The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-05-12
MONTANA NEWS.

fifty cents per dozen.
John Chinnick has leased the Cosmopol-
itan theatre, in Miles.
The Eastern end of the y. Z. is less than
forty miles from Helena.
Diptheria continues to claim victims
among the Helena children.
Col. Butler, at present at Fort Keosh,
has been ordered to Fort Maginnis.
Gen. y. \. Miles and family are expected
soon to visit Col and Mrs. Rice at Fort
keogh.
Col. {. \. Broadwater has returned to
Helena after winters sojourn in the East
and south.
Eight precincts Of Custer county failed to
send in any returns of the election held
April l6.
Miss Frances Willard, Pacific coast tenn
perance lecturer, will make tour Of Mon
tana this summer.
d. r. Mead has been appointed post
master at Glendive, vice n. Lawrence, the
present incumbent.
For the first time in thirty.seven years, a
Gallatin county farmer took ride on the
cars few days ago.
The time by stage and rail between Hele-
ma and st. Paul is three and half days and
the fare, trst-class, $66,
There will be no delay of railroad work
at the river crossing at Townsend. The
bridge will be done in four weeks
Gambling-house keepers in Helena are
being prosecuted and fined for allowing
minors to frequent their establishments.
Two of the recently appointed commits
sioners TO inspect the completed portions of
road are taking in the beauties of the Ma
tional Park
The subject Of Major Maginnis' Grafton
before the reunion of the Army Of the Po-
tomas will be the District of Columbia dur
ins The war.
Gen. Lester s. Wilson. Of Bozcman, has
been appointed Quartermaster General with
the rank Of Brigadicr General, on Governor
Crosbys staff.
The Butte Miner has s2O,NO libel suit
to answer. II got into trouble by bublish-
ing bllngs@aie letter from one Thomp-
son, referring to lawyer Lippincott.
Corporal Roth, company F, and private
O'Brien, company c, Fifth infantry, have
been pronounced insane and will be sent to
the government asylum at Washington.
The brain Of the man Policeman, who
was executed in Helena a few days ago,
weighed forty y-eight ounces and there was
nothing to show that he was otherwise than
sane.
4 Occur d'Alene chief offers 375 cayuse
ponies to any white man who will marry
his daughter. There's chance for one of
the boys to get start in the stock bust
ness.
Mr.. Young the newly appointed keeper
Of the Custer county poor house, reports
that establishment to be in terribly filthy
condition, and completely infested with
vermin.
The snow storm was much more severe
in western than in eastern Montana. The
roads between Helena and Butte were im-
passablc for three or four days, owing to
the depth Of snow.
Lieut.. Cooks command has been with
trawd from the Jocko reserve, where it was
stationed for several months, keeping
whiskey sellers and hard characters egner-
ally off the reservation.
The Missoula city council has passed an
ordinance prohibiting noises at night, either
vocal or Instrumental. This will put stop
to brass horn and piano practice when ones
neighbors are wanting to sleep.
Julius Steinhart, Portland drummer,
visited Nissoula and sold goods there with
out paying license, and then left for the
west. The sheriff has gone after him with
pressing invitation to return
Two carloads of recruits. about one hun
dred in all, were landed at Fort Keogh by
Thursday evenings eastern train. Seventy
five were for the Fifth infantry, and the re-
mander for the Second cavalry.
G. +. stilwell late County Clerk of Gus
ter county, comes out in card Of explana-
ton in regard to his late trip to Fargo. He
says that urgent business instead of a desire
to escape justice, took him away from
Miles.
Last week a special train carrying the
Australian mail made the run from North
Platte to Omaha, 2Sl miles, in six hours, or
an average Of forty-eight miles an hour
the fastest time ever recorded on the Union
Pacific.
Lieut.. Anderson with detachment of
the 18th infantry on the first inst. captured
eighty Canadian Crees near Bear Paw
mountains. They We're taken to Fort AS
sinaboine and thence sent back across the
boundary.
The Northern Pacific a: Missoula ar
ranged for fresh RELAYS of horses along the
route in order to send Willard over the pro-
posed line at a rapid rate. Willard specially
orders that he be furnished buckboards
for transportation 50 that he can see the
country.
w. d. Whitley, a former employeof the
Utah Il Northern railroad, went into the
station at Eagle Rock, on the same road,
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