The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-15
GENERAL NEW S
OF THE STATE.
Dillon.

OF THE STATE.
L. Hansen shipped car load OF timothy
hav to Butte for which he received *lo PEI
ton.
The tax levy for Beaverhead county this
year ia nineteen mills against twenty-one
mills for last year.
The commissioners have let the wood
contract for the court house to }. n. Poin-
dexter at AS per cord.
The dates for tho county teachers insti.
26. as Thar kssiv1ng day will occur on the
9th, SUPERINTENDENT Stone anticipates
very successful meeting.
VIM. Mauldin has on exhibition at the
Dillon Implement cOmpany's estaDllsnment
a four and one-half pound potato, which
was raised on his ranch few miles from
The new Dillon National bank building
ia assuming mammoth proportions and
Cashier Crow is happy. The brick work Is
almost completed.
- P. Tucker has sold his ranch on Rat
tlesnake creek, consisting OF l6O acres 70
N. A. Stiles, of this city. Consideration
$3.50. p,;,,,n, Ma. ee,tha Re;nin-
oar Miss Viva Gililland, Miss Fannie
brown and Miss NJ. A. oliver, the ladies
who will assist Miss Mary E. Hanks in the
public school, have arrived.
C. A. Behrer, of Willis, was awarded the
contract for supplying tho United States
cavalry department with liz head Of horses
at something over 800 per head. Thos. G.
Galbraith had been awarded this contract
for the two years previous to this, but he
was underbid on this years contract.
Henry Brainard, Van Dorm and George
<oV hnnt
the vicinity of Red Rock lake, Tuesday.
they brought home 285 duck, IS chickens,
five geese and four swans. Ed Ripley and
George Serman, of Lima, accompanied the
party.
A number Of members of Dillon Chapter
No. 8. r, A. NJ, left for Butte Thursday
morning to take the commandery degrees,
Ihe Virginia City lodge having waived juris-
diction. There was quite an attendance from
various Montana towns to witness the core
mony, which concluded with magnificent
banquet. The Dillon men present were T.
Il. Douglas, 8; H. Douglas, G; I; Paul
Nuckolls, II. -. Pickman, p. e. Poindexter,
r. G. Halliday, X. J. Moore and John F.
Bishop.
White Sulphur Springs.
The First National bank is growing in
size and business. This week they enlarged
t00lf WOfkl0R IOOlu uu0 0AuplVyoN 0Aks IL
A. Waterman % boOkkeeper.
The efficient superintendent of schools,
Miss Sutherlin, has returned from her visit
with friends in Missouri Valley.
D. E. Folsom and family returned yester-
day from an extended visit to California
and New England.
Mrs. HOWE. ex-president of the w. g, T.
u, of the state of Montana, delivered an in.
teresting lecture on the greatness OF
last Saturday night. Asa matter Of history
Of woman. and the good work she has done
and may 40, the lecture was complete. A
crowded house and an appreciative audi
ence were present.
G. E. Wight and Judge Badger have just
received q complete set of the Fenton me-
tallic vault system of shelving and vault
furniture. They are the neatest and most
economical thing ever invented and the
county made u good Investment when il
purchased them. Judge Badger has also
received new desks for his lower room, and
will compare favorably with any Office in
the state.
It was ordered by the commissioners that
there be levied and collected for the current
year upon each dollar of assessable proper
ty in Meagher county, an adyalorem tai o.
sixteen mills, as follows: County tar, &
tc.ool tax 4, road tax 2, poor tax 2, state
tax.
Lewistown.
II. M. Parchen. of Helena, sold his sheep,
consisting of ewes and lambs, in charge OF
Fowler & Moser. of Highfeld, to O'Neill 4
Nailor, of Miles City, at an average price Of
SIS.
Donald Fowler, of Highfeld, was in town
last Saturday. Mr.. Fowler came into the
basin a week ago in search Of stock sheep.
He purchased LOO head of ewes and lambs
from Cook, Berry d Clark, of Ross Fork,
paying $2.7O per head for ewes.
P. Yegen h Co., of Billings, have put in a
large stock of general merchandise at Ubet.
H. B. Varney, foreman Of the Galloway
Mr.. Varney viii move the oompany's cattle
to the lower Musselshell, this county. in a
few days. There is good feed in the bad
lands.
J. L. Orowder brought a twenty-two-
pound turnip to town last week that was
raised without irrigation. He said with
plenty of water he would have been COM
PEELED to move his fence to give the vegeta-
Bile chance to grow.
The board of commissioners has author
lied the clerk to advertise for the sale OF
$5s,6oO of Fergus county bonds, to be Of the
denomination Of 81 600 each, excepting the
last, which will be for $500, bonds to draw
six per cent interest and to be payable
twenty years after date, with privilege OF
redeeming any or all after fifteen years
Bonds to be sold Nov. IL, 1880.
Chotoau.
Hon. Sam Mitchell has gone to Chicago
in the interests of his shipment of beef cat
tie.
The Cascade Land b Irrigation compan,
have completed their canal from the Tetol
over to the head of Willow creek. and hav
turned tho water across the divide, 20 tina
there is but little water now running in tn
Teton.
Sol Cohen and A. N. Dean got lost in tn
storm Wednesday when returning from Ro
bare, and wandered around in the Dry Forl
country till way into the night before they
found . place to tie up.
The storm which began Wednesday morn
ing of last week had not yet entirely sub
sided Friday. though but little SNOW or rail
fell on that day. During Wednesday ant
tho following night over eight inches o
SNOW fell, and Monday night the mercur,
fell TO 226 degrees above zero.
Something extraordinary in the grass lin,
has occurred this season along the base o
the mountains. For distance of twenty
i've Of thirty miles east all along the noun
tains the rains and soft SHOWS of Septem
Der have started up q second crop of grass
80 that to-day the feed in the foot hills ia q