The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-11-26
The Territories.

Gently treated to q slogging match.
It is rumored that an effort is being
made looking to the erection OF smeit-
ing works at BOzeman.
Fifty Indians left the Blackfoot
agency q few days ago on q horse
stealing raid.
Canlas Prairie potatoes are being
sold on the streets OF Haley Dy
ranchers at 81 per hundred pounds.
A beet two feet in circumference
and weighing twenty pounds, will be
sent from Salem, Oregon, to the New
Orleans Far.
Recent advices received state that
the Canadian Pacific is being rapidly
pushed ahead and only 30 miles OF
track remain to finished.
Alady at q ball in HALEY recently
lost her hustle while dancing. and
the novel sight of the thing on the
floor made four young dudes faint.
Smiths bathing house at HALEY
was entered Friday night and a
SIS gan, two reviewers and sundry
others articles of less value stolen.
A large force is at work grading at
the round, house at Shoshone, and
Friday several cars of machinery ar
rived for the machine shop.
Below the mouth Of Sixteen-Mile,
on the Missouri, development 10 be-
ing made on several coal prospects,
which give excellent promise.
About 100000 acres of Nevada
State lands have been sold during
the last two years. Surveyor General
Preble reports $751; 600 monthly
coming into his office realized from
these sales.
The vote in Washington Territory
seems relatively very large this year,
but It must be borne In mind that
women vote there this year. At Day
ton the women cast 1854 votes out Of
a total of 1924.
A new trail has been built from
Myrtle to Beaver on the eastern side
of the gulch. It makes travel be-
tween the two points easy, and re-
Guces the time between Murray and
Beaver.
George Virgins, the man who
killed William Hughes. alias Tharp
at Little Wood River, last Sunday,
had q hearing Tuesday and was dis
charged, there being no evidence to
hold him.
The once famous galena-copper-
silver mine of Grays0n creek can be
had to-day for . song, and the man
who sings the. song and takes the
mine is the one who would get the
worst of the bargain.
No writ will be issued for ar cleo
ton in Gallatin county of q legis-
lator to fill the vacancy made by the
death of Mr.. Martin until the votes
have been csnvassed and proof of
MI. Martins election and death laid
before the Governor.
The new trail between Murray and
Myrtle il one of the best mountain
paths in that region. It is. however,
too steep on the Myrtle side, which
might be remedied by continuing
the road up Trail Gulch and making
q z to reach the divide.
The Bohemian Chronicle has been
shown . specimen of marble found
in this country and while it does not
show itself to be q superior quality it
must be remembered that it Is only
the surface rock and will no doubt
prove much better when developed.
! This will ere long add another to the
many resources of Gallatin county,
The Indian Greek, gold mines are
still worked to a limited. extent. Min
ing on the bar to the south of the
creek has been prosecuted with fair
remuneration for the past few years.
Hogem and Cheatem, the prairie bar
north of Indian Greek, are virtually
no more, and the mines receive but
little attention.
A man named John Anderson,
who lives at Carols poiut, near
Seattle, w. T., became q raving
manic recently, and, under the I'M
preston that he was the Lord, pro-
ceeded to attack his brother, who
had grave doubts as to his divinity.
He was arrested and placed in jail,
and endeavored to treat the Sheriff
in the same way he had seved his
brother.
Idaho Sun, IS: The nugget Il und
at the Myrtle claim on Trail Gulch
last Friday. instead of being AZ
ounces, was just 10 ounces. 1t was
shown to q reporter of the Sun last
Saturday by Mi. Osborn, one of the
owners of the claim, who was con-
siderably annoyed at the senseless
stories Of its enormous size. The mug
get is of q peculiar shape, rusty on
one side and contains some quartz.
It was picked up in the dump box
and created quite q sensation among
the miners. 1t is the second large
slug found on the claim, but weighs
an ounce and q half less than its
predecessor, which was found several
weeks since.
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