Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-01-08
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since 1890, removing there from Virginia
City, where he located about IA years ago.
The democrats of Cascade county nomi-
mated him for the office of district Judge
i'll 1892, but he was defeated by Judge
Charles II. Benton, the republican candi-
date At present he is a member of the
state board of education, having been ap-
pointed to the position by Governor Smith
early i'll the year. Justice Piggott was
born in Bonneville, Mo-, in 1861. lie was
educated i'll the public schools of his ma
tive town. and afterward studied law and
went to the Columbia law school. from
which he was graduated. Soon afterward
he removed to Montana and entered into
the practice of his profession.
Idaho.
\ party of Northern Pacific engineers
has arrived at Juliaetta and begun work
on the extension of the railroad to Lewis
ton.
Adjutant General Higgins has taken an
inventory of the effects of the Idaho ma
tional guard, which are stored at the
state house The munitions of war in
voice about $sO00
1t is announced that capital has been
secured to put i'll several evaporators i'll
Idaho during the present year One plant
will be erected i'll Boise one in Payette
and one in Weiser. The Boise evapofator
will be a $4,000 plant and those at Payette
and Neiser will cost $500 each. The
money fer the project will come from
Salt Lake
The First National bank of Moscow has
issued statement of its condition at the
close of business December %. Its loans
aggregate Sl47 0sl.S .S4. 1t has S'4 235.25
in cash on hand, and a surplus and I'M
divided profits of $ol .2O4 % Its deposits
are SlSS. .5Ol 40, sol .OO049 being time GER
titicates.
Near Pearl the other day Charles Lock
erman killed a mountain lion that meas
ured some seven feet in length The ami
NAL was trailed to cave. One of the
men with Lockerman went into the cave
and started fire. The smoke drove the
feline out, and as it emerged, bounding
through the fire and smoke, Lockeman
shot and killed it.
An aggravated robbery occurred at Po-
catello the other morning. The victim
was Frank McCune, an old veteran, and
the purpose of the crime appears to have
been the securing of pension money re
Gently drawn by him. His cabin was II
tered some time in the early morning, and
he was terribly beaten. One eye was
knocked cut of his head and he was left
for dead The robber stole $l2 or SD
from him. Two men are under arrest for
the crime.
British Columbia.
The Canadian Pacific machine shops will
be removed from Donald to Revelstoke.
David Oppenheim, eN-mayor of Nancou-
yer, is dead. Mr.. Oppenheim was mayor
for three consecutive terms and was one
of the pioneers of the province. He OWL
ed large interests in Vancouver.
The matter of the incorporation of San
don as city now only awaits the arrival
of letters patent from the government
After consultation among a number OF
business men the number of alderman de
cided upon was six, the same number that
Rossland and Nelson have and the gov
ernment was advised to that effect.
There is good market at Fort Steele
for hay and Oat on account OF the grad
ing that is being done upon the Canadian
Pacific extension. About l00O extra
horses have to be fed. About 40 different
freighting outfits are hauling products
into this district by the way of kalispell.
Official returns give the British Column
bia salmon pack for the past year as l.
OO7 1888 eases. This is larger than that of
any previous year, while the Fraser river
pack is 100000 cases more than the pack
of 1898, the previous best year. Sixty
four canneries were operated last year.
1t is stated that a formal protest will
be made to the Dominion government by
the different boards Of trade and members
of parliament against allowing the ad-
mission of United States relief expedition
goods into the Northwest territory free
of duty. They contend that relief is not
needed at Dawson, and even if it was, the
Canadian government alone would be able
to attend to it.