The river press., 1888-07-18
Territorial Items.

gus that Col. j. lei. Rice is in that section
buying mutton weathers.
| Jackson & Sons, dealers in musical in
struments, at Helena, have dissolved part
nership, George jackson to continue the
business.
The Montana Central is now building a
platform 100 feet long at Ulm station fol
the accommodation of the travelling pub
lie and the care of freight.
S. S Hobson has shipped into the Ju-
dith Basin 800 head of Hereford heifers
from Nebraska, which have been placed
on his ranch on the Judith river.
The friends OF P. W. Meadow, and they
are legion, will rejoice to learn that he is
making money rapidly at Maiden and
will soon be in as good financial fix as he
ever was.
The Northern Pacific is advised that on
and after July 9th, rates on cattle in car
load lots will be 81 cents per cWt. from
Chicago to New York, and 14115 cents
from CnlCdgO 10 DOSGOQ
The number Of sheep owned and shear
ed by Smith Bros, of the Musselshell, is
14,5O0, instead of $4,000, as stated in last
issue. It is the best clip they ever raised,
amounting to 100000 Castle News.
Owing to the smallpox scare in Deer
Lodge, Marshall Kelly quarantined the
penitentiary Monday. No visitors are ad-
mltted, and Warden McTague and his
dozen deputies keep within the enclosure.
The Montana Central will not COM
mence to run passenger trains to Butte
until the Goth inst. The first car load Of
freight over the road reached Butte from
Helena on Monday consigned to the firm
of A. ]. Davis & Co.
The telephone is in operation, and a
number of messages have been sent to
Benton and Helena and answers received
the same day, but the operators are not
yet in good voice and their words do not
flow SO sweetly and smoothly as they
doubtless will later on.-Calumet
During the past week several prospect
outfits from Helena have left for the
headwaters of the Sun River country. It
is claimed that the section of country
mentioned has been entirely neglected by
prospectors, and it is thought that bo-
nanzas can be found Mining Re
view.
At meeting of Odd Fellows, held at
Lewisto own, Tuesday evening, June Sd,
Judith Lodge No. 80 was instituted by
Deputy Grand Master Edwin Swope.
The following officers we're elected for the
ensuing term: T. E. Wright, N. G.; r.
w. Noble, V, G.; Edwin Swope, secretary;
Jacob Holzemer, treasurer.
Ryan Brothers crossed about 1000 of
their cattle, brought up from Texas over
the Yellowstone on Friday last. Some
were ferried across the raging stream, but
most of them were forced to swim across,
which they did without the loss of a sin
gle one. They drove another of their
herds up the south side of the river to
junction City.
At a recent meeting of the Missoula
bar the name of Judge Sloane was unani-
mously recommended for the position Of
deputy clerk Of the district court in place
of Alvin Lent. The appointment was
made by Judge DeWolfe. Mr.. Lent, in a
card, accepts the change gracefully, and
says: Il recognize the right of demo
cratic bar to make it's own appointments" :"
Mr.. John A. Leggat, Of Butte, met with
serious accident Saturday night. While
riding in his buggy his horse ran away
the buggy was demolished and Mr.. Leg
gait had several ribs broken and received
numerous cuts about the head. He was
picked up insensible and taken home. He
was just recovering from a broken leg,
and in his present crippled condition the
accident is liable to go hard with him.
John Mccormick, who has been post
trader at Fort Missoula for the past elev-
en- years, has sold out his establishment
to some parties from Fort Smelling, and
the first of the week pulled out for the
Coeur d'Alene country, where he will en-
gage in railroading. Mrs. Nc. and her
sister, Miss Fannie Ewing, will leave in a
few days for Medical Lake, Washington
Territory. where they will remain five or
six weeks, when they will return to Mis-
soula and become the guests of the Flor
ence Hotel Missoula Gazette.
The Peerless Jennie Mining company,
of Ten Mile mining district, is making ex-
tensive Improvements at their mine.
They have started to sink three com
partment shaft, 19x7, which will reach the
lowest workings Of the mine in about six
ty days, and are erecting hoist capable
Of sinking 900 feet, but its capacity will
be increased as necessity demands. It Is