Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-30
MISSOULA COUNTY.
The Talk Of Observation-Disclosures.
ness Matters.

The Talk Of Observation-Disclosures.
ness Matters.
Special Correspondence Of the MINER.
MIssoULA, Mont, June 26.-Business is
not very brisk in Missoula, although there
are quite Il number of people in the city at
present, it being Court week. There is a
good deal OF excitement in tho Bitter Root
Valley at present, county division being the
theme OF every conversation. Meetings
have been held at Stevensville and Corval.
lis, and a Central Committee has been ap-
pointed to go all over the Bitter Root VAL
ley and stir up the people and stuff their
heads full Of things they don't know a
thing about. 1t is all a scheme OF q few
men who ran for Office in Missoula County
and got left, and they think that if they
can get the county divided that they can
get Offices in the new county.
Politics are having their sway here now,
the people are not certain whether the
Democratic or Republican ticket will come
out ahead but the Republicans have a
very good show. The same old officers are
running this year with some new parties.
Will Kennedy is f%avorably spoken Of as
the Republican candidate for the
Territorial Council. The Democrats
have not picket out their man
as yet. F. C. Ives. the prominent
business man from the Bitter Root, is
spoken OF as the County D~ivisioners' Dem.
ocratic candidate for the Council. The
Bitter Root is one green garden spot all
little towns Therein. S~tevensville has got
several buildings going on, and q large CON-
modious store is being put up by Amos
4 Brother. The Free Masons of that place
have bought a four-acre piece OF ground
for q cemetery, and are going To- fix it up
handsomely. planting trees and making
avenres among them, and fixing it up in
] q style OF that Of q town twenty times as
large.
Considerable excitement was manifested
in this city on Tuesday to hear that the
large firms of Murphy, Hartt & Co. and
Worden & Co., the old pioneers, had con.
name of Murphy. Worden & Co. This will
make only two large firms in this city.
several handsome buildings are going up in
| Missoula at present, which does not speak
very well for hard timee.
Wolf & Ryman are building a very hand
some one-story brick building, to be used
for an insurance Office by them. The Mis-.
soula Mercantile Company is putting up
an immense two-story brick building,
the lower o O to be used by them for
q store house and the upper floor to be
rented for offices. The Montana Improve.
ment Company have come out very well
in their suits, but they are having very bad
luck by their saw-mills burning; they have
lost two within q short time.
A little fracus occurred here to-day. Hig.
gins. q conductor vas laid off for some
cause and q man named Merriam was to
/ take his train out, 1t seems Merriam If
what the Brotherhood OF Brakemen call q
"scab," consequently there was q row be
tween him and a man who was to brake
for him. 1t seems the Brotherhood men
set upon Merriam's brakeman and beat
him pretty badly. In the excitement Mer
RAM fired q few shots INTO the crowd with
out effect, when an officer took him to the
lookup, ane the row quoted down. Thu
train was finally started with Conducto,
Nelson and q new crew. The trouble origi
mated with the Knights of Labor.