The Mineral argus., 1884-01-03
MONTANA NEWS.


recently, VIM. McGee won in o:o5.
Missoula county has just tpaid $40, 500
for a new bridge across the Hell Gate.
Haynes City is the name of the
largest camp in the new mining district,
Ceur d'Alene. Eagle City has beer
absorbed.
Two thousand Cinnamon are said to
be at work between Helena and Mis-
soula, improving the road-bed of the
Northern Pacific.
The Buchanan boys killed 2I deer, 3
bear and elk in the Moccasins late
ly and it was a poor day for hunting,
too.-River press.
In boring the second artesian we'll at
Miles, they are encounteringa an entirely
different formation than that bored
thro' for the first
A band of $50 horses, stolen from
different parties In Nevada and Idaho,
were recovered last week near Medi
cine Lodge, M. t.
A Sun River newspaper is now an
assured fact, with d. B. Hall and w.
H. Hanks, late of Bloomville, Ohio,
as editors and proprietors.
The President has granted to Frank
Young, who is now in Bozeman Jail
under sentence of death, respite of
sixty days from December 27th.
The Keystone Cattle Company, of
Glendive, with $1oo,ooo capital, has
filed its articles of incorporation in the
Secretary's Office at Helena.-Glendive
Times.
Capt. Quinn, the engineer in charge
of the Improvements on the Yellow
stone river, recommends the appro
priatlon of 500, 900 to continue work
on that stream.
Elijah Mulky, an old time Montalan,
was thrown from buggy near Salmon
City, Idaho, recently, and received
injuries resulting in his death in about
twenty-four hours.
The Utah and Northern Railway
will extend its National Park branch
through Bozeman to the Maxey mine,
which has been purchased by the
Union Pacific Rallway.-Butte Miner
Try-weekly mail service between
Livingston and Cook City began on
the Is. The days of the week upon
which mails will arrive and depart
have not yet been fixed, but will be
very soon.
John L. Sullivan, who will be in
Butte next month, is understood to
have bet $1,000 that he can fell a
bullock with one blow of his fist, after
which he will probably try his maulel
on "Post Office Inspector" Henderson:
cheek.-Courier.
An inhuman monster named Bonner
at Townsend, compels his wife to pros.
titute herself to support him in idle
ness. The woman has a baby only a
few months old. Tar and feather:
would be the proper thing.
Mrs. Sam Camp, of Miles City,
hitherto considered a most respectable
woman, has eloped with one F. H
Seacord, a no-account sort of fellow
in every respect She left a sever
months old infant for her husband tC
care for.
A turf circuit is to be organized
called the Rocky Mountain circuit
with capital stock of $1oo, 900, hal
paid in. 1t will include Helena, Butte
Denver, Pueblo, Omaha, San Francis
co and other towns which may be
hereafter decided upon.
X. Beidler, who went to hear Col
onel Ilges lecture on the Apaches
says that the Col. gave such vivic
description of the atrocious character
of the Apaches, that old-time Montan
ian though he IS, he was afraid to takt
of his hat for fear he'd be scalped.
Two robbers named Charley Ros
and Mat KinkaId "held up" a maj
named Joe Moper, who has ranch a
Broadwaters landing, lately, taking al
the money he had, 500 and five horses
and started in the direction of Bea
Paw mountains. A posse started il
pursuit and it is hoped effected
capture.
If the silver sheen of Luna's rays
not too bright tonight the comet ma