Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-06-30
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Montana Mention.


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al Park.
Jack Higgins returned to Benton
last week, having given up freighting
for the season, owing to the loss of his
horses, stolen 10y Indians.
1t will be discovered some of these
mornings that Butte is the unhealth-
lest place in the world for sure thing
men. But it will then be too late.
alas for them togo.-Miner.
The Inter-Mountain says, editor
tally: There seems 10 be good rea-
son to believe that the Northern Pa
cihc people have at last concluded to
build branch road from Garrison to
Butte. r..
The new postal rates will 10 into
effect July LIST. Ii will still cost two
cents for any letter to be transmitted
through the mails, but instead of one
half ounce, one ounce can be trans
mitted for that sum.
AT the Glendive rink last Tuesday
evening the band rendered a fine Sc
lection on rollers. Ii was the first
time they attempted IL, nut they sue
ceeded in finishing the piece without
one of them receiving fall.
The four-mile race at the Helena
rink Saturday night between Rodgers,
Singleton and Richter was won by
Rodgers, with Singleton close sec
ond. There was fair crowd present
and considerable excitement was oc-
casioDed.
Domlnick Cavansugh returned from
Bismarck last Saturday evening. He
recovered his horses which were stolen
by James Osborne, aud sold them in
Bismarck rather than drive them
back to the -Glendive indie
pendent. ..-..
VIM. Noonan and X. II. Aiken are
in the middle Of five days target
contest at the Emmet Guards target
grounds, Butte. They have so far
held two of the five shoots and Noonan
Is a few points ahead. The distance il
200 yards. ...-... ..H
The monthly freight receipts at the
Utah & Northern depot in Anaconda
have averaged $1,000 since the be-
ginning Of the year. This Is within
"a 900 OF being three times as much as
the depot freight receipts at Helena
for the same period.
Frank NJ. Leonard, brother of the
business manager of the Review. ar
rived at Anaconda Monday morning
from New Orleans, and will hence
forth be connected with the Review.
Mr.. Leonard is newspaper writer of
considerable OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Review.
Gardens are more backward this
year than ever before. There has
been too much cold weather for yege-
tation TO get start. The grass In the
valleys and on the mountains IL
superb this year and the grazing all
that could he desired.-Dter Lodge
Northwest. r..Ir
The listless air. bedimmed eye.
sallow complexion and generally
nerveless demeaner apparent among
certain elements of the society OF
Butte, mainly in the substratum, indi-
Gates that the opium habit has taken
strong hold in this community
Butte Miner.
Mr.. c. G. Birdseye, OF Blackfoot. re-
ports that there is party OF Indians
from the Jocko agency in the vicinity
of Blackfoots who are making much
trouble TO the people. BY some means
they get whlskey and are very inso-
lent and ill-behayed. IL Is not safe 10
leave houses unprotected, nor women
alone.
When Mr.. II. T. Kelley assumes the
Office OF United States marshal for
Montana. Mr.. Thomas McTague, q
very competent man. now under sher-
if' Of this county, will be appointed
territorial warden thereof There will
be good discipline while Tommy
is warden. He is capable. courage
Gus and honest man. who will do his
duty.-New Northwest.
w. u. Huyck, night operator at the
Butte depot, died at 2s90 Friday
morning from the effects Of an over
dose Of morphide administered by his
own hand. The cause Of death WAS so
apparent aud the causes leading 30 IL
so well known, that Coroner Whit
ford deemed II useless 10 put the
county 10 the expense OF an inquest.
and ~ none wss held.-Inter-Moun-
tain.
Granville Stuart, In letter 10 the
New Northwest, says that In 1880 Deer
Lodge was called Spanish Fork. Later
it was known "a Cottonwood until
1852. when Captain Joseph IABsrgc
came there nom Benton and announc-
his intention OF starting big store
there. after which u was called La
Barge City. In 1894 thetown was sur
veyed and mapped by Col. DeT.acey.