The Mineral argus., 1884-01-31
pryToN SOUTHERN STAGE LINE.
LOCAL NEWS.

large transparency over the entrance
o their stables.
Coasting on Main street has been a
,oranza for the boys during the past
week.. ~"sawed-off" never missed a
rip.
No one has yet claimed the lady's
,ocket-book, found and now at n. E.
Wis, store.-Chronicle. If it contains
.nything besides poety, send it down
this way.
Genuine Imported French mustard
~ the pound, at the Star Drug Store.
Sol. Genzberger, Il well known bust
ness man of Benton, spent several days
II Maiden, last week, visiting his friend
h. r. Dinsmore. He left Monday for
In extended eastern trip.
A. Z. Pound, proprietor Of the Benton
Bouthern Stage Line, was registered mt
he International last Thursday and
Friday. He reports everything run
ling smoothly on the line, and soon
,opes to be able to make this the home
tation for this end.
When you have business at White
ulphur Springs, call at THE Saratoga"
)unham & Maloney, Proprietors.
w. H. Watson, owner of the Big
assino mill near Reedsfort, visited
Iaiden for the first time last Thursday.
Ir. w. is pleased with our town and
expressed confidence in n prosperous
uture. His employees are busily en-
aged getting out logs, while the mill is
cling operated only in the planning and
lingle departments.
A telegram from Cyrus Eaton to c.
Snow, contains the expected infor-
nation that things in st. Paul, as
bgards the future action of the Collar
o., sis unchanged" If the property
f this company wa "on change" and
perated on the "truth" principle it
couldn't take long to settle up their
Indebtedness and pay dividends. The
ompany's best friends are thoroughly
isgusted with their actions.
Elsewhere in our columns will be
Ound a letter from ~ venerable dele
gate to the Constitutional convention,
ames Fergus. The trip to Helena
yer the Northern Pacific from juno
on, in a palace car, afforded the old
entleman much pleasure, as the trans
brmation that has taken place in the
ellowstone and Gallatin valleys, since
e last visited them, is wonderful.
here has been great improvement
lade in everything pertaining to rail
oading, since he last saw a train OF
lrs-22 years ago. He will take a
Zip to California before returning
ONE.
There are several children whose
arents have failed to provide with
chool books used in our public school.
is a source of annoyance not only to
he teacher but scholars us well, to be
bliged to borrow or study with another.
he plea that "every time one moves
lew books must be bought" is an old
me, but a poor argument. Suppose
everal families sent their children to
chool and they all had different books,
which series should the teacher adopt
School books are not very costly and
no child should be SEM to school with
out them. If parents are too poor then
he county should provide books.
w. I. Nelson, who returned from TT.
laginnis, on Friday, last, informs us
hat Capt. McAdams and DIR. Willard
have recently made a purchase of 500
head Of sheep, which increase their
band to 5000 head. They have about
L"enty thoroughbred American Merino
bucks, from Vermont, for some OF
which they paid as high as $500 per
head. Mr.. Nelson states that several
d them would shear a fleece from 81
70 ~ pounds each Capt McAdams
intends to bring in 200 thoroughbred
yves, purchased from his brother in
Billings, in the Spring. Mr.. Nelson has
'isited several sheep ranches in thii
'icinity, and as an expert, pronounce:
NRem IN a remarkably fine condition.