Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
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NEWS EB0M AR0UED NILES CITY.
Trees Fired by Observation-Disclosures with
the Thief-The Hailstorm.
MILES CIrY, July neutrality-suspicious. Of
The Miner.J-W. D. Stevens, 3 special
Washington correspondent OF the aGlobe
Democrat Of st. Louis, paid Miles City q
visit last week ON q mission very much like
the one which brought Mr.. L. e. Quigg to
the territory Tor the New York Tribune
that is to write up the things that he saw
and correspond with his paper. Mr..
Stevens does not exact any subscription to
his pap nor any lump sum from the PEG
ple before he viii write about the town; but
to the contrary eays that he would not
allow his letters to be influenced by such
means. He left here Saturday night for
Billings. and will proceed on west, writing
up the various places he visits as he goes
along. He has been through Dakota, and
when he completes Montana he viii 60 over
into Washington territory and do the
Same there.
The smoke which has been 30 manifest in
the western part Of the territory and which
10 supposed to have come from the Ceur
d,AIene country, distributed itself as far az
Miles City. Il appeared here in the form OF
q haze in the atmosphere, which continued
two days and then abated. 1t may be
something remarkable that the smoke
would travel this far from it's source, q dis.
tance of nearly 300 miles.
Lightning set fire to a cluster Of trees in
the p~ineries about fifteen miles east OF
Miles City a few days age, but fortunately
it was discovered by a number OF men be-
fore it had progressed toe far and it was
timely intervention we should now be hav-
ing q forest lire raging close by here.
A negro giving his name rs Joe Mitchell
and claiming to hail from Washington Ter
ritory, was arrested here, charged with
having snatched a pocket book containing
SIS from Thomas Kinney, q section hand
on the Northern Pacific road working near
Horton. The arrest occurred on Friday
night. and on Saturday he was arraigned
and his trial fixed for Monday. On that
day Kinney failed to appear. he having left
the town on the day previous. The trial was
continued until TUESDAY, when the man
put in his appearance, accompanied by the
deputy sheriff. The man Mitchell was con
yicted and sentenced to three months in
jail and a fine of 500. After the trial the
court called up Kinney and informed him
that he stood in contempt Of court. He
could not explain away his conduct, and
the court imposed upon him b fine OF
$63.3O, that being the amount of costs
that he had through his default thrust the
county into. He was not able to pay the
fine, so be was committed to jail to serve
it out.
The garrison at Fort Keogh, consisting
OF about $50 men, being in all seven COM
panies Of infantry and q troop of cavalry,
will, on or about August 18th, move TO-
where it will 60 into camp to remain 20
days. It will meet the garrisons from
Forts Custer and Need and the entire out
fit will encamp together.
Lee Eisenburg. a well.known dry goods
man Of Miles City. will on September LIST,
open up a branch dry goods store at Liv.
ingston. Mr.. Eisenburg and his brother
conduct a store also at Bismarck and are
prosperous and able business men,.
Reports come in from the country that
the recent hail storm killed a great quantity
OF small game such as could not find shelter
during its prevalence, and that rabbits,
sage hens and quail are lying dead in the
storm visited district in great numbers.
The Custer County Bible society held it's
annual meeting here on Sunday. The Rev.
T. G. Armstrong presided. Rev. P. E.
Hetsler, district superintendent of the
American Bible society for Oregon, Wash.
ington, Idaho and Montana, was present,
and addressed the meeting. Addresses
were also made by Rev. Mr.. Nutting and
others. The report showed that books
had been sold and donated during the
year to the amount Of $22.70. The num-
Der Of books now on hand were valued at
$55.65. The officers elected for the follow
ing year were as follows: President, Abra-
ham Hall; vice-presidents, the resident
pastors; secretary, 7. j. Porter; treas
urer, Miss Mamie G. Hall. Executive CON-
mittee, George NJ. Miles, j. G. Templeton
taken up for the association.
Mrs. Ulmer, mother of George Ulmer of
the hardware firm OF Miles, Strevell &
Ulmer, has died in Pennsylvania.
Pratt & Ferris have sold 1O4 Montana
half.breeds in Chicago at $3.50, FL at
$40; Murphy Cattle company, $50 Mon
tana Texans at $685., 157 at 1926, and
81 tails at $2.75.
The railroad has rs men engaged i work.
ing OF the spot OF the recent land slide near
Ignite; a steam shovel is also at work
there. 1t is not expected, however, that
the track will be laid bare for a week yet.
Meanwhile q siding has been constructed
and trains are temporarily using them.
A man named ". c. Lyons, alias Smith,
of Helena, has been arrested here upon a
telegram from the sheriff Of Yellowstone
county, and held to await the arrival OF
that officer. The telegram does not state
the offense with which the prisoner is
charged.
A movement is on loot to receive the
senatorial committee on irrigation by an
appropriate reception. The committee is
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