Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-15
MONTANA

| UIeHuAie mas a SCHOOL pOpuIatlOn OF q
registered, with a daily attendance of Ga.
The Tuscarora smelter is now in full
blast and the owners expect to make q lon
run. The new blower, and, in fact. all tn
machinery works like a charm.
The Dillon lodge of Masons will hold /.
ball on st. Johns day, December 27. Or
sion.
Secretary Webb has made out Deleeat,
Toole's certificate OF election for Delegat,
in Congress and forwarded the same to hin
in Washington.
Billings Gazette: H. H. Mund, of tn,
First National Bank, il the happy posses
sor of two Sioux scalps and a number @
fancy articles of bead work, taken from
two Sioux warriors that were overpowerec
and killed by the Grow nation on the BIZ
Horn recently. T.. 6. Babcock forwarded
the trophies to Mr.. Muhd, who dressed thu
ecalps with carbolic acid, thus making
them p~resentable to the curious in such
matters.
Recently Choteau county sent twelve
prisoners to the pen at Deer Lodge, thei,
sentences ranging from three months up to
ten years.
The Stock Growers Association of Mon.
tana lately made a demand on the mill.
tary authorities al Fort Shaw for the two
Indians who we're confined there for steal
ing horses in the Judith country, as
they wanted them tried by the civil authori.
ties OF Choteau County. The Indians were
delivered and no doubt will. receive their
just deserts at the hands of the civil au-
thorities.
1t is reported that a herd of buffaloes are
grazing within a radius Of 100 miles from
Miles City. The cowboys have SO far kept
all intruders away from them. The report
from all over comes that soon the buffalo,
who once roamed the prairie in all his ma.
jestic glory, is fast becoming extinct. It is
said that ten years hence, to see a buffalo
running at large will be a rarity.
At $50 last Wednesday evening the five
Indians confined at Fort Shaw for stealing
horses from the Judith. made q break for
liberty. They had been clamoring for
'ate-. and as the sergeant of the guard
opened the door of the cell to give it to them
they threw a blanket over his head and
made a rush. Three of them escaped in
the darkness. The guard held the other
two, one OF whom was wounded by a bay
onet thrust. No blame can be attached
to anyone. Lieut.. Avery went out with a
detachment in pursuit of the Indians
Rising Sun.
A special to the River Press from Wash.
lngton says that a new mail route between
Fort Benton, Choteau county and High
wood, by the way of Tonkin, will be es-
tablished. And a postmaster had been an.
pointed for Tonkin.
The meeting Of the stockholders of the
Helena q Northern railway have issued a
cal' Tor a meeting Jan. 1st., at Helena.
The Council Rooms of the Helena City |
.ouncil are to be draped in mourning in !!
respect to the memory of Alderman De |
Witt.
Everything is in readiness for the new |
toboggan club, except the slide, some cold |
weather and some snow. When these ar
i've the Joy OF the snow shoers will begin.-f
The Sunday coaches of the Helena and
Fort Benton line have been withdrawn for
he present, which is a great Inconvenience
% the public at Fort Benton. 1t is to be
loped that the mail line may soon be
e-estabiished.
The Territorial papers are full of ads for
'alls and parties which are to take place
between Christmas eve and New Year. No
oubti it will be a gala week throughout
he Territory.
The United States Grand Jury convened
It Deer Lodge on Monday and were dis.
narged wednesday. having found nine in
1t is rumored on the streets
hat Messrs. E. L, Bonner, J. H. Robert
4: A. Eddy. A. B. Hammond, Supt. F.
'. Gilbert and Assistant General Manager
: NJ. Buckley, of the Northern Pacific, and
1essrs. Hathaway, Greenough and Wey-
1outh were indicted for timber trespass or
Or exporting timber from the Territory.
yesterday Messrs. R. A. Eddy, A. B. Ham
and I'd. Hathaway surrendered
in court, and by their attor-
ey, Col. Sanders, asked twenty-four hours
q plead. Supt, F. W. Gilbert wal also ar.
Aligned and pleaded not guilty. The other
arties have not yet been arrested. The
rial OF two or three will probably deter /.
line all the cases which are criminal pro- !
sodings in the cases on which civil action
as brought last spring. Samuel Word,
So. special counsel, is expected here to. |
ight to act with United States Attorney 1
NTH in the suits.-New Northwe est.