The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1889-02-21
MONTANA NEWS.

s MONTANA NEWS.
a Radersburg has literary society
. full blast.
The ice in the Missouri river at Eo
Benton broke up and moved out Ia,
week.
Joseph G. Milligan, an old pioneer &
the territory, died near Helena on th
11th.
Gen. N. A. N. Dudley of Fort Case
has gone to Boston, Mass, to await re
tirement.
! The managers of the Anaconda smelt
ing works are arranging the plant so a
not to work on Sundays.
| The report that democratic pape
was to be started in Deer Lodge turn,
out to have been canard.
The River Press swung it's eagle on re-
celpt OF the news that Choteau count,
had won in the suit for $4,000 BROUGHT
by the county commissioners of Cascade
county.
The material for the new truss bridge
across the Yellowstone, on the line of
the Rocky Fork railway, has arrived, and
the work of construction is beng rapid
ly pushed.
It is proposed to send a car load of
bouquets, fresh cut from the Benton
lawns, to the member of the hcusa who
introduced the bounty bill. Benton
does nothing by halyes.-River Press.
We understand coal trust has been
organized at Great Falls, in which the
Sand Coulee Coal company furnishes
the coal and syndicate of 1mpecunious
Great Fallsites furnish the trust.-Riyer
Press.
Ed. Ryan, who resides in the Boulder
valley, was at Three Forks last week,
and from him it was learned that the
railroad had purchased the right of way
through his land, which is an indication
that the Butte line will 20 up the
Boulder from the Canyon house at
Observation-Disclosures.
Ben Toole. danntv diatr;o+ >-,-+
clerk OF Billings, proposes to get out be-
tore he is kicked out. John Tinker has |
been given a new lease of political life
and takes the place of his friend Ben
roole.
The coal mines of the Montana Min
ng company, situated about six miles
rom Montana siding on the Northern
Pacific, have been shut down and the
miners discharged. The owners clam
hey cannot compete with Sand Coulee
oal.
Cattle on the range more than hold
heir own. They are rolling fat,
nd winter is turning into spring. The
round is we'll soaked and the prospects
re most favorable for the cattle indus
ry, and the grass will rival the magn1f
lent grass of the past year.-Stock-
rowers' Journal.
Articles of incorporation of the
lssoula Fair and Racing association
ave been filed with the territorial
'cretary. The association is formed for I
1e purpose of holding fairs. exhibitions {
stock and all industrial arts in !
[issoula county. The directors are G. :
;. Mcleod, Donald Mitchell, G. P.
lggins, G. F. Hawks, D. J. Heyfron, &. /
[arotz and A. B. Hammond, with e
'pital stock of $25,OOO, divided into t
200 shares at SIS each. =
1t is understood that there is a move c
foot to annex part of the western :
III OF Choteau county to Cascade coun- :,
. Our readers will remember that =
% years ago we advised the people of a
is vicinity not to favor the Cascade a
unity scheme, as no faith could be l
aced in promises to assist this burg in u u
similar enterprise two years later. If r.
is new scheme should succeed, and a
ere are good reasons for believing that d
will, Choteau's hopes of becoming Z
unity seat or anything else of any ac- a.
unit will be forever rdead.-Calumet. y;