Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-02
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Montana Mention.

against fast driving in Helena.
The Deer Lodge band has been en-
gagged to furnish music for the Fourth
celebration In Helena.
1t is a fact that cannot be gain
sayed that Joe smith Is the most viii
famous punster that ever inhabited
Virginia City since Padre Kellcher left
it.-Madisonian.
The bar and fruit privileges for the
Sd and 4th of July at the Fair grounds
were sold Saturday night. A. Foller
bought the former for 500. and I. L.
Israel the latter for s33.
The crop Of lambs, calves and colts
has been very good this spring and
the prospect is that that Of hay, grain,
gold dust and quartz bullion will be
surprisingly so next fall.
A Virginia City paterfamilias is
afraid that he is going to lose his
fence by process Of law, as so many
young fellows about town have leans
upon 1t. Process of sons-in-law he
probably means. ..
The inmates of the penitentiary at
Deer Lodge have rendered their heart
felt thanks to w. w. Walton, Of Hell
ena, for the uniform kindness he dis
played while acting as one Of the
guards over them.
w. L. Tew, who has served as con-
ductor over the Rocky Mountain d.
vision Of the Northern Pacific longer
than anyother person ever has, has OBJ
tanned leave Of absence for thirty
days. He will visit Chicago.
A new lot Of refrigerator cars, made
for the Northern Pacific railway are
now passing through daily. They are
painted white and handsomely finish
ed, and are fitted up in the latest pat
tern that experience has suggested
Gazette.
The infant daily, the Butte Town
Talk heads its local columns with,
This paper has the largest circulation
in Silver Bow county" Naturally;
being published in that county it
should have larger circulation there
than in any other county.
In the mountains Of Montana cattle
are sometimes affected by the poison
Gus larkspur. In order to save them
they should be stabbed on the left side
mot on the right side. Thus the poi
sonous gases will be allowed to escape
and the animal will, in many cases,
be saved from death. .r
Montana Strawberries have finally
appeared in the market, and can now
be appreciated after the taste we have
had of imported fruit.-Helena Her
aid, June 18th. They were not as
early In the mountain district as they
were in eastern Montana. We had
home grown strawberries here two
weeks ago.
Mr.. A. NJ. Esler, OF the Helena con-
contractor, on Saturday handed his
check 10 Messrs. Albrecht. Miller and
LaSalle to the amount OF s.. 225.el for
II tons OF ore purchased from them.
The ore was taken from the North
Atlantic mine, where, We understand,
plenty more of the came kind Of ore
can be taken out.
A. III. Scribner has accepted a posi-
ton in the sheriff7s Office, and is now
awaiting the advent OF some 6O-cents-
a-day boarders. He came near getting
some this week; but the old adage,
there's many slip" ETC., wss veri-
fed and the county hotel still remains
without tenant.-Madisonian. The
boys are mighty good up there around
Virginia City.
Mrs. Martin, wife OF II. M. Martin
Of the firm OF Harding, Martin 4 Co.,
wool merchants Of Boston, met with
a painful accident while coming from
White sulphur Springs on sunday
last. The coach upset about a mile
and half this side of the top OF the
range, throwing her out and dislocat-
ing one Of her arms Helena indie
pendent
Agent Fulton, who returned TO Hell
ena from trip over the Northern Pa
cific Saturday, says the outlook Of the
land all along the road ls most prom
ising. The frequent rains OF this
season will make the grain crop I'M
precedently large, and viii likewise
favor the, live stock interests. He
says the shipment OF beef cattle from
Montana thisyear win be larger than
ever before. ..r
| A Montana pensioner is correspoDd-
ing with Miss Ada G. Sweet. the
United States pension agent. with a
view toward matrimony. He desires
Miss Sweet 10 obtain him lady about
thlrty-fve or forty years old that
would like TO marry and says: women
are scarcein this country" II might
easily be guessed that he lives In
Madison county-the grcafest county