The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-08-23
MONTANA NEWS.

Castle has bank and a smelter.
Burlington now has six-day mail
from Butte.
The public schools of Butte will open
ca September 10.
The "Smokehouse settlement in Butte
has ended in smoke.
Boulder, Jefferson county, will expend
over SlOO,OOO in new buildings this year.
A new electric light company has been
formed in Helena. The old one is not
giving satisfaction.
Bielenberg's slaughter house, near
Butte, was burned last week, through
the carelessness Of an employe.
A gold nugget worth $500 was taken
from Confederate gulch recently. It is
the largest found in the territory.
Colored troops in the territory are re-
ported as cutting hay and selling it in
competition with some of our farmers.
Butte is to have free delivery system
as soon as the office there is prepared for
it and the city numbered, which is about
to be done.
d. j. Newton, Of Butte, was arrested.
tried and fined 500 and costs for allow
ing minors to gamble at his place on
Main street.
The Ceur d'Alene company's concen-
traitor at Burke, Idaho, owned principally
by Butte people, started up last Satur-
day morning.
The game of baseball played at Butte
between the Salt Lake and Helena mines
last week is pronounced fake and a
tizzle by the Butte papers.
TIE Jefferson County Sentinel has Just
celebrated its third anniversary. We
don't know which celebrated the hardest,
Brother Robertson Or his paper.
Arrangements are being made for q
game OF baseball between the printers
and clerks of Helena, Sunday, the pro-
ceeds to be given to St. Peters hospital.
Alexander Woods, the colored barber
of Pocatello, was hanged at Blackfoot.
Idaho, at 2 o'clock last Friday afternoon.
for the murder of his wife on May Is,
1887.
A Chlnaman was robbed by his fellow
countrymen in Helena, last week, of a
bag OF gold dust. By appealing to the
leading mandarin he got it back without
recourse to the law.
The big mill belonging to the Alice
company Is now running at full blast,
but the small one is undergoing repairs
The mine is not as vet running full
handed.-Butte Miner.
b. H. Becker, formerly connected with
Miles City Journalism, and for the last
four years owner and editor of the Big
Horn Sentinel, of Buffalo, Wyoming, has
bought the Billings Gazette.
The Cumberland company last week
shipped from Castle 74,10O tons or ore.
The net receipts for the month of july
amount to $1,000. The number of tons
shipped for the month is 175.-Townsend
Tranchant.
At Fort Conrad IN Northern Montana.
the large gray wolves are now more
numerous than they have ever been, and
are committing serious and frequent dep
relations upon the range cattle and
other stock in that section.
Ranchmen IN Dawson county are ra1s-
ng the best crops ever known west of
the Mississippi. Dawson county is get
ing to the front on assessments this year.
The county assessor reports the ASSESS
neDt at nearly $2O0OOOO. a gain of at
east s5OO,OO0 over last years assessment.
The Missoula & Bitter Root Valley
'allrOad company are fencing their road
he entire distance from Grantsdale to
Nissoula. They have at present about
fifteen miles completed from the former
olace. The posts are set every eight feet
With three strands OF wire and two eight
nch planks, making it substantial
barrier to stock, which has caused them
10 little trouble alreadv.-Tribune.
Already the effect of the construction
# the smelter is being felt by the citizens
It Castle. IN the firm holding Of prices of
cal estate and in the contemplated i'm
'rovements in building, etc. $4,000 per
month, the larger part of which will un-
[oubtedly change hands in Castle, will
'e the means of circulating money freely
nd also pave the way to the establish
nent of other enterprises here.-Castle
Jews.
Last Saturday night, at about mid
light, frightful affray occurred in one
f Butte's numerous Galena-str dives.
ally wounded, and another slightly
Corey, proprietor of the dive,
ushed after a man named Dougherty
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lto the crowd Of spectators, one ball
aking slight effect. Dougherty, being
defended himself with knife
nd cut his opponent up terribly. A
ian named Harrington was pressed upon
be combatants by the crowd and was
tabled several times, apparently unin-
entionally, by Dougherty. Harrington
led, Corey will, and Dougherty won't,
ause, an old row.
Hon. T. ]. Demers of Frenchtown was
| the city on Thursday. A few days ago
| company with quartz expert, Mr..
'emers made trip into the mountains
lst and north of Flathead lake. to ex-
nine some quartz locations in that Sec
on, and investigate the deposits of coal
that region. They succeeded in find
g some very rich galena ore, and also
und some strong veins of coal Mr..
emers is of the opinion that the deposits
galena ore and rich beds OF coal wilt
stify the building of branch road from
me point on the NorthernPacifict to this
ch but undeveloped country in a short
me. In addition to being a country
Oh in mineral and coal, the country at the
lad of the lake is one Of the richest and
OSt extensive Agricultural rapinns IN