The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-17
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP,

and feet quite severely during the early
part of the cold snap.
Inc Blddle Cattle company. TO do
business in Custer county, has been in
corporated. The capital stock Is So
ONO.
The Northwestern hotel at South Butte
was burned, together with its contents,
on Thursday morning. The loss is esti-
mated at 5000 and the insurance $1,000.
The frequent trips DAILY has recently
made 10 Great Falls is construed by
many to mean that the Anaconda com
pany will build its refining works at
that point.-Bozeman Chronicle.
The moo changes today. This will
determine whether the moon runs the
weather or the weather runs the moon
says tho Rising Sun-and surely the
sun shouldbc ii good authority on
these points.
Articles OF incorporation of the Gala
tin Mercantile company, of Bozeman,
have been filed with the secretary of
state by A. G.. Clark, w. b. Raleigh, G.
\. Clark, f.. Il. Lamme and ID. ID. Smith.
CAPITAL stock, 10000.
A. X. Ierkes, member of the board of
Y III hlhIldSClS 1oI pdlldlID
county, has resigned, and w. w. Alder.
son has been appointed by Gov. Richards
in his stead.
\ $1,000 damage suit against the city
Of Helena was flied in the district court
Yesterday by \. II. Nelson, guardian of
Harold Nelson, who slipped on the side
walk on Ewing street last November
and broke his left leg between the knee
and hip.
} Il. Warner, a prominent business
man and banker, of. Kansas City, Mo-,
Is in town, says an exchange. MI. War
ner likes the looks Of Montana and is
pleased with Great Falls and Missoula,
where business has taken him.
Walker Brown. member of company
q. Twenty fifth infantry, committed
suicide at Fort Missoula on Wednesday.
The fuses leading up to the deed are
supposed to be family troubles. He
lashed a government rifle to a fence
post, placed his breast against the muz-
zle and pulled ii string attached to the
trigger. lie expired a few moments af-
ter the shot was fired. Diseased was
% years old. unmarried and came origi-
nally from Texas.
The new mill at Great Falls, which is
to be completed this spring, promises to
open up a market for the grain ~raisers
Of this vicinity. and the ranchers
should take advantage Of the opportun-
ity offered. The Washburn-C Crosby Mill
ing company have empowered Messrs.
Dexter and MCGOWAN to assist in secur-
ing a large acreage Of wheat, and as the
new plant will be one of the largest of its
kind in the entire northwest, the ranch
ers are taking no risk in putting in Il
liberal quantity of seed wheat this
spring.-Benton Press.
Reports received from various points
along Milk river, state that .he loss Of
cattle is already large, with indications
Of a large clean up Of pilgrim stock, Ia
the vicinity of Big Sandy very little loss
Of cattle is reported; but from Harlem to
Malta, along Milk river, the outlook is
not very encouraging. Tens of thousands
Of Texas and southern cattle were driven
in there last fall. and being poor and
weak from the long drive. did not have
time to take on flesh and get in proper
condition before cold weather struck
them, Native cattle are wintering fair
ly well.
4 man named II. G. Ezell was dis
covered frozen stiff in an isolated barn.
He had a letter in his pocket from his
parents reminding him Of his promise
to come home, and expressed the hope
that nothing would happen to him and
that he would come soon to live with the
old folks. Nothing is known of him en-
cept that he was "A stonemason who
worked in Helena last summer. From
appearances it seems the mar walked
about in a circle until exhausted. There
were houses near but no attempt to
enter them had been made. In view of
the letter, the case is very pathetic.
A bunch of cattle seeking the shelter
of Il cut neal Silver, last Thursday.
dropped down upon the track and rest
ing there, seemed unable or unwilling
to make h attempt to move in answer
to the locomotive whistle. The shock
Of the collision was felt throughout the
train and for Il momeLt or two it was
thought one or more cars had left the
track. Fortunately the accident proved
not as bad AS that. Onc of the pasSen-
gers reports the casualties all cOntiAed
to the cattle. The train was stopped
and seven head of steers were found
killed and injured. Several Of the
MANNED animals, with broken limbs,
were pulled away from the track and
knocked in the head.
Mr.. n. 4. Bennett Of London, one of
managers of the Elkhorn and DeLamar
syndicate. arrived in Helena yesterday,
says the Independent, after an extended
trip through Australia, including South
Wales and Greenland. Mr.. Bennett was
in liplnpa last Wear with Colonel Chad