The Dillon tribune., 1886-03-13
MONTANA CONDENSED.

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Great Fails.
Benton people are petiii"n'nS tor man
service to Maiden.
Butte is the !avorltc haunt of the l"ost''
tutr> and prize fighters.
Tive Grea, Falls z,2hnnc has been
merged into stock company.
Nn,',na'> school population has in.
crr:'> d two thousand in the last year.
Th, acreay, OF grain in Smitl, River
Valley will be greatly increased this year
over last.
I'h. ,n.i;.. r III, B>zen,an high school
climbs 'h,. rope, hand over hand, to ring
the school b,l
.NmhSou;,,u. Private advices received
here from Butte indicate All early sale Of
the Prospect mine.
Benjamin H. Greene has been confirmed
Surveyor General Of Montana BY the
United States Senate.
county have levied tax Of ~ mills for
stock detective expenses.
Several Montana boys are in training
for the cadctship at West Point, to be
awarded in April, at Helena.
Reports say "lovc and Christianity is
bringing all the young folks to the mourn.
ers' bench up the Yellowstone Valley"
The Grand Lodge, Knights Of pythias,
will meet in Helena next May, and prepar.
atoms are already inaugurated for big
time.
The farmers OF the Bitter Root Valley
have been blowing tor the last month.
They are preparing to put in larger acre.
age this year than ever before.
Land Commissioner Sparks has ruled
that il Montana county clerks alone, and
not their deputies, can take the proofs OF
pre-. e,rptors and the final a(fidavits.
\ >tockman, at Fort Benton, Montana,
says the prairie fires are caused by the
smoking of cigarettes by the cowboys who
throw the stubs recklesslv about ON the
grass.
Mrs. Thomas \. Hendricks was recently
chosen member Of the board of directors
Of the Hecla Mining company, Beaverhead
county, TO fill the place Of her deceased
husband.
The wife Of r. W. Clark, a prominent
ranchman near Billings, left her husband
and six children last Sunday morning and
eloped with young man named James
Donaldson.
Reports from all parts Of the country
tributary to Sun River. indicate most
satisfactory state of affairs on the ranges.
Cattle and horses are in first.c!ass condi.
ton.
The suicide of young Graham, a victim
Of gambling, should serve as warning to
| other Young men in Butte, who are away
from the restraining influences that sur.
round the home.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of G..
u. Evans will please communicate with
his sister, Mrs. w. u. Rice, of st. lanes,
! Minnesota. lie was last heard from in
Butte Montana. Washington Territory
papers please copy.
President Harris Of the Northern Pa.
citic states that they have made an ar.
rangcmcnt with the Union Pacific and
will use the Utah and Northern track from
Garrison to Butte. The gauge will be
made standard ut once
The clean up at the Drum Lum,non
mine for the month of February amount.
ed to 100000. The shares Of the com.
pany were selling on the London Stock
Exchange ON the 9th inst at 81 os. Der
share, +, os. above par value.
The beauties OF the salary law were
brought out at the las, term of the Board of
Commissioners. The salaries for the
quarter amounted to about $1,000 while
the receipts from all the offices hardly
| reached $500. There was a little discren.
ancy Of $1,000
Ella "A. Moore, No. ) Piedmont street.
Worcester, Mass, writes for information
regarding her brother, Charles T.. Moore
from whom she has heard nothing since
last May. She has written him several
letters but received no reply. When last
heard from he was in Billings.
FERcllERoN HORSES. - Hundreds Of
stations are now annually imported from
Franco 10 the -nitnd &AaA,. IN