The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-09
MONTANA NEWS.

The roundup of cattle belonging
10 the Crow Indians shows about 500
head.
The Judith Association has pur-
chased 100 high grade bulls from Con
kohrs.
In Helena, recently, a truck run 1
over Chas. Lehman's four-year old /
child and seriously injured it.
The passenger engines Of the \. T. |
Ry. are being equipped with Grencox's
patent smoke and spark prevcnters.
One hundred and five head of cat
tie persisted by lightning and drowning
at Sun River during the late storm.
Montana has four religious news
papers-1he Churchman. Montana
Baptist, Christian Advocate, and a
Baptist paper published in Bozeman.
A fiat boat loaded with rags and
copper which left Benton for St. Louis
short time ago, was wrecked on
Dauphin rapids, and the entire cargo
lost.
The Helena Mining and Reduction
Co. have purchased for the Comet
mine large duplex hosting engine
from the Iron Bay Manufacturing Co,
at Marquette Mich.
A. nj. Esler, proprietor of the Hell
ena Sampling Works, paid to Messrs.
Albrecht, Miller and LaSalle, 81,
81, for seventeen tons of ore from the
North Atlantic minc.-l1erald
Counterleiters are now at work in
Montana flooding the territory with
counterfeit IS, $40, $40 and 500
bills. Some Of then are very skill
fully made and well calculated to
deceive. Look out for them.
A number of horses in the vicinity
OF Billings are afflicted with nasal
gleet." 1t is contagious, and some of
the animals which have been pro
nounced incuIable have been killed TO
prevent the spreading Of the disease.
1t is reported thai smallpox has
broken out among the Indians at
Poplar river. In view of the fact that
the lower Indians are visiting northern
Montana, there is danger of the con
tagon spreading throughout tina, part
of the territory.
The first sale of wool at Benton
this year was to Samuel Wilkinson,
who purchased the Fiske 4 Burghardt
clip, about 1000 pounds, for 10 cents.
The wool is coarse and of poor quality,
SO that the price, all things considered,
is regarded as very good one.
One of Butte's prominent married
ladies attempted to elope with a gam
bier last week, but the 'old man"
objected TO having $1,000 go along
that his faithless spouse had pinned to
her underclothes, thus nipping the
scheme in the bud. a divorce suit
will follow.
Ming Bros. have completed the de-
livery of their wool to Leighton, Jor-
don & Co., the clip of $3.50 sheep
weighing up 35,s2s pounds, an average
Of nearly nine and a quarter pounds
to the fleece. Their band are all two
year old thoroughbred Merinos and
the wool is high grade article.
There seems to be good reason
to believe that the Northern Pacific
people have at last concluded to
build a branch road from Garrison to
Butte This conclusion will result in
iuSt nc u,uch beneft tn the railroad ne
to Butte 1t will give to the Northern
Pacific company more freight than it
receives from all the rest of Montana
combined.-Inter-M Mountain.
+. &. Power & Bro mule teams
were stolen last week while on the
way TO TT. Assinaboine with freight
They were driven as far as the Sandy.
and finding it difficult to get the mules
across, the Indians abandoned them
and took the three horses belonging to
the train. About the same time five
more horses were taken from the Star
Sheep Co. which left them without 4
hoof at their ranch. River Press.
James Sullivan, Hclenas Barber
Mayor" has not been overcome by
his new dignity to the extent Of neg
lecting his business, but may still be
seen at his chair at usual hours engag-
ed in tonsorial occupations. And, in
spite Of his somewhat humble business,
he is filling his office with dignity and
ability. Ii was his personal popularity,
combined with his known competency.