The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-01-26
TERRITORIAL NEWS,
Items of Interest From Both
Sides of the Divide.
Incidents Worthy of Note Occurring
During the Week Given
Space Herein.

Il SpdCe nereIn.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.
Anaconda has had an avoidupois soci
able.
}, A man had his ear bitten off in figh
in Butte last week.
A large grain elev ator is to be built al
Victor, Missoula county.
The Helena board of trade has Just is
sued handsome illustrated report fo]
the year 1887.
The Gloster mine, near the great
Drum Lummon, in Lewis and Clarke
county, is going to resume.
At the Morta Central tunnel al
Woodville last Sunday night blast ex-
ploded prematurely, but only slightly in
ju:ed one man.
A telegram from City Marshal Reed
of Helena, says he has arrived at San
Francisco with Simon Hamburg, and had
turned the latter over to the police au
thOrities.
Daniel B. Jordan, an employe of the
Silver Bow mill, Butte, was crushed to
death by the belt of the roasters last Fri
day morning. Jordan was young man
with no family.
Lieutenant Thies, qnartermaster of the
third infantry, died at Fort Shaw last
Friday, of erysipelas, after an illness OF
as private in 1886.
A woman now in Butte has lately
walked there from Camas, idaho, q dis
tance of 1877 miles by rail, and of course
considerably longer by trail The trip was
made during the recent severe weather.
John Schuyler Crosby, ex-governor of
Montana. who has been implicated by
certain eastern publications in the loss of
a society woman's diamonds, which he
has been accused of purloining, is going
to sue his detractors for damages.
The Office of the Elkhorn mining COM
pany, at Elkhorn, Jefferson county, was
burned last Saturday, nothing but the
works of the company being saved. The
season of the year will make it difficult
to procure building material for new
Office.
Physicians discovered last Saturday
morning that Tom Harper, recently re-
turned to Butte from Big Hole, has the
smallpox. His home is in the outskirts
of the town, and has been quarantined
with the usual flag and warning notices.
Geo Tong sat up with the sick man sew
eral nights without knowing what was
the matter with him, and each morning
returned to his family without changin.
his clothes or taking any precautions. 1t
is expected other cases will soon appear
The Chambers Syndicate group of
mines, owned largely by the Anaconda
company, was closed down last Saturday
| night on the arrival home of Marcus DAILY
from the east The mines included the
WaKe-Up Jim, Wild Bill, Modoc Belle
and several others. Several hundred men
are thrown out Unemployment. of The rea
son for the shutdown is not known, but
is supposed to be due to the superabun-
dance of ore at the Anaconda works.
They are expected to resume in short
time.
Reports from various points Of the
territory show that the blizzard has
spent its force, the weather is moderat-
ing, and stockmen are beginning to be
able to fo1m some intelligent idea Of the
effect upon cattle. 1t is satisfactory to
note that from no section comes anything
but the most cheering reports; the cattle
have stood the rigorous weather we'll.
and the loss, even where there has been
any loss at all, is hardly worth mention
ing, being but little greater than during
ordinary winter weather. This is prob
ably due to the fact that last winters
exposure has caused the stockmen to
make better provision for the care of
their cattle during stormy times.
On last Friday the body of man was
found in the brush near a slough on the
ranch of James Selway, about two miles
from the city. The dead man had
rifle clutched in his hands, and the
top Of his head was blown off. City Mar
shall Mulaney brought the body to the
city, and Coroner Pickman summoned
a jury to investigate the matter. The
dead man was recognized and identified |
by several witnesses as John Doherty, |
mine, The Coroner's jury rendered !
verdict that the deceased had accidently
shot himself. The body was buried in the
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