The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31
MONTANA CONDENSED.

school age.
A deposit Of coal has been discovered
near Rimini.
The artesian we'll at Miles City is said to
have run dry.
Governor Hauscr is on his way home
from New York.
Helena's total building during the year
amounts to $l,o27,ooo.
The young people Of livingston are or.
ganizing toboggan club.
A. W. Thompson has been appointed
postmaster at Maiden, Mont.
The annual session Of the teachers in.
stitute opened Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Thomas Cruxe, nee Margaret Car.
ter, died at Helena Monday morning.
Preston Leslie will probably not be in
Montana before two months from now.
Chris Eder was killed last week BY his
team running away with him in pri:kly
Pear canyon.
The Great Falls Tribune reports the
discovery OF a rich mine OF platinum ore
on Snow creek.
Geo. Bantz, who started the first brew.
cry in the territory-at Helena-died at
Meaderville, Sunday.
Mike Hurley died at Townsend last Sun
day night week from an injury received
in a runaway accident.
The firm Of X. II. Paxson & Co., drug
gists, Of Butte, have assigned, with assests
Of $4,000, and liabilities Of $500.
Hon. A. c. Botkin addressed the terri
torial teachers institute, Tuesday, upon
'The use Of the English Language"
The Billings Gazette says that the Brook.
lyn mine OIL Saltwater creek has been sold
to the Minneapolis Mining & Smeiting Co.
George Lewis, late city editor OF the IN.
ter Mommtaim, has taken the position ot
assistant cashier in the First National
Bank in Eetchum, Idaho.
The Livingston Enterprise says that Pat
rick Clark, aged lo7, and repuled to be the
Oldest man in the territory, is an inmate oi
Gallatin county poor house.
y The Silver Chain Mining Company a,
Anaconda has reduced its force to seven
men. The main shaft is down no feet
= showing good body Of silver copper ore.
s Chief Justice Wade, Of Helena, has de
a cided that county commissioners have the
right to contract with shcrtfs to boarc
. prisoners at not more than $l.2s per da,
{ each.
e The MiSsomliaN says that Capt. J. Kerr
Of the steamer u. s. Grant, Flathead lake
j. contemplates putting steel screw
e steamer worth $1,000 on the lake mex
. year.
+. A depraved woman, known as Lotti.
). Wiley, was shot at Mssoula Christna'
c morning, by a man named Frank Bennett
!. She will probably recover. Jealousy wa'
!. cause OF shooting.
By the terms Of the Indian appropria
n ton bill of Congress- Charlo's band O
|. Flatheads will receive $1,000. $4,000 il
i appr opriatcd for the support Of $50 pupil
h in the JocAo reservation Of Montana.
:. A man named Taylor was found on th'
e morning Of the 10th inst, among th'
;. mountains betwcecn Fort Maginnis ane
Maiden, unconscious from cold. Iii
hands and knees were frozen, and he i
likely to lose one lcs at the knee.
). a mass meeting of the citizens Of Vel
k lowstone county last week resolved tia
!. the commissio ion authorized by congress t
=, treat with the Indian tribes of the North
=. west be authorized also to treat with th'
:. Crow Indians for the reduction OF thu
: Crow reservation.
y If the M;~ey'S report ola church enter
tainment at Ccntcrville is correct, tina
!. town has some material for the Dee
Lodge lodging house. A number q
:. its young men sent packages containing
). the carcas>es of cats and dogs and othe
things too filthy to mention, as Christina
gifts to the young ladies' Of the NJ
Church, on Christmas eve.
" Helena /udefe~arM: O. HALEY was i
town with a Montana turnip-a lump {
gold retort worth sos O., which he de
"a posted at the United States assay oiflc.
l. It was taken from five and half tons &
It rocl; pounded in hand mortar. Th
lc rock came from the Bourbon lode on III
Is Biz Iojun creek. Mr.. HALEY had som
'e fabulousy rich specimens Of the quart
IL with him.
pf Careless nurses have let children tall,an
3 ;n;,red' them for lite They have ais