The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-03-08
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.
Helena is to have another line of street
cars.
The Knight Templars gave a ball at
Billings last week.
A Cornishman was killed at the Comet
mine, at Wickes, last week.
John Ganley was run over and killed
On the railroad at Deer Lodge last Tues
day.
A new postoffice has been established
at Feeley, with John f. Cowan as post
master.
-Four bloodhounds are to be used at
the penitentiary at Deer Lodge for the
tracking Of escaped criminals.
Oliver Byam, one of the proprietors OF
the Byam coal mine. on Trail creek, was
killed BY a blast in the mine last week
Conductor Frank Minty, who was hurt
in the railroad accident at Rocker some
time since, died last week Of his in
juries.
A petition all wool and yard wide
has been circulated in Bitter Root Valley
praying that the tariff on wool be con-
tinued. tits numerously signed.
Goldberg's pawnshop, at Butte, was
burglarized last week anG the proprietor
badly cut by the robbers, who, it is al
legged goods taken to the amount Of 81 900.
A prostitute attempted suicide at
Missoula last week, while in a state OF
despondency, by taking large dose OF
poison. She was resuscitated and is in a
fair way to recovery.
Livingston Enterprise: The printing
material and stock for the News, the
paper which is to be published at Castle,
arrived here this week and was taken by
freight teams to it's destination.
Herald: There has been much spec,
ulation as to whether Or not the new
Judge has son. It is still an undecided
question, but some one says his clerk will
be Mr.. Jones. He has been waiting to
get even with the Jones family for some
time.
Miss Nina Daft, a well-known favorite
in this city, was married Wednesday
evening. the 22d, to John F. Forbis, a
promising lawyer at Butte, by Rev. ]. E.
Thrall-Salt Lake Tribune. Now that
she is Fourbils better off tho lady is nc
longer Daft.
Cooke City real estate is in demand
an impetus being given it by the almost
certain construction of railroad to that
point next summer. Last week William
Randall purchased for an eastern party
two lots in Cooke, for which he paid J. s.
Tate S5O0.-Bozeman Chronicle.
Atwater Lawrence, Fritz Dell and
James Regan were killed in the shaft OF
the Goldsmith mine last week, at Butte
The men were being lowered to work in
the bucket. and when within 50 feet OF
the bottom the wire rope broke. Death
for all three was almost instantaneous.
Independent: Some forty or more
Cinnamon at work on the Bit
ter Root railroad were arrested at their
camp and lodged in Jail on a charge OF
killing trout with giant powder, last
week. The complaint was made at the
instance of the Rod and Gun club. who
were on the alert to see that the iish and
game laws are respected.
Dillon Tribune: It is customary and
courteous to call the attention of delin-
quent newspaper subscribers every semi
occasionally to their indifference in pay
ing the printer. Should any delinquent
subscriber happen to read this paragraph
it is hoped he will get mad at himself and
call round Immediately and promptly pay
up.
Inter Mountain, 30: A young man
named Humphrey has been taken charge
of by the county physician and sent to the
pest house, having a well-developed case
Of smallpox. Humphrey is a cowboy
and was employed in Beaverhead county
previous to coming here. He was dis
charged from employment about two
months ago and came to Butte. Since
getting here he has been living from
hand to mouth and sleeping in chairs in
the saloons.
Herald: J. w. No,l, the Butler tel, =
graph operator, had a hearing last week
before Justice O'Donnel on charge of rob-
bing Kane of $25', while they were trav-
cling in company on the Butte train
lastweek. The evidence adduced was suffi-
cient to justify His Honor in holding the
prisoner, and Mr.. Noel Was accordingly
bound over in the sum Of $500 to appear
before the grand jury. He was released on
furnishing bond in the shove sum with