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/ '.ik «LD. ULuyG^MoyrAXA, june i, 1882 . Location of Billings. This town là located onsection 33, town ship l Nortn. and section 3, townsliip 1 South, range 2(3 East, latitude 4.5 degrees and 4.5 minutes. Longitude 31 degrees West of Washington. •* ' * 108, .'to seconds West ofGreenwicli. 000 miles West of Duluth. *S ' Ôlÿ " from St. Paul.'* • * ^ 190 " North of St. Paul. 3112 feet above the sea level. Tlie Yellowstone, which is .500 miles in length, varying from 500 to 1000 feet in width; is navigable from its jonction with the Missouri, at Fort Buford, to a point opposite Billings. Our object in coining to Montana was not to improve our health. Gentlemen who arc not subscribers that are in receipt of this number of the Herald, can enjoy the privilege of read ing 82 issues during the next twelve months by sending $4 and their address to us. • A Inasmuch as the impression has gone abroad that Mr. Geo. 13. Bolion is con nected with this paper, wc take this, our first opportunity of informing our pat rons ami the public generally, that this impression is erroneous, Mr.' Bolion not being in any way connected with the enterprise*. We arc glad to learn that (he committee on the Northern Pacific Land grant- has made a rejx»rt favorable to the company, as it lius been apjmrcnt to the most causal ob server that the objections to this land grant were urged In the interest of the other Puci Bailroads, and not in the interest of the general public. It is to he regretted that the management of the of the N. P. Kailway, in whom the people along the line have every confidence, have been embarrassed by this "dog in the manger" interference with their plans, as the necessity for pushing forward the main line will probably cause the con struction of the much needed branches in this territory to he |x>Mponed for some time. The Texas Pacifie, one of the roads that instigated the attack on the Northern Paci fie land grant, is getting a dose of its own medicine. Its ease is complicated by t transfer of its grant to another company which the committee is inclined to hold is not practicable according to the letter ami spirit of the law. Nine days ago Lawrence Kelley's freight teams, twelve in number, depos ited at the door of the humble edifice in which the writer now sits, the material and the three presses, constituting the outfit of the Billinos 1Ik::at.d, and of its job office. To-day we arc able to pre sent our readers with a newspaper, which, as regards its typographical ap pearance ami the news matter it contains, will rank favorably with any in the terri tory. The cylinder pres** upon which it was printed is t lie only one jn the Yellow stone valley, its capacity being>00 copies an hour. "While we are already in receipt of the nanu s of numerous sub scribers, wc trust that all the residents in that portion of Montana lying conti guous to Billings, or in fact in the terri tory at large, will perform the very pleasant duty of writing us, enclosing the amount o* y <> jfeiporas \ icu - ,especial prcqnq-iy W"'ijÉlL flic next Tear: ' We. prinnisc that it^siiW sequent issues shall notbe less interest ing than is thismimborjjout rallier, ,\viftr the co-operation of cur citizens and neighbors, improved*** itsy^irs increase. Delegate Maginnis, on M!»v Nth, intro» duc<*d in tin* llor.se» of Representatives in Washington, a i>i!l for Thu re-appor tionment of Monteua. It provides that the governor and the speaker of the House of Rcpscsentativos and the presi dent of the council ,*dnrhig the last ses sion of the territorial legislature, he au thorized to act usa hoard to reapportion members of the, council ami the House of Representatives, upon tJfie basis of the population as it ekists at the time of tlmir assembling. When'necessary to secure fair renros*ntntion, they jnav join two or more couuffM; The re-ap iwrliqnment so made shall be forthwith certified to the governor, who shall issue a proclamation giving notice thereof, and the next legislature shall be elected in accordance therewith. Tlii« bill is of great interest .to the resi dents in this portion of the Yellow stone valley. The next legislature ifamnes in January, : 1NN3. ami tlie election of its members will take place in November of this vqjir. By that thno tills upper portion of Custer county will (qmsHOHH a population of legal vottws, .fully live or six thousand in excess of {Lot total vote of the county at the election of is, sa. The balance of power will be in our hands. ('ustcr county is of an umvicldly size, a fact of w hich our tax-payers are so painfully aware that wo will not, at present enter into a discussion of the subject. A division of the county by the legislature next winter is of the utmost importance and our voters will do well to elect a representative who will make the journey to Helena pledged to accomplish that object. Custer county might, perhaps?have its western limit about the mouth of the Rosebud and the remainder tojjie 109th degree of .longi tude could l*c formed into Clark counjy, with JjîJürtgiji of course, as its county seat. Sfoxiean Mfno Export En Route to Montana. * S. R.Yoilf, for years general manager of tin* Ward Milling and mining company of Wall street, New York, with head quarters at Parral, Mexico, is in the city, en routix to Montana, looking up invest ment«. lie will make a itersonal inspection of tlie Maginnis, Barker, .Ruf to, Clark's Fork and Helena mines with a view to in teresting the capital. 1 he reprisals in the new field. It is stated that much of the capital now invested in Mexico und the Bouthwpst will seek oiul find a~4br more remuttcraiif^fiejjt in Montana, for mineral devclopniennt is but in its infamy in that territory so full of promise. J. Cook, Jr., of Philadelphia, is already largely inter -**tcd in Clarke's Fork, and New York, Boston and Philadelphia capital generally is being directed to the new Eldorado. Mr. Yonng is only in advance of the tide, and hlsfy^tdy years' experience in mining will give Ids energy the right direction.—[Pio neer Press, May 2U.j W PBEBONAL. (len. Levis Merrill, V. S. A., came into towi » yesterday from Benson's Landing. P. II. Magntat and J. Landrc, contractors thtsir. l\ JL It., wow at Headquarters BjT.ONE WHO KNO 1 • * ; A Description of the Famous Yellowstone Valley—Its Boundaries Defined— Grand Majestic Scenery, Sich Pasture Lands—The Crow Reservation —The Olarke's Fork Country— Early Frospeoton. The Musselshell and Judith Basin—Beef and Wool in Abundance. An Interesting Letter. Lying within the 42ml and 40th paral ells of north latitude and the 105th und 111th meridians of west longitude, is situated a region of our great domain, comprising an extent of territory as large as that of the state of Indiana, which probably lias been, until the past two or three years, more thoroughly a 'terra-incognito than any other equal portion of the American continent. Within the area thus defined three of the great river systems A»f the Western hemisphere, the MisÄniri, the Columbia and the Colorado, derive their principal 'sources. On its southern borders are the National Park and the geyser basins, and throughout- its western extent many of the loftiest peaks of the range rear their mighty summits mantled in everlasting snows, while the whole region presents some the grandest and most picturesque American scenery, in mountain, valley and plain. The Yellowstone, (the main aftlnent of the Missouri) derives its principal source from the Yellowstone lake, a body of water upon the southern borders of the park, 300 square miles in extent, and lying at an altitude far greater than that of the loftiest peaks of empties into the Missouri, near Fort Buford, the Yellowstone Hows through a region unsurpassed in the known world, in tin* weird ami impressive, grandeur of its scenery and the rich promise offered by its virgin resources of mineral, agricultural and p wealth. The mountain regions sur rounding the source of the river are heavily clothed with pine, cedar and fir, the foot-hills, benches and plains every where produce the wonderful bunch grass which has given to Montana her the Alleghanies. From the lake to the point at which astoral ! high fame asa stock-raising country, and the valleys of the tributaries uniformly present a degree of fertility unequalled elsewhere. Extending from the southern shore of tin* Yellowstone to tin* Big Horn mountains, lies a mineral region, comprising an area as large as that of the state of Connecticut, through out which mineral bearing quartz abounds as commonly as granite in New England, and whose inexhaustible stores of wealth are as yet alinost un touched. 1'pon flic western edge of this mineral belt ar* Bear Gulch and Emigrant, im portant 'filacer mines, which have ! steadily yielded rich returns t< » the miner for many vuveessive seasons, hut i thejClark's Fork and Boulder districts are far the most important portions yet developed in any considerable degree. The Clark's Fork mines lie partly in j Vv'v .vniinj. ' " ...... [ ■ijwsc^jMÏ of there is impassable for j wagon trains innf almost utterly imprae-j tirtibje for a railway, the district nmkfj necessarily become tributai^v.to Montana ; mill the Yellowstone valley by the N.P.R. If, from which it will be easily accessi ble v . m the' ijoi'th. These mines an'* ■fcjtdMftl at the lif*ail <>f Soda Butte creek, bet w- eu the sources of Clark's Fork and Stinking river, near the -east boundary of the National IMrk. They are snutli .west from Hart mountain, and are about 100 miles from the Big Horn mountains. The camp has been known since 1N74, and the result of mimerons assays obtained from tin* ores, led a number of gentlemen in Bozeman to organize a stock company, with a capital of $10,000, and send a party into the mines during the'summer of INTO, with machinery and all the necessary apparatus for the erection of a smelting furnace. Latein the season of that year a trial "run" was made, and the yield in bullion exceeded the highest anticipations of tin* pro jectors of t[ie enter]'rise, but tlie un avoidably small capacity of the stock and machinery, proved inadequate to the wants of the district, and though during tin* following reason another attempt was made, il was found that tin* ineffic iency ol'tiieapparatus precluded the pos- j sibdity of operating the works with . profit. At this time tlie Great Republic and the "Pal O'llari* - ' were'Hic best known j leads, hutuua> . ojhers were owned in | the cam]», and represented each season j • so by tiie requin d amount of labor. Tlit! miners were a hybrid class, inanv of them having belonged to the jmrrison of Fort IV.ise, part hunter and trapper, ami part prospector, und led an easy, in dependent life, making but one annual trip to the settlements for the purchase of a little bacon, sugar, tea and ammuni tion, tlie rille and fishing roil furnishing them with tlie main wants of life. They lived in tepees, clad themselves in buck skin, find were all in all a distinctive and peculiar class not met with elsewhere. A placer mine upon Soda Butte creek, was worked by James Dewins and others, about six weeks of each season, tlie -slWico boxes, riflles, etc., being roughly fashioned out of pine with axes. Since tlie erection of tlie smelting furn ace, each year has disclosed more and more the enormous wealth of the dis trict,"but only during the past year have the facts become gv .« rally known and recognized. The mountain sides are covered with a thick growth of pine and lhyds far up ns the timer line extends, 11,400 feet above sea level, beyond which point trees will not grow*. Above shoot up the bald snowy peaks among which some of the lodes are situated. Tlip ores are generally low grade, so far ns yet tested, but miraculously rich assays have been obtained from float specimens, and there is every reason to believe that other lodes exist in the vicinity rich in both silver and gold. That which has given tho camp prci tige above all others i» the quantity of sur face "slides" and deposits which are found almost everywhere only wanting adequate means to be removed. Only sufficient work lifts been done upon the claims, in most instances to represent them according to law, but in almost every case the shafts sunk upon tlie so-called lodes Juive developed a degree of richness in proportion to the depth attained, as w ell as a usual in to the width of the ore body. Miners' claims are 000 feet in width by 1,500 feet along the vein. o^ly yommSil'IJs necessary to tile development and suofowfnl working of the mines, is a quick and f heap means jf transportation and the establishment of local smelting Avorks of sufficient capacity to profitably treat the ores. Capital is needed to construct wagon roads to the lodes, the only possible means of carrying the ores being with "pack" animals. The Northern Pacific railroad, now rap idly nearing the heart of Montana, will afford the needed outlet and c .able the miners to ship their ores and the Hmolt ers their bullion, to the sea hoard. As to the agricultural and pastoral character of the country the seasons are neces sarily too short to admit of the growth of any kind of crops; but timber, water and grass are abundant and of the first quality, and upon the foot-hills of the mountains thousands upon thousands of cattle and sheep will find plentiful past urage for years to come. Rain is quite abundant upon the foot-hills and in the valleys during the summer, hut upon the bald bleak peaks of the mountains tjj'thing hut snow falls at all times. In the month of August one may find upon their lofty summits drifts 20 or 30 feet in depth, and ice that probably never thaws, buried beneath the moss, the thermometer constantly ranging near the freezing point. The Boulder mines upon the eastern borders of this great district contain many discovered lodes of rich ores inul pmhahly will prove to he not less important than those of Clark's Fork. *- r Manv fruitless efforts ' have been made to prospect the region and devel opc some of its many quartz lodges, hut the difficulties attending the prosecu tion of such work within the limits of an Indian reservation and the many obstacles, in the way of transportation of supplies, have tended to effectually check the development of the mines. it'dl'lie retrocession of the western part of the reservation opens to the Yellow stone valley, a mineral section un equalled, to-day, upon the continent, a grand tributary area, square bales in extent, containing within its limits the elements of a future empire ! Valuable timber, grazing and farming lands abound upon its streams, which take their source in the snow peaks of the Big Horn mountains. The waters of all the rivers of the district arc clear and pure and abound with trout, and its forests and plains are favored haunts of thousands of elk, ^ deer and antelope, The Clark's Fork region will be directly tributary to Billings, from ! which all points within its wide compass can be readily made accessible. Tin natural route to the district at tin; head of Soda Butte creek, commonly known as tin* Clyrk's Fork mines is the valley of Clark's Fork itself. One or two can yons inter]mse, but these, already easily threaded with pack animals can lie made passable for wagons. That portion of the reservation lying ;l ]or.g the river yet in ]>ossession of the ! Indians is generally recognized as tin garden <,]' the Yellowstone valley. A* i originally created this reservation ex tended from the eastern base of the Bock y mountains to a meridian line intersecting the Yellowstone twenty in j miles west of the mouth of the Rosebud [ «ôxmnTrm it... ._ij en* .in- Yl'l j lowstonc to the Wyoming line, a s«c>,.( n f territory us large as that of the stati ,,f ]Vniisvivania ; nl . ( j n vallev of vigorous growth of limber, brush and native grasses promises the possibility of JTf the successful cultivation of crops I n many places in tin the Yellowstone tin without irrigation. The Big Horn with its ow n broad valley and those of il. tributaries, stretching to the mountains f»f Wyoming, waters this section and its beautiful virgin lands oiler thousands of splendid homesteads to the husband man. a This splendid region, when it shall hi reclaimed from the ownership and supremacy of its savage occupants, a nomadic tribe of squalid Indians, who make no other use of their noble posses ions than to puss across them occasion ally in their predatory incursions upon the settlers, will give to Billings an agri cultural district unsurpassed by that sur rounding any other point upon Ihe line of the road. The Clark's Fork Bottom upon w hich the town is situated contains nearly 130,000 acres of alluvial bottom lands besides a broad area of arable bench lands. A canal w ill be brought into the bottom during tlie coming summer, by of a j the townsitc and iniprovinent company, . which will irrigate every acre of the bottom land, and enhance its value three hundred per cent. The Minnesota & j Montana I .and 0. Improvement ( oiu | puny will spare niM'xpi'HHc to dcvclopc j the resources of the district and 1 mil*i up U-rP new town, and much credit is • lue to 1 lifii i for tin* spirited manner ill which they have undertaken the import ant enterprise. North of Billings lies the great pasture lands which extend unbrokcnly beyond the Musselshell t tiie Judith and Snowies. This vast range w ill support millions of cattle and sheep, and to beef and wool we may look forward as among our leading arti cles of export in the near future. Tin Musselshell contains much fine land, and the fame of tlie Judith basin is too wide to need comment. The Maginnis mines are easily reach from Billings by an excellent route leading across tin wide plateaus which stretch from tin bluffs bordering the Yellowstone to the Belt range and tlie Snowies, and to Bil lings tin- nearest railway point upon the north side of the Yellowstone, the trade of these mines must necessarily concen trate. The Maginnis mines, so called, have been favorably known in Montana for the punt two or three years, but no excitement has been felt regarding them until the j »resent season. Recent assays have shown 4 tho ores to he far richer than has been before supposed, anil many new discoveries have been during the past winter. The eoming sutpmer will witness tlie erection of suitable-smelting ami reduc tion works for the scientific treatment of the ores, and an immense industry- will bo added to our many other sources of wealth and profit. The placer mines of the district are reported upon favorably and are said to have yielded fair returns during the present summer. Certainly with her unsurpassed sur roundings, no city in the West can boast so line a prospect as Billings. Com manding, us she does, the trade two now mining districts nearly equi-distant upon the north and south, and agricultural region unequalled ou the north-west, and boundless tracts of pststurc lands im to by in. to on of the immediate vlcinitv Bi her career full 0 f hope and" m her future. The same elements which eont ___ to the wealth and population of Fargo and Bismarck, with many additional advantages will tend to establish its wealth Mid prosperity of this »'By, anil it is not\\extravagant to predict for it a far um A >t ^g.o!.G '4m either of the tivo cities mentioned. , A. Ii. HERSEY. local news. Billngs must have a post office. The Yellowstone lias risen over 30 inches in four days. Home enterprising citizen should sink an artesian well on his premises. Col. V. llansemvoin went "to the front" last Saturday after a short business trip to Miles City. Kowlev it Worley sold lots in Alilerson's Addition, to the extent of $10,000, the first «lay the sale opened. The track is laid to tlie Big Horn river, and will he through the tunnel at that point by the 10th of next month. Mr. F. Olinstead acts as a general street nininissioiicr at present, and will keep the thoroughfares elean and unobstructed. W. It. Brown, Esq., of White Beaver, is in town awaiting the arrival of his daughter, Mrs. F. 1). Yates of Colorado. Bools it Dolieney are aboul to creel a large brick building in block 110. This building will probably he 100 feet in length. The city corral, which Messrs. Wheeler A Dunn have erected in the lower part of the town, is a rather picturesque addition to that section. Messrs. C. and II. Haupt, sons of Gen. Herman Haupt, general manager of the N. P. IL I'., spent Sunday and Monday in town on their way to Helena. The liipon Colony, numbering over 2<iO people, who are now in the valley will set tle in section 211, on what is known as Valley creek. The improvmcnt company intend to strictly enforce the rule recently made, that no tents or other structures shall he erected in the streets. Tlie engineers are now at work oil the irrigating ditch, and we are informell that work will lie pushed forward so that it will he finished by October. A man known as Whisky Toiti, who came from the Black Hills, was drowned at Kurtzvillc recently while engaged in testing the cable it the new ferry. 3t ivouid he a prudent measure, as a pro tection meinst fire, for the people who own houses ii a he outskirts of town to nlow a douille lia' row around their buildings. Col. Hi ggins is expected in town to-day with a iljjai'limeiit of troops that will serve as an escort for the surveyors who go out to locate he railroad line to Fort«Benton. bast «'cuing the second dancing party that lia- iccurrcd in Billings was held at the Chcej'inn.* Chop House. The first one was givili at the Fisher house two weeks ago. Amo!i| the telegrams received, yeste.idtiy, was one from Col. Edmund Rice of Fort Keogh, stating that (i.5 shares of Billings street railway stock had been taken at the post. On Monday, Mr. Nichols of lYasc's Bottom left lbr Oregon, with the intention ofq uri'liusing a large lloelc of sheep and a drove of horses, wherewith to stock his ranch. Stock yards, covering 40 acres, wil! be erected here in August, and will he fur nished with all tlie requisite appurtenances for facilitating tin* shipment of cattle and sheep. Two gi'iitU'inen who went to Young's Point, 27 miles up the river, on .Monday, returned, yesterday, with 1.50 pounds of mountain trout, which they caught on Tuesday. Religious services will he held in the new hank building just east of the llKii.it.ti office, on next Sunday at .'! o'clock M. I!c\. It. F. Shuart will conduct the services and deliver the sermon. We have been informed that if the im provement company lind it necessary they tvill extend Ihe irrigating divh to the next va I y, as far as Huntley; if this is carried out, .50,(KM) acres additional can |,e irrigated. The ferries on tlie Yellowstone, between this town and Miles • ity, we will :jta7!~-<ir the benefit of neiv-eomers, an*At Fort Keogh, Kurtzvillc, Huntley and Coiibnn. Skills are used across the mouth of the Big Horn at the tumid. The other* are oper ated on wire cables. ('apt. Wheehui will leave Fort Custer on (lie luth Inst, for Fort W'ushakcc, Wyom ing, ivhere he will meet the Secretary of War and Gen. Sheridan, with whom lie will proceed to the Yellowstone Park »ml the ('lark's Fork mines. The party will return east by the way of Billings. M. Clark Fsi|,, will have Ids hanking house ojwii for business on the 1.5th iust This institution will he in charge of Mr. (h'orge B. Huhne, whose business qualiü cations, coupled with his urbain courteous Planners have already won Him so many friends in this community. A boom is about to he placed on ihe Yellowstone river m the foot of the lloll goitig rapids, by H. Clark «V Co., in (he immediate vicinity of this city, where they will have five saw-mills at work ere long. The water power is sufficient to run live saw-mills, a woolen mjll and a Hour mill. v A story is going the ro'ipuls to the offi-et that a party hired one W Mr. Preston's horses which lie took duwm£>5*alLev fora turned d prn V**, V, and short distance and sold, lie to Mr. Preston's establish mired another with which h lias not been heard from si must he a cool hand, Henry Villurd, Esq., tiie pro Northern Pacific railroad and secretary, Air. (J. A'ernoii Sims, by u party of New York bunkers, left. New York, yesterday for the end of the N. p. track. II. Clark, Esq. goes to .St. Paul to meet Mr. Villurd and his party, whom lie will accompany to Billings. The gentlemen win» organized the Fitst Congregational church a fetv nights ago are already showing by their works that tiny intend to have an edifice soon, to worsliij» in. The committee which started out for the purpose of securing funds wherewith to erect a tempory place of worship has secured $150. The sum needed to build a plain structure capable of scutinglOO iuh»]»Ii> will probably he secured ere the end of the week. Tin* officers of the new society urc pus tor, Rev. B. F. Shuart; trustees, E. 1 *. Camp, A. Frazier and L. AVhitncv. A Library Association Organised. One of the most important local events that took place last week was the organ! tion of a library Association and the clet* tion of officers thereof. Several gentleman assembled at the office of Mr- C. AV. Hon, on Saturday evening, and after the selection i taryi 0001 Haxtim, E. A. Urol Directors. The M. & generously donated two lots to tion, whereon to erect a bujlding. Street Railway Company. Oil the 2fith ultimo, the following gentle men organized the Billings City Street Railway Company, withaeapital of $40,000, viz: Messrs. George B. llulnic, T. S. Wads worth, and P. AV. McAdoiv. A hoard of di rectors, comprising Col. Wlicelan, Messrs. George 13. Huhne, P. AV. McAdoiv, George Aldcrson and T. S. Wadsworth were elected. The line of the Street Railway will be two miles in length; starting on Minnesota Avc. opposite the Engineers' Headquarters, it will run to the depot, thence along Eigh teenth Street to Sixth Ave., whence it will proceed along the main street to Coulson. Nine hundred shares of stock have already been subscribed, and parties have agreed to take a portion of the construction in stock. Wc understand that Mr. F. F. Kennnrd has obtained the contract for the grading, and Messrs. To]»lift'it Co. the contract for tics. Mi. Frank Olmsted has been spoken of as likely to he the superintendent of this company. Construction Train, ) N. P. R. R., M. T. May 20, 18H2. j Tu the Kilitor of the Hillings Herald. Believing that your i«q»er aspires to perfection in its inuke-up und newsincss, ae»l also knowing full well that you cannot reach the aforesaid "giddy heights" of excellence without a letter from our ''town on wheels," I present t few notes for the entertainment amfedi lira'ion of all pnqierly appreciative readers. The iron is laid to wiUiin six miles of the Big Horn river, and ivo arc resting, or rather rusting here,—not "all o'» account of Eliza," hut on account of unfiiiMied grade and lack of material. For some time past, ties and piles wen* lacking and this caused us con siderable delay. When in perfect running order we put down fron one to three miles of truck daily. The steamer "F. T. Batchelor," arrived at Junction City, to-d.iv, where she will unload, as the river ahne that point is too low for navigation. A grader named Snyilcr in the employ of Edward Agneiv, died at this point this morning, of typhoid fever. He arrived on Monday from Iowa and was sick during the trip here. The immediate cause of death was intestinal hemorrhages' runder the thorough and efficient, man agement of Mr. P. B. AVinston, the eon. struction "outfit" lias become the model of all others. About 2.5u men are employed by him. all of whom eat and sl.iep on the train. A regularly ordained physician, Dr. T. II. Carroll formerly of Bradford, Pa., attends to their medical wants. A couple of pugnacious bridge-builders, yesterday, managed to disugree while at work on a bridge, and at some distance from terra lirma. In a des] »crate attempt to convince each other hv a knock down argument, they succeeded in tumbling to the ground, and finally succeeded in giving to their fuees the appearance of ltussiun war map. "Hieb is life." M. L. Christy, our head clerk and general manager is contemplating a visit to his home in New A'nrk City. AA'hilc we do not envy him tin. , '.«sure to he derived from ids visit still we all si.:^ll miss him, und what will "Doe" do? s * bast Sunday morning about f »x A'clock, one of "our hoys" presented hinivlf before the astonished kitchen maid and rendered liera rooster, in the following patluyie and elegant iii|imier: "Mrs. Barnes, (hie);dh»iv me to present you w ith this (hie) bird. Mv (hie) mot lie», sent it to me in a (hie) Igttcr from New Jersey." Notwithstanding \his statement, eeitain malicious individquls claim that Smith's rooster was confiscated at Kurtzvillc. Alas! "Htnv frail we mortal* Ir*.'' More anon. T. H. < TOWN TOPICS. ^ Stationery at Delozier Moxley A Co.'s. \ Buy ymir "building hardware" of Milos A Camp, -Miles A Camp sell the celebrated "Acorn stoves. ' Camping outfits are being by Miles iV Cam]». Aliles A Camp are selling a large amount of barbed wire. If you want a good saddle horse, cull on Mi •essrs. A\'heeler ami Dunn. Flaying cards and poker chips ill Moxley A Co.'s, in the, 11 Kii.it.t> building. Miles .V Camp have just received a fine lino of paints, oils and painter's tools. to» to Mill*.- >V Camp, "The Pioneer huril vare store", for your building hardware. Go to AA'ustum «t Carter's, if you want lumber, shingles, doors, windows or mouldings. Aides A Camp pride themselves for hav ing furnished the building hardware for our new town. Smoke the Henry Clay cigar, if you want a good one, at Delozier Moxley & Co-'s, Herald building. The only place yolrvan get the celebrated "Acorn stoves" and "Charter Oak stoves" is at Miles it Cum p's hardware store. I ». All>xley it Co., in the'H erald build ing, can supply the business men of Bil lings and Coulson with all articles of stu lionaery they may need in their offices. rjuno. aèff^ Worley, formerly of t i 2i2Vt J Toi|»s ,,f 'be N. 1\, have charge of the locution UIM ^ construction of tlie irrigation ditch. The National Hotel at Coulson of which Alessrs. Dewey it Brow" 1,10 'be gentle manly ami justlv populn 1 ' proprietors, is an excellent hostelry. Tht ,unv register re ceived only u few days ajjf* rapidly being filled with names whoso o wners bave conic to settle in this vicinity. R. L. Johnson, Esq., or as ifc* friends coll him, "f»iek" Johnson, who is time resident of Cleveland and DetroiCW™ hc owns several buildings is now loctutj a ' Kurtzvillc in what its frequenters rally 10 nobby samplcroom of the place. Dick 1 grown a little stout since lie left the city o the lakes but is still entitled to Ids old* riquet of the* "handsome Richard." i ■ BILLINGS LOTS BOUGHT j C. W. Horn dealer in real «date, buys and sells Billings lots. Parties Mesiring sell or buy Billings lots will lind it to tbeiV interest to write or call on C. W. HOUR. Billings, M. T. and bold. ill horses, with men, from the the night and hi enclosure, lie w of his, Daniel I! Sharps rifle, said, up those burs T ivi called out, "Dan toward the ground died tin ct by a fonqer iy, who, presenting a Panin you if you put 1 shoot you." Preston realizing that Lu iv meant what ho said, don't shoot!" crouched and partially shielded himself behind oiA> of liis herders. When Preston stooped Leahy fired, and Preston immediately fell with his head against tlie logs near the back door of Leahy's saloon, which abutted on tlie corral. As soon as Preston fell, several parties seized Leahy and lii'ld him until the officers of the law arrived, when lie was transferred to their chargea» The injured man was picked up by the bystanders, taken into Leahy's salopn, and doctors Ilogg. Davie and Stiekney sum moned. It was ascertained that the bull had en tered the upper third of the leg (ut the thigh), passed inwards and upwards, severed the femoral artery, and torn through at the back. Surgical assistance was of no avail, how ever, as tin* artery continued to gush out the life of the injured man, and in a few minutes, Preston'* life was extinct. Preston and Leahy were formerly par tners in both the saloon anil the* corral business. Tlie immediate cause of tiie shooting seems to have been some business disagree ment, consequent upon the dissolution of partnership. Mr. Preston leaves a wife, ( daughter of B. F. Donnen, Esq., of Kurtzvillc), to whom be was married last winter. INTERESTING TO PROSPECTORS. The Proper Mode of Working Location« to Avoid Litigation. As the season for ]>ros]R'i'ting lias come, the following suggestions from the Alining and .Scientific Press will be found vuluuble to those desiring to make mining locations: A careless marking of tin* boundaries ofa mining claim when it is taken up is liable to make endless trouble for owners, in ease the mine is rich and becomes well known. Then, when it is worth having, there are any number of people to try and establish claim to it. A prospector should try and find the vein of course, and t liât being found, should determine its general direction, by which direction lie will he governed in marking boundaries of the claim on the surface. Then when he records his cluim lie should give the course and distance, as nearly as practicable, from the discovery shaft on the claim to some permanent, well-known points or objects, sfich, for instance, us stone monuments, blazed trees, the confiu i'iiee of streams, points of interseetion of well-known gulches, ravines, roads, promi nent buttes, hills, etc., which may he in the iinini'diute vicinity, and which will serve to |K'riR*tuati* and lix the itositiou of the cluim and render it susceptible of identification frtnn the description given in the record of locations of the district. In addition to the foregoing, tlie eluimaut should state tli<' names of adjoining claims, or, if none adjoin, the relative positions of the nearest claims. He should drive a post or erect a monument of stone at each corner of his imrfaee ground, and at the |M>int of distitvery or discovery shaft, should fix a tost, stake or hoard, upon which should oe designated the name of the lode, name or names of locators, number of feet elaimei). and in which direction from the |H»int of discovery. It is very essential that the location no tice filed for record shull, in addition to the foregoing description, state whether the entire cluim of 1500 feet is taken on one side of the |>oitit of discovery, or whether it is iiurtly on one side and partly on the other siuo; umlin the latter ease, lu»w many feet are elaimrd iijmiii each side of the discovery |H»int. AVe have before noted these points, hut desire to |in|>rcss them on prospectors who are now beginning their season's work, he euiisi' they are inqiortuut for them to re mi'inher. A recent ruling of the ('oniniissioner of the General bund (Mtlee makes manifest the jniMirtunri* of great care in making and dc ..p- -i I»ing and marking mining claims in the Jiee of location for record. The Gummis her rules that an application for a inin i survey must he declined by the Mineral ( uity Surveyor whi'i'e the location was i, '•ojs'rly marked on the ground and rc »ul when he makes,such survey he must gK .Ids field notes thereof tlie hear ings und ilisbm >f his comers p, those cited in thii^** 'otico, and the same must he slit « v >. * Hh ial plut of the survey to el. c / 'ment to deter mine the *vfY > survey. The rulinAf.N'AA 1 ' *»rovfsion of the lawn»!' Mar'in, 1372, whu. i .dies that "the locution must lie distinctly mFrkcd up on the ground so that its Ixnmdurics cun he easily traced," and that such description of the claim shall he given by reference to some natural object or perumuent momument. as will identity tlie claim. "The provisions of the law .oust he strictly complied with in every wjse to entitle the eluimaut to a sur vey and a patent." in all east's if the loca tion was properly made, it was marked up. on the ground, it t'iu uirvey of It wuspro]» crly exo uted it must have j within tho limits thus marked, and if the marks vf the location and those of the survey are ident'i «•«I, the facts must appear stated in the of ficial field notes.—[llozemati Courier. Montana Potatoes. Fort penlou River News: Tlie Butte on her dot'll trip was loaded witli 100,(KH1 potindsnf potutoes for Bismark and other points fust—the first instance on record of shipping potatoes from Montana to the states. I 'util within the last few years it was luuMly believua that'potatoes i»r any thing lYi'jwuJ^w-'wat Benton or vicinity, and wirtJnewBa'tuhle.s of any kind were used livre Mm' imported and always brought an rUomious price. A fi st, how ever, soon demonstrated the fact thlit no country, not cvet^he Emerald isle, could produce sudi jiotntui's, and now the table« are turned. At a reception tendered to Henry Vlllard, president of tlie NorthernaJ^ucifL: Rtf lroed Gunipany, ut the Union Li ligue Gllib in New Yiiik reeently by C.B.Wright, J for mer ]»ri*idi'iit of the romjHiny, Mr ' illard made nil address in which in* set for h the Trans plans am' purposes of the Oregon continental Company. The orgaiiluttion intends mainly' to build tributary local lines throUgli the territory traversed' »y the Northern l'aeili« railroad. Mr. i'ilaisl further stated tliatr in a circular - which would lie Hent to Stockholders nexq week these nliiHH would he exiduinisl in fr A Toronto despatch states that, /m ar raiigenuat has been effected, by w I deli the Ganaiiinu Facifle. railr.uul consents) to the lroad rumiiui across __ Jt fi to 1»e itatement eonffBjked in the m iCl't but it would y»Vî lliuoll bctfFRlie Northern Pacific eou\b gain an 'ntïniïiito tlie Mantolm m.unt.^Without the Oft of tlie Canadian J'aeitiei Hon.linrtin Maginnis of Mw' W wdl K*ndeav*. as soon as tlie present j/aiUpek ill the 5*»use is over, to * , .'J speaker's table and msscl the l»i tlie ne »renient made between M lïh'ra® ÄJbuvern Ijtivu tiio *Any the ry of tlio l the. anu tlie ('row Indians, pacific railroad ^ ky tlu*oUg1i tb" iu. Tlie bill has v.i (.'uHlbriïir^m Collars, Whips, lashes. Coulson, - Montana. National Hotel as of of of to it of DEWEY & BROWN, Proprietors. The Largest ami Best Hotel -IN THE CITY. Dewey & Brown's Blacksmith Shop Back of the Hotel. 40 * COFLSON, - - MONTANA. BROWp DAVIS, JTJNOTIoS( 3 rY, MONTANA, Keep their bn «<Ä1 Stocked with the jest LIQUORS And Cigars, That can be Obtained. Cool and Refreshing Drinks concoc ted to order. ST. PAUL JOBBERS. I 00 TS FOUKPArforST TAKUOX, Käst Third Strict, St. Paul, Mina c 0MMISSI0N MERCHANTS. FIXl'K it MeTAI'LKY, :LS> Sibley Street St. Paul. Wholesulo dealers in (iruln, Flour. Provisions and Fruit, |RY GOODS AND NOTIONS. I LIN'D EKES, AY AUX KR & srilt'RMKIKH, F Miners' and Lumbermen's Suits n s|ie elalty. Corner Fourth and Sibley streets, St. Paul. Miau. F AIRBANK'S STANDARD SCALES. or all kinds. KAIRHAXK. MOÊSK *-»CO., (Hi Fast Thinl Street, st. Pau l, Mlini. AND WINES. It. Kl'HL Co., m Fast Third Street, St. Paul, Miiin.tsota. L S f EATHERand SHOE FINDINGS. largest« Stock of Snoe Makeé' i.'.hhI* in the Wert. P. R. L. IIAHDESHFIt'ill & CO., lNinitd lss Fast Third St.js'l. rind. ADDLERY HARDWARE. Fcalticr Riding Saddler a|t Harness Makers' Supplies. P. I«. (L II\KDKX HFRi.lt A i n., 1st;and is* puk third St.. St. Paul. Mlim. I EA, COFFE AND SPICE. "Cullim Mills. Mamifnettuvrsof' Snow Flake linking Powder." CHAS. I. i.UoFF, Sibley Stiti'i tietween Fourth tnd Fifth Streets, St. Paul. Minn. A PROM I .onn K him of all toe of » mast irthet auui fiat Real Eel Will occupy tlJ^column & Week. SSft? murder should Ivnoldng. lurora faithfully, part the oonviot one oharaoter, ^ bi illings Herald Job Room. Wc take pleasure in announcing to the people of Montana, that we have in connection with our estal> lishment, tlie most complete Job Office in the Eastern or central part of the Territory. The possess ion' of three presses, enables us to execute any work that may lie de sired, the variety ranging from small Cards to four and six sheet Posters. We make a specialty of Office Stationery, and can turn out Letter Heads, Note Heads, Envelopes, Statements, Circulars, Posters, Dodgers, Checks, Notes, Drafts, Ordert, Recei T ■ bean viuca •dieney o ( MndidHtfl fori governor publionn fie if thi« »« mm quoftio opubhoHu «i I* (■ wii * qti* -ad Fieri«*** - at (he district did not hh-WgM MoXanne lynohiug. ltt , 'Î k SSft? » rsssm ssä. w»»« 4 S 'Ii fa nro i degree all it dieoover to haw 'kg Ivnoldng. He *»1-1: It m yrtndnjy M grand to examine Into thi» faithfully, and to Indict »Jf.PW™J°°k in that ivnohing. an i t-»^«^h araTar a your psrticlp* 11 ™«. evidence ie iu ; thfmof pu.— r . they may be and whaU, oharaoter, etam ing or poaitte ie however hainon«, if in reapfot to ' ! oi exouce men in 1 — A offender^ nnnot ^ 911 Bank, CL'S ofl Sooit'ti work M ,^1'J m the