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

and town lots in Drummond being SET
forth with the valuation placed by the
on each, and the whole IN nne'
Clerical form. 1t will be seen, however, by
the commissioners proceedings that Asses
sor Lodge and the County Commissioners
are not satisfied with the valuation, and
have raised it in some instances y per
cent. The list handed in aggregated about
S112, 900, and it is now raised TO $40,
oss:14. They gave ye in Large * q qsnta and 81 q
ner acre. while adjoining ands were gwen
in at $3.50 to $40, and in known instances
have since sold lands at several times the
assessment valuation, or are asking IL.
| Where their asking and selling prices are
known thew run from four to ten times
| Tho listed price. Lands adjacent to Phil
;nshure and Drummond were listed at 5O
cents an acre. Under these circumstances
| their assessment has been raised as stated
in the proceedings. The company VIII nave
opportunity to appear by attorney In the
matter before the board il they desire.
Even at the present rating their lands are
not assessed higher than Others OF like
value. and it is only fair the company
| should paw equal with Others on what little
| of it's land ia taxable.-NOrthwest.
The walls and ceiling OF the new court
room have been very handsomely tinted
| and frescoed, and the redwood furniture
| oiled and finished, by Messrs. Charles
| Scbatzlein and John Davis, OF Butte, who
we're employed by McDevitt & Mcconnell
to give it the finishing touches.-New North
west.
The case of the United States va. T. G.
| Power ct al. for the value OF government
supplies destroyed by the burning OF the
stea mer Butte was o by Mr.. Power.
1t was tried lately in the United States
Court at Helena.
Peter Pope and E. w. Dawson, two old
| placer miners, were lately found murdered
and partially buried on the head OF Snake
river. in the Occur d'Alene country. They
had been killed by shot gun wounded by
some parties unknown to the %coroner's
jury.
Missoula County's assessment roll for the
year mas Just been handed to the County
| Commissioners. 1t shows the total assess
ments to be 81, 342,32S.26.
Eighty-nine OF Nelson Story's cattle,
averaging 1870 pounds, brought 1925
per 100 pounds in Chicago last week. Fill
teen feeders, averaging 1920 pounds, 50;
fifteen t~ailings, 1852 pounds. $2.45: W:
v. Grannaa, twenty Montanas, l,167
pounds, $3.65; ten M%ontanas, 1864
pounds, $2.65.
During the past season the Northern Pa
cific has shipped from Montana and west.
ern Dakota to the Eastern cities $1,000
head of cattle. against 1000 last year, an
increase Of 10000 head. Several ship,
| ments yet to be made this year will swell
| the total amount up to $4,000. There
were shipped during the year $4,000 head
of sheep into this Territory, against 49,
900 the previous year.
On the Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte
road about $50 men and fifty teams are
now moving dirt along the whole II miles
| under contract. Steel sufficient to lay
| 3 miles of track has been ordered, and will
| probably arrive this week and be laid i'm.
mediately. This 3 miles of track will per-
nit construction trains to run up to about
the point where begins a series OF long and
heavy t~restles, and it is to carry up mate.
| rial for these hat the 3 miles of track will
be laid this Acknowledgements.
Schenck, who shot Philbert Meson on
Birch Greek, has been re-arrested at the in
stance of the Peace Committee from Birch
Creek on a charge OF murder in the first de'
gree. He was out On bail at the time. The
first charge on which he was arrested was
~manslaughter and a bailable offence, the
second under the statutes is not bailaDle.
On last Monday a Mexican by the name
| of "Timbuctoo' walked into Thomson 4
| B~iIven's store ard was ordered out by Mr..
Thomson, but declined to go, whereupon
the proprietor caught hold OF him and
hustled him out of the store. just as he
reached the outside IT the door he made an
awkward back-hand stroke at his ~ejector
and sent his right hand crashing through
the large glass door. The blood spurtcd
out in a large stream and it was readily
seen hat he had severed the main artery
| He was taken to DR.. Lessons office, and
flow of blood was soon stopped. His wrist
and hand were so badly cut that it was
necessary to send him to DR.. Pickman's
hospital for treatment, andi it will probably
| be a long time before he RECEIVERS the use OF
| b;,,coIf n;llop Fv, u,ipor