The Dillon tribune., 1885-11-14
MONTANA CONDENSED.

The Governor has pardoned Marcus
McLain, Miles City forger.
A lodge Of the Knights Of Labor was
organized in Livingston last week.
! Over 10000 bushels of wheat have thus
far been shipped from Missoula by the
Elevator Company.
Drs. Bishop y Murray, Of Butte, have
been appointed the official surgeons Of the
Utah s. Northern Railroad.
The prairie fires have made sad havoc
between Benton and Macleod A distance
Of sixty miles in width has been burnt
over.
Governor Hauser has appointed Charles
S. Warren, Of Butte City, on his staff with
the rank Of Brigadier General, and the APP
pointment has heen accepted.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, of Butte, is laboring hard and doing
some good in an effort to reform the den.
liens Of the southern portion Of that city.
There have been several cases Of woman
beating in Butte recently. And when the
offenders have been punished at all they
have been let off with comparatively light
fines.
The Knights Of Labor in Montana mum.
Der 4,ooo comprised in eighteen different
lodges. The Order is rapidly growing
and will probably double its membership
within year.
a Billings family lost beloved dog by
poison, provided it with a shroud, laid it
out in state in the parlor, hung Grape ON
the door bell, and buried the lamented by
moonlight at midnight.
The Anaconda Ke74e,v force is now
"batching" and announces that cold grub.
ETC., will be taken in exchange for sub
scriptions. Hash, free from hair will be
received for advertisements.
An agreement has been signed by the
mill owners of Butte and vicinity to close
down their mills on the first day Of JAM
uary next unless reduction be made by
the railroad company on freight charges
on salt.
Montana woods were quoted in Boston
last week as follows: fine, a3@24c; me.
dunn, o4@25c. The following sales are
also reported, 10000 lbs Montana, on pri-
vate terms; 10000 lbs q e4@25c; $4,000
lbs @e4c.
The steam heater in the College of Mon.
tana, at Deer Lodge, has been fired up.
There are 10000 cubic feet to heat, and
the radiating surface is LIT feet with 76
radiators. 1t will be great item Of safety
and comfort.
The county officers at Bozeman who
were reported upon by the Grand Jury have
come out in published cards denying that
they have in any manner defrauded the
county and accusing the Grand Jury Of
making such report for political effect.
We learn that many Of the Missouri
river farmers are selling their oats for less
than one cent per pound. They should
hold it, If possible, for better price, as
oats are sure to command $1.s5 per hun.
dred at Townsend before another crop is
grown.
1t is reported in army circles, says the
Bozeman Chronicle, that Fort Ellis is liable
at any time to be abandoned, and the avail.
able farming land now held by the Gov.
eminent as reservation thrown open to
settlement, or rather put up at auction as
is usually done.
Last Saturday, in Boulder City, VIM.
Pitts, Of Elkhorn, was shot and killed by a
man named Jack Hart in the court ROOM
Mr.. Pitts had gone to Boulder to consult a
lawyer, and was talking with the clerk Of
the court when he was shot. 1t is said
the shooting was the result OF 4 domestic
difficulty, but that Hart was the injurer in
stead of the injured. After the shooting
Hart surrendered himself to the author.
tiles
The following are the Montana dele.
gates to the National Stockgrowers' Con-
vention, to be held in Chicago this month:
r. p. Walker, n. S. Hamilton, Conrad
kohrs, Granville Stuart, Charles Ancey,
a. A. Ellis, +. {. Robertson, =. II. Poin-
dexter, Azel Ames, jr., r. n. Sutherlin,
Jesse Taylor, r. b. Harrison, Benjamin
Potts, S. F. b. Biddle, VIM. Van Gaskcn,
a. l.. Burleish, J.. &. Day, Marquis de
Mores, J. NJ. Holt, E. J. Johnson, A. Mcy.
ers, Mat Ryan, jr., f. $. Newman, ]. Scott,
J. ]. Thompson, ]. w. Steevellc, W. Har.
mon and T. ]. Bray.
Avoid the harsh, irritating, gripping com.
pounds so Otter sold as purging medicines,