Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-10-14
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Montana Mention.


The Dillon National bank has
moved into new quarters.
The Big Horn Sentinel says there is
no snow yet in the Big Horn monn-
taiBs.
Prof. VOL is the appropriate name
Of the leader Of the Alice baud of
Butte.
a special grand jury has been drawn
in Silver Bow county to convene Oc-
tober 18th.
There will be shipped on the Vel
lowstone division between now and
the 18th, 400 cars Of stock.
Whitney, the bank swindIer, did
the Butte First National out Of g, 900,
instead ofSl 500 as first reported.
5. X. Ainslie, superintendent of the
Yellowstone division, is expected to
return Tuesday from his eastern trip.
A good many people in Helena are
displeased with the alleged portraits
Of themselves published in the His
tory of Montana.
Elmer Cannon on trial At Butte for
the killing of"Opium Jim, makes a
statement denying that lt had any
completely in the job.
The Butte Rod and Cur club is
| going To have shoot at 200 live
pigeons. Where is the Montana rep
resentative of the :. p. c. A?
The oat crop in the Big Horn coun-
try is largely in excess Of the local de-
mand aud there are few buyers at the
low price Of 81, 80 per 100 pounds.
Granite Mountain mine at Phillips
burg Is a big bonanza. The output is
now Sl2O, 900 per month, With running
expenses not to exceed $4,000. A
clean 100000 per month for "divvy."
A saloon keeper at Butte, who is by
advice Of physician, taking some pat
ent medicine remedy, keeps the bottle
in the rack, and when invited to i'm
bibe, coolly swallows his dose and
charges for il just the same as II Il was
good honest bulge"
Miss Mamie Kelly, daughter Of
United States Marshal Kelly, recent
ly married at Deer Lodge to c. ID.
Joslyn, was locally known as the
Duchess Of Montana"
Territorial Secretary Webb's fine
Newfoundland dog has been poisoned.
Some disgruntled Democrat at Bill
ings should be held to answer. How
about "Old Timer"
The Big Horn Sentinel makes an
unimpassioned appeal to its delin-
quent subscribers To pay up. II
should be responded to as the paper is
well worth the money.
The Potts 4 Harrison horse COM
pany will soon start in 10 build a lot
OF new stables for their fine stock, and
will have them completed before cold
weather sets n.-Tranchant.
Judge Thomas 5. Galbraith has sc-
cepted the office of deputy district at
torncy for Beaverhead county, and be
will conduct the criminal prosecution
at the next term Of district court
Dillon Tribune.
The assessment roll Of real and per-
sonal property in Silver Bow county
for the year 1855, foots up Ss,0OO,0 900.
The tax being thirteen mills on the
dollar this will consequently net the
county revenue of SlO4,rOO
A summing up in the Oregonisn of
the summers fruit business says that
Oregon can find the best and safest
market for her fruit in Montana, Da-
kota and Minnesota, and will be able
to compete successfully with Cali
fornis.
Y. Beidler, now at Helena, last
Tuesday received postal card from
Salt Lake with this written upon 1t:
How many pounds can you pull on
a rope to-day, you dirty stranglerg"
There was no signature, but y, sup
poses II was sent by somebody whose
friends he helped to hang in Montana
in early days-perhaps from one Of
the old time road agents ..
We learn that the Horr coal mines
at Cinnabar have been leased for
term Of years by j. X. Pardee, Of
Phillipsburg, and other gentlemen,
aud that force Of men will be imme-
diately pu. TO work TO take out coal
for shipment to Wickes and other por-
tons OF the territory. IL has been
known for some time that the CHINA
bar coal fields yielded n superior quail
ity Of coal, that the veins are large
and the measures apparently undis-
turbed, and that, consequently, the
district offered superior advantages as
a coal region. The Horr brothers,
however, were not In position TO
properly develop their properties; but
the new arrangement will give an Inn
petus 10 the camp never experienced
before. We shall yet demonstrate
that we have coal In Montana worthy