The Ravalli Republican., 1896-12-23
NEWS OF THE STATE.

NEW , Of HE SlA1J
Jos. BOnestccle, who shot Frank
Cole in Butte some months a1u. was
sentenced to eleven years in the
state prison.
James Bowman brought 127 coyote
hides into the Silver Bow county
clerks office last week. IIc received
1881 bounty.
A strike, which Superintendent
Buckley says is the richest ever made
in the Cataract district, has been
made in the Hope mine at Basin.
At the close Of his term of Office
Governor Richards will resume his
permanent residence in Butte, where
he will actively engage in the real
estate and insurance business.
The Butte football team has gone
to the coast, and will play two
games in San Francisco, the first
with the Olympics on Christmas day.
They will play games on their way
back with the Sound elevens.
", a. Clark and J. X, Clark, own
ers Of the Butte Reduction works,
are now doubling the capacity OF that
already large plant. This new en-
terprisc involves heavy expenditure
and will largely increase the force Of
workmcn both III the smeltcr and in
the mines.
Sheriff Mclaughlin Of Chotcau
county brought five prisoners to the
pen on Sunday last In answer to
inqniry us to terms Of sentence Of
the prisoners, one Of the guards re-
plied-''Thrcc aces, ducc, and a
ten spot" This is said to mean,
three one-ycar, one two-year and one
tcn-year man.
Mrs. II. L. Hoyer, Of Butte, com
mitted suicide last Thursday BY
shooting. She was formerly in a
house OF i'll, fame but recently had
broken away from her old associates
and was trying to live respectable.
On account Of her past she was IN
able to obtain work, and, becoming
dcspondcnt, killed herself.
James Connolly, who came in from,
Highwood today, informs us that he
ran across a band OF no less than &C
gray wolves near Black Butte, tho
largest bunch Of such varmints that
he has ever seen. A pack OF tAose
proportion would make a big hole ir
Il bunch OF choice veal or JUICY rangt
!
| Parties from the range report thai
the recent stampede Of cattle from
the north to the south side Of th'
Missouri river consisted of not les
than 10000 head. VIM. Shanks re
ports that Il bunch OF about 600 hea(
congrc gated on the ice and kcp
milling around until the ice began t.
give way and allowed u pool to form
in the Depression. This caused th
thirsty crowd to bunch together Il
the pool and had he not driven then
off a Wholesale drowning wucld doubt
less have resulted. River Press.
F The report comes from the uppc
I Yellowstone that game in the rtlrl
, has been driven down by the rccen
, severe snowfall in that region, anc
; that many elk, antelope, deer anc
I sheep have gone out Of the natlona
, reservation and many OF the antelope
killed by hunters. This is the frs
time since the settlement Of this sec
, tion or Montana that game has beer
forced by the severity Of snow storm:
to leave it's asylum in the park, ant
it's departure from safety to become
a target for the hunter has causct
Capt. Scott, in charge Of the mill
}, tary police force in absence of Capt
Anderson, no end Of annoyance ant
| concern. Patrols Of troops have
been sent out and us many us posi-
bic of the wild animals returned II
, the confines Of Wonderland Lily
ingston Enterprise.
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