The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-11
PICKED UP AT RANDOM.
Miles CITY wants an hutel.

IL TAplOly nearing cOmpletlOn.
Miles city is becoming the reco1
nized cattle center of Montana.
Wallace Bell, a well-known Nelhal
mine owner. died in Helena lately.
Everywhere throughout Montan
the cattle have wintered we'll and ar
doing splendidly.
The First National bank of Helen
received on Friday 5 1850 worth Q
Cenr d'Alene gold.
William Lee vf Bird Tail, Chotea,
county, was killed by the upsettin,
of his loaded wagon.
G. s. Abbott. late local on tn
Helena Independent is preparing
directory of the capital city.
Jim Hill, of the Manitoba railroad
is expected in Montana about tn,
middle of April, to see about tn,
building of the Helena-Beaton rail
road.
J. L. Perkins OF Chestnut has sole
the T3 brand of cattle to Tingley
brothers for $50, 600. The cattle range
Is near Maginnis.
d. G. Holbrook, of Cecil, is suffer.
ing from a paralytic stroke. Mr.,
Holbrook is one Of the Pioneer wool
growers of Northern Montana.
The people of Maiden are remon.
strating against the erection of q
county Jail until the county seat OF
the new county of Fergus is perma.
nently located.
A correspondent of the River Press
writing from Birch Greek justities
the hanging Of Mcdonald and Con-
stance, the horse-thieves, ry a mob
at that place on March Is.
The Helena Independent raises its
voice for sorghum, Montana-raised
sorghum. It declares that the Min
nesota Early Amber cane can be
grown and matured in this Territory.
Bozeman has received its new
steam fire engine and Is justly elated
thereat. The town now has an en-
CINE, q hose cart and a hook aud
ladder truck ALI thoroughly equipped
and manned,
The breeding of horses is becoming
more and more a Montana industry.
The country is well adapted to this
purpose, and q great many breeders
are now engaged IN improving breeds,
according to the &tockgyoaOers' Jour-
mai.
On Monday last a general election
held in the city of Fort Benton,
T., for the purpose Of electing a
Mayor, two Alderman for the lat
ward, Onr Alderman for the End
ward, one Alderman for the Sd ward
and two Alderman for the 4th ward,
Fifty-three gold deposits, amount
to 1900 ounces, were made in
the Helena assay office up to March
31st, 1884. Up to March 31st, 1885,
1863 deposits were made, amounting
&,5O7 ounces, showing an increase
over 1884 for the same period of
ounces.
The territories of Utah, Idaho and
are making an effort to or
a base ball league. Butte,
Helena and Bohemian, Montana, will
be represented; 2 teams from Idaho
territory. two from Salt L IKE, Utah,
and possibly the Denver club will be
admitted.
Maurice Sullivan, the man who
'hot Rob Roberts at Miles City last
Christmas, and in capturing whom a
light occurred, in which DR.. Carlin
md his baoy were killed, has been
indicted on three counts--shooting
Roberts, resisting officers and muir
DR.. Carlin and his baby. Sui
ivan will be tried in a few days, He
the first two charges, but de-
hes the third.
The Helena Herald of last Monday
avs: G. A. johnson has sold for $75,-
'0O q three-tOurths interest in the
Arnault mine, near Wickes, to VIM.
I. Stewart, John A. Parvin and
Mich, of New York. Mr..
stewart left for New York yesterday
or the purpose of purchasing ma
hinery, which will be shipped as
Don as possible. MI. Simon Bonn
nersheimer, an experienced mining
uperintendent, will be in charge at
be mine.
The bill creating the new county
f Fergus names Lewiston as the
ounty seat, whereat there is much
isc0ntent. The Maiden Argus says:
The American people, touching
matters of public interest, prefer to
ettle them by popular suffrage, and
'hile we believe that q vo,e would
in the selection Of Lewiston,
ne. bill would have been more ac-
eptable to the citizens of Fergus
as a whole, had it provided
,r the settlement of this question by
ne sovereign right OF its inhabitants"
From the Helena Herald: "Mr,
ohm Sullivan, from st. Louis, came
Montana, by way of Colorado, In
,62 or 1868. Four or five years since
wrote a letter to his friends from
lis city. Nothing has been heard
ON him since, and a sister, Mary
:. Sullivan, is now here and would
Q very grateful for any information
ON or IN regard to her brother.
Viii the Montana papers please copy,
I'd thus aid a good woman, who has
a long way TO learn tidings of
er brother"
A New Orleans newspaper repre-
was led to investigate the
[ontana display at the Exposition
Y overhearing the following remark
y a visitor: II spent the day in the
overnment building" said he, land
tended to take it all in, but a single
that of Montana, kept me so
'ng that | had NJ time to see any
her. The result of my observa-
ons, however, repaid me a thou
nd times over for my time, because
learned more in a day of one of the
lost Important of this Republic Of
lrs, than I should have learned in
lifetime had l staid away"
Says the Townsend ~IIanchont:
Mr.. Wallace Bell, a we'll known
man of Montana, died of
cart disease Sunday at st. Johns
The deceased was a native
New York and was IS years of age
the time of his demise. He came
Montana when only Is years of
e and first engaged in the stock
NJ tn 1870 ho