The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-20
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP

Dillon has voted by 100 majority for
incorporation.
The knapp-Connell contest case has
been thrown out OF court at Missoula.
The Billings Roller mill has
been Incorporated with a capital stock
Of $4,000 and IA Touring mill be built
there Immediately.
The contract for the building of the
bridge over the dig Blackfoot at Clear
water has been let TO T.. &. Pepparl Of
Missoula for $1,000.
The Methodist revival meetings at the
st. Paul's church. Helena. continue To-
he largely attended, and sixty moro con
versions are reported.
One of the happy couceits OF the
ladies' of Butte for the Worlds fair is a
massive golden shield bearing a silver
bow tipped with Montana gems.
Commander John Sloane. department
of Montana &. \. H.. has appointed
Charles f. Gage Of Wadsworth Post
Missoula. assistant adiutant general.
The clerks Of Butte have met and ap-
pointed IL committee to draft IA petition
to h business men of the city, asking
them TO close business houses at )
o'clock.
Lieut.. Wan. Mc.\naucy. of troop l.,
Eighth cavalry. stationed at Fort Meade.
=. d.. was on Thursday last appointed to
take charge of the Fort Belknap Indian
agency, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of Major Simons.
The Montana Central has Just let the
contract Of r%ip-rappin@ the creek .,par
its road bed for d distance from a ne II
opposite the Queen Of the Hills mn
to prevent a washout next spring. Mr..
Gagno' OF Ncihart has the job for 3d.
300.
J. NJ, Dayton, late OF Chicago. has
taken charge Of the books of the Mon
tana hotel at Anaconda. Wald Chiicott,
the former bookkeepcr, will soon enter
the employ Of the Western Bridge COM
pany at Spokane. taking a similar po-
sition.
Andrew Biglrr, the great horsemaa of
Cache. sulcided at his home at Men Ion,
on the 18th inst. He shot himself
through the heart with IA shotgun,
.thouching the trigger with Il stick. He
was found dead in the evening by mem
bers OF his family. Tie left a note stat
ing financial troubles as the cause.
AT "A recent meeting Of the W. G.. r.
| ut Anaconda, Il motion was carried To-
petition the state union To take some
action to create public sympathy in the
case Of Mrs. Dowty. charged with muir
dering Tierney at Livingston. The
members freely expressed the opinion
that the defendant was justified in
shooting the man.
+. q. LEM. who last summer made a
bicycle tou Of the Park while passing
through Montana on a tour Of the
world. has reached Japan, from which
place hc sent IA christmas greeting to
Montana Weelmen. tie has already
ridden $50 miles in Japan. which added
to his American mileage, makes G.31J
miles on the wheel.
The 800 prize offered by Il Helena
man before election TO the individual
guessing nearest to votes that would be
cast in Montana for the several presi-
dental candidates. has been awarded
10 Dan Nihan of Townsend. he having
guessed as follows: Harrison. 1887:
Cleveland, l1.G02; Weaver. 1888. Tn"
Official count shows that Nihan's quo
was l. more than the Harrison vote, .
more than ClcvcIand's and f. less thai
Neavcr's.
Two masked men "hcll up" Station
Agent Ebert at Wickes last FRIDAY
evening and secured only $50 for thei,
trouble. One of the men was about six
feet tall. wore a cowboy hat. black over
coat and overalls. The second man was
about five feet eight inches, and dressed
about the same. The other man stood
outside and the agent could not des-
crlbe him. After the robbery the high
waymcn left presumably for Helena.
About this time every month $4,000 is
due there to pay off the men at the
mines. The robbers were too late, how
ever the money came the day before.
Some weeks Z John Work. who has
large sheep interests in Park county.
discovered that his band was short 300
sheep, .Aftcr much search he conclud-
ed they mad been stolen and he set to
work to catch the thief. In his inves-
tigation he received a letter from Rob
ert Ferguson Of Shields river, stating
that he had recently purchased from
John ~llarvat, of Livingston, 10 head
which answered the description. Mr..
Work went 10 Frrguson's ranch last
week aud had n" difficulty in identify
ing the animals. The splotch mark ha'
been rrpaintcd, bat under il was yisibl
the old mark.
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