Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-01
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Montana Mention.


the Twentieth infantry, went to Fort
Assinaboine last week from Helena.
A charge Of assault against Clarence
Balzert at Butte resulted In sentence
Of ten days imprisonment and fine
and costs amounting to $40.
The cry of keno which is now night
ly heard at Farrell's reminds us of the
good old times when Glendive was
but canvas town and every man had
money.-Glendive Times.
Hoar Bros, lessees of the Star West
mine, are now down some $50 feet,
and on last Thursday they made a
large strike and are confident they
will make good thing out of the lease
Butte Miner.
Bobby Gaylor has opened the
Theatre Comique at Butte on a six
weeks engagement. While there he
will produce his new three act comedy
in which Bobby has built great faith
as the cOnluR scent'
A gang of counterfeiters is now at
work throughout Montana flooding
the territory with five, ten, twenty
and one hundred dollar notes. Some
Of these notes are very skillfully made
and well calculated to deceive.
Five cabins, said to be opium joints,
are in the center of the square or
block, surrounded by Main, Park,
Wyoming and Galena streets. If this
Is not enough, the names Of parties
visiting them will be published.
Clean 'em up.-Butte Town Talk.
The stealing of horses by Indians
will have the effect of driving all Of
the teams engaged in hauling freight
between the Coal Banks and Assina-
boine off the road. The stealing, as
far as can be. learned is done by North
ern Bloods and Southern Piegans.
]. p. Talent, while out hunting
near Spring Hill, near Dillon, shot a
large mountain lion Friday of last
week. 1t took five shots from a Win
chester rifle TO kill the brute. The
lion measured eight feet from the end
Of his nose to the tip OF his tail.
The Metropolitan .lotel at Medora,
OAK, had close call on the evening
Of the 26th inst. A stroke of light
Mug cleaned up the bar, took the con-
ceit out Of the bartender and gave an
old topper worse case Of snakes than
ever he had before. No further dam
age was reported.
Paul Rumsey reports that sheep
shearers are busy In the Sand Coulie
district near Benton. Hesayst there area
couple Of lightning shearers from Cal
ifornia working for Joseph Allin,
just now. One of them can shear 10
sheep in day and will average l25
per day for week.
A novel manner Of making a jaded
horse go was witnessed on the street
to-day. The youthful driver seeing
that his whip was Of no avail, pelted
the animal in the TANKS with torpe-
does, causing him to step Off at
lively gait. Ingenuity, thy name is
kid.-Butte Town Talk.
The government should afford
freigh.ers engaged in government
transportation sufficient protection.
The Indians, emboldened by the sue
cess which has attended their raids
will make It warm for all owners Of
stock. II need occasion no surprise
to hear that they have taken the gov
eminent horses from the corral at
Fort Assinaboine.
Northern Montana shool marms are
courageous. Miss May Howe, teach
ing on the Shonkln, last week while
returning from school, found that the
Shonkin bridge had been carried
away by high water, whereupon she
plunged her horse into the raging
stream and swan across, notwith-
standing the peril. She got as wet as
A drowned rat, however.
Forty head OF mules will be shipped
on the steamer Helena 10 Bismarck
and from there by rail to st. Louis.
They are shipped by Joseph A. Baker
and Joe Brathwaite from the Baker
horse ranch to Ill an order. Mr..
Brathwaite will take charge OF the
snimals and go through with them.
This, we believe, is the first shipment
Of mules ever made from this section.
River Press. ... ...
The eight thousand and odd sheep
Of the Cochrane ranch are now going
through the shearing process. Owing
TO some OF the sheep having been
singed 10 an incendiary fire. recorded
in recent Issue, the average weight
Of the fieeces will only come up to six
or six and one-half pounds, although
the majority are mp TO seven pounds.
Skilled shearers from Montana are SUI
pcrintending the process.-Calgary
Herald.
Hank Courtney, who is well known
among our COW men, stated yesterday