Helena weekly herald., 1884-03-13
TOWN AND TERRITORY.

Sand Bros. announce an early spring
arrival of carpets, rugs and house furnish
ing goods.
The last whip-saw in Helena was shipped
to-day by Clarke, Conrad & Curtin to
Trout Creek
4 Two soldiers who came with the paymas-
ter's escort from H company, Sd Infantry,
deserted while in Helena last night.
The attention of the stock interests of
Montana..is directed to advertisement head
ed High Bred Trotting Stock at Public
Auction"
T. C. Power & Co. shipped to-day one
hundred wagon bows to Trout Creek to
make soles for hand sleds carrying freight
to the gold mines
The Dillon Iribune's suggestion that a
post of the Grand Army of the Republic
be organized in that town meets with ap-
prOval from soldier comrades.
Rev. DR.. D.. j. Mcmillan, President of the
Montana College, is supplying the Presby-
terian church, Butte, each Sunday since
the resignation of Rev. J. r. Russell.
On the recommendation of the Governor,
the Townsend postoffice will be created a
money order Office commencing July 1st-
that being the opening of the new fiscal
year.
Part of the work turned out from the
hinIory Of ho Halono or1a "
consisted of AZ volumes of Montana news
papers belonging to the Montana Historical
Society.
H. w. Wright has been recommended by
the leading citizens of Livingston for re-
appointment to the position of postmaster
of that place. Mr.. Wright has made a
good record and is a worthy official.
Throughout eastern cities thousands of
flaming hangers have been posted bearing
Ceur d'Alene advertisements, of which the
following is sample: "Ho! gold fields of
North Idaho; 5000 nuggets of gold and
500 per man per day"
A letter recently received from Thomp-
sons Falls states that carpenters are in
great demand at SIS per day; also the trail
is progressing rapidly, and is within ten
miles of Murraysville. This route bids
fair to be the first opened
Gen. Brisbin, during his visit to Wash
ington the past winter obtained from the
Interior Department the ratification of his
long claimed franchise to navigate the
Yellowstone Lake in the Park, and has
been granted the right to place boats there
on to be operated for profit.
Messrs Williams and Knowlton have
leased from C. c. Stubs his ranch On the
Missouri river, twelve miles from Helena,
with creamery and thirty cows, where they
will continue the making of family print
table butter, so profitably followed by Mr.
Stubbs for many years.
Townsend Tronchant:: A gentleman in
this valley made his first tripOn the North
ern Pacific from Townsend to Helena last
Sunday, and was overheard telling the con-
ductor that it was the first time he had
been on a railroad for eighteen years, and
he wanted the best car in the train.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has
telegraphed permission to purchase sup
plies of flour, bacon, ETC. in the open
market for the destitute Indians at Black
foot Agency. 1t is reported here that
numbers of children and other Of the tribe
have died from the effects of prolonged
fasting during the past winter.
The Deer Lodge Commissioners have re-
solved to give the county new court
house, which they will be able to do with
out increasing the rate of taxation. The
plans contemplate building as handsome
in design as the Silver Bow structu re, and
to cost not exceeding $4,000. The present
debt of the county is reported to be but
little in excess of $4,000.
The HERALD has a lithograph copy of
BMtholdi's statue of Liberty enlightening
the World" to be erected on BedlOes
Island, New York harbor. 1t has place
on the wall of the HERALD counting room,
where the public can view it to advantage.
The Travellers Insurance Company, of
Hartford, Conn, have issued this splendid
picture as special art gift to the press of
the country.
Livingston Enterprise: H. F. Douglas, Of
the Park Improvement company, has gone
east 'to see that institution on its fna ncial
feet" Judging from the report of out
standing claims against it, it will require
to have as many feet as a centipede to
crawl through the financial blizzard that
seems to envelop it. 1t would be happy
circumstance if it collapsed entirely and
the control of the Park were handed over
to the War Department.
Governor Crosby has declined to pardon
the Indian, Elk Head, petitioned for by
citizens of Custer county. Elk Head was
charged and convicted with being acces-
sorry to the murder of Lynch, and has
served several years of his term of i'm
prisonment in the Territorial penitentiary.
The petition was referred to Judge Henry
n. Blake, before whom the Indian was
tried, and his report in the case determined
the Governors action.
The successful bid for the transportation
Of government stores from YanktOn to Bis
marck was as follows: Carrying officers,
) cents mile. each; enlisted men and
cents; animals, cents; stores
per 100 pounds per 100 miles, 3S.4-1O cents
For tho routa from RiSmarck for Fort A |