Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-11
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Montana Mention.

line, owing to a reduction Of wages to
SS5 a month and board.
The first lot of N-bar cattle came in
Monday evening. They were weigh
ed out Tuesday morning and averaged
1898 pounds. Lands Cow Boy.
Territorial secretary ]. II. Teller, Of
Dakota, and Register Rea, OF Bis
marck, visited Medora last Sunday.
The went away well impressed with
the good qualities Of the bad lands.
Rev. Mr.. Hartwell, missionary for
fourteen years in China, is visiting
now in Helena. He preached SER
mon TO the Chinese inhabitants Of
Helene this week In their native
language.
A man named Brewington was ar
rested and brought tefore Probate
Judge Goss this morning on charge
Of having in his possession a COW be-
longing 10 another party. The case
was continued.
1t may be fun for the tenderfeet, but
it must be annoying to the steers to
have their hides riddled with bullets
If one happens TO break away from
the bunch. One shot is as good as
fifty il put in the right place.
Rosie Deffebach has been engaged
by NJ. Wadsworth as foreman for the
Bad Lands cattle company, and will
tomorrow remove his family to Dick
inson, this point being more accessi-
BILE to Wadsworth's line camp.
A lively pulpit debate has been
going on at Bozeman between DIR. Ray
and DIR. Ditzler, of Bsptist and Meth
odist persuasion respectively. They
have almost settled the question
whether in baptism, sprinkling or i'm
mersion Is most correct.
Judge Coburn has purchased a sec
ton of land from the Montana Land
company, about four miles from town,
and will as soon as the supreme court
business is completed, make his ar
rangements for fencing it and build
ing a handsome residence on il from
stone obtained from the bluffs.
John Curran, u Nevada base ball
player, is now "a resident Of this city,
and is being pressed by some Of our
citizens to organize a new base ball
club here. A stunning!nine could be
picked ont Of the large number Of
western base ballists now residing
here, and there can be no better man
at the head than Mr.. Curran.-Butte
Miner.
Col. d. w. Ware, the recently APP
pointed superintendent of the Yellow
stone National Park, arrived at Boze-
man on Friday last, having been at
Mammoth Springs and assumed the
duties of his position. Mr.. Ware APP
pears to be a very intelligent gentle
man, and will doubtless make very
efficient and acceptable superintend-
ent.-Bozeiuan Courier.
II is reported from Iron Rcd that
Dahler, Porter q Co. have made a
strike on the Iron Rod mine. After
clearing the mine OF water, the shaft,
then S25 feet deep, was sunk still
deeper, and a level RIM westward.
This level was in but q few feet when
large body of ore was struck, and IL
is said To be richer than any hereto
fore taken out Of the mine.
On Tuesday Of last week. Banker
Filing, of Virginia City, received the
returns from the second car load of ore
shipped by Pope, Bayliss a. Mckee, OF
the Grubstake mine, at Red Bluff, 10
the Omaha reduction works. The
amount, after deducting freight and
expenses of reducing, received by the
owners was 80, 1882, or nearly $500
per ton, net. This exceeds largely The
return from the first car load shipped
by this company from the mine.
The Baltimore American, in q recent
issue, prints the following In regard to
one Of our Montana editors: "Mat-
thew w. Anderson, editor Of the
Avant Courier, Mt Bozeman, Mont, 10
brother of Lady Salisbury. He mar
ried. in 1882, Martha, the eldest
daughter OF Amasa Rice. a leading
citizen Of Plttsheld, Mass, and In
event Of Lord Alderson's death. with
out tissue, rs now seems probable, will
succeed to the Anderson estate"
Another "tenderfoot" arrived Ia
Butte Tuesday morning on the top OF
sorry looking animal, and after he
had been sufficiently chaffed by the
smart ones In regard to his steed, he
succeeded In getting bets 10 the tune
OF several hundred dollars that the
animal could not pull 500 pounds Of
sand, al the end Of 5oo-foot rope.
distance Of five feet. The trial took
place at the depot, and at lie concin-
sion The tcnderfoot was richer BY the
amount OF his bets, and the smart ones
were little wiser than they were be
fore the trial.