The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-20
AMALoAM.
Az Found In Our Oloan-UD Of the
Territorial EXCHANGES.

Cattle in the Musselshell country
are reported in poor condition. Their
has been q good deal Of snow In tha
section this winter and stock havl
Jared indifferently. The presen
weather is hard on them and viii
probably result in some loss.-Liv-
ingston Enterprise, IL.
Major Mcdowell, Assistant Super
intendent Of the Railway Mail Ser.
vice, who has been on special duty
on tho Northern Pacific for some
months past. Is in town to-day. HI
is about to return to Washington, hii
work of regulating the mail servic<
on this portion Of the route being
complete, but will wait here to-day
for reports from the west side, and Il
necessary 60 there to hasten the for
waldinq Of mails delayed by the
st0rms.-Livingston' Enterprise, IL.
John Ramey came over Thursday
from the Yellow Jacket. Some OF
the men took the Coeur d'Alene fever
and be had come out to get others ia
ill their places. The mill is running
finely. The whole works, mill and
mine, are occupying about 30 hands.
Mine looking nicely and everything
working smoothly, but-the Fever.
Any portion OF the country Is liable
to have an attack of that, unless
more unfavorable news Is received.
Now, 1t looks as II it was going to be
epidemic; and, yet, although we are
very liable to be a subject Of the dis
ease, we venture the prediction that
when '64 and '85 are ended that the
aggregate of gain in proportion to
the numbers that go to Custer Coun-
ty or to the Coeur d 'Alenes will he In
favor of those who go to Custer. -
Idaho Messenger, IL.
Every train west-bound lie carry
ing men to the Coeur d'Alene mines
and disappointment. It is at least
two months too early to 60 there,
even If it is q new Alder Guich, and
the better opinion of clear-headed
men Is not favorable to its proving q
profitable placer camp for poor men.
At present there can be nothing
done. We do not propose attempt
ing to check this stampede, which Is
the widest and biggest that has
occurred In many years, because the
stampeders will go anyhow, bat we
persist in saying, If they will 60, 1t is
better to wait awhile. Halt these
now going in will be dead-broke
before any work can be done in the
spring, or the facts have been mis-
represented to us.-Ne,0 North West.
Word was brought to town
Wednesday evening that at 8 o'clock
that afternoon son Of A. Deslauriers
of Anaconda had been drowned In
Deer Lodge river, at the mouth of
Dempsey Creek. It appears Mrs.
Deslauriers was visiting at E. De-
zourdi's, who lives at that place, and
two Chi dren, one a son of George
Bsrbould, were riding on sleds on
the ice on tho river, when the Des-
laurier boy, aged s years and 4
months, kneeling down to drink
from q hole cut to water stock, went
head foremost into it and was car
ried under the ice. Some ten or
twelve men at once started out from
town with ice saws and other lmple-
ments to recover the body, and the
force was increased to 25 yesterday,
but until afternoon yesterday they
had not been successful. Mr.. Des-
lauriers is q blacksmith at Anaconda,
and came to Montana from Canada.
-New Northwest, 18th.
The company that owns Shoshone
Falls will erect hotel and several
cottages there in the spring, put In q
ferry boat and make other improve.
ments.
This morning, about 2 o'clock,
Officer Morrison discovered small
fame issuing from q house on Mem
denhall street, close to Bozeman
creek. He at once gave the alarm
by firing shots into the air and at
once summoned Officer Trice to his
aid. The officers entered the house
aud discovered French woman by
the name of Ollie, who was 30 much
under the influence Of opium ~ to be
insensible of her danger and the dis
astor she had wrought. Badly
scorched they carried her out Of
doors and endeav0red to save her
furniture. but without avail. The
fire from q small oil opium lamp had
communicated with the mattress and
bed clothes, and from thence to the
wall paper, and In sholt time one
side Of the house was in flames. A
large number OF men were soon sum.
moned to the scene by the ringing of
bells, etc., and the furniture from an
adjacent house carried into the
street. The house in which the fire
originated belonged to Basinski
Bros. also the vacant one adjoining.
both were consumed. The next
house was owned by Messrs: Hansen
& Craig, it also was burned to the
ground. The total loss, We presume,
amounts to about $ 500, none of the
buildings being insured.-Bozenaaa
Chronicle, 18th.
Mr.. Platte Burr, recently . re-
porter on the MINER, and Col. w.
w. Botkin, formerly Warden at the
Penitentiary at Deer Lodge, pro.
pose starting q newspaper at Bel
knap. The MINER extends its best
wishes for their success in the enter
prise.