The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1891-07-17
MONTANA NEWS.

was struck py u pltot OF a train AT
Red Rock on the Utah Northern
Monday and fatally injured. He was
brought to Dillon on the same train
and died in the afternoon. he was
slightly deaf and had not heard the
warning whistle of the engine. He
was about 60 years Of age.
John Mcintosh had the misfortune
to loose his hand while celebrating
the Fourth near Townsend. The
miners We're firing a salute with
giant powder and a stick exploded in
the hand of Mcintosh, blowing that
member to shreds. The fragments
were amputated and Mr.. Mcintosh
is pronounced in a fair way to rccover
At a meeting of Helena Typo
graphical Union No. 95, held on the
9th, the following officers we're elect
ed for the ensuing term: President,
John Baker; vice president, A. H
Weber; treasurer, VIM. McClatchv;
financial secretary, George B. Ster-
ring; John B.. Lannon; %Sergant-at-
arms, NJ. Fl. Ripley; executive
committee, w. Stein, August Smith,
George Heck; delegates to Trades
and Labor assembly,, D. McCallum,
NJ. H. Ruply, Chas. Ashton; Com
mittee on sick, II S. Rees, +. L..
Morris, Mrs. Maggie Wallace.
Butte Mining Journal: About
eight months ago the Parrot COM
pany bonded the Little Nina Claim.
lying just northeast Of the Bell Of
Butte, and owned by John Stewart,
Emanuel Hauswirth, Simon Haus-
with and Ed Hickey. At the same
time a bond was taken on the Nip
per, which adjoins the Little. Nina
on the southeast. On Thursday last
the deed for the Little Nina was
made out and signed, and the a.
mount agreed upon s1O3,oO0, was
paid over to the wners. The bond
on the Nipper was not taken up and
the property reverted to the original
owners.
Chronicle: \. J. Voight of Albert
Lee MIMI, started on the goth ult.
for Portland to see his dying father.
On Friday he reached Belgrade, and
owing to his wild and uncomfortable
action was taken into custody and
committed for insanity. He was
brought to Bozeman and under the
doctors care will soon be all right.
a telegram was sent by Sheriff
Robertson to the sheriff of Albert
Lea regarding Weight, and an ime-
date answer was returned stating
that Weight was married and in bust
ness. Mr. Voight had been drinking
heavily, which is the cause of his I'M
fortunate condition..
At Elkhorn on the 18th an inter-
esting drilling contest took place.
The contestants in the double-hand
match were j. b. Andrew and James
Jenkins Of the Elkhorn Mining
Company, John Shcehan and Louis
Jangraw, of the c.. &. D.. mine.
Andrew and Jenkins made 81 inches
in IA minutes, VIII ilethe G. & ID. mine
men made BIZ inches in Is minutes.
The single-hand match was between
William Y. Maddern and w. Ed
wards. The latter made 23J inches
in Is minutes, while Nladdern sank
the drill 21I inches in the same length
of time. The timekcepers were
Thomas Davis and Mike Mcdonald.
land Commissioner Carter has
made an important ruling in the var
ious controversies over the Thomp-
son, Mont, townsite contest with
mineral claiments. The east was
closed in May, but various reports
received at the general land
Office that the register and receiver
Of the Missoula land office were vio-
lating the rules and the practice of
the office and department in allow
ing testimony to be taken in the
form Of disposition in the different
section of the state. The commits
sioner has telegraphed the Missoula
land officers to exclude all this testi-
mony from consideration and to de-
eide the case according to their best
Judgment on the %testimoncy made
up at, the regular hearing.
Helena dispatch: Ada Vaughan,
the young girl whose disappearance
caused her relatives SO much anxiety,
was found Saturday. About IA week
ago she came to Helena from Silver
City. The police were notified of
her disappearance, but failed to get
any clew, and all sorts of stories were
circulated. Saturday night she
came in from East Helena and is
now with her folks. She said she
had some unfriendly relations with
her grandparents and determined to
leave home and work for her living
The girl is a daughter of c. b
Vaughn, the locator of the wei
known Little Jennie mine. She is
handsome miss of rs, who has man,
friends in this county. Her disap
pcrance aroused a good deal of feel