Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-05-14
MONTANA MAT TERS.
A RESUME OF Mt
HAPPENINGS,
Rewritten, Clipped and Con
densed From Our Valued
Exchanges.

was opened i'll that city, Monday
May 9th, with DR.. A. N. Purdy il
charge.
Erich Jones, a Sweede, took th,
lead route to the great unknown il
! the McDermott hotel at Butte, Fri
day night, May 9th.
A Washington Post representa-
tive interviewed J. A. Savage O
Helena, and learned that seggre
cation was what was wanted by
the people of eastern Montana ir
regard to Park legislation.
A government geological survey
will start from Bozeman ia about
ten days to examine the Belt, Castle
and Smith river country. 1t will
be under the direction of Walter w
Weed, assistant geologist.
John Gustave Swendson, a miner
formerly from Colorado, was found
Saturday, hanging from a strap in
a blacksmith shop at Independence
gulch six miles from Helena. No
cause is given for the suicide.
The annual meeting Of the Mon
tana press association will be held
in Anaconda, Tuesday, July II.
The visiting newspaper men will be
entertained, while there, in good
style. The meeting will end with
a banquet at the Montana hotel,
The trial Of Mrs. Amelia D. Bar
mum, for robbing the mail at Mann
postofice, in Cascade county began
Monday before Judge Knowles in
the circuit court at Helena. Twen-
ty-five witnesses have been sum-
moned for the defense at the expense
of the government. On the former
trial the jury disagreed.
The Sons of St. George have ex-
tended the members Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic Of Butte, an
invitation to join in the ceremonies
at the unveiling of the Penrose
monument on the 3Oth of May,
which invitation has been accepted.
The sons have all sent for special
badges to be worn on the occasion.
At the state shooting tournament
over at Deer Lodge Saturday,
Frank Conley and John r. Cowan
tied on first money, $500, both drop
ping "a out Of possible 25 birds.
They divided the money. The
sweepstake shoot was won by Percy
Kennett, he getting nine birds out
Of a possible ten. The shoot was
we'll attended from all parts of the
state
In the west cross-cut Of the three
level of the Moulton
at Butte, a strike Of good ore was
made last Wednesday. The vein
is about three feet in width, and as
says give the ore value Of between
60 and 70 ounces per ton. This is
the second strike made in this
property within the last six weeks,
and Superintendent Clark is CORE
spondingly elated.
Castle Tribune: The organiza-
ton of the Babcock & Miles Hard
ware company of Castle, was per
fected in Livingston Monday. The
officers Of the company are a. /.
president; A. w. Miles;
secretary, and P. H. Tooley, treas
urer and general manager. The
company is capitalized at $4,000.
The stock issued by the company
is a fine specimen Of artistic litho-
graphic printing.
Aburglar entered the parsonage Of
the Episcopalean church, at Butte:
Saturday night, occupied by Rev.
5. G. Blackiston and family, and
proceed to ransack the premises.
He entered a room occupied by
Miss Mamie Blackiston and sister,
who were asleep in bed, and caught
the girl by the throat and COM
menced checking her. She scream
I'd and aroused her father, who
pitched the intruder down stairs.
He was arrested and placed in Jail.
Capt. Gustavius G. Doane, one of
the best known army officers in the
Northwest. having served in Mon
tana from '69 to 'S3 and since that
date continuously in the depart
ments OF the Columbia and Califor-
MIA. died In Rozeman- at 8 o'clock