The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-02-16
incidents Worthy Of Note Occurring
During the Week Given
Space Herein.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.


year party last Tuesday.
A lodge of Good Temp}ars is to be or
ganized at Pocatello, Idaho.
The wool clip of Montana last year is
estimated at 5,771 pounds.
Two men had their eyes filled with
powder by an explosion at Stemple last
week.
A movement is on foot at Helena to es-
tablish a Working Woman's Home in
that city.
The Yellowstone Journal reports the
discovery of burning coal mine near
Miles City.
The department encampment of the G..
A. r. for Montana will be held at Miles
City April 10th, next.
The Helena and Butte typographical
unions have resolved to prohibit the use
of plate matter in those places.
The issuance of a patent for the town.
site of Castle has been delayed by the To-
cation of lode claim on portion of it.
John Hartwick, the man shot by the
sheriff while resisting arrest at Red Lodge
last month has succeeded in committing
suicide
The Manitoba railroad bridge over the
river at Great Falls has been completed.
The bridge is 900 feet long and is the
only one crossing the Missouri river north
of Bismarck.
The earnings Of the Northern Pacific
for January show an increase of 49,, $685.
Or over the corresponding month last
year. For January, 1885, the earnings
were 1886; January, 1887, $571, ,42o SO.
Gov. Leslie has recently issued on the
governor of Idaho requisltion for one
Capt. Carson, who is chared with assault
with deadly weapon on some man in
Jefferson county and who was captured
at Pocate]lo.
The quarantine proclamation issued by
Governor Leslie modifes the one issued
April %. 1887, in that the restrictions are
removed from cattle brought from Yer
mont and Virginia, and from all parts
of Illinois except that portion of Cook
county quarantined against by the gov
ernor of Illinois in July last.
The Iowa Press association contem-
plating trip to Montana as their an
nual editorial excursion. Correspon-
pondence with Iowa editors has been
opened by the Manitoba lines and it is
probable tour to Montana will be de-
cided upon. They will be heartily well
coined by the Montana ''press gang"
In formation has been received at Miles
City that Special Agent Downey, of the
United States land office, now at Boze-
man, has discovered the fact that the
Rocky Fork & Cooke City railroad com
pany has neglected to file with the secre-
tary Of the interior map of its definite
location. In consequence all timber-cut-
ting done by the company or its agents
is unlawful. It is also stated that Major
Eowney has tied up at camps along the
road $4,000 worth Of bridge timber, pill
ing, ETC., pending action by the depart
ment.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the Office of the secretary of the
territory for the Butte Produce and Com
mission company, the object of which
is to deal in produce and handle goods
on commission, buy and sell merchan-
disc, and make and receive consignments,
the business to be conducted in Silver
Bow and Lewis and Clarke counties, the
office being in Butte. The cap
ital stock of the concern is fixed at $10,-
600, divided into 10000 shares of the par
value of 81 each. H. NJ. Jastram, J. E.
C1O 4u"C1u Nld11Ou dl6 LILO Ill"
and first trustees.
L. S. Hough, of Minneapolis, and A. J.
Edsall and j. H. Ellsworth of Gallatin
county, have associated themselves in the
formation of the Conductors Mining & |
Milling company OF Montar a, corpora
ton organized under the laws of the ter
rltory of Montana for the purpose OF car
ing on general mining and milling busi-
ness in the county of Park. The capital
stock of the company is placed at $2,OOO,-
300 in 100000 shares of par value of $40
Zach, and the term of existence of the
is fixed at 20 years. The
principal office of the company will tenn
?orarily be at Bozeman, but, as stated in
The foregoing, it's chief operations will be
IN Park county.-Livineston Enterprise.