The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-25

AS Found In Our Clean-Up Of the
Territorial Exchanges.

Cottonwood has a new base ball club.
Bozeman is organizing a military company.
W. F. Parker will crate at Fort Benton the 4th.
A married couple from Belknap are in Helena
in want.
The s7T of Helena met Monday night on
business.
Helena has a wife-beating affair over which it
is excited.
Surveyor General Harris has returned to Hell
eIa from an eastern trip.
Cowboys are giving exhibitions of their horse
manship at Glendive.
Maiden is now supplied with a fire warden in
the person of G. A. Archer.
The new hotel named the Day house. at
Spring creek, is completed and it IS said to be a
dandy.
Gold dust is being received daily by the First
National Bank of Helena, from the Cnur
d'Alene.
Tne Glendive Independent says the editor Of
the lines is Off his nest egg. Does that mean
he is OF his Ease or only c%ackling?
The Helena base ball club scoopcd a soldier
nine there and now they are concerted enough
to think they can beat the Butte boys.
A rapid rise of the Yellowstone caused a
washout of the track Yesterday evening at Still
water, lS7 miles west OF here, caused Il further
it is not expected here until 10 or IL o clock this
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
We regret to announce that c, S, Bennett. our
efficient signal service officer, has been trans
terred from this station to Bismarck, and will
leave for that point in a few days. Sergeant E.
o.. Lenoir, of Bismarck, formerly of Fort Assina-
bOine, takes his place here. Although the
change NAV bl pOnSjnprp6 in the WHy of nrG-
motion, Mr.. Bennett regrets it as he would pre-
fer to remain at this place.-Isiyer Press.
Bishop Brewer is hardly Just IN ass%ert,ngthat
Montanians will build churches but won't at
tend them. Tie church S Of Helena are well
and there is a fair percentage OF
church going Bentonites. bnt they are divided
up among too Many denominations. The Cath
Ole church is always well attended, because
there are a great many Catholics in Benton,
but the PrOtestants nave two churches aid
many will not attend either because they are
not Methodists or Episcopalians. The Bishop
must be aware that this IS the reason why the
Protestant churches have thin congregations,
and he should have said so.-Benton Record.
At COrbin, on the Wickes branch ofthe North
ern Pacific railroad, "a miles from Helena, |
there was q great flood in the Prickly Pear, !
which washed away two cabins and drowned
disaster received this morning from Co, bin
that at about 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon
q violent flood was produced by a heavy rain
fall or a Cloud burst. which carried away two
cabins, one Of which was occupied as Il Chi
nese wash house. The flood came so suddenly
and with such force as to carry the house down |
the stream with the Cinnamon in it, three of
whom were drowned, one OF whom had his |
head severed from his body by the violence of
the flood. The names of the Cinnamon are
Louie, Hay Wah and Lee Dew-aged about !
50 and so respectively. The waters overran
the whole width of the valley, where in some |
places it ran six feet deep. The railroad at the
wafer but came out all right. The whole dam
lge done will probably be about two hundred
iOllars.-Helena Herald.