The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-06
MONTANA CONDENSED.


around on the main thorouyhi;,rc.
Anaconda will probably take the cake
,s the wind;es, town in the Territory.
Progressive cuci,rc is 'fr ct the pro
grcssivc fe ature> OF Virginia City society.
lIucklehcrrv Jack was i,nnd dying II
lung trouble and destitute in his cabin Il,
White Sulphur Springs.
1 Butte has S15.oon suit tor damages.
/, That is scncthin. no other town or city
! in the Territory can boast OF
! The Thermometer recently registered ii
degrees below zero at G,niivr Tha,
place must be outside the banana belt.
There amt tallow enough on your
neck to make me take it back is the
latest addition to the vcrnacuar at Eozc.
man.
The Teton River being still frozen over
cattle on the contiguous ranges are suffer
ing for water, there being no snow ON the
ground.
II is said that not a particle of snow is to-
be seen in Clarke's Fork Canyon, and that
railroad up it would have no use for snow
sheds.
a new postot1ice called Christina has
been established on Dog Greek, between
Maiden and Judith City, with David Hill
ger as postmaster.
Frank NJ. Eastman, formerly United
States District Attorney Of Montana, de.
MES he is tire Private Secretary of Sen.
ator Mitchell Of Oregon.
The success of the Yellowstone Bald
ing and Loan Society of Billings, will lead
to the organization OF similar societies in
other Montana towns.
The prize fight at Glendivc was u failure,
almost a fiasco. The two pugilis,s could
not come to any agreement as to who
should be appointed as referee.
Lying reports as to condition of stock
on the Montana ranges are being extern
sively circulated in the Eastern papers,
, the same as was done last year.
Mr.. Nelson Bennett, of Deer Lodge, has
taken the Cascade tunnel contract Of the
Northern Pacific for $Soo,ooo. The work
is to be completed in May, 1883.
II. A. Skinner, the champion roller
skater Of the world will arrive III Butte
on the Sth Of February, but will not skate
for few DAYS, in order to become accli-
natized.
John Brunton, a civil engineer Of Hell
ena, has been awarded the contract to build
the new Croton acqueduct near New
York. The contract is said to involve
$3,ooo,ooo.
Secretary Lamar has recommended to
the Attorney General that suits be insti.
tuted against Harris Williams and \. A.
Smith, of Butte, Montana, for cutting two
million feet Of pine.
\ company composed of Il number of
representative Eastern and Western gen.
tlemen have incorporated under the name
Of the Great Falls improvement Company,
with capital OF p1,ooo,ooo.
\ mountain lion killed IS sheep for
John Work, whose ranch is below Mis-
sion, Gallatin County, last week. The
brute was hunted tor two or three DAYS
after the killing but could not be found.
Montana has reason to congratulate her.
self that her mountains are not SO perpcn-
dicular, nor do SHOWS fall as deep rs in
Colorado, hence her people are not ex.
posed to the constant terror and frequent
losses that snow slides produce.
There were tortv-tive steamboat arrivals
III Benton last season. The freight brought
up amounted to l7,33S,ooo lbs. or 5000
tons; passengers, ITO, including $40 re-
cruits. Down shipments were 1906, 900
lbs. or Y4S tons. and six boat loads ct cat
tie and -, passengers.
The annual Encampmcnt OF the Grand
Army OF! the Republic, Department OF
Montana, is called to meet at Bozeman ON
Tuesday, March 9th, 1886, for the trans
action OF sach business as may come be-
fore the Encampment The Northern
Pacific will give liberal rates to those who
! attend.
Here's tough one. The M,ssoul;ux is
! responsible for it: Charlie, the ten-year.
old son OF Alex. Porter, living near French
town, fell from hay wagon two or three
| weeks ago and was run over, the hind
wheels going over his head and neck. in.
fiicting painful injuries, but he is recover
ing all right.