Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-20
CLIPPINGS.

The shipment of cattle this year over the
Northern Pacific has been an increase over
last year 10, head.
The County Commissioners of Choteau
County not being satisfied with the asses
sOr's assessment, have raised the assess.
ment roll over $751; 600 in that county.
The assessment roll ofDeer Lodge county
as returned by Assessor Lodge this year
will foot up $4,4S5, 900, against $3,S99,.
1874 for the year 1SS5-an increase of over
half a million.
The Occur d'Alene country voted almost
unanimously for annexation to Montana
instead of Washington Territory. We will
give it welcome if Congress will grant their
request.
The Deer Lodge Rod and Gun Club have
have sent for 200 live pigeons for them to
shoot in Deer Lodge on Thanksgiving Day.
No doubt the club will feast on pigeon pie
for a month afterwards.
The St. Joseph Hospital front building
at Deer Lodge O completed, is a fine
structure in fact as we'll as appearance. A
statue Of the Patron Saint, set in a niche
over the front entrance, is handsome, and
something new in the way of architectural
effects.
The Helena & Red Mountain road will
be opened for business on Sunday next. the
21st inst.
J. E. Stevens has sold out his interest in
the Townsend Tranchant and expects to
leave Townsend in the near future.
The Bozeman Chronicle says that wild
game is plentiful in the vicinity OF Gallon.
Hunters who desire some wildcat hunting
can be accommodated there.
The next Legislature will contain four
newspaper men in that body-Mantle, of
the Inter Mountain; Spaulding, of the Mis-
soula Times; Kennedy, of the Missoulian.
and w. H. Sutherlin, OF the H~usbandman.
The rates which are going into effect, both
freight and passenger, on the Helena & Red
Mountain, are now being compiled at the
st. Paul General Office.
The Missoula Mercantile Comnanv 70.
ceived a caT-tank Of coal oil the other dav.
and Sunday one OF the ompanv's EN-.
ployes was dispatched to unload tie fluid.
This is done by inserting a siphon into the
tank and drawing out the oil into small gal
of fifty barrels. Water having frozen IN
some OF the empty tanks, a fire was kindled
and the tanks were tipped up 80 the water
would run out as last as the ice melted. It
seems the vent had not been opened in one
OF the tanks, and when it had rested over
the hire q few minutes it exploded. either
from gas inside or from hot air. The en-.
pioye OF the company luckily ESCAPED
serious injury, but the iron tank was blown
into smithereens.-Missoula Times.
The assessed valuation of Lewis and
Clarke county is estimated to be abont
$4,000, 900 this year.
There are about 100 tons of lead hnll;on
lying at Cooke City ready for shipment. but
owing to the bad condition of the roads II
will not be shipped until spring.
Business on the Rocky Mountain divis;on
Q. tne Northern Pacific is now rushing.
oupefln0enoent hilbert has no idle engines |
at Missoula as they are all running.
A freight car in the yard Monday was
M@rheu' Loaded with high explosiyes.n
II was loaded with dead hogs from Ritter
o'n o''ter
A jury at Glendale last Wednesday, disa.
vs. jeremiah Cain, who had haon -
dlcted Tor murder in the first degree 'Jndna
Bach then admitted the prisoner tn ho;I =;
the sum of $4,000. III
Meagher county will soon orpanize . .,,h
mat will have for it's objects to o;ve .
United effort for the establishment o. go
ne" county and advance it's interests ~
every legitimate way. III
n board of canvassers for c,a+o-
county will to-day meet at the ConrtH"vsr
n Miles City and canvassed the vot. wb;nS
lad been cast at the late election.
f1elena Christians are havinea weel nj,
prayer Tor the future welfare of the vnrn
men, while some OF the older ones are nr uns
ng for pure water. pray
Some time since the Northern poo;eo
Company made q retnrn ~ ~
,ssessab'e property in Deer Lodge CONN., 10
decentralization Of assessablei any,