The new North-west., 1885-06-12
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

1t is reliably reported that within few
weeks the Montana Copper Company will
advertise for custom ores of silver, in guam
titles great or small. which the company will
treat a low rate or which it will buy at the
highest market rate.-Inter Mountain.
w. III. McMurtry, of Gallatin, having i'm
portuned Mrs. Kate Allen to become hi,
wife, shot at her with n revolver, the bal
passing through her hand, which she had
raised as he fired. He then went to a neigh
bors and shot himself through the heart.
The total disbursements of the Butte Com
panies for wages and supplies, amount ia
S443, 900 per month. The silver copper out
put Of the district may be safely stated a,
], 100 tons per day. The employees of the
companies, exclusive of wood men, numbe.
2,H5.-Inter- Mountain.
Mr.. Charles Anceney Is building the lar=.
est and most expensive barn ever erected In
Gallatin county, If not, indeed, in Montana.
1t is 40x100 feet, 20 feet from the foundation
to the caves. 1t will have capacity of 40 to
80 head of stsck on the ground floor, and a
hay NOW of nearly 100 tons capacity on the
second fioor.-Bozeman Cousier.
At Fort Custer, recently, while firing at a
300-yard target, Lieutenant DeFrees, Fifth
Infantry, accidentally killed soldier of the
First Cavalry. The man, without displaying
the danger signal, walked from behind the
bullet proof butt in front of the target lust
as Lieutenant DeFrees pulled the trigger.
The bullet tore Oft the crown of the soldiers
head. No blame is attached to Lieutenant
DeFrees.
Daniel Searles, fer many years editor of
the Butte Miner, assisted by q. G, Bradshaw,
IL about to commence the preparation Of a
volume to be called, Biographical Sketches
and Portrait Gallery of Pioneers, Eminent
and Self-nade Men of Montana" Mr..
Searles, whs is pioneer himself, is emi-
nently fitted to engage in such work
River Press. "
Caleb j. Fulkerson, brother of Monroe
and Wal Fulkerson, and formerly q resident
of this county, was found in dying cobdi-
ton in his bed at Dundee, New York, Nav
10th, and died soon afterward. Examination
proved that the unfortunate man had taken
poison and destroyed himself after writing
several farewell letters to various friends
Deceased came to Montana with his brother
Monroe, now residing at Victor, in the year
1870, was here three years and favorably
known.-h,ssoaltaa.
Near the mouth Of the South Boise, SAYS
the Idaho Statesman, there is q naneless
grave. A gentleman came to this city about
month ago, surveyor by profession, and
took a trip across the country on horseb back.
"a haa
the mouth OF South Boise on Saturday last
No one knows his name, or anything abou,
him, except that he was tall, gentlem anly,
good looking and appearing parsonage.
Nothing can be ascertained to what becam q
Of his horse or other personality. 1t is truly
mystery.
The opinion is very general here that the
long period Of stagnation has passed., and
that this section is on the eve IF a great min
ing revival. We have a large number of
minus In e we'll advanced stage or devotion.
mont; the attention Of mining capitalists a.
being directed this way more strongly eyerv
day; and, altogether, the outlook lis very
promising. With q few companies of capi-
talists to start the ball rolling, old Alder
would not be long In showing the most adj.
vanced OF Montana mining towns q "clean
pair Of heels. Nadisoaian.
George Drcschcr, formerly of Virginia City
and Eureka. Nevada, and fer the past four
years q resident Of Butte and Deer Lodge.
during which time hs attended bar for the
Califsrnia Brewery, George Fitchcn and j ).
T. Van Gundy & Co, both here and Deer
Lodge, died yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
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A. the Sisters Hospital, of liver complaint.
ne mas no relatives In this country except an
uncle In Brooklyn, N. Y. He was born In
1Ailch' 1ii near Bamberg, Bavaria.-Buttc Miner,