Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-10-18
Montana Mention.

Montana Mention.
New babies are numerous at Mis-
soula.
Eggs are worth five cents apiece at
Maiden.
Alex, Vest, son of Senator Vest, is
in Helena.
J. c. Keppler, of Anaconda, has n
lOO-day clock.
No snow yet in Montana, except on
the mountains.
Chinatown at Helena supports ten
gambling houses.
The Chinese have been fired from
the Glendale hotels.
A directory man places the resident
population Of Deer Lodge at ], 433.
The total earnings Of the Northern
Pacific fOr September were 81 ,23s, 100.
Bird Reynolds, a popular Butte po-
liceman, marries Miss Dolly Ambrose.
The clerks of Butte are moving for
an early closing among the merchants.
/ MissouIa couuty's assessment this
year IL s27", 1898 greater II an it was in
/ 1854.
]. w. Hutchins, of NIissDula, got his
right hand cut OFF 10y buzz saw last
week.
Montanas mines paid dividends 20
their stockholders during lss4 Of over
S02O,OOO.
The Baldwin Theatre company of
San Francisco, opens at Butte on
Monday.
The counties Of Madison, Galatin
and Jefferson lead in the production
of standard horses.
| The school at Martinsdale has closed
there not being scholars enough TO
justify keeping it going.
Last week Dick Eddy Missoulian,
freed two.year-old black bear, and
killed it with pocket pistol.
The Toledo, one of the four variety
shows of Butte, has fallen into the
h4nds Of the sheriff and is closed.
1t costs SIS to hit the pipe at Butte;
that is, if the indulgence comes 70
the knowledge Of the authorities.
The Alice mines total product was
over 81, 200, 600 for the past year. The
Lexington comes next with product
of $3.50, 900.
A freighter named Fox was held up
in the Judith basin couple Of weeks
ago by Piegan Indians and robbed Of
all his grub.
The Trail creek coal handled by the
Montana Improvement company. it
is said, can he successfully used in
hard coal stoves.
Mragher il going to build bridge
in connection with Yellowstone coun-
ty across the Musselshel river on the
Maginnis and Junction road.
1t seems to be the general opinion
of territorial press that Sam Schwab,
of Helena, is libeled by the alleged
likeness of him la the History Of Mon
tana.
The grain yield Of Smith River val
ley was much larger thi, season than
ever, but there is not enough 10 sup
ply the home consuu ption by con-
siderable.
Rev. George c. STILL has been Sc
lected by the Good Templars Of Mon
tana to represent the territory at an
assemblage Of the order to be held at
Richmond, Va, in May 1856.
Al amateur baud at Butte obtained
permission TO practice in the court
house, In cons, quence Of which the
prisoners coniinsd in the same build
ing are fast becoming candidates for
the insane asylum.
We learn that there are quite a
number of dead horses on the range.
The malady that caused their death
seems 10 be the same that prevailed in
Potts Il Harrison's herd. Ii has not
yet been diagnosed.-Rocky Mountain
Husbandman.
Quite a serious blowout occurred at
the Glendale smelter a few days ago,
says the Dillon Tribune. Several men
were scorched badly aud Superinten-
dent j. V. Seybold severely. He was
thrown about fifteen feet, his face and
hands blisiered, and hair and eye
brows singed, but fortunately he kept
his mouth shut and held his breath
until the flame of burning gas had
subsidized, OF II might have proven
fatal. He suffered much, but il recov-
ering rapidly.