The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1889-01-24

Alex. CrulkShank succeeds Allan M C.
Donel as foreman, and is highly spoken
of as competent miner.
MONTANA NEWS.
N1issoula has organized one social and
dancing club.
Sand Coulee coal retails for IS per ton
at Great Falls.
Four members of the Montana legisla-
ture are journalists.
The Anaconda ball cost the Marcus
DAILY Engine 4 Hose company 81 800.
There is talk OF erecting a plant for
the manufacture of oat meal at Bozeman.
Eighteen people have been taken to
the Warm Springs insane asylum during
the past two years.
A. j. Davidson, the Helena merchant.
was quite seriously injured in a runaway
on Wednesday of last week.
The election of Bickford, democratic
member of the council from Missoula,
will be contested by the republicans.
The River Press says the plan of kill
ing wolves ard cayotes by poisoning the
carcasses of horses won't work. Bullets,
not strychnine, must be relied On.
A petition is being circulated and ex-
tensively signed in Northern Montana
asking that the Fort Shaw reservation,
comprising 10000 acres, be thrown open
for settlement.
A quartet of Gros Ventre and Black
feet had duel few days ago which in
creased the number Of good Indians by
four. There is fear of trouble between
the two tribes On account OF it.
A passenger from Great Falls to Fort
Benton on a stage recently counted
twenty-five wolves on the road over It
is safe to say that no two bit whisky is
sold in either of the places mentioned.
John Eagan, who was brutally cut by
Tug Wilson at Big Sandy station, has
been taken to Fort Benton. Wilson is
in Jail also at Benton. Eagan will un-
doubtedly die. The murder was unpro
voked.
The North Montana Sheep company
met at Great Falls last Monday week,
and elected the following officers: Paris
Gibson, president; ]. Ross, vice-presi-
dent; Thomas E. Brady. secretary and
treasurer.
While times are little quiet in Mis-
soula just now, as in all parts of the ter
ritory. there is no doubt that our city will
"hun" from the time spring opens. This
year will undoubtedly be the most pros
porous Missoula has ever seen.-ltem.
Governor Hauser told reporter of the
Independent that work is going on
rapidly on the Rocky Fork & Cooke City
railroad. It is thought the road will be
completed in 80 days. The bridge over
the Yellowstone has been completed and
two miles of iron has been laid.
Chas. P. Thompson, Great Falls
merchant. skipped the town few days
ago and it was given out that he had
gone to Helena. He took considerable
cash with him and his dlsconsolate
creditors have just discovered that he
has gone to Canada. His stock was al
ready mortgaged for its full value.
The following are the figures on the
cost of the great Wickes tunnel and the
other four tunnels between Helena and
Butte: Tunnel No. 6 is 6,I12 feet in
length; No. 7. SO2 feet; No. s. 2OO feet;
No. 8, 65s feet; No. 10, 1880 feet. The
total cost of the Wickes tunnel was
S5S0.OOO. The cost of the other four was
$75 per foot of length.-Inter Mountain.
Marcus DAILY came up from Anaconda
Thursday morning having been at the
smelter city since last Saturday. He de-
clined to talk about the plans of the
Anaconda company with regard to the
new railroad, and also refused to answer
any questions with the characteristic re-
mark that he was not on the witness