St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29
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Livingston ENTERPRISE: The Northern
Pacific management is said To be eOnSid-
ering the feasibility OF adding another
through passenger train TO its service.
This would be an Improvement that
would be duly appreciated by the peO-
pie along this division. especially that
portion travelling between Livingston
and Helena.
A Great Falls syndicate has just
bought for $4,000 the Frisco mine at
Neihart. 1t is claimed that il is good
mine. ut as ii is in the center of Mel
hart. more attention will be paid to the
surface than to the rock. 1t will be
plated and sold as town lots at once.
Charles E. Severance, who arrived in
the city on the noon train to-day, is just
from Iowa, to which place he shipped
several thousand head of sheep to feed.
They will be sent forward to the Chi
cago market as fast as they get in prime
cOnditiOn.-Great Falls Tribune.
The Yellowstone Park association
have contracted for steam launch TO
accommodate $50 passengers. 1t Will
cost $1,000 and will sail on Yellowstone
lake. During the past season 5000
tourists have visited the park.
Tuesday two sticks of giant powder
and caps were discovered in the cellar
of Ii. Nalback, tailor at Great Falls.
The gentleman cannot account for the
presence OF the explosives and is some
what worried.
l.. IL. Hershfield and Charles S. GiD-
son have purchased 1000 acres and i'm
prOvements belonging to the North
Montana Cattle company, on the Teton
river, eight miles from the town or
ChOteau.
s. J. Erstman, of Anaconda, was ser
iOusly injured Thursday at the Ameri-
can Flag mine near Anaconda by the
premature explosion of powder. 1t is
feared he Will lose the sight of both
eyes.
The last official act of ex-Gov. White
was the exercise of executive clemency
in the pardon of Joseph Walters, who
was sentenced in the district court OF
Beaverhead county last April to years
Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
W. j. Hunter, Carl Kleinschmidt and
T. L. Crutcher have incorporated the
Helena Granite company with capital
stock of 100000, i'm 100000 shares of 81
each. The offices and principal place
of business will be in Helena.
NidlitlliS OtNdlt
Fort Benton day or two ago with $780,
600 worth of gold bullion, the proceeds
of thirty days run of two ten-stamp
mills on rock of the Spotted Horse mine.
The earnings of the Northern Pacific
for October show all increase in freight
business over the corresponding month
last year of $50. 932. and in passenger
traffic an increase of Sj4,606.
J. 3. Whitlatch, one of the pioneer
quartz miners of Montana, and one who
made million of money out of the bust
hess. is visiting The state for the flrSt
time in many years
Within thirty days just past John f.
Mercer, of ChOteau county, captured 100
coyotes and wolves. From the bounty
and the sale of the skins he realized
over $500.
Five men were killed on the Butte &
Galatin branch of the Northern Pacific
railroad on Tuesday of last week by the
premature explosion of several kegs OF
powder.
Fifty-siK bars of bullion, containing
SS.563 ounces of silver and 171.05 ounces
of gold was the output Of the Granite
mine for the week ending Nov. z.
Mrs. Turner offers reward of 5000
for the recovery of the remains of her
husband, DIR. Turner, who was dIOwned
in the Missouri on the 22d ult.
The people of Great Falls are now
agitating for proper system of sewer
aye. There is no reason why they
should not have 1t.
A Michigan firm has purchased the
necessary property and will establish
an iron works and foundry at Great
Falls.
The total assessment of Custer county
is 81, 494 ,04O: of this cattle is -, 296, 035;
horses. S57l, 300; sheep, Sl61,20Q.
Charles Albrecht. an old time resident
of Helena. died on the 18th inst. of rheu-
matiSm of the heart.
1t is reported that Lee w. Foster will
erect a concentratOr in the Cataract
mining district.
Anaconda has sold its 600 sewer
bonds to Chicago banking house at a
premium.