The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-20
LOCAL NEWS NUGGETS.

Times are improving with the weather.
Thecowman's song-"Wattle the harvest
be-"
Jersey, what will you take for your
trunk?
The new strike in the Orc Cache is grow
ing better.
This years school apportionment for
Maiden district, (No. 1Jl is S56s.6o,
A nice Selection of Fancy Groceries just
received at Z. Eoissonneaut
Mt. Dinsmore makes suits to order and
guarantees satisfaction.
Bowman a. johnson have commenced
development on the Globe lode.
Bowman * johnson cleaned up two .
ounces Of dust" from the Jones placer .
ground. last week.
Rain is badly needed in this section. We
offer this suggestion gratuitously without .
the slightest degree Of olI.ciousness.
B. L. Whitsett. representing several Bill /
ings firms. and the stock Gazette, spent |
last Sabbath in Maiden He is delighted .
with the Judith Basin.
Mrs Frame. daughter oi Mr. q Mr-.CW.
Gardner arrived Saturday evening, from
the Pacific coast with her two children. and
will spend the summer with her parents.
The Flat Willow roundup commences
on May 18th. The Moccasin roundup will
work with them before commencing ON their
own, which will be about the fire, Of July.
Grandville Stuart returned from -. Paul
last week whittier he went as une of the
committee of stockmen, appointed To in
vestiea,e the feasibility Of stock yards in
that city
Fire was raging in the mount aius along
Collar gulch. first OF the week. 81 one time
threatening the mill aud buildings in its
vicinity. No harm was done. except per-
haps, To young timber.
Y. Beidler has gone to the M tional park.
lie will be one Of the greatest curiositics
within its confines. Congress ought To give
him a salary to remain there and tell yarns
to tenderfoot tourists.-Niver Press.
Following are the prices Of II few article
of consumption at Cook City: Egg, Sl.uo
per doz.; butter. 90 per H.; whisky, 2.1c
per drink; -four. 5000 per loo lbs; bacoa
25c and everything else in proportion
Now il the the time to- clean up around
back doors and in alleys. NJ the foot al
Main stree. one catches an odor that is
appalling II would make a crow turn pale
in the face or a buzzard sick To its stom-
ache. Clean up,
Miss Lizzie Bender. having finished her
labors in the Stuart school dist .a"i. passed
through Maiden, Tuesday, en- route TO her
home in Helena. Miss Benderwill undoubt-
edly return to This section next fan. she
has made many friends during her stay.
We are informed by Mr.. J. W. Power, who
has just returned from the east, that the
prospects are nattering for a good season
on the river and the fact that the company
haspurchased anot her boat is the best kind
of evidence Of the iact.--Riyer Press.
Balbriggan Underwear in white and Fancy
Colors, a. y. T. Dinsmore's
The choicest, fresh, unca nvassei hams in
the country, at Broadwater. Mcnamara
Zoos.
1T seems funny circumstance" says q
true, that there il on the range near Magin
mis- a family owning 5000 head oi cattl,
and yet rather than make butter they pre-
fer to purchase that and milk oil a New
England farmer in their vcilty, who's,
herd consists oi bus three cows."-NIi.
soulian.
An exchange wisely Gays: "Seilishnes'
will kill town. Liberality and publi'
spirit will build it up. When men servt
their ends without regard 10 the city,
interest they strike blow = t it, progress
Between town with money aud anothe
with enterprise, we woud ., Let the latter
Moneyed men are of litfle interest 20
town, unless they are Of the right Kind
unseliish, generous ard public spirited
Money alone will not make q town, 81
cause business IL grow and thrive. Behin'
it must be willing, wide awake, enerseti
men, with push.
Tue one-third interest in the Sage Crccl
Sheep company, owned by J. Il. >toutcu
burg, was sold May - To Rev. Jacob Mills
of White Sulphur Springs. Consideration
something like S25. ouO. THIS compan
owns one Of the fines, ranches in the Judit
Basin, il not in Montana The Husband
man, speaking OF the sale, say4 This
one of 'he most successful hacp co.npaui,
ia all Montana. From a small T. ginning
has built up until il is an immense eoacerl
The flock Numbers upwards vi IL, J''O ae..
and the ranch is large. IRON siXtsll I