The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-10
MONTANA.

MONTANA.
What Some Of our Exchanges Say
Sheriff Churchill and three depu'
ties, stripped the tough 'uns IN the
Helena Jail a few days since, gave
them new clothes. searched the old
ones, and also the cells occupied by
them. The result was the discovery
: Of q dozen crude tolls made from q
razor, hoop iron, case-knives, etc.
In one OF the cells the stell-plated
floor had been cut 16 inches in two
places. The prisoners who attempted
to make their escape were:
H. Edmonson, horse stealing-14
years.
Jerths Noll, grand year.
James Clark, burglary-5 years.
Frank Ashton. forgery-5 years.
J. D. Mcintyre, grand larceny-S
years.
w. A. Dwyer, grand larceny-3
years.
We publish to-day an abstract of
the total assessment of Choteau
county for 1884, which in round num-
bers is 5 5000, 800. This is a decrease
of $85, 247 over the assessment of 1883.
The decrease seems to be in merchan-
disc, which in the former assessment
was $36S, 275. aud in the one Just COM
pleted only 1928 ,855. Town lots have
also fallen of, as has also the values
in land and improvements, moneys
and credits, but there has been a big
Increase in stock of all kinds. -.Press,
Jan. ed.
The River Press Is giving favorable
reports again from the Little Rockies.
Other exchanges say they are closed
for the winter.
Members of the legal profession In
Helena met yesterday for the purpose
OF organizing a Bar Association.
f.. D. Weed, attorney at law in
Helena, and one OF u most prOmis-
ing young lawyers, has been ap-
pointed Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney, to act with w. Fl.
Dewitt. In the performance of his
duties as United States District At
torney
Justice Armitage, Of Helena, lost a
mare valued at $500 last Monday.
Articles of incorporation were filed
yesterday for the Pioneer Stock COM
pany, with a 81, OOO, 900 capital. This
is q formation of q stock company
of the D.. III. s. Cattle Company,
near Fort Maginnis, and they have
elected for officers: Conrad Kohrs,
President; s. T. Hauser, Vice Presl-
dent; A. J. Seligman, Secretary;
Granville Stuart, Assistant Secre-
tary and Superintendent. The first
board of directors consists of the
above gentlemen and Fl. H. Kennel.
The Judith Mining company have
it rich in their Silver Tip
mine. Cone Butte district. They
have a two feet vein af ore bearing
horn silver that, az a whole, will
assay $3.50 per ton, while a small vein
of IS inches will run up into the
thousands Argus.
While the passenger trains have
been running with a certain degree
Of regularity the past week, 1t has
been almost impossible to get the
trains through. owing to the
drifting snow.
DR.. R.. B. Dabney spent Sunday ,
and Monday riding on the ranges of +,
Upper Yellowstone, where a part :
the stock Of the Dabney cattle COM =.
oany are being kept, and reports the !
,attle in good condition, having rus =
led through the la:e storms without :
my loss in numbers. =
Somewhere in the neighborhood of
1000 marriages have taken place in
the past week.
Mrs. Cameron. Is years of age, ana
her ID pound boy, born on the End
nst near Glendive, are both doing
veil.
Miles City officials have been raid.
ng the opium joints successfully.
The new convent at Miles City will
completed In a few days.
It is reported that Billy Wolsey,
r., mail carrier between Livings ton
nd White Sulphur Springs recently G.
OF lost and when he came in both U
rms and legs were badly frozen
early to the body. a
The Bozeman Chronicle says :
'harles g. Reynolds, Of Helena, has e.
cen appointed clerk of the djstric o.
ourt for Montana's third judicial G.
to fill the vacancy OCCASION CT
] by the death of A. Fl. Beattie, a.
Northern Montana people contem- :,
late petitioning Gen. Terry, asking =
lat some action be taken by the ="
to guard them against the y
anual incursi0ns of raiding Indians =
StOckmen estimate the loss of " nil =
rim F." cattle between now and spring r.
emendiously high. h,
THE LIEDERKRANZ.