The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-10
AMAL4AM,
As Found in Our Olean-Up Of the
Territorial Exchanges.

Territorial Exchanges.
Fifteen thousand head of cattle
were driven down to the lowe. Ju.
dith at the last round up.
Rev. Frackenthal, the new minis
ter for the Episcopal church at Ben
ton, arrived in that city on the 5th
inst.
HI. P. Rolfe has been making a pre-
liminary survey of the Black Eagle
falls, as 1t is expected that the water
power there will be used the coming
| summer.
Donnel Schrell, Waterman at the
trestles south of Marent gulch was
probably murdered in cold blood and
his cabin robbed or Sunday night
last.
The issue of November eth com.
pleted the first year of the existence
of the MlssOula Times. 1t is q good
paper and deserves to live to announce
the completion Of Its one hundreth
year.
1t does not seem to he generally
known that the Catholics have es-
tablished a school in Bozeman. A
school building has been erected on
the north side and is quite largely
attended.
Messrs. Halter Bros. have leased
the necessary ground from Paris
Gibson at the Great Falls of the
Missouri upon which to build a
planning mill and establish 4 lumber
yard.
MI. w. A. Shepardson, city editor
of the Benton Record, is seriously ill
with hemorrhage Of the lungs. It is
hoped, however, that he will be able
to resume work within a few days.
During the month of October 800
passengers bought tickets at the
Deer Lodge depot, on the Utah and
Northern, and paid 5000 for the
same. During the same month
$4,000 worth If tickets were sold By
the same company at Garrison.
One of the best horse farms in the
Territory is that of Thomas Stuart,
Deer Lodge. His stock is u~nexcelled.
Live Oak and his progeny having
first rank wherever known. Mi.
Stuart, desiring to close out his fine
stock. offers it at private sale at rea-
sonable figures.
Mr.. Hettinger, proprietor of the
DrummOnd House, at Drummond. is
going to move the same from its pres
ent location to Front street, near the
depot. Messrs. Edwards & Hend-
ricks expected to commence on We'd
nesday the erection OF a livery stable
35x37 at Drummond.
The following shipments of bullion
have been made from the Barker
district viz: Belden and Peters
mule train, 59,5S5 pounds; Ford and
Connell's 60 600; Dave Browns, 3d.
ass; T. H. Reid's, Fl ,S35 and Louis
Presse, 5000 pounds. The bullion
is taken to Big Timber, the nearest
point on the Northern Pacific.
A. w. Bascom and Edward Cam
eron, arrived at Bohemian Sunday
evening last direct from Lisbon, Da-
kota, the scene of the present gold
excitement. They say there is I'M
questionahly, a rich deposit of gold
in lodges of rock along the Sheyenne
river. Both gentlemen took placer
and quartz claims, and then, like
sensible persons, packed their grips
and started for Il real, genuine IS
karat Eldorado of mineral wealth.
Montana.
At the meeting Of the Shonkin
stock men at the Grand Union Ho-
tel, Benton, last Saturday evening,
there was 4 debate Dro and con to
the ACCESSIBILITY Of consolidating their
cattle interests. The only definite
action that was taken was the ap-
pointing of a committee, consisting
Of Messrs. l.epley, Kingsbury and
Miner, to draft a scheme Of incOr-
poration and also q plan by which
The different interests could be pooled
as far a working IS concerned, leav-
ing each man still the owner Of his
band as at present.
In speaking Of the ropperopoiis
and Murray mining districts, q gem
tleman said to a representative of the
Bozeman Courier: Much excitement
prevails at present in that section, |
especially ia this the case in the Muir
ray district, where 4 strip of country |
six miles long by three or fcu. wide, !
il nearly all staked off in claims. MI.
Murray has ordered the plant for a
new saw mill. and will, in all likeli-
hood, get it to running this winter.
will use its entire product in his
mining properties.
The County Commissioners OF
Missoula in special session lowered
the railroad assessment as follows:
On real estate, reduced from 1898, 900
to $S79, 400; and on personal property, |
reduced from 5000, 800 to 1926, O5O. |
The Treasurer was ordered to collect |
the tax on the railroad property in
the usual way, but to delay the rest
pending the litigation in the District
Court for Custer county.
On Saturday last the board of trus-
tees of Missoula school district, mott
fed Mr.. Mcdonald, who was award
ed the schOolhOuse contract, that the
now being laid would not
be accepted until examined by a COM
petent person: and furthermore, that
the wall would not lie accepted iflaid
this freezing weather. This
operations at once, and it is
that work on the wall
will be delayed until spring.
E. L. Bonner & Company.