The Mineral argus., 1883-09-20
MONTANA NEWS.

gan Monday Of last week.
Con. Sullivan, a miner who was IN
iured while working in the Belle NINE,
recently. died at Butte on Friday
The First National Bank of White
Sulphur Springs will be ready to com
mence business about the first OF Nov
ember.
Last week Butte shipped 80 cars OF
ore weighing I,3aI,69o pounds and
,6 cars of matte weighing 48497o
pounds.
lack Killaly, better known as Captain
lack. died suddenly on the night OF
August 20, at Hughesville, in Barker
district.
Benton had a shooting scrape re-
Gently. in which one Vizenir received
dangerous wounds. The weapons used
were target guns.
Portlad, Oregon, will give a 10000
reception to Henry Willard and his
guests upon their arrival there after the
golden spike ceremonies.
The Sugg brothers have Just driven
into the Powder river range 10000 head
of cattle and will shortly drive IN 10000
more. Miles City Press.
The buffalo in eastern Montana are
not all dead yet, it seems. A party OF
eight, from Fort Keogh, last week
killed twenty bison on Sunday Creek,
Custer county.-Enterprise
The Marquis de Mores and ODon-
nell. who a short time ago were the
heroes of the bad lands, have smoked
the pipe Of peace" and quietness again
reigns in the vicinity Of Little Missouri.
The San Francisco Examiner says;
1T IS believed that within the next hve
wears the copper product Of Montana
and Arizona alone will be equal in value
TO the present output OF the entire
country.
There IS A poisonous weedin Gallatin
county whichis death to sheep, for when
they eat il they become crazy, leave
the band and run headlong into the
water. McCammon & Cree have lost
forty-six sheep in this manner this
summer.
P. II. Hughes, ofBarker, interviewed
the people of Meagher county last
week in regard to the building OF
wagon road from Neihart to Barker
district. and his propositions were favor
ably received.
4 man named Tucker, residing a
Clagget. struck another citizen calleC
Dutch Henry" with an ak, recently
cutting through his hat and causing
quite a serious wound. The caus
lofthe trouble is not known.
By the separation Of the Norther
Pacific into TWO divisions, maxim
Helena the dividing line, the Easter
division Will comprise I,649 miles an
the Western division 1885 miles. In
latter includes the lines Of the OregO
Railvay6 Navigation company and tn
Oregon q California railroad
On Monday Sept. 10th, several
the penitentary birds escaped the
cages. Among the number we're Josef
scot Royal TOwsley, George b
and L Campbell al long term me
Guards Carroll and Bel discovered 4
escape and fred On them. Camps
reruTned when the shooting began, az
the Others are sill az large. WARD
BOtdn has 2 large posse Of men N b
pusuL
lack Waite. il seems, does Dot ca
Z p meet Benton's p1gih1 IN pub
lest the sunlight dpublcty should d
solve has dOubdully acquired reputau
As q knocker He viii, however,
Flowers one. IN private, provided
proper inducements are held o
Whether Il be IN public or pnya
when Mr. Waite CONES In contact "
the iron balls On the end Of Jeny's ar
he vii witness some astronomical
turbances that viii positively star
him The chances fOG a night, he
ever, are not very good Waite is n
training for his proposed fight "
Buns, and not very anxious for a n
struggle, anyhow-BentOn Record
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