The Dillon tribune., 1885-09-26
The 1inon Gribunt.
MONTANA CONDENSED.

The assessment of Caiatin county this
year vii! be about $s,ooo,ooo.
Anothe;. move is being made at Helena
towards constructing street railway.
At Deer Lodge $500 has been sub
scribed toward the erection Of water works.
In Anaconda the A. O. L. w. has over
seventy members and the order steadily
grows.
The herds on the Shonkin, Choteau
county, will this year turn off about 1000
beeves.
The Rev. F. G. Boylan advertises for
proposals to builc new Methodist church
at Twin Bridges.
Marquis de Mores has stopped slaugh.
tering beeves at Medora and is now ship
ping live stock instead.
Dawson county's assessment roll for
1855 amounts to $1754,57l, exceeding that
of last year some 100000.
A prize fight with hard gloves is being
arranged between Tom Cannon of Butte,
and Patsy Cardiff Of st. Paul.
A three million dollar cattle company
has just been organized, with Maj. Logan,
of Fort Keogh, as head pusher.
Last week Mr.. Jaycox and another man
caught los pounds of trout in two hours in
Clarke's Fork canyon, Eastern Montana.
Butte is now the heaven of variety art.
lists. Fully one hundred are now employ
ed throughout the city, and there are more
to come.
White Sulphur Springs has purchased
an 8o.acre tract for a race course, and has
formed an association, with abundant cap.
ital, to make an excellent track.
The body of an unknown man supposed
to be Charles Wendell, was recently found
on the shore Of lonely spot on He'll Gate
river, threc-quarters Of a mile below Milky
canyon.
The following fourth.class postmaste,s
for Montana were appointed last week: At
Superior, Arthur P. johnson; Newton,
Ellen O'Brien; Potomac, Ida Mcdonald ;
Silver Star, Hamilton Vance.
The contract for building the Deer Lodge
penitentiary addition, furnishing room for
81 more prisoners, has been le: to Nc.
Davitt & Mcconnell, Of Butte, for $780,
975. 1t is to be completed in 100 days.
A skirnish occurred between company
Of cavalry and some thieving Indians in
the Bear Paw Mountains, on the 14th. The
Indians escaped with the loss of one O
their number. So says the Ri,er Press.
The artesian we'll at Fort Keogh is now
down SO feet. The first water was struck
at depth Of 1e7 feet, the second supply a
$40 feet, and the last flow at AS feet Thu
water now flows In quite large quantities.
The father and stepmother Of little Clar.
Rehberg, who died at Helena recent,
from the effects Of beating at the hand
Of her stepmother, have both been bouns
over to await the action Of the grand jur,
on the charge OF murder.
Warner, Beers 4 Co., of Chicago, hav'
completed the publication Of the Histor.
Of Montana, and 1t will be ready for deliv
ery in short time. The work contain
1867 pages, and is pronounced limos
excellent and worthy production"
\ seriously fatal malady is affectin,
large numbers Of horses in the Upper Vel
lowstone valley, particularly ON the Ca
cadia side Of the river. A large number {
ranchmen and stockgrowers are havin
their herds decimatcd by the disease.
At Newton, Dawson county, there wa
a perfect swarm Of grasshoppers in Jun
and first part Of July. They injured earl
garden vegetables and had begun on til
grass when either the rain or hot weatl>t
drove them oil about the 18th Of July.
There is great excitement at Glendi,
over the fact that two dogs, reported to
mad, have bitten Il number OF dogs, and
last accounts those that were bitten al
chained up, and if it is hyrophoba the
will be Il wholesale slaughter of CANNES.
On Thursday night OF last week Il
large store Of Lynde 4 Co., at Salesvii
Gallatin county, was burned. The loss {
stock aggregates over $1,000. The bull
ing was worth $1,000. There was no
surance. The origin OF the fire was pro
ably incendary.
An exchange says that any one kno
ing the whereabouts Of Frederick w.
Phelps, or F. W. Miller, or Frank Mile
should address his relatives, Mrs. NJ.