
to a Mr.. Mcdonald, for S13,5OO.
James McCann, who was confined
in the Madison county Jail on a
charge of grand larceny, escaped last
week.
Lew Galloway and Jimmy Will
liams, aged thirteen and eleven years
respectively, killed a bear in Madison
county, last week
w. E. Carey, formerly a resident
of Gardiner, after visiting Tacoma,
on the Pacific Coast, advises people
to stay in Montana.
The boom seems to have deserted
the once prosperous town of Winni-
peg. and the bottom has dropped out
Of the place almost entirely.
James Nellis, special agent of the
interior department., is in Billings
investigating the validity Of the des-
ert land entries in that vicinity.
w. G. Carothers, of Choteau county
has been arrested on the charge Of
attempting to kill VIM. Winchell
last month, by shooting him with q
rifle.
The smelter of the Western Min
ing Company at Wisconsin Greek is
about completed, and the company
will soon be ready to receive and
purchase ores.
Major w. S. Dyer, special Indian
agent, arrived at Miles City last
Wednesday. His mission to Eastern
Montana is to locate the Cheyenne
Indians, of Upper Tongue river,
upon farms.
A. f.. Barrett, of Missoula, last
Sunday morning while attempting
to get off of q moving train near
Baker Station, fell and was thrown
down an embankment, receiving Sc
rious injuries about the head.
A special train load of salmon,
consisting of 25 box cars loaded with
cases of salmon, taken from the Col
umbia river at various points in Ore
gon and Washington, passed east
ward on the N. P. last week.
The Missoula sneak thief abomi-
the law and has no respect for
it's ministers. He went through law
yer F"ench's wardrobe last Tuesday
and got away with his Sunday coat
and vest and best Overcoat.
Jason D. Bailey, who is now in
Eastern Montana looking for a sheep
range, landed in Laramie. Wyo., ten
years ago, without a dollar in his
pocket, and owing $40. He sold his
sheep ranch the other day for $780,
600.
New Northwest: "Arno" is the
name of the N. p. r. r. station near
the old "Milk Ranch" on tie Little
Blackfoot. 1t will be the shipping
point for Blackfo0t, Nevada Greek
and surrounding country, but there
are no facilities yet.
One day last week, two horses, one
to Johnny Conway and
the other to some person unknown to
US, were struck by lightning and in
killed near the lakes, about
miles from Virginia City.
According to the estimates in the
department., the Northern
cost upwards of sixty-seven
million dollars. President Willard
puts it at ninety-three millions. The
grant of the road is valued by
at one hundred and eight
million dollars.
The Blackfeet Indians are repre-
,ented as willing to cede the eastern
portion oftheir abnormally dlstended
to the government. condi-
ed CT Uncle Sam providing them
cattle and farming implements
and assisting them to make a living
for their people.
The Miles City Press relates the
following: One of our young men
happened to have a pair of handouts
n his pocket and lust for fun"
II cuff on his own wrist
md the other on the wrist of pretty
woman. Handouts are more easily
ocked than unlocked, as in this case
hey proved to be. The husband OF
he lady soon arrived upon the scene
md things waxed we rm for Il few
0uu VIC V"O uACA uOu Y
know each other any more.
Produce Market Report.
BUTTE, M. T., Sept. %, 1888.
The following are the wholesale
prices paid by merchants and hotel
keepers for the commodities enumer-
ted, delivered from the wagons
'rice list carefully corrected every
Flour Ruby Valley, xxx, $500
per cwt.
j" Mill Creek, xxx. $3.50
percwt.
Kansas xxx $3.50.
Bakers, So. so.
Mill Greek, New Process, $500.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
f the Valley, $500
Ruby Valley, NEW process) $500.
Union Mills xxx Snow flake,
300.
Utah Common, $3.2
Utah Choice, $3.50.
Graham, $780,.
Wheat per lb., q cts.
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