The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-03-22
TERRITORIAL NEWS,
Items of Interest From Both
Sides of the Divide.
Incidents Worthy Of Note Occurring
During the Week Given
Space Herein.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.

Democratic primaries will be held i,
Helena tonight.
Butte will vote on reincorporation OF
the 10th of April.
Helena is having trouble over he
house numbering.
The district court convened at Bentor
last Monday, Judge Bach presiding.
The >'eaderville & Butte motor lin.
carried 1900 passengers last Sunday.
''Feelv's," just beyond Silver Bow
Junction, has been made a postofice.
A freight train was wrecked by going
through a bridge near Rosebud last Sat
urday.
Twenty-seven car loads of material fo1
the Missouri bridge have arrived at Fort
Benton.
Mark G.. Carleton Red), suicided at
Billings last week. Unmarried; aged 20;
tired of life"
Jefferson county is soon to vote on the
proposition to issue $4,000 in bonds for
the erection of court house.
A man named Bachelor blew himself
up with giant powder at Maiden on the
9th. Loss at cards was supposed to be
the cause.
Benton last Monday celebrated the
completion of her water and electric
light works. Tests made show that both
are complete success.
Independent, Goth: Mrs. Hates and
another young son are now sick with
smallpox. 1t was in this family that the
disease first made it's appearance.
A special palace car attached to the
east bound local express for the use of
Grand Army veterans, left Helena last
Tuesday. The encampment opened at
Miles City yesterday
Neil Carter, the 5-year-old son OF the
deputy county treasurer, in Helena, was
killed last Tuesday by being struck bv a
revolving plank, used on the same princi-
pie as a merry -go-round.
Benton Press: Mr.. L. w. Peck, ed;
or of the Wool Grower has forwarded to
OUR delegate at Washington petition
signed by 500 persons, praying that no
change be made in the present tariff on
WOOL.
Governor Leslie has pardoned Albert
Osborne, convicted at the May term of
ourt, 1887. in Deer Lodge county, for
ssault with intent to m lrder, and SEN
enced to one year IN the penitentiary.
A sister and brother of Ed. Delaney
Tho recently died in Helena have been
ound through the efforts of Public
Yaeger. The brother
ives in BROOKLYN. n. Y. but the sisters
xact location is not yet known.
Independent: A surveying party is
ow in the field running lines for the
lelena, Boulder Valley & Butte railroad |
rom its present terminus at Calyin's .
anch to Butte. It is understood that
his road will be pushed into Butte early
I the spring.
Independents: General Manager Shell
Y Of the Montana Central received a
slegram from Assistant General Man
ger Ives OF the Manitoba, yesterday. say
,g the washo1t on the Milk river was
OF serious and that he expected to have
aims crossing there last night.
Jas. Fl. Cowan, Elijah Chatfin and Carl
Jones, residing at Carvaills. issouIa
'unte. are the incorporators of a con.-
any to be known AS the Corvallis cem-
cry association, tie object of which is
buy and plat piece Of land near Cor 1
Ills to be used for the burying of the
lad. There are 100 shares at value of
@ each. :
Independents: N. B. Rand was before ]
ldge English again yesterday, charged I
tn beating his wife. He was fined s25
r the same offense Saturday. Mrs
and related pitiful story, and said she
d been the subject for her husbands +
spleas'ire for nine years, and that '
he beats her numerically Z
3 was fined 315 for the otense yester-
y and paid the amount without a c
lrmur. !.
Inter Mountain: The news reaches US +
a very roundabout way that JIM Hill d
poets to extend the Montana Central !,
18th from Butte to Ogden and thence "
st to the Pacific This report comes O.
N Los Angeles correspondent of
Nspaper at Fargo, and seemed to be =
sed upon the fact that Hill Is spending =, ~
winter in California and talks of buy f.
some land down there. There is not s.,
ely to be much truth in it. In