The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-23
IL
AS Found In Our Clean.Un of the
Territorial Exchanges.

At HALEY, Idaho, on the 18th inst. Georp
keyes died suddenly. He is supposed to hay
been poisoned by q woman.
The Northern Pacific earnings increased q
corresponding period Of lisa.
Gr,ssh:ppcrsi in great numbers are reporte,
between The Missouri and Dia CITY. Ii
places they hav- destroyed the crops.
The mail fruit crop of Montana this season /
very. prolific. Every stream is lined with goose
berries.
1fthe farmers would only look at the lare
number Of fish that are being deposited on thei
lands ~ irr:gating they would see the neces
sity ut screening their bitches.
An ASSAY of ST. 600 W recently obtained from
a piece OF ore from the Mountain Chief mias a,
Neihart. One TIN of this iii of ore would
nearly pay the price Of the bonds.
The River Press says that there was on thu
9Th 2.99O bars or about 229, 0O' pounds Of bullion
pied on the river bank opposite Benton await
mines.
A storm of hail passed over the northern part
OF the Prfckly Pear Valley last Tue>day evening
that was very destructive to the crops and fatal
to the birds and small animals that were In its
track.
T. H. Kleinschmidt and Fred Gamer, of Hell.
eighteen miles long that waters all the Prickly
Pear Valley. The ditch has been in course of
construction several years
Thu Times gives considerable space to venti-
!ating the GlendIve court house contractors.
The court house. according to the Times. is self.
ventilating whenever the genilest breeze blows.
The county official is done up in poetry.
A charge Of powder was exploded in a coal
min in sand Coulee the other day, that dis
placed a lump Of coal weighing COO pounds.
The lump Is said to be perfectly pure and free
from either slate or other foreign matter.
1t is rumored that rich diggines have been
struck near the head of the North Fork of sun
river. There have been Q number of prospect
ing outfits in that region this summer and we
shall not be surprised If the rumor proves
true.
Independent: The contractors are now at
work tearing down the old Cells and cage in the
county Ill. preparatory to putting in the new
cells. I prisoners. fourteen in number, have
been removed to Butte by Sheriff Gilpatrick and
Deputy Steele.
The finest coal mine in Montana is situated
on Smith river, somewhere near the mouth If
Hound creek. Blocks of coal are taken from
this mine hat hre fully three feet square and Of
q very fine quality. 1t is also an excellent
cokeing coal. The mine Is said to be very ex-
tensive.
Idaho Messenger: The famous Charles
Dickens mine, in Yankee Fork, has been sold
to J. 4 Dooley, Of Salt AXE. The purchase
the instrument vas not drawn for the special
enlightenment. of the public in regard to the
purchase money.
Two priests will shortly be stationed at Ben
regular Wits to Assinnaboine. Sun River and
other points. The Sisters who will have charge
If the new hospital at Benton will arrive
shortly, the Bishop having communicated with
the convent at Leavenworth, Kansas. regard
The lease question" is agitating the Northern
papers, and 1t is said that the Mcleod Gazette
and one or Two other big Canadian journals
49,, 49, 49, H. vKy-.A--.
a paper published ut CALVARY. is much opposed
to the monopoly and ism t afraid t. say SO, al
though much of the revenue of the paper is de-
rived from the ranchers and stockmen.
Last Friday morning, before daylight, Mr.:
Silverman's store on Main street, in Helena,
was entered by burglars and a considerable
amount of pistols, revolve S, peck t knives,
butcher knives, cigars and tobacco taken. The
cash drawers were pried open and some cash
taken. The entrance was effected through the
from door by breaking q large pane of glass
A San Antonio special of the 18th says: Par
from the western part of the State confirm
the story that sheep, cattle and horses in tnat
part Of the country are Threatened with ami
arri, ing daily vt Eagle Pass seeking ingress into /
Mexico. The water holes and streams on the
side of the Rio Grande have dried
up.
River Press: The Canadian Pacific authorities. |
forward to securing q portion of the
of northern Montana. have in con
the establishment of a mail inc ex-
press lie from Map'e Creek to Fort Assina
connecting at the latter place with the
,ri-weekly line to this city. The p oject. if car
led out would bring q great deal Of business to
he Canadian Pacific, and would be the fore
'unner of the C 2. branch to this city.
Near Park City, Utah, on the night of the 7th
nst., Patrick murphy shot Patrick Egan Egan
lied on the morning of the 18th. Murphy was |
tut driving with u friend in the dusk OF the
Egan saw him coming and rccogniz- |
care. Jumping out from concealment and
hold Ofone OF tn. horses he said: "YOu
re my prisoner" Murphy did not recognize
Cyan, and thinking. min l robber fired. Egan
mel Egan stated before dying that
Murphy had not maliciously killed him.