Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-08
N~EIGHB0RING NEWS.

Thomas Harding, the Glendale stag,
robber, protests his innocence to the min
lister who visits him regularly.
w. Clark Roberts, the deiaultina Treasu
rer OF Lewis and Clark County, was, last
| Thursday afternoon sentenced for two
years to the penitentiary by Judge Wade
The Union Pacific Railroad has con
tracted with eastern mills for $1,000 toni
| OF steel rails, the majority of which will bt
used in the widening OF the gauge between
| Silver Bow Junction and Pocotella.
Justice Holden, at Dillon, before whom
the preliminary examination OF Harold
Schenck, for the murder Of Mosen, the
F~renchmen, on Birch Greek. has deei ed t.
hold young Schenck without bail to await
the action Of the Grand Jury next April.
Billings has organized q dramatic club.
The following officers were elected for the
season: President, Mrs. M. w. Miles
Vice. PRESIDENT, A.. H. Hersey; Treasurer,
George Hays; Secretary, B. 8. Scott; Exec.
utive Committee, Mrs. L. Whitney, Mrs. F.
M. French, Miss Camp, F. M. French, F. L.
Greene.
The stabbing ARRAY between Bob Nelson
and Jackey. at Marysville, which occurred
there shout q week ago, turns out to be
more serious than at first reported. DR..
Morris, OF Helena, who has been attending
Jackey, has no hopes of his recovery. OFF,
GERS are now in pursuit OF the criminal, who
left for parts unknown. as soon as it was
learned that Jackey would die.
The accident on the Northern Pacific last
Wednesday, at Glyndon, MIMI, was more
serious han at first reported. 1t is said
that two postal clerks were burned. be-
sides injury to Others. The mails were to-
ko 11v 1oofrouol Thoro 0no o1ao n ~Naok
deal OF baggage destroyed. The locomotives
were badly wrecked, and other rolling
stock, that burned, was much dam
aged on both trains. All travel was
stopped during t~wenty-four hours
until a track was built around the wreck.
The train dispatcher who issued the con-
f1icting orders that caused the wreck has
been arrested, and is in jail on the charge
Of m~anslaughter. There is great sorrow
among the postal route agents along the
line over the horrible death of Tennisch,
as he was n of the best known men on
the Northern Pacific.
Minot is on the Mouse river and is the
winter terminus of the western extension of
the Manitoba. 1t is a better town than
Glendive was the first winter. Within
three weeks sixty-two buildings have been
on the main street and others on
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laid out, and altogether it bids fair to be a
good, permanent town. It is well supplied
with good wood. Many old-timere from
this road are over there and several OF
Glendive's former residents. The Jarvises
have built, Anderson is doing well, and
others from here are more or less prosper
GUS. He thinks it a good point. Apropos
of this, we notice that the Manitoba has
cleared it's blockade and intends keeping
the road open to Minot all winter.-Glen-
dive Times.
The soft weather of the past few days re-
suited in a break up of the Yellowstone
at this point during Monday night.
Ice had formed to the depth of six Freight
and there was every reason to be-
lieve that it was the Winter lookup, but
contrary to all established presidents the
river broke with q rush, as above stated,
and, we are sorry to add, caught some Of the
mapping, The wire at Currier' s
Ferry was parted and the boat carried
down stream about eighty rods below Com
Ferry, where it was beached. Com
boat being lighter vas raised by the
ice and suffered no damage, and crossings
made yesterday, Riddell, who lives
opposite the old town, reports a big boat
opposite his place, which must be
the government ferry boat or one
rom further up the river. There was a
considerable raise in the river and the ice
s piled up pretty high along the banks.
Journal.