The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-12-16
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.

night before last and robbed of Sl0t
worth of mems clothing.
james Whilcomb Riley will lecture tc
the teachers of Montana at their state
convention in Missoula.
The Neihart Lumber company have
now a full crew of over sixty men at
work at their saw mill.
The Red Lodge Picket states that five
%homocides have occurred in Park county
in IA little over six months.
The remains of Charles l.. Haig, late
city editor of the Butte Miner. have
been sent to st. Louis for interment.
A private telegram received in Helena
yesterday from Gov. Toole, stated that
his father-in-law, Gen. Rosecrans, was
much better.
General Passenger Agent Whitney of
st Paul. and II. McKicken, of the Great
Northern, are in the Kootenia territory
on a sporting expedition.
Galbraith IL Fuller, the Missouia archi-
tects vino built the Montana building at
the Worlds fair. have gone to Chicago to
live. and opened an Office for business
there.
At Anaconda one smelter is in opera
ton. the other having been closed sew
eral weeks ago. The shut down is said
to be necessary for repairs and the clean
ing or iiue dust.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas James of Mis-
soula county. Deduty Sheriff Jack Ell
king of Deer Lodge and Deputy sheriff
Roland Creech of Silver Bow are out
after horse thieves who have been camp
ing neal the divide.
l.. p. Bowen. editor of the New North
west at Deer Lodge, has recently parted
company with liquor through the Kelley
cure. Mr.. Bowen gives his readers an
interesting account of his experiences
and says that he is now where was
twenty years ago.
Among the visitors to Butte the past
few days was fl. II. Cross, the world-re-
nowned animal painter. lie has been
down at Belmont park painting portraits
of some Of W. II. Raymond's horses. He
has also done ii great deal Of this work
for Marcus DAILY, and is considered with
out an equal in his line.
Al Let, the Chinaman who is charged
with the murder OF another Chinaman
named lung Lee OF the Fort Caster mil
itary reservation on Oct. T.. 1891, was
placed on trial before the United States
court at Helena. Ills case has peer sep
arated from that of All Doc. Who is also
charged with the murder.
The fourteen year Old son of eX. Ohicer
John \. Quirk of Helena has been d
prisoner in the city Jail of Butte. since
December !. There is no charge against
him on the books, he having peer locked
up to await the arrival of his father. The
boy ran away from home and although
his father has been notified of his where
abouts. he has not sent for him.
The Memphis Reveille. Scotland
county. Mo. says: a. j. Cowell shipped
a car load Of horses to Montana yester-
day. Sixteen of them were full blood
Clyde and Norman mares belonging TO
his father, +. NJ. Cowell. Monday they
made a trade with moore Bros for a fine
imported Percheron stallion, Il. a cost of
about $1,000, and shipped him out in
the same car.
Hugh Monroe. who lived on Two
Medicine creek, four miles north Of the
agency, on Blackfoot reservation. in
ChOteau county. was born near Montreal.
Canada. May 18th. 1881. and was there
fore over los years of age at the time Of
his death. which occurred on Thursday
last, Sth inst. Very few Interpreters
could equal him as "A sign talker. and he
spoke various Indian languages tluently.
At a recent meetino If the hoard Of
trustees of the college of Montana held
at Butte. \ resolution was passed in
effect that the gift of $4,000 be accept,
ed, which has been offered by the board
Of aid to colleges in Chicago. and tha.
A rIortpaoc he gwen not subject To-
foreclosure An Endowment find was
started with slOOOO given bv Hon. ",
4 clark and : +, Larable, Mr. Clark
| offered q for a now laboratory for
! thr college.
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lodgad With G~nvnrnorielert Richards for
official nosit,ons are the following. I S.
Merrill for mineral land commissioner
r ! Youno of Red Lodge. and Peter r.
Ealnh of Rutte for mining insnector,
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