The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-12-27
MONTANA NEWS.

Mlssonla is ag in agitating the ques-
tion Of relncorpora:lon.
Bozemsn VIII soon boast of a s4,GG
Silsby Steam ire engine.
w. A. Clark returned from New York
to his home in Butte last week.
Dynamite hats are some Of the luxu-
res enjo.:ed by Miles City dudss.
Judge Staehle has removed from
Miles City to Arizona wherc ne will
practice law.
The old and new towns of Rozeman
are to be connected by an iron tr; SIS
bridge spanning the Gallatin river
1Le Spotted Horsn mine, located 1T
Maiden. yielded lis ovEer IN average o.:
$19.0N month during the past year.
The fact that no hump-backed COWS
are to be found on the ranges cans: 8
o'd'!mers to predict an open winter +, r
Montana.
Last Saturday evening the Roxin.
Academy and Sporting Headquarters IT
Helena were opened with an athletic en
teri ainment.
During the present season 50,cCA cat
tie, $40 sheep and 2.ND horses were
shipped from rthern Montana via IL Q
Manitoba road.
A vein Of ore 4 feet wide has h On
! struck in the Chamberlain, Castle u,s
trict. Running WOLF is blossoming ont
as one o: the most promising mining
districts in Nor; hern Montana.
Owing 20 the increasing importance O"
those Offices, the bonds OF trea urer
| and sheriff Of Cascade county we're r.
Gently raised to almost double tn
former amounts by tho county commits
s:oners.
! -ta>tle district is promising to becom.
| e:en richer IS silver camp than Lea =
! vile. 1t is estimated that a contin. a.. d
d;:i!y output OF 2.'a2 tons OF high gr::s Q
carbonate, ores can he maintained with
out ''robbing" the mines.
The Empire mills, about 12 miles nortl
of Bozeman. ON Ross creek are amonc
the largest fo2r producers in the west
| The plant has capacity Of 2lO barrels a.
flour per day. and is supplied With all tn:
latest and improved machinery.
lhe-Moccasin Range association snC
the wool growers of that section have
| ';nitnd for var Of determination OF the
wolves. One dollar bounty will be p;.id
10 every employe Of tbs stock and WOO.
men for each wolf they kill, upon pre-
sentation of the scalp.
Harry Gilbert found burglar und
l. l. ln.l n Butte one evening last week
wfen fs r6t,traetti ne ~unlfa. 6lssG. e o,a. en-;
had taken alarm and skipped out leav
ing in his haste his hat. coat, bottle 81
chloroform sand bag. /: sponge and a
skeleton key. No clue to him.
The Exchange Hotel, a three-stor,
frame building situated near the depot
| Missoula. burned to the ground las,
! Thursday evening, also frame building.
occupied by Pat Mclaughlin ss alooo
The contents of both buildings wer
saved, but more or less dam.gcd. NJ
water could be gotten on the buildings,
so they were entirely at the mercy OF tn
flames. The origin Of the fire could no!
oe ascertained.
The cabalistic figures, "3-7 r." were
posted on the doors of various dives ard
i'll resorts of Butte one light last week.
One was posted on the residence 0!
,.oston Charley. It has been six years
since these figures were seen in ute
Attached 10 them was word OF wa: nini:
and it is evident the vigilance committee
has organized and proposes to nd tn
ci;y Of thieves, thugs and sure thin.
men and low dives.
The ANIMAL meeting o: stockholders @
the Cueur d'Alene Silver and Lead Min
ing company was held lsst thurs lay q,
the Office of Mantle & Warren, Butte, at
which 4c3.NO shares we're represented
Directors we're elected rs follows: Jos
TX. Clark, Patrick Clark, Henry l.
Frank. B. c. Kingsbury. A. ". McCunc
lee Mantle. John Noyes. The boart
met in the evening at the same place
sor the election of of!icers.-Inter Moun
tain.