Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-04-22
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Montana Mention

Ogden as heretofore.
w. H. Watson, Of the Big Casino
mills, proposes to erect handsome
dwelling at Lewiston this season.
Do not attempt to market unbroken
horses. There is no demand for this
class Of stock, either In Eastern Mon
tana, Dakota or Chicago.
c. c. Thnrston has sold the fine
stallion Eclipse Golddust to the Mon
tana Cattle company, whose head
quarters are near Lavlna, in the
Musselshell valley.
Last week William Woolsey bought
six head of horses from Neff & Bear
croft. They are to be used as coach
horses on his line between White Sui
phur Springs and Neihart.
The recent marketing of horses by
the farmers of the Missouri valley
materially improved the business in
terests of that section. Money is
easier and a good feeling generally
prevails.
The Helena Consolidate, Mining
company Of Glendale paid It's regular
monthly dividend of fifty cents a
share oil the LIST inst, aggregating
$4,000. Total of four dividends this
year. 100000.
+. c. Driver, Helena, has bought
from Major II. G. Dowell. Ashland
Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky,
the colt Arabesque, foaled in 1852,
bay, by King Rene; dam by Princeps,
sire Of Trinket, 2:l4; I'd dam Althea,
by Almont.-Duncan's Monthly.
An English Shire horse In Helena
was measured as follows: Arm, Sc
inches; below the knee, IL inches; be-
low hook, Is inches; above hook, %
inches; girth, feet; girth around loin
and flank, Z feet 2 inches. He is the
property OF Mr.. Truman, in that city.
Montana is threatened with an
eruption of one-horse colleges. II the
money invested in numerous small
fry institutions were all put in one,
Montana might in time have a uni
versity to be proud Of, but otherwise
there will only be number Of weakly
academies.
The banks of Smith river are lined
with fishermen, who are constantly
bringing in long strings Of trout. Is
it not little surprising that people so
universally fond of fishing should be
so totally indifferent to every measure
looking to the perpetuation of onr fish
interests?
Butte needs u board of trade, body
capable OF expressing the sense Of the
community upon important public
enterprises. Butte can only be
helped as commercial centre by ex-
tensive advertising and that can be
obtained only by concerted action
|, Miner.
Peter Roman, Indian agent at the
Jocko reservation. is a candidate for
e the office OF Internal Revenue Collee-
: tor Fuller. Capt. Fuller is one Of the
most capable and popular officials in
Montana and should not be removed.
but If change must occur, Roman
7 would lie a first class man for the po-
sition. He is backed by MaginnIs.
Billy wehrspsnn, u Butte, suffered
. u serious fracture OF his right ankle
by car OF rock falling on II. He was
:, laid up fifteen weeks suffering gleat
pain, but as an antidote TO his troubles
!, the Travellers Accident Insurance
company, through Its Butte agent,
A Green Majors, has just paid Mr..
wehrspann SEES indemnity. rs he
carries policy In that company.
whisper, which may grow louder
as il grows older, is heard In Mon tana
asking that the Hon. b. Plat Carpen-
II ter, governor Of that territory, shall
y not he allowed to waste In the bar
q barrie west the great political talents
8 which have made him eminent in
New York. Surely II h a bigger
: thing TO be lieutenant governor Of this
state than governor OF Montana =
New York Sun.
The oldest house ia Montana IL said
to be still servieeable. II stands on
Post creek, a tributary OF the Pend d.
oreIlle, and was solidly built Of hewn
logs In ls4O by Angus Macdonald, a
Scotchman, who crossed the Rockies
10 'S9. He still lives there with his
half.breed children aud IL well fixed
as regards worldly goods, having fully
a thousand head Of horses and cattle
among his Possessions.
Nearly every western bound train
on the Northern Pacific stops at the
Big Spring In the Missouri river can
yon, just above Tosion, in order TO
give the passengers chance 10 get q
drinkof the pure, sparkling water
that gushes forth from the mountain
eide. The dining car attaches also