The Dillon tribune., 1883-11-24
MONTANA CONDENSED.
Boze,nan has good sleiphing


Bozelnan has good sleighing.
The Chickory smelter is finished
Hay is $14 to SIS per ton at Helena
The Cook City smelter started up this
week.
Fire wood retails at $3.50 to 81 per cord
at Butte.
The transfer platform at Garrison is now
completed.
A lady is employed as composition on the
Bozeman Courier.
The Yellowstone National Park con-
tains 1872 square miles.
!. The Butte court house is rising rapidly.
Two stories are already up.
An apple, raised in Yellowstone county,
is on exhibition at Billings.
A new town is to be plated on Fridley's
ranch, on the Park Branch.
Tongue River is frozen over, and good
skating is reported thereon.
A test smelter has been set up at Rec:
Bluff for operation this winter.
The proposition to incorporate Billings
was beaten by vote OF 163 ~.
A. wagon road between Townsend and
White Sulphur Springs is projected
Montana will produce 10000, 900 pounds
of copper this year, worth So 100000.
The new depot at the N. r. and T. and
N. junction, at Garrison, is nearly compl,.
ted.
A couple of boys living in Meagher
county have killed already this season IS
deer.
The dedication of the Livingston Coy
gregational Church will. take place next
week.
John Wiener, the Benton target gun du.
elist, has recovered from his dangerous
wound.
The following legend appears on the
door of the Benton City Hall: "No fuel;
froze out"
The Northern Pacific, including the
Park Branch, pays $13,721.21 taxes in Gal
latin county.
The murderer of watchman schroll, at
Marent's Gulch, in Missoula county, has
not been discovered.
Rev. E. J. Bickell has been appointed
pastor Of the Helena circuit of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church.
d. H. Cuthbert, of Helena, has been ap-
pointed postmaster at that city. Mr.. c. is
an old-timer and very popular.
The railroad blacksmiths and machinists
at Glendive are on strike, because of
reduction of time to eight hours.
In the trial of Shed, at Helena, for the
shooting and killing of Hugh, the jury
brought in verdict of not guilty.
The main building at the Anaconda
smelter site is the largest in Montana. 1t
is 39S feet in length and has fourteen large
stacks.
Enigrant coaches on the Northern Pa
citic, formerly attached to freight trains,
will hereafter be coupled to regular express
trains.
Prieo in the Billings Jail complain of
being kept awake at nights by an old con-
certina played by a man living in the neigh
borhood.
The property of the Northern Pacific in
Custer county is assessed at $1,4o5,749o1.
The total assessment of the county reaches
$3,317355.91.
Ben Hogan gave farewell lecture at
Butte last Sunday evening. Ben has done
considerable stirring up Of sinners in that
wicked city.
Cattle Cor distribution among the Crows
have reached the reservation. They are
destined as nucleus for the future supply
of the Indians.
Some ,nen in Missoula own pet beaver
Of extremely tender age. When the pet
cuts its teeth it will make things lively
round the ranch.
A gambling saloon in Helena pays be-
tween 5000 and $500 county license per
month. Notwithstanding this heavy ex-
pense, the proprietors are making money.
Montana has eleven daily newspapers,
while Utah has but s,x. The Salt Lake
Iribnne gives as a<reason that "Montana
is in America Utah is in the kingdom of
God"
The Shipments Of beef from the Yellow
stone valley has averaged seventy five car
lo>ds per day for the rast six weeks e., ~
ne railroad company find 8 "ard ~ork/
furnish cars. -oas
Frank Yo.-.g, who murdered pnomas
R otloer~ al the Upper Yellowstone country
, e : months ago, was found guilty IN 'ne
P'zeman District Court and ~eenteneeo ~
e hanged Dec. 9th s.:
The Postofice Department has been M
ormed that some person, unknown TO TO 'ne
apartment, has been personating w. l.
henderson, inspector, in Montana, and COL
Getting money from postmasters.