Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1891-11-14

contracted with C. J. Tooker & Co
' of Helena, to furnish the granite
which will cost 100000. A fore
# from thirty to fifty men will b
Employed in the tunnel. An elect
'ic light plant is now on it's wa
rom St. Paul, so operations ma
e carried on night and day.
The Dilworth Cattle compall,
shipped thirty carloads of cattl
this week from Red Lodge to tn
eastern market.
Attorneys Savage & Day wen
down to Billings Monday to appeal
in an action which was tried before
; the district court at that place
The action was brought by G. w
Hoffman to settle dispute ovel
the Silver Queen quartz lode min
ing claim Of Cooke City, which
was located in 1882 as the Lake
Superior claim. Subsequently it
was claimed that the notice Of To-
cation was faulty and the claim
was relocated by other parties as
the Silver Queen. DR.. Beecher
purchased it from the parties who
made the relocation. Amos
Hague, S. Mather, Hamilton
Kearns, Captain Shields and DR..
Beecher also went down TO appear
as witnesses. i. - >, -.
Sheriff Templeton lost a valuable
horse Friday night from collie The
animal was recently selected by
the sheriff out of a band of 100 and
was one Of the finest in the country.
Shelby Eli billiard, editor of the
RED LoEGE PICKET, stopped over
in Livingston Monday, on his way
to Helena. It is reported that Mr..
billiard has sold the PICKET to
company recently organized by
Attorney W. F. Meyer Of Red
Lodge, and that the paper will be
run in the interest of the republi-
can party.
Dr.. J. NJ. Fox, manager Of the
Rocky Fork Coal company, came
i'll from Red Lodge Friday and re-
manned over night in the city.
Attorney W. F. Meyer, Of Red
Lvaou, ,uo uvoonulns W uuoinvor
before the district court Monday.
Livingston Post.
Miss Annie Madden has rerigned
her position as teacher in the pub
lie schools on account of i'll health
Miss Annie McDermott, formerly
employed on the upper Yellowstone
as teacher, has been selected by the
school board to fill the vacancy
The young lady entered upon the
discharge of her duties Monday
morning.
Reliable information reaches this
office tnat there has been quite a
large number of horses stolen in
the vicinity Of Big Timber and
especially in the section bordering
on the Crow reservation. Within
the last two years Thomas Kent,an
extensive dealer in horses, has lost
stock valued at $4,000 by these
marauders and horse thieves, the
last raid being made on Kent's
horses about the first Of October
last 1t is supposed that the same
gang stole all of the 70 outfit and
40 head of horses from Mcleod, Of
Boulder, most Of the horses belong
ing to Mcleod were fine large brood
mares. A large number Of Ellis
saddle horses disappeared about
the same time. 1t is evident that
some severe measures will have to
be adopted before this thieving gang
is broken up.
Editor billiard, of the RED LODGE
P1cKEsr, has disposed of his news
paper plant toa stock company and
it is understood under the new re-
gime the paper will advocate repub
lican doctrine. VIM. F. Myer will
assume the management of the
paper, while billiard will probably
be retained on the editorial staff.
The Big Timber public schools,
which have been closed for several