Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-06-27
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Montana Mention.

The Hecla company, Of Glendale,
have contracted for 200, 900 bushels Of
charcoal to be delivered this year
In Gallatin valley winter wheat is
heading out, and generally gives
promise Of an unusually heavy crop.
Robert <. Kelley, the newly APP
pointed United States marshal takes
possession Of his Office on Wednesday
next.
A contract has been let by the gov
eminent To Majors Bros, of Washing
ton to run and define the boundary
line between Montana aud Dakota.
4 letter from James Reynolds states
that he last week won an eighteen
heur race in Wlkesbarre, Pa, max
ing "a miles, All average Of lSl miles
per hour.
One of the men who discovered tin
near the northern boundary of Mon
tana few years ago says he will go
this fall and make an effort TO find
the lead.
Butte is to organize base ball
club, which the papers Of that city
say with their usual assumption, will
clean up any other nine in the terri
tory. Pride always goth before fall.
Assessor Mcdonald thinks the valu-
alton Of Gallatin county ior 1855 will
exceed that Of last year. There is a
considerable increase in the amount
of live stock in the county.
Work upon the Helena srtesian well
is to be resumed. The company have
let contract to Mr.. II. LOOMS, an ex-
perienced man at the business, TO sink
the well to depth Of 900 feet.
Captain Lyons, one of the dining
car conductors, who has been running
on the Yellowstone division Of the
Northern Pacific line, has rendered
his resignation which has been ac-
cepted.
, We learn that the storm drove lot
Of cattle into Black Butte Lake, where
= they mired down and the water rose
0 over them before they could get out.
e 1t is reported that 40 drowned. Hell
!. ena Independent.
e Andrew Stewart, who shot and
d killed Red Riley at Anaconda last
y Saturday, has been exonerated by the
o coroner's jury of any blame in the
: matter, concluding that he had only
n acted In self defence,
. The first wool TO arrive this season
was portion Of the clip Of Ross Scott
d Co.. Of Surprise creek, amounting to
fifty-one sacks. They have sheared
! thus far 5000 sheep and have 5000
more yet to shear.-River Press.
William Fly, of Central Park, was
in the city last week. having succeed
ed In landing his large herd Of two
year-old heifers at Springdale. The
Montana quarantine does not appear
, TO be strong enough to hold Missouri
heifers.-Bozeman Courier.
II is with pleasure that we report
an important and extensive strike in
q the 60O-foot level of the Alice mine,
r which occurred last Friday night in
: the west drift. A body of ore wAs
: then encountered that assays over
e 500 per ton.-Butte Miner.
d Bill Sorrenson, a well known typo
% of Butte, will make leap on the
Fourth Of July, at Eagle Rock. from
the railway bridge into Snake river, q
distance Of sixty feet. Two years
l. ago he jumped from vesseIin Racine
s. harbor, Lake Michigan, distance OF
's seventy-fve feet.
- Word has been received that be.
e tween 200 and 800 Blood Indians have
" left their reserve and have come south
= to Join the South PiegaDs for the pur-
pose Of making war on the Crows and
Gros ventres. A portion Of this out
I At Is probably the Indians who have
= done the stealing on the Marias and
: In the Milk river eountry.-River
!, Press. ...
4 A blind man named +. ID. MofIitte
| Is working the rusties at Barry, ILL.,,
/ claiming that he has mines and FUR
I naces In Montana employing ss2 men
; and that be has a hotel contaioing i05
( rooms at Butte. He lie recruiting men
! for bis mines and other Interests that
exist only in his imagination. The
Butte Miner declares him to be fraud.
A horse. drsy and driver COM
prised the entire funeral procession
that accompanied the remains OF the
Red Robber at Anaconda. His friends,
II any there we've, contented them
selves with viewing his cortege from
; n distance. Thus do such characters
receive their deserts. II such a sor-
rowfui spectacle will deter one mcm-
Der OF the robber gang from continu-
7 ing on bic downward course the bull
let sent this man, Red Riley, 10 cter-
! pity may keep some Que from entering
: upon life that generally ends In foul
disease or an untlluely death.