The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-23
NEWS.
Ouiled From the Columns Of Our
Exchanges.

The "Gem City"is what T.ivings.
ton calls itself.
The brick skating rink at Missoula
has closed for want of custom.
The name of the county seat OF
Jefferson county is Boulder.
The placer mines near Bedford are
being worked with q strong force Of
men.
A move is being made to organize
q Chamber of Commerce association
in Helena.
1t is expected that Choteau coun-
ty's assessment this year will reach
four millions.
There is plenty of water ia Alder
Gulch now, and ground sluicin: is
being vigorously prosecuted.
The California Vigorit Powder
Company will establish q manuf:sc-
tory in the vicinity of Helena
An endowment rank of the Fort
Benton knights Of Py.hias was i'll
stituted last Wednesday evening.
Sixty teams en- route to the Canada
Pacific in search of work passed
through Benton last Monday.
One thousand tons Of Granite
Mountain ore (Phiiipsourg district,
is to he shipped to st. Louis for treat
ment.
Harmon Gray, we'll known in A.
der gulch and other mining dist:ic,s
of Montana, died at Pony Oh the ilth
inst, Of pneumonia.
Gardner boasts OF fifteen saloons
and three. stores. 1t is said that a
newspaper will 0 b. one of the
institutions of the town.
The Northern Pacific is distribute
ing through the country handsomely
framed views of the most interesting
scenery in the National Park.
Miles City has been changed from
a third to a second class office, the
postmaster's salary being thereby IN
creased from 81 800 to $2,l0l.
Reports from Clark's Fork tend 10
show that a large amount of work
will be done in the mines Of that dis
trict this summer.
Cable, Deer Lodge County, has
now a population OF about l,n, most
ly connected with the works CT the
Cable Company.
A two year old SON Of Gavin john
son caught his hand III a cog wheel
kxv xv1,IcE - yy,a, .~ rr,Inj a., ~ ,n
cessitate amputation, at Bedford last
week.
The Helena Land Office has re-
ceived instructions to sell the Old
Blackfeet agency grounds north OF
Fort Shaw. The grounds comprise
GA acres of choice land.
1t is claimed that Missoula has
greater advantages for building UP q
big town than any place Oh the line
of the Narthern Pacific between
there and Portland.
The Northern Pacific Railroad
has commenced the selling Of lots in
the towns of Townsend and Gal!atin,
both of which are good towns for u
young nan to cite to-"
On the 9th inst, near Sheridan,
"Uncle' Tim G'Connor was thrown
from a wagon by q runaway team,
and seriously injured, receiving five
severe wounds OH his head and face.
On Friday of last week, as Joseph
Evans, OF Madison Valley, was Ie-
turning from Virginia City, his wag-
on ran over the gr$de, throwing Mr..
Evans out and injnring him Sc
verely.
The Benton Riuer Press SAYS:
Railroad outfits, moving from the
Northern Pacific to the Canadian
Pacific, arrive in the city every day.
There are yet, We are Informed, seize
500 teams to ONE
M. J. Sharp, the last kickeriu Mi.-
sonrl Valley, against the n. P. right
of way has settled with the railroad
company receiving $3.50 damages in
consideration Of which Ee move his
cabin out of the trane-cCniinru!ai
track,
VIM. Frazier, one Of ;he w:ld-cyti
gold seekers who left BoZeman a few
weeks ago for an alleged Eldorado in
northwestern Montana, has written
home that the the stanipeders were
within so miles CT thejr destination
and that the snow Was from three to
ten feet deep.