Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-21
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Anaconda will entertain the County De
mocracy tomorrow.
The Territorial Democratic Convention
will meet at Helena next Tuesday.
The Meagher County Democratic Conven
terday.
The Dillon people are advocating tn
idea that n fire department would be
gooi thing for that burg.
The sensational article about the heroic
action of the myth Jane Macarthur, wen
the rounds Of the entire Territorial press
The Choteau County Democratic pri
mary was held at Choteau OF the 14tf
instant, and the County Convention wal
held at Fort Benton yesterday.
The Billings Gazette learns from privatt
letters that Billings is becoming very fav
orably known in Philadelphia and several
families of that city will settle in that vi
entity.
| Ceur d'Alene Sun: George H. Pascoe, an
Montana, arrived from Wardner Friday
evening. He has peen on a prospecting
tour for several weeks.
Anaconda Review: n. c. Ray, with his
Union Pacific engineering party, have about
finished their survey up the Bitter Root to
the head of the Big Hole basin. They are
expected on the Big Hole this week.
The excitement in regard to the recent
strike of rich mines west of Anaconda still
continues, and a number of important dis
cOveries have been made since last week.
Several fine prospects have already been
located.
According to the Anaconda Review the
Anaconda Company have over 12O men at
work on the new stamp mill at the new
concentration. This does not look as if the
company intended to suspend operations.
That rumor is pronounced false and with
out the slightest foundation OF truth.
The Choteau Calumet says: "Green.
backs of the denomination Of 5 $1,000 are
rarely seen outside of newspaper Offices,
these hard times, but a Choteau store
keeper received one the other day in pay
ment for a small bill OF groceries. The un-
fortunate man is still paraIyzed, while the
entire community is suffering more or less
from the shock"
The Yellowstone Journal contains the
following: MoNTANA.-First the Indian and
scalping knife, then the cowboy and lariet
and now the settler and pillow. First the
buffalo and the antelope, then the Texas
steer and bronchO and now the Jersey COW
and the Clydeedale horse. First the dug
and oxen, now the fine residence and
elegant carriage.
David Galbreath, of the Judith. had a
narrow escape from death a few days
since. He was in the act of cutting out a
scrub bull from his stock band, when the
animal suddenly turned upon his horse,
causing him to Jump quickly to n side.
throwing Mr.. Galbreath to the ground,
where he a roughly handled by the
mad beast. Fortunately he escaped with
no further injury than a broken collar
bone.
Albert V. Hufey, a sheep man OF the Vel
lowstone, has nov in his possession a six
legged sheep, over one year old, with all the
legs perfectly formed. The animal only uses
of them at a time, but frequently,
when being driven a long way, it changes
them, and always has two legs resting. Mr..
Hufey expects to negotiate the sale Of this
sheep to the circus that will be at Miles
City this week. The animal is held at a
high price, but it is thought the circus
people will dig up about $500 to obtain it.