Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-03
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The ranches and stock owned by
Ex-Governor Crosby near Helena have
been levied on by the sheriff to cover
a debt Of s., 900.
-Four hundred head of range cattle
from Washington Territory were re-
Gently placed On their range near
Junction by Paul Mccormick & Co.
Nelson Story received at Billings
last "Wednesday seventeen young Gal
loway bulls, which will be taken TO
his range on Clarke's Fork.
The Helena smelter scheme is not
squelched, it merely sleeps. One
hundred thousand dollars is the ex-
pecteb capital required for smelter
purposes.
Sunday a miner named Mike Pur-
cell, a miner employed in the MouI-
ten mine, was Injured by the caving
Of some earth which disfigured him
considerably.
A Helena advertisement reads as
follows: Charley Albrecbt, although
having struck il rich in the North At
lantic mine, sells and makes shoes
cheaper than ever" .....
Rev. Jacob Mills left yesterday 10
attend conference at Dillon. Mr..
Mills will probably not return to Fort
Benton, but will lie assigned to an
other station by the conference.
r. NJ. 0'Dowd, formerly General
Ruger's chief clerk at the district
headquarters, returned to Helena
Tuesday from visit to Washington
city and bis old home in Virginia.
A brick layers scaffold at the First
National bank, Billings, fell Wednes-
day afternoon. VIM. Ross, Canad-
ian workman, was badly cut by the
fall, and will probably lose a finger.
CT. Annett, OF Salt Lake. manager
Of the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
phone company, Is In Butte. 1t is
the intention of the company to build
a line to Burlington, and also from
Anaconda to McCune's wool camp.
Word has been received that r. l..
Frazer, the famous -Four Ace" -four
man, will leave for Fort Benton some
time between the 9Th and 10th Of July,
accompanied by Commodore T. C.
Power. This looks like a Touring
mill for Fort Benton.
Every boat that has come TO the
head Of navigation this year has re-
turned loaded with Montana pro-
ducts for lower river points. From
this time until the close of navi-
CATION IL will tax the upper river feet
10 its utmost 10 take down the wool
and grain.
A breeze Of excitement was created
in Washington one day last week by
the arrival of a western man who was
not seeking an Office. He was sur
rounding during his visit by gaping
crowds and was regarded as a genuine
curiosity. 1t Is hardly necessary TO
say that he was not a Montanian.-
Inter-Mountain.
The first sale Of wool was made TO
day, Samuel Wilkinson purchasing
the Fiske 4 Burghsrdt clip, about
1000 pounds. for IS cents. The wool
is coarse and Of poor quality. so that
the price, all things considered, is re-
garded as a very good one.-Benton
Z Press, June 9th.
Who says that Montana Is not moy-
ing with gigantic strides 10 the goal OF
high civilization VIM. Muth a
Co., Of Helena, have organized the
Rocky Mountain Lightning Rod COM
pany, and have ordered large sup
ply OF material and fixtures for the
purpose Of protecting buildings from
lightning storms.-Chronicie.
The scheme Of an opera house at
Anaconda promises to be a success.
The new structure 10 expected TO cost
some 81, 900, and will be a strong rival
in point Of architectural beauty. 20
that magnificent building at Deer
Lodge known as o'Neill's Opera
House, so long the boosted pride and
pet Of the citizens Of that booming
burg. fll rHnN
Severance a Co., the prominent
wool growers Of Okla, recently ship
ped 400 head OF wethers east and
sold them at st. Paul at 1915 a hum
dred, the band netting them ts a
head. There have been but few ship
ments Of mutton sheep east from this
territory. but this one proves that h
can be done with profit by our sheep
men. River Press. l.It
The Maiden Argus says; There
has not been an egg seen In this
} market for two weeks. Five hundred
dozen eggs could be sold here every
week Mt thiriy-1ve and forty cents per
dozen. but our merchants cannot get
an egg, not even an odorous. anic-di-