The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-01-12
TERRITORIAL NEWS,
Items of Interest From Both
Sides Of the Divide.
Incidents Worthy Of Note Occurring
During the Week Given
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Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.
A violent hurricane ragged in the Irish
channel last week.
The sewerage question is again being
ag1tated in Helena.
The track on the Bitter Root road is
now almost to Corvallis.
One hundred miners are now employed
in the Timbsrline coal diggings.
The Montana Central is running double
header trains to buck snow drifts.
Missoula county's debt was reduced
800 o between "arch LIST and December
LIST, 1887.
Trains from the east on the Northern
Pacific have been much delayed by snow
n Dakota and in eastern Montana.
There are nine Butte cases to come be-
fore the present session of the supreme
court of Helena, SO far as they are set for
trial
The Cascade division of the Northern
Pacific is showed under, and a rotary
snow-plow has been sent out to clear the
way.
An explosion Of the powder magazine
at the east end of the Montana Central
railway tunnel at Wickes last Saturday
resulted in the death of two men.
Gust Sanders, who went out last week
with two other young men to hunt deer
has been lost and is undoubt-
edly frozen to death near Georgetown.
The Northern Pacific is now selling
tickets to New Orleans and return for
$146.05, and to Jacksonville, Fla, for
$168.30, to hold COED until the 1st OF
June.
Herald: Montana mines paid over
$3,OO0,O 600 in dividends last year, of which
the Granite Mountain alone paid nearly
two-thirds. Where are the country and
the mine in the world that can make a
similar showing?
A fire at Butte last Sunday night de-
stroyed the livery stable of Warfe]d &
Houser and damaged several other
buildings. The water in the FIRE plugs
was frozen up and greatly hindered the
efforts of the fremen. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work of an incen-
diary.
President Sutherlin, of the Montana
Press Association, has appointed Capt.
Jas. II. Mills, Geo. H. Wright, of the Liv-
ingston Enterprise, and VIM. H. Todd.
of the Benton River Press, committee
to receive subscriptions to the Hendrv
monument fund. They will meet in Hell
ena Tuesday.
At o'clock last Saturday morning
spirit Thermometer at Belgrade register
ed Sc below zero which seemed to be the
coolest night since 1865. Stock is suffer-
ing severely and should the present cold
snap continue the loss will be heavy
All Northern Pacitic's freight trains and
passenger trains going west are from
twenty-four to thirty-six hours late.
Inter Mountain: At about noon last
Sunday, in Anaconda. while Mr.. and
Mrs. James Clark were for short time
absent from home, their two children.
a baby and five-year-old girl, in playing
with matches set the curtain on fire.
The fire quickly communicated tc other
inhammable material in the room, and in
a very short time the whole structure
was in blaze. The eight-year old boy
of Mr.. Cornelius, near neighbor, man
aged to get the older Of the two babes
out of the burning house, and tried man.
fully to save the other, but unavailingly,
and before other help reached the scene
the little one was burned to death. The
fire was with great difficulty prevented
from spreading to other residences near
at hand.
Articles of incorporation of the Mon
tana smelling company have been fled
in the Office of the territorial secretary.
The incorporators are, Walter s. Gurnee,
Augustus c. Gurnee and Anton Ellers
OF New York, who. in conjunction with
Edward Cooper, of New York, and
Harry W. Child, Of Helena are
also the trustees The capital stock of
tho association is placed at q, 500: 90 di-
vided into 15,tOO shares of the par value
of 500 each, 5,O0O shares Of stock of the
par value of 500 each to be known as
Especial stock, which may be increased
to 5000 shares If desired, the remainder
OF the capital stock to be known as "or-
dinary stock" The object Of the organ
ization IL the erection of reducing, refir-