Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-13
Correspondents Of THE MINER
TRAVELLERS LETTER
He Finds Himself i'm Distinguished
Company-Sees Old Friends, and
G0Aa Westward.

HURON, M. T., October 6, 1861 ar
| rived here this morning on passenger No
l." ON my way to Pasco, Washington Ter
ritory, and having a 'stop over ticket
which 1 found on the brake beam OF the
dining car / concluded to stop, because ]
was afraid Conductor Gilbert, of the Idaho
Division, would refuse my Limited" How
eyer, I arrived here safe, and was agreeably
| surprised to find / had such distinguished
personages with mel think they had q cal
| OF their own-as the Hons. Bill Houston,
candidate for sheriff; Alvin Lent, for re.
corder; Hank Myers, With an eye fol
"boodie," and Bob Martin, with the blue
overalls, for one of representatives,
| All staunch Republicans. After 'sizeing'
| them up / looked around expecting to find
the coroner, but alas. he was non est like
our late lamented Farman End, who de-
parted this country to escape from his
creditors some time ago.
However, in q conversation with this as.
semblage of the true-blues-not the over.
alls-I discovered they came here to carry
away this end, OF the county-in their minds.
as l found out later on. But still they
were received very kindly BY some OF the
leading business men, because they had
previously mentioned they bad come for
the purpose OF spending some surplus cash
they couldn't spend in Bitter Root by
dropping it here
o TANGLE-FOO7.
They certainly seemed to urfderst land all
the latest styles of election lodges as they
bobbed up serenely everywhere. ! also
found out whilst in conversation with one
OF the merchants here hat the Democratic
candidates for sheriff and representatives
,,o~1 1~o~o kh0 Jn- Iof~.1 owl boob A.
main track away with them, which will
necessitate tho ~stoppage OF all other can.
didates coming here. As l was viewing the
~town-which by the way is somewhat pic
turesque in its mountain fastnesses-I
dropped in to the Court House where court
vas being held by Judge Quirk. The case
or the docket was one
OF AssAULT WITH INTENT TO Kill
1t seems one George Heath, a hunter, bet
ter known as dirty Dick" in Days
"Love and Bears" attempted to
draw a bead on Bill Cheney. /
a prominant saloon keeper here, but |
was promptly stopped and arrested by !
Sheriff Bradley, the result being |
dick" was bound over to await the |
action OF the Granu Jury under five hun /
bred dollar bonds, which be was unable to !
hence his unexpected departure |
IRON Missoula.
Business here js very quiet, everybody |
depending on the railroad trade which
has unlimited terms as regards
payments.
l met Billy Fitz, one of the old-time boys
Of the construction, here in the saloon
business, and he looks the same, fair, fat /
and thirty as OF old. Same old smile and
old game.
In looking over one of your valuable
numbers of q few days ago I read a tele-
gram from this place giving an account Of
IN attempted suicide. I have since lea, Ded
such was the case, and a party of citizens
headed by Agent Heard searched almost
continually for two days but without sue
cess.
Henry Schwindt has added a bowling
alley to his place and / had the pleasure OF
a glass OF his "hops and snow"
l shall leave in the morning on a passen-
ger for Pasco and may lie back in q week.
Before l conclude l must tell you I met Mr..
Payne here. This gentleman, who was a
delegate to the convent on held in your city !
some time 60, and If you remember, he
kicked at one OF the planks in Sand ers'
Jumbo platform. He desires to be remem-
bered to his friends in Butte, who received
him so cordially.
II l go as far as E~llensburg I will try and
be back IN Butte before snow flies.
TRAVELLER.
P. S.-Venison has advanced since dick"
1as gone. 7. /