The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-27
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As Found In Our Olean-Up Of tn
Territorial Exchanges.
r. s.. Ford was the purchaser O
the first copy Of the Sun River Sun
printed on white satin. It cost hin
<75.
Independent: A. NJ. Hotter, VIII,
returned recently from q trip to th<
ElkhOrn mine, Jefferson county
brought In with him 500 pounds o
bullion, the result of ten days run BY
the company's new mill.
It is reported that Sam Getz, who
bas the old Salisbury ranch neal
Fort Shaw, ls l0osing his sheep By
the hundred. They are pilgrim
sheep, and were driven in late and
In poor condition.
Charles III. Brown, who lives three
miles from Big Timber, GalIatin Co.
found, in q meadow, skull of q mau
who had probably been murdered.
Search will be made for the other re.
: mains when the snow nelts.
Jos. Hamilton and Peter Tone, own.
ers of the Trout Creek trail, have been
permitted by the Commissioners OF
MissOula county to charge the same
rates of toll over their trail to the
mines as are charged from Belknap.
! New Northwest: The search for
the body Of Mr.. DeslaurinS' child,
child, drowned In the Deer Lodge
river last week, proved unavailing,
although q large number of men
maintained it fortwo or three days.
I Independent: A new duplex tele-
graph wire, upon which two mes
sages can be transmitted In different
directions at the same time, Is being
strung along the Northern Pacific
between st. Paul and Portland. 1t
will be in place and ready for use by
early summer.
Independent: The crank shaft for
the new Drum Lumm0n mill at
| Marysville was loaded upon wagons
| at the depot Tuesday, and was start
ed for its destination, drawn by thir-
ty.two of Hugh Kirkendall's freight
animals. The shaft weighs % 200
pounds.
Benton Record: Mike Hendrick-
son was brought up from the lower
country yesterday by x. Biedler and
placed under $500 bail. We were un-
able to learn positively the nature Of
the charges against him but under.
stand that it Is the result of some
more of Botkin's election fraud fool
ishness.
New Northvest:: Mr.. 8. E. Larabie
last saturday received a draft from
the Northern Pacific railroad comps-
ny for two mares and colt belonging
to him, killed In the Fort Sully
race in December last. His applica-
tion for compensation made to Mr..
Hannaford at st. Paul, and referred
to Mr.. Fulton, Helena, was promptly |
and satisfactorily settled.
It has been rumored on the streets |
that the Belknap Town and I'm
provement company will open their |
road for free travel. It will cost but |
$4,000 to build now, and 10000
more to put in shape after the snow
disappears, and at the rate they are
selling property, $3.50 to 81 600 for
each lot, they can we'll afford to do SO
as the travel will naturally 60 over a
free road-other points asking large |
toll, cannot expect travel.-lNiss0u-
liam.
The Montana race animals, Gilt
and Bonnie Australian, are now at
New Orleans, and there seems to be q
lawsuit about them. 1t seems that
Jim Murray, of Butte, advanced
some $500 for travelling expenses and
that before this was paid Palmer,
who owned the horses, sold them to
a southern man. Murray seized the
horses, which brought the matter
into the courts, and we learn that the
courts have decided that the pur-
chaser is entitled to the custody of
his property, and have therefore
over to him.
Independent: A letter from Wolf
Point, in the Fort Peck reservation.
has this to say: "One has but to
glance at the hageard and woe-be-
gone expression of the Indian fea-
lures to know that they are hungry,
and what is more, slowly but surely
starving to death. The rose bushes
are picked clean by them for food.
for miles aronnd. Their dogs were
numbered by hundreds, while now
do not believe you could find q half
dozen throughout the whole camp.
It is quite q common occurrence for
them to kill five in q day for
food" It is understood that an
appropriation has been made for
these starring wretches. Tut the sup.
plies cannot be brought up for some
time yet.
Missoula Times: Last Saturdays
west-bound train ran over and killed
q man at Heron Siding The unfor-
tunate fellow was literally crushed
to pieces. He was a stranger, and
his face was so badly mutilated as to
make it impossible to describe him.
No papers of any kind were found
on his body. He had undoubtedly
been riding on the brake-bar under
one of the coaches and had probably
fallen asleep, or had become numb
with cold, it being a very cold morn l
ing. The accident took place at
about daybreak. The deed man was
buried that afternoon in the grave
ward, near at hand. Whoever the
fellow was, 1t is q sad
case. His name is unknown, and
doubtless there are friends In some.
home somewhere who will wait and
watch for tidings from him which
will never come; and his fate will &,
never be known to them. There are
MANY such cases In the west.
The Rentz-Santley Company.
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