Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-04-30
MONTANA MATTERS.
A RES SUME OF IMPORTAN MI
HAPPENINGS,
Rewritten, Clipped and Con
densed From Our Valued
Exchanges.

G]endive has organized frs
class base ball club.
The Z. S. Marine band gave
concert at Helena Saturday even
ing.
A steamboat is being constructe,
at Kalispell to ply on the Kootena
river.
Frederick Warde, the great trage
dian, is now playing in the larg'
Montana towns.
A fire brick manufacturer o
Stamford, Conn. is talking of locat
ing at Great Falls.
The Miners and Merchants bank
has been organized at Philipsburg
with capital Of 5000
Forty business men Of kalispelj
have agreed to use telephones if a
system is put in that thriving young
city.
The bill to establish a military
post at Helena, carrying an appro-
priation Of 1900, 900, has passed the
senate.
Home talent gave an entertain
ment in Ming's opera house at
Helena last Friday, for the Russian
sufferers.
Col. Broadwater has returned
from Italy and is now at Washing
ton, D. c., working for the public
building bill.
Mrs. J. G. Lewis, of Castle, has
become insane. Her mania takes
religious turn and she imagines
she is inspired.
Chich Rogers and George Wesley
(colored), fought a finish fight near
Helena. The colored man was
badly whipped
@. II. Jewell Of Indianapolis, has
perfected lease Of the Bozeman
hotel. The lease dates from Nav
first and runs five years
Chinook Opinion Dean Sweet
arrived last Monday from Fayette,
Iowa; with a carload Of horses for
his brother, d. L. Sweet Of LLOYD.
Two constab]es Of Kalispell, went
to Tobacco Plains last week to ar
rest some "bad" men. The officers
horses were stolen from them be-
fore the arrests were accomplished.
Great Falls special: A man
named "Chicken," halfbreed. was
placed in Jail here Saturday, charg-
ed with committing rape upon his
thirteen-year-old daughter at Cho-
teau.
Glendive Independent: L. Van
der Poele, who arrived here recent
ly from Oregon with three carloads
Of horses, says he lost ten head Of
valuable mares and colts on the
trip. He started Tuesday morning
for his ranch forty miles from Ming
usville, and will take plenty of time
to allow the stock to gather strength.
Bozeman Avant Courier: G. w.
Anderson & Son this week purchas-
ed, through Panton & Culloden, the
entire ranch property Of John
Henry, amounting to GAO acres at
f25 per acre. They also purchased |
IF Mrs. Henry, 24O acres adjoining
for $4,000, which will give them
the magnificent ranch Of $50 acres
n one enclosure. This property is
about six miles southwest of Boze-
man.
Helena Journal: Quite a gath
ering of those interested directly
and indirectly in the building of a
lam across the Missouri river at
5tubbs' Ferry assembled in. the
office Of the United States quarter
master in the Steamboat block
Thursday Of last week. Captain
Powell of the United States corps
# engineers, who conducted the
hearing, stated that the object Of
he meeting was for the purpose Of
.aking testimony for and against
he proposed dam, and as to the
lavigability Of the Mossouri river
rom Great Falls to Townsend and
Three Forks. Capt. Powell will
make out his report upon his return
o Sioux City, The report will be
forwarded to Washington and it
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