Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-10-23
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Montana Mention.

ing court.
Wood is scarce at $3.50 per cord in
BOZeman.
Gallatin county district court is in
session at BOZcman.
Local talent have in preparation a
comic opera to be produced at Butte.
Indian Inspector Thomas is making
the round of northern Montana
agencies.
/ The Baldwin Theatre company, of
san Francisco, is operating in the
west end Of the territory.
Only three notaries public Of Silver
Bow county have paid license since
the county was organized.
Last week 5000 sheep were sold at
auction at Livingston and brought
from S2.2j to S2.l2 per head,
/ 1t is reported that w. w. Anderson,
Of the Bozcman Courier, contemplates
establishing a morning ia lily at Butte.
Messrs. Minar. Buck an I Todd shot
/ l9l ducks aud three geese less than
two days shooting last week near
Benton.
The Irish and the Curmis! had il
out at Burlington, one Of Butte. sub
urbs, last week. A general heading
up was the only result achieved.
Livingston held an enthusiastic
Clarke's Fork railroad meeting on
Saturday last, which was materially
assisted by that well known boomer,
Gen. Brisbin.
The Esler samFling and conceutrat-
ing works at Helena commenced oper-
ations on Tuesday last. Mrs. Esler
turned on the steam and shoveled the
first ore into the crusher.
The John A. Stevens company
played to big business all last week.
They reached here broke" and left
with tickets through to Louisville,
KY, and money besides.-Butte Town
| Talk.
Duncan Mcdonald and Miles Nc
Nally, two pugilists Of Butte, have
arranged for a six round fight with
soft gloves, for points, to come of No
vember 2lst, at some public hall in
Butte.
The young wife who was last week
placed in Helena house of ill-tame
by her husband has been rescued and
sent home. The fallen women them
selves contributed literally to the
fund necessary.
Wakefield Hoffman took all their
stage stock out Of the Park for the
season on Saturday. They will oper-
ate the Livingston and Gardiner stage
line themselves this winter-daily
until November LIST and trl-weekly
thereafter.
Flathead hunters who found a
cabin built in one Of their favorite
hunting places on the Big Blackfoot,
last week tried to bluff the settler into
leaving; but he got his gun and soon
convinced them they had tackled the
wrong man. Nobody was hurt.
w. Sanders, sou Of Col. w. r.
Sanders, Of Helena, has arrived in
Butte, with the intention Of locating
here. The young gentleman is grad
uate Of the school Of mines, Of Column
bia College, New York, and proposes
to put his knowledge to practical USE
Miner.
An itinerant sport showed up at
Butte last week and announced him
self as Charley Mitchell, the noted
English bruiser. His claim being
doubted a friendly match was ar
ranged between him and local "pug"
named McNally. in which the fraudu-
lent Mitchell was knocked out and
the fraud exposed.
The Red Mountain mining COM
pany near Helena, last week struck a
ten foot vein OF ore sssaying 5000
ton. The ore is Of a splendid chara ,ter
for reduction, containing iron, beside
~ per cent. OF lead and s per cent.
copper, the silver being present Ia the
shape Of the black sulphide. The
vein is well defined on the side first
struck, and though they have pene-
trsted In nine feet the other side has
not yet been reached.
In 1877 a freighter, generally known
as BLACK Jack" left benton for the
northwest territory with an outfit
worth from $1,000 to 5000, and ON
the trip was drowned in Belly river.
Being without friends or known heirs,
and not citizen Of the country, this
property was taken In charge OF by
the government officials and con-
verted into cash. II can yet be Sc
cured by the heirs, II any, and any
body having Information about "Black
Jack'-hls proper name, former resi-
dpucQ ar AuVthtnU TINT xxouid IoaJ a.