The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-10-04
MONTANA NEWS.

Brick laying has begun on Butte's new
hotel.
The Wic,.es tunnel will be finished b..
Oc ober 1G
The new Montana Central depot at
Boulder is completed
Jefferson county claims new bonanzas
in marble and coal deposits.
An early closing movement is on foot
among the merchants of Dillon.
Sun River is to have q Chautauqu;
society and wants Touring mill.
The Manitoba is taxed to it's utmost tc
move the stock offered for shipment il
Northern Montana.
The Macget Ann mill, near Butte, was
>nrned ia (. Thursday night. Loss, $685.
40; ms TT nee, $4,000.
-Four carloads of coal are being shipped
daily from the Sand Coulee mine for use
on the Montana Central
The Wickes smelter is receiving regrl-
ar shipment of high grade ore from the
Jurlew mine, Bitter Root.
Charley Ferran, head pumpman at the
High Ore, Butte, had leg broken, Sa,
lrday, while on the 4OO-foot level of tht
nine.
The wealth of Helena is placed by the
city assessor at 1888, $50. This valua-
ton gives about $500 per capita to the
ntire population.
r. G.. Ames, az trustee, has commenced
nit against the Mountain Consolidated
mining company, to foreclose a mortgage
# 81, ,OOO,U O.-Butte Miner.
Besverhead county is agitating the
question of issuing $4,000 bonds to build
a court house. Proposition will be voted
on at the November election.
Daniel Bandman, the v-e'l-known ira
ged;an, is at the osmorolitsn, He,,na.
on his way to his stock ranch near MIS-
scala, having just retui ned from Eng
land.
Fifteen hundred men are employed on
the Rocky Mountain division of the
Northern Pacific and the yearly pay 70 |
for that section is estimated at one mil
lion dollars.
Last Thursday morning, Harry Treth-
ma, got out of bed at o'c- c-ock, tied a
trunk strap around his neck, and hung
himself from balu strade.
William S. Votaw and Miss Annie M.
Baker were married in Helena Wednes-
day evening The bride is a daughter of
Tom Baker, editor of the Madisonian,
at Virginia City, Mont.
In order to avoid the two crossings of
the Missoula river at a point four miles
east of Mlssoula, the Northern Pacific
| will change the course of the road so as
to run around the bluff known a Mar
shal Grade The change will cost $4,000
and will be completed this year.
An esst-bound freight train on the
Oregon Shortline, ran into herd of cat
tie at Onyx station, between Pocatello
| and Me- ammon, at about 7:3O o'clock
Friday night. killing Engineer Dan Hill,
Fireman Leonard and Brakeman Charles
Walton, besides two tramps found in a
box car, and who are unknown. About
thirty cars were derailed.
| Harry Adams and Thomas Raushmann
were arrested on Saturday at Butte,
charged With allowing minor, under 2l
years of age,named John Bate, to indulge
in the wicked and pernicious practice OF
gambling to tho extent of playing in SIC
on lottery. He had been induced to enter
the lottery shop, through representa-
tions made TO him by man he met on
the street, otherwise cagper or rope-in.
The case was set for hearing before Judge
Dingevon but the defendants lawyer filed
an affidavit to the effect that it would be
impossible to get fair and impartial hear.
ing in that court, and took change o1
venue to Judge Lippincott's court
Miner.