The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-08
STATE NEWS.
Items of Interest from Various sections
OF Montana.

Items of Interest from Various sections
Of Montana.
Compiled from Exchanges
The st. Louis mine at Butte has closed
down, throwing 100 men out OF employ
ment.
lgnatius Donnelly will appear at the
opera house in Butte next Wednesday
evening in his great c~ryptogram lecture.
A Big Timber 1t has been decided to
reduce the school year from ten to eight
months on account Of the financial
stringency.
Large gangs of men have been bulk
heading with stone all waterways of the
Pacific extension of the Great Northern.
The company expect IA winter clear of
rock and landslides.
The smallpox camp has been broken
up in Butte, The disease having been en-
tirely eradicated. During the prevalence
OF the sickness there were only twelve
cases, OF which three died.
BY a decision of Secretary of State
Rotwitt, the city Of Butte is deprived of
collecting any taxes from tho railroad
companies, whose property was recently
included in the city assessment roll.
Father Van den %Ileuvel, the newly
appointed priest Of Lewistown, is a man
of muscle as well as a dispenser of relig-
ion. He works on a house he is build
ing during the week days and breaches
on Sundays.
The Murphy Cattle company is negu-
tiating for the cattle holdings of the Bay
State Cattle company, situated in the
Big Horn basin. The stockholders of the
Bay State outfit, who reside in Boston.
have signiiied their intention of retiring
from the stock interests in Wyoming.
reports from Highwood state that the
grain crops in that vicinity show a large
er yield than was anticipated. Harvest
ing operations are about over and the
general result is considered satisfactory
in view Of the long spell Of dry weather
experienced during the last few weeks.
Bids were opened Thursday for the
erection Of the Catholic parochial resi-
dence in Benton and were found to be
as follows; j. Mccarthy, 5l,O70; j. l..
LaDriere, Sl,lOO; G.. Senieur, &l.l2j.
The contract was awarded to Mccarthy.
who will work on the struct-
ure at once
Con ONeill, "A miner who has been
working on the Butte. Anaconda and
Pacific railway in Butte. fell down a
twclve-foot stairway "Wednesday in the
rear Of Buckley's saloon and sustained
severe injuries about the head. ONeill
was intoxicated and it is claimed that
was why he escaped breaking his neck.
Ernest G.. May. of Lead City, :. d.,
who is interested with Chas. Lehman in
tho general merchandise in Lewistown,
arrived there Monday. Mr.. May is in
tcrested in valuable mining properties
in tho Black Hills and may be induced
to invest in some of the promising pros
poets Of the Judith range.
Three Cinnamon with three knives in
their possession created "A riot in China
town, Butte. Friday evening. 1t is not
known whether they werD highbindcrs
or !owbindcrs, but they were certainly
stcmwiuders, for they cut and slashcd
several Of their countrymcn and then
made good their escape. One Chinaman
was badly cut on the hand. while an
other was carved acrOeg the left Shout
der. With the assistance Of several Chi
namen officers searched nearly every
house in the Chinese quarters for tue
cutters, but no trace Of them could be
found.
Mother Glenn. Il street character Of
Missoula, is IL terror when roilcd and her
weight of 300 pounds adds to the ell
cheney of her wrath. Last Wednesday
night she found that IA negro servant had
robbed her. She corrallcd him. marched
him to the city hall at the point of a
dagger. The marshal ana an officer met
her there and arrested the man. The
m then became abusive and the
marshal attempted to arrest her. She
resisted and a rough.and-tumble fight
ensued. The marshal's clothes were
torn to shreds. 1t took three officers 10
quiet her. The negro skipped during
the struggle but was recaptur"i.
7. p. Worsham, "A pioneer of BoHcman.
after a lingering illness OccasiOnrd by
la grippe, passed away in that city
Thursday morning. Mr.. Worsham con
tracted the disease which resulted in
his death over Il year AGO and was I'M
able to stay its ravagcs by medical treat
ment. Deceased was a native of Troy.
Mo, AND IN his tifty.siyth year. He
came 10 Montana in 1865 and went 10
mining in Alder gulch. lie was one Of
tho Sun river stempeders, some of whom
frole to death. and from the cold and cx.
posurc of that trip he never recovered.
lie went to the Salmon river diggings in
lSGS, and, returning, mined in Emigrant
gulch. In 1872 he went into the saloon
and hotel business in lioIcman and re-
manned there continuously until his
death.
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