The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-08-14
MONTANA Condensed.

The Musselshell by water spout.
There was a big fire ~. Miles CITY Sat.
ure'ay burning twenty buildings the loss
aggregating alou. S6sooo.
The Elk Valley Sheep company OF the
Mussel>l'c'l is to double its capital stock.
making it SSo,ooo.--/..No~wt
The annual fall nee,ing OF the Montana
Association will be held at
Helena on Wednesday, Aug. IS.
.N''''s""ia~. Las, week, nugget weigh.
ing about 500 WAS picked up in Henry
Filings tlumc in upper Alder guch.
\ movement is ON foo. to raise fund
by subscription to erect monument over
the grave OF lane Macarthur the heroine Of
the recen, Sun River tragedy.
The Miners Union will hold its annual
picnic one week from next Sunday, at Nc
Cauey'> rancho, on Big Hole River. mid.
way between the Canyon and Mclrosc.
The Powder River Cattle company, who
arc driving a lot Of range stock to Canadian
soil, were "hed up for $4,000 in taxes
while passing through Custer county. Mont.
{Wyo., .>,~ti1N
A terrible hal! storm visited the upper
Yellowstone country near Billings last
week, and swept Il strip OF country six
miles wide. Hailstoncs could be gathered
by the buckettu next day.
Ndisoniam' The New York and Mon.
tana company are working 100 tons OF ore
from Banker Filings mine, the Silver Belle,
northwest OF Browns yulch. 1t /, cxpec.
ted the clcan.up will be a big one.
Sister Evangclina, Sister Superior OF the
Deer Lodge Academy, was run over by a
wild steer Wednesday and painfully hurt.
The steer was with a herd which, was being
driven past. 1t was Immediately shot,
Inter- .No~utsi~.
\ thirteen. ycar.old.girl son,nanbulist
named kcil, walked off the Sunday night
west bound Northern Pacific express, three
miles west OF Garrison, and was not awak.
ened by her tumble. In the morning she
awokc and went to a ranch. She was con.
sidcrably bruiscd.-/"t.v. !Neantmm.
The foundation tor the new concentra.
tor at Wickes was begun last week
week and the machinery will be
in operation in thirty W forty days. This
will double tl:c present concentrating ca.
pacity OF the works, or make it 25o tons
per .lar The additional sneltcr is nearly
complete. MomMtai~.
Harry Footc, Cornish miner died at
Butte Sunday under peculiar circnm-
stances. lie entered the Milwaukee Beer
Hall, drunk and quarrclso'ne and chal.
lenged any man in the house to fight him
Hc became SO ungovernatlc that several
OF his friends seized him and threw him
upon the floor. He struggled for few
minuets, gasped and die.l.
There arc serious obstacles in the way u
driving cattle TO the Canadian Pacific from
Montana ranges. Granville Stuart ant
Percy kennctt, who have been looking "
a trail in that direction report most OF ,ht
country burnt ov.:r, and most OF the streams
dry. neccssitating, in some cases, Il drive o
fifty miles without water. The drives Il
the Northern Pacific arc all right Billings
! G"=etfe.
Sheriff Churchill returned yesterday iron
trip ove. the ranges in the northern par
OF the territory. lie says the country i
very dry and the grass short but cattle ar.
in very good condition. \ great number
OF cattle are moving northward just nov
to bc crossed into the Canadian dominions
The large movement Just now is due tt
! The fact that after September 10 no cattls
, will be admitted into Canada except upor
payment of the heavy duty or for >hipmcn
in bond Helena /~fctr~dcm.
FoRr A>SI>ABDi>k, Mont, Aug. TO-
ISdecial to the /ndebrMd"Mf Little Pop
lar, chief OF the Cree Indians, who tiguret
SO con>picuously in :he Northwestern rc.
bcllion, was shot and instantly killed thi;
evening about one mile east of this post by
4 half: breed named Ward. The killing is
supposed to have been done in self.dctcnse
as Poplar took hand in the firing with q
six.shooter OF the same pattern as was used
by the mounted police. When Ward opened
fire with Winchester rifle, firing three
shots, each OF which took effect, one
through the head and two through the
breast. The old warrior stuck to his pony
till the third sho, was fired when he fell tc
the ground a good Indian.
The proprietor OF the Great Western