The semi-weekly miner., 1885-04-15
PICKED UP AT RANDOM.

Toursend is more prosperous 'A'"
il was. ,, -
A nrotracted meeting was held at
the Pul]er Hot Springs, Madison
county. last week, and u hunAoei
! Wele converted.
George Henderson. OF Miles Cay
was last week bound over IN Jpe SUM
If $50 for selling a span OF h"!ses
| he did not own.
It is predicted by a man VINO
/ claims to know that the Natlonal
! park branch will he EXTENDED this
summer to Gardner.
VIVA. q. Hager died near Chot"au,
IN AnriI Sd. from being thrown from
| bis loaded wagon and run over: ne
was taken to Sun River for burial.
The Livingston Enterprise says:
| Ktnedy and Malley were Indicted fof
murder in the first degree for the
killing of Brophy at Timber!ine.
Mr.. Hiaglnson, who was IN Deer
Lodge q couple of Years age, ne" Il as
d commission III the Ensiish amy
and Is serving IN Bassuto LisAG,
S )uth Africa.
The loss among the sheep in the
vicinity Of Dupuyer has been very
slight during the past winter. Ihe
pert eDtage OF loss will not exceed
one per cent.
Andy Smith, formerly Surveyor
Genera, of Montana, has been aG-
pointed Governor of the Leaveu worth
branch Of the National Ho.-'e for dis
abled veterans.
Says the Livingston Enterprise:
A wedding was consummated this
week ia Bozeman under the auspices
OF the Grand Jury. Must have Teen
a serious affair.
Mrs. II. II. Wilson, of Livingston,
commi,tt q suicide on Thursday l4st
by taking an overdose OF ciilOro.l and
morphine. No caUse assigned. D.
ceased was IS Years cid, anG leaves a
husband.
Miss Jenny Corson, known in Mon
,ana as The Shep!!eIGeas of the West,
iecenlly captured Il deserving iu>-
band Ia the person Of JACOB S4ver-
A:eagheI County.
\ locomotive speed clock, . Ger
n1an inve..tlul3, is in Use on one tf
The Northern Pac fic locomotives
OH tie MOI tuern Pacific division. IL
Indicates the tXtct speed at which
the big machine is Rushing over the
trail.
Fifty. eight members have been |
added to The Presbyterian church 1T |
Helena during tie past week, 40 of
whom have Joined during the late |
school has increased from 80 to 40 !
per cent. since Christmas. In This
increase are several Chinese.
Billings Post: Rev. Alfred Brown.
Eplscop&l clergyman here, last week
received {, box Of books FIR the Suu-
day Schools Of Billings and Living
ston, the gift of the Young Ladies'
Mlsslonaty society OF Trinity Church,
Chicago. These young ladies have
also given largely to the aid of the
bi5nop Tor hesupport Of TIE mission
ary OF these two missions.
From the Deer Lodge Noythwcst:
'Mr. Fat. Toner, Ws.o owns 4 !arfn
NEAR Gold Geek Station, tias the
oss orchard Of Deer Ledge county.
He has forty or fifty bearing apple
-rees and dozen each Of plum and
cherry ueea, every one Of winch IS
Ju.id,hg "ii, TO The trplnUss BREACHES.
Il Is lltlga Gooseberjy ana raspberry
pu-i!es ~u!vlve che winters W;thout
prolec lon"
The new igon railroad bridge 200
eet nigh across Marent gulcil, in
Missouia county. Is a tine strict ure. .
inere are inur great iron towers and
NO suo:t ones, supporting fivr. Pratt
russes l., contains ,6DJ,OJ pounds
ii IRON. Ine towers have been erect
- ana all tile cords put III place with
'ut lnterrGptlng trains, and now the :
lpoi beams and track are beiDg laid '
cross, starting from the solti. end.
he old trestle will De tom down. :
A Montana matrOn of fifty sum-
neis rode into Livingston one day I
EST week, did her trading and re-
lrned to her ranch, riding fully one c
hundred miles with but little rest Oh e
he trip. TIE gun that hung on q
er s@nGle showed that she was pre- I
areI for defense, if necessary, and q
aqulIy developed the tact that h.; u
anne was Puett, pioneer Of
le Yellowstone, rnd that she jjv.s
The mead Cf Sweetgrass. where si,e
wealthy IN horses, cAttlo and sheen.
'hlch she frequently rides after and
flehds to PERSONALITY. y e.iowstoue i,
ou57eGI. "
The Virginia City Mudisonion has =
ls
the late Capt. w. Il. I. dSe,s: D
Oar people Will learn with deep re- !,
ret OF the death Of our old towns n
ian, Capt. w. III. Rodgers, wi,ich b
;curred at bis nome in Missoula last y, "
EEK. AS noticed in these columns d
st WEEK, his daughters, Mrs. e. D. a.
!ken, OF Butte, and Miss Alice. !. II,
ho vas attending the Academy at e.
eer Lodge, We're summarized to bis
adslde. on account Of his serious
50 that lljs death was net
aexpecied. Capt. Rodgers was one
the veterans Of the Mexican war ..
I'd one of the early settlers ef this II Il
erritory. During the term cf Act- ia
g. Governor T,orlas ifr.,Ic;s CT
eagner, he was app intad terr,fu- al
a auditor, and flied that POSITION bi
est acteltabiy for two teIms. He tn tn
sloed ID N"g n:a City unt.l three M n,
iuof yfars - , Nn=a he removed re
-hissousa. lie enjoyed ;he esteem Sil 1d
o"i titiZS&S, as a man of urim- in
aehapit Integrity, aud MS family on
I'VE their deepest sym,,a hy. He -
aVes w f., fur daughte,s and a
II, 10 mourn bis loss.