The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1889-01-03
MONTANA NEWS.

A rich body OF ore has been discovered
in the Rose mine at Gibhons;lile, Idaho,
owned by Helena syndicate.
C.B. Crittentlen is l,or;ng for an ar
:esian we'll at his ranch near Mission
creek, Park comfy. Ii IS tho first ex-
,sriment of the kind in that section.
Tho Southern Montana Agricultural,
Mineral and Mechanical Association has
filed articles of Incorporation wit the
secretary .: the terri:crv. with capital
stock of S2j,OO,. The principle pi &c
of business is Twin Bridges, Madison
county.
E. ~. Mckenzie, an alleged detective
ut Great Falls. circulated report that
John Clinton, OF that place, was an es-
capped prisoner from Dakota. Clinton
had Mel kenzie arrested and will be tried
his week. Mckenzie has admitted that
he made mistake in the man. Mcken-
10 is thought to be crank.
A mountain lion and large buck deer
were found dead in The river near the
mouth of Eight Mile by DR.: Mills. OF Lou
Lou. Missoula comfy. The gentleman
s,id that it was evident from the looks
Of the beasts that terrible encounter
had taken place and both had been
drowned IN tho Tight.
AS near as it il possible to estimate.
hreo stacks o: Helena s,nciter will he
red no during the latter pant OF January.
Work is rapidly and steadily n.o' ing for
ward in ill uncomp'ate d. partments and
the weather sill tardl: interfere with It's
progress now. The co np:nv a;a purch:s-
inr ores from all who o.ier any tor sale.
md have in their ore bins already about
1.t0' tons.
The Florence canal. which takes its
source from the south fork o: Sun river.
is completed. The canal il "Don: fifteen
miles in lcnyh. is twenty feet wido "n tile
!pttc:n, forty three feet wide on toy and
i've fert daep, and has capacity Of :O!tsa,
miners inches OF water. A large +; ser
vc;r formed BY d natural basin anou, one
mile in diameter has also b,en cons: r'ct-
I'd. and this is to be used as storage
reservoir. The quantity OF land covered
hy these works is almost CnIimltcd, and
much Of it sill open to homestead or pre-
amption at $1.25 per acre.
The last Husbandman records a
romance that is rather interest ~. More
than ton years ago Mr.. William 'Fhom.s
nov Il prosperous rancher -! the Mnssell-
she'll valley. left his pIightetl sweet heart
Miss Clara J. 1isc. at Treothy. Me-:
south Wales. He came west to se::k for
tune, but wes sor along time une"ccessfu;
Fortune smiled at last b:t circumstances
| :er, that he could not make the long tr';
| to ci.,im his bride. Irne to her love sh'
crossed The ocean nd a continent and me
| him 1T White Sclph"r Springs, Mont..
where they were married Dec. 10. lScS.
Oliver Ward :nd Beecher Moore. the
! two lads arrested :or burglarizing Plum
mer's gun store, were cxanllned D. :
fore Jre.ite Sloane Monday, and ea'''
sentenced to three months imprisonment
i .l.' c.;u;l.y j.; Ii. 1'''i .>".;;', w.:
! ,nployesl il tbs. cosmopolitan ho'.:
Ielena where he bore an excellent rep
atom. When ;;rst arrested the peep:
t ,ere could not belie.e him guilty. as
proposed to see that the case was stou::
! defended b=lic;jny his arrest w;'s a i,:a'' :
mailing ;ff:ir But when his valise wat
..amin,d and 4 pair os BURGERS sho
discovered together with property sto!'>:
| rom Plummer's store, his backe: E
! seakoned- -Missou|ian.
We confess that Hon. Joe Toole has
| worked hard for Montana. tn he 1"s
| been alert and saw to 1t that all her IN
terests were taken care oT Ill W ;isn:igtoi'
| vet NC must insist ia i IL. has not uor
'..:nt. There ;tre many Oh ;rlrln. yo,'n.
aides in Washington, and ye; up to da
! .Jos has failed to Catch on. hls IS u: :
plrdonable. Ills a. ssociate Mr.. Eoorbe;S
OF Washings on. pursued different cours.
Trnc it is, because-he Gid not cho'se :,
wife from Washington territory, tic
woman eaffragis:s. out 0: pure Jealo''sGv,
procured nis defeat: but this need not dis
courage Alr. IoOie. t:ontan: hasnt a;:y
moro young ladies than it needs and ii /:
favorile son wishes to bring back a
Washington lady. the blessings will bc
just as hearty. y.-.>oz-tnan Chronicle.
The railroad com ,,any are apt t" have:
troubl. ,,ltn her ne" piece OF r,'a't. tw,
and thre '-fonr: hs mil.s in lenyh az Mar
shall g ade. A slide occurred 'h"r' tn.
other day. eiyh, thousand y;:rds OF Ri,
falling down upon the ne"ly cons;Tu ted
roadb Il. A to,lroad was established /: er'
| wears ago bocanse sEdcs were O? 81 re
quent occurrence that the authorities
wearied vt the trouble aud bother or
rasioneu by ,h"m Tn" bill s ems t" TX
the next thing to glacier. The britt"
rock AMI e;ilth is coAs.anly er 1mb.ln=
and falling mo tue ri er. 1t Is cl;''H
by the kno Ing ones that the ne" road
bed should have been pushed out ln'
he river, Instead OF bin: construct &c
where e,-ery li,tle slide will bury th
track. -Missonlian.
he Northern Pacific surveyors. vi"
have been operating on the LOVE-
Madison for s)ne months past. novt c
| over the devd- on Thursday. aud are nov
encamped near Bess' station, on Meade"
| crees. iheir last work ".s making s..r
! vey and es;im:;tin: the cost OF bul ding :
| road through the Madison canyon. anc
our informant says they are now rnn-
9in: lines over the Sterling divide to Ho
Spring or. Elk Via Fed Bluff to thu ore,
country beyond tLe Madison brid e
the ..ridity with ..Licn She np'r'' valls'.
IS l.i.ix settled viii make The bu:l.ila.
%; a railway up tie Ha,!ison an imperative
no:cssi.y b,:ore long an3 the op,cion gs'-
:e- .:ly on. AIMS hat if tie Nor hern PaciE.
docs not cons Ct one ir that local :,
the Montana Can:rai will The conrt"y
{. there,,,n,jfs osers sn!eclil cbarces 10.