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GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY ORNING, MAY 18,1887, NO t
TRAV ERS COMING.
Great Falls t Have. Many Visitors-
Death of . Styles in Helena. 1
-Otle Notesof ilter, st.
HELENA, 16.-[Special to the Tri- i
buie].-Lefev Styles of Messrs. Wal- i
lace, Styles Thornburgh, real estate
agents of this ty, who had been sick for i
a few days, di yesterday at ten minutes ,
past twelve o' *k. Though it has been I
only three yea since he came to Helena, i
he made dur that time a reputation for f
notiring and ogressive energy, which
with his nt ally kind and attractive
disposition w for him the esteem of all
his fellow cit s. He was distinctively U
a representati an in whatever line of e
business he ertook. Since the or
ganization o firm of Wallace, Styles
& Thornbur ' had bent all the force
of his talent e establishment of such
a business w ld bring profit and honor
to himself d associates.
Thursda m inug the community was
unspeakab sho ed to hear 1h was hope
lessly ill aid that lis death was moment
arily expected. lie efforts of his phys
isians were una iling, but everything
possible was don to alleviate his suffer- be
ings. Etlowe by nature with a large ul
physique: and roang constitution, he N
lingered and balled bravely with his of
sufferings until aturday noon. Friday 'i
night after a cons ltation, Drs. Leiser and a
Treacy were of tl opinion that he could cc
not live until mor ng. At midnight his suf si
ferings increased perceptibly and it was N
then thought that je could not linger an or
hour. Tow.-.rds horning he was in a
semi-unconscious condition and it was A
evident that he recognized his family who
were-present. At eight o'clock symptoms tit
of his immediate dissolution were evident, 4
and fmon that time a constant, though pi
insensible, strugglecontinued until death. M
Thi immediate cause of death was the
obstriction of the portal vein caused by ja
fatty' degeneration of the liver. The sth
. fun wal ill tike place to-day at2.3Fp.i-ii n.
frod the Episcopal church.
lr. Styles was well known and esteem- th
eden Great Falls. !cit show~ed mnuch goxit "I
wil for this city and at ,ne time intended pr
to !eatablish a bank here.
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l Wrecked Near Spring Hill. c
( *B vra, . tay 16i-L{peaial to the Trib
une].-Saturday, . ,.giig . north-bou
train on the U.' & Northeri b ireein ti
descending 'ehd hevar grade between
Spring Hill and Red Rock. The two parts
came together in collison, wreckung five
cars. A number of Indians were on the t
train, occJpying their accustomed hang-on
positions on the top and bitween the box- h
cars., Two of them, a man and a womant
were caught in the wreck, sustaining se
rious injuries. About twenty-five others a
were more or less bruised. The medicine it
man happened to be about and attended to
their ilment~s The morning passenger a
train wa three hours behind time in ar- e
riving here in consequence of this wreck. h
Ed. Garrett Killed. P
HELENA, May 16.--Special to the Tri
bune].-On the night of April 29th when
the train was arriving at Tucson, Arizona, 1
S. E. Garrett zccidentally fell between the h
cars and was run over and instantly killed. b
He was burried near Tucson. Eddy Gar
rett w.s well known and greatly likled in
istern Montana, nearly everybody re- h
-1 bering him as the pleasant and af- B
s brakeman on the Butte & Garrison O
for years. He is a brother of Mrs.
. Garrett, now of Helena. His un
:ly death will be sincerely regretted ,
is many°friends.
Many Tour sts Comng. S
lU~taA, May 16:--[Special to the Trib
-Our citizens are pleased to hear of
safe arrival of the -steamer Rose of is
na at Great Falls. If it returns above T
rapids successfully, hundreds will visit d
city by boat this year forthe pleasure
trip. .
e machinery for th.Fern has arrived ti
_wnssnd, and she will be at Great a
in two, weeks with passengers and
;ght.
SCming to Grit Falls.
a~La.A, May 16.-ISpecial to the'Tribb.
i ) .-ThomasE. Brady, ayoang.attorney' d
fw who has resided in Helena for the .
six months, leaves this ing for la
*t Fails, wher he wgill _i ofice p
Srcti..e law t.
A Rantch f
ELENA, day 16.-- lai tthserb b
.}-A ranch of 800 acres, al few miles
4s town. 1as bean solI to Northern Pa
Speople and others e for 8,000.
S Mysterious Pertses, al
* xLRNA, May 16.--[Special tothea Thib
S.-Sveral railroad s# yug parties a
left town lately, fr what d4 tion ise
Five Millitts Capital.
am, Tay 16.--4pecal to thee TrLW
iort step In connecto
Gat Falls a been take. Articles t
neorporation have been fiad in the
office of the secretar~f the territory by
the GresatFalls Water Power & Town
6ite company.-'The capital stock has been
placed at-$5,000,000 in order to provide
ample means for the industrial advance
ment of the city and tlfy development of
its water-power. They stock is divided
into 50,00 ? shares of $100 each.
The trustees of the company and the
incorporators are Col. Charles A. Broad
water, Paris Glibson and Louis G. Phelps.
It is understood that the trustees will meet
in Great Falls this week to organized
formally.
Lot Jumpers Bus
H@LENA, May 16.-[Special to the Trib
une].-Lot jumping has been the great
excitement the past week. The Independ
ent heads its articles with the subject:
"The boom suppressed temporarily
through the foolish acts of lot jumpers."
"A lull in the realty market." Another
cause of the lull is that lumber dealers
have advanced the price of lumber two
dollars per thousand feet, and the brick
makers the price of brick two dollars per
thousand.
Cool Cars to be Run.
liELENA., May 16.--[Special to the Tri
buue].--Beg nning on May 18 and contin
uing throughout the warm season, the
Northern Pacific will un refrigerator cars
out of St. Paul and Minneapolis every
Wednesday and Saturday. They will run
as far west as Spokane Falls for the ac
commodation of perishable freight. Con
signments for these cars should be marked
Northern Pacific Refrigator Line, St. Paul
or Minneapolis. a
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.t
HELaENA, May 16.-The British legs pa
tion at Washingion has applied to Secre
tray Webb for information of Alfred Tip
' Pitt, once, and possibly now, a residrent o, ,
Montana.
'Col. Hund4ey has r',:r ,md from the
ranch where h" 't an~. a fine horse colt me
just drnppd i., lbessie Douglas, one ofhis fim
u oIe famous Red Boy. hi
Rev. F. D. Kelsey preached yesterday im
morning service a paper read by him at KlJ
the' recent conference at Butte, subject, of
i "Prayer Meeting." In the evening he co
I preached upon "A Radical.Change." z.
In eaccordance with provisions made by me
the last general conference, to-day was
celebrated as "Children's Day" at the M. i
E. chlre' South, corner Graut and War- not
ren streets. The exercises were held at
ual' hours for Sabba1services. he
wed in the programm ere sing ee
in, reading, addresses, recitations. etc. the
Donald Bradford, a wealtny ranchman Shi
of Rock Creek, and son of the noted St. the
Louis capitalist, Oscar Bradford, is regis
tered at the Cosmopolitan.
Wm. Pbrter, with a pack of coursing rec
hounds, twelve in number, arrived from Fri
the east. The beet-footed canines are to to
be taken iuo the iver country, there pr
to be used in h ernation of tae par
Inumeroue dt ow infesting that ma
UncT' Jesse F. Tayloi of, iotead I
after several weeks' ecperi e with Ro;
severi illness, has sufficiently recovered to wit
enable him to travel, and he left for h
home Saturday. Pet
The noted theatrical? architect,w. M. the
Wood, arrived in Helena Saturday with in
plans and full power for the enlargement
of Ming's opera-house.
Jack Bernard and Jim Bates, both local- the
ly famous as exponents of athletic art, the
have opened a saloon known as The Ab- the
bey at 132 Main street, formerly occupied wa
by Walla Walla Joe. def
Justice McConnell returned Saturday
evdning from Boulder, at which place he C
has been holding court, and left to-day for Let
Benton for the purppse of opening the wlh
term at that place. sli
The. Helena Rod and Gun club met He
lately at the office of Bullard & Barbour. he
There was a large attendance and con
siderable business transacted. The fol- I
lowing were elected members of the club: the
E. C. Prosser, R. H. Beckwith, Charles A. and
Stewart, J. E. Cuaningham, Alex. P. Read, tor
E. . E. Hanna, -Dr. T. H. Pleasants, Garry ties
Whyte an4 Dr. Bishop.
The will of the late John M. Sweeney .1
is yet in the possession of s attorneys. has
The provisions are not known, but it is un- to
derstood T. C. Power and John W. Bes- oft
serer are named as executors. of
The two dIontana racing associations
advertise that the date of closing nomina- E
tions for-the colt stakes for this year's hat
meeting is June 1st. sad
Joined the Procession. Tcn
rThomas E. Brady arrived from Helena
last evening and intends to practice law in
this city, where his shingle will soon be du
displayed. Mr, Brady was admitted to
the bar in New Ybrk and has practiced
law In Helena, where he has many friends. I
He says th much interest" is displayed it W't
Helena and ~lsewhere in the progress of
Great Falls. He predicts a bright future
for the city, which has fully come up to '
his expectations. ra .
The .Spring -ish Story.
Mike Maloney is the boss trout fisher
man on the river. aturiday he caught I
about twenty pounds in just that many
minutes, and yesterday he hooked out et
three pounds at three jerks of his pole by
Depends an the Ass. -' pr
tiry t las ny two law
r~~·~.t fit~le~'·~ ~.
by TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
eun jThe Steamer Empre State Burns to
ide. Water's Edge--- a Supreme
ice
of Court Judge Dead.
led BRISTOL, R. I., May 16.--The steamer
Empire State, which has been lying at the
the wharf of the railroad company during the
ad winter past, was totally destroyed by fire
ps. Saturday morning. The fire was discov
eet ered ab utL one o'clock. When the fire
ied men arrived the fire had made such
progress that it was impossib'e to stay it
and the steamer with all her fixtures was
destroyed. Two men who were on board
ib- barely escaped with their lives, loosing all
eat their effects. The fire caught forward and
the cause is unknown. The insurance pa
pers are in the steamer's safe in the bot
et: tom of the river, but thi amount of which
ily she is insured is believed to be about $40,
,, 0-0. The loss including the work that
had recently been put on preparatory to
er the excursion season will probably reacli
ers $100,000.
ck ST. PAUL, May 16.-Justice W. B. Woods
of the supreme court of the United States
er died at his residence in this city, about
noon on Saturday. He was seriously ill
in California about two months ago but
ri- his improved condition led him to come
home. After his arrival he continued to
in- grow worse. His disease was dropsy. He
he suffered intensely Friday night but in the
trs early morning he appeared to be insensi
ble to pain. It is the understood desire of
Justice Woods' family to have hhin buried
Un where he was born, .i Ohio. '
S PORTLAND, Or., May 16.-News has
ed just been received here of the arrest at
al Redding, Cal., of Moore, the defaulting
and absconding Northern Pacific express
agent at Timberline, Montana. He isheld
. pending a requisition for his return: to
that ,territory, unless he shall decide to
waive that formality. The express com
,a- pany propose to make an example of him.
P : ~.oret absconded some months ago.
' i The anmounthe carried off was small.
ie WASnHrrNTox, May 16.-The depart
>lt ment of state, has received Information
Sfmor the United States consul- eneaul .
St. Peteisburg, that an agricultural ex- I
hibition with competition in .agricultural
sy implements and machinery will be held at
at Kharkoff, Russia, from October 2 to 23
t, of this year. American exhibitors can
10 compete inthe exhibitien of horses, cattle,
swine, poultry and agricultural imple
)y ments and machinery.
WAsmINTor, May 111.-Saturday after
noon, oninitation oof Mrs. Gen. Logan,. C
. regent of the Mount Vernon Association,
the President and Mrs. Cleveland and ad
few other guests went to Mount Vernon on
the steamer Corcoran. General and Mrs. t
1 Sheridan and Mrs. Folsom were among
the guests. . -
ST. PFiTERSBUnG, May 16.-The cza
] received the English Afghan commission
Friday. Commissioner Ridgeway has gone
Sto Moscow. The czar and czarina have
' promulgated the usual proclamation pre.
paratory to the long journey they will a
t make in the south.
I Los ANeELES, Cal., May 16.-Mrs.
[ Roselle was arrested last night charged z
- with throwing vitriol is the face of Ira
Petrie, the engineer, was arraigned tA-day. c
The 23d was fixed as the day for holding
the case for trial, Her husband is also h
in custody. a
NEw YORK, M1ay 16.---ames Learney,
the lawyer, has surrendered himself to
the authorities. He pleaded not guilty to
'the charge of forgery on which a warrant tl
was out for his arrest. He is said to have
defrauded: various persons out of $40,000.
OaOVILL, Cal., May 16.-In Justice n
r Leonard's court-room to-da,y Wm. Allen J
who was being tried for theft shot and
slightly wounded the plaintiff, A. A. A.Frary.
t He was arrested and imprisoned. He says
he intended to kill Frary and then himself.
WAsuriGTOx, May 16.-H. J. Ford of b
the Ford & Ryan Morocco company and
and an extensive real estate man, contrac- n
tor and builder, failed to-day. His liabili- I
ties are $100,000; assets $80,000.
.WAsmNoToxN, May 16.--The President
has appointed Byron L. Smith of Chicago
to be commissioner to examine a portion a
of the Northern Pacific railroad, in place e
of J. W. Doane resigned.
BUTTE, May 15.-Three boys, who may h
have been reading dime novels, stole a
saddle on Friday and took it to Anaconda. n
They now enjoy the hospitality of the V
county jail.
B1UiTTE , May S1.-"Pinafore" was pro- I
duced with popular success to-night-by the n
Bijou Operas company. Mr. Maguire says tl
they will remain here another week.
SB&cxio'rr lIdaho, tMay 16.:-Frank
:Williamns has been found guilty of the C
murder of Charles Read. He was cap- $
tured )edenatber ist. it
IH:LNA, May 16.- There was a :heavy ca
rain Sat.rday -ight and yesterday. a1
Btying. Real Estate..a
i 7t H ,ELE May 1 n.-Aos oinced iby i
r tIiUgrNi ito the TRIBUsE a very lrge rea'.
estate deal was consnmated yesterday by
by Pater & Muth, in the sale of the J. J.
property Involved 4it about 80D acresThe
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for resi :rAbs h a to a re
porter: ` tre next the
city, h isl ' ily of water
Sand can didundreds of
hgmes, ids, such as
cannot ii be in the city.
The M A he tNorthern
acific of it, and there
I Wnith from running
- spars t or from .the
e atret ed out there. It
e i mit se bUild homes in
th t iciy t ie bleak, barren
ou'uwatered ,iIt f Mount Helena"
Of orse do d t say what will
i e doe, but you what might be
tdone wnith the ." ,
The actual buyeirs rrps follows: T. F.
O(kes, vice president ahd general mana
gI r of the Northern Pacific; N. C. Thrall,
private secretary of the former and chief
executive clerk of the Northern Pacific;
J. T. Odell, assistant general manager of
the Northern Pacific. E. 1). Bettens .of
' New York,ra a lwyer and capitalist; Ii. W>7
Chihl, S. S. Huutley, E. 1W. Bach and E.
t D. Edgerton, all of ITelena and all inter
ested with If. W. Child in making the
dal. The first four named are the prin
cipal purchasers, and their investment may
' be considered a splendid omen of the
confidence of eastern capital and especially
of the Northern Pacific people in the out
look for the city.
1NEWS E: WORLD.
Vincent Robinson 'Was drowned at Al
gone, Iowa.
Will Deyoe, ae 29, Mason City, Ia.,
killed himself.
Up to date 6,500,000 trade dollars have
been redeemed.
Revenue steamer Bear will enforce law
in Alaskan waters.
Catholic Knights of America are in
session at Chicago.
Sioux City's limits have been extended,
taking in six miles.
The G. A. It will establish a soldiers'
iop~e at Milwaukee.
fadison, Wis., schools are closed be
casiseof scarlet fever.
John Bauer, aged 66, a Milwaukee car
penter, killed himself.
If the anthracite coal miners strike,
100,000 men will go out.
There are 400 applicants for the position
d--seneul- eueral at paris. --
]Five men were tearfully burned at the
steel works at Braddock, Pa.
John Voorhis has been appointed :olice
commissioner in New Yor.i.
Copeland & McLaren, pig iron, Mon
treal, have failed for $23.,000.
A county bar association has been
formed by West Superior lawyers.
Senator Sherman wants to stop silver n
coinae and issue coin certificates. g.
Ainous chieflY squad, orthe Yimuas, I2
died and was cremated in Arizona. h
Senator McPherson of New Jersey says
that Cleveland will be re-elected.
Madam Pinner, songstress, sues the
American Opera company for $7,900. v
Col. Bolton, Chicago postoffie embezz- tl
ler, has taken up his abode at Joliet. st
About 6,000 Chicago people attended a ti
meeting to oppose coercion in Ireland. F
TV. A. IIolschnider's wife went wrong
at Harlan, Iowa, and he killed himself. P
The sentiment of Shenandoah Valley v
people seems to indorse General Rosser.
A locomotive boiler burst near McKen-- s
zie, in Canada, fatdlly scalding one man. p
The Iowa barbed wire association is w
done up by the interstate commerce law. si
Rich Josephnine Mallison, Philadelphia, si
has fled with "Professor" James, a spirtu- y'
alist fraud. L
The Des Moines African Methodist
church has lost three pastors by death in h
three years.
Judge Shepherd has refused to quash
the venire of jurors in the Chicago
boodle cases. -t
Said that Queen Kapiolani giggled
modestly behind her fan when she met
John Sherman. A
A 14-year-old boy named Alden shot his fi'
sister at Ionia, Michigan, because she at
"bothered" him, la
Detectives established a "fence" in Phil- th
adelphia, at which many Panhandle rob
bers sold their stuff.
Prominent business and professional be
men gave a banquet in Boston to Editor ta
Taylor of the Globe. al
Dan Manning's New York bank starts
with a capital of $3,05000 and Ferdinand d
Blankinham cashier.
A negro preacher asks the inter-state a
commission if southern railroad can dis- ti
crimjnate against color., w
Insurance agents ath Madison, Wis, are N
having fun, companies curting town coim- ei
mission to fifteen cents.. " w
Another unsuccessful attempt was
made-last week to.burn the Pennsylvania W
road depot in Jersy City. .
Latimer, a versatile deadbeat, started a
Democratic paper it Sioux City, and is:
now far.away with some boodle. o
There was great excitement latety in
the coffee market in New York. Thefr
steadily advancing price got a set-back. cc
Shermah & Marsh and tNohle B. Judah, :o
Chicago, barb wire firma, aove failed for b
$448,000 and- $0,000. Interstate law did
it
Dyas' knitting factory. Robin Jotnes' O
creamery and the Merchants' Exchan`ge c
at Nashville were w damaged $40,000 y i
fire. r
Johis Flynn had nt stepped outside of M
a wretched hovel at O tagonon, Wisconsin, to
till the police took him to the county T
hosi.e
-The building recently erected in Wash
iugto-by the 0Grand A&iy of the Repu b
T r t S , m f -
mec nrraiz ie.ft"rsae on o
miast~lrin f~vo of he. mmcdiat~onfrce
OUR RAILROAD INTERESTS.
f The Montana Central to be Corn
pleted to Butte, by May I st.
aBuTTE,May 16.-Col. C. A. Broadwater,
president of the Montana (entral;who ar
rived from Helena this morning, said to an
Inter Mauiitain reporter to-day: "You may
a tell the people of Butte that the Montana
Central will be completed and running
trains to Butte by' the 1st of next May.
We are pushing work to the utmost all
along the line. The road will be com
pleted to Fort Buford by the 1st of June,
to Great Falls between the 1st and 1tth of
i September and to Helena in thirty days
after. Between Great Fails and Helena
all that remains to be done is to lay track.
On the Butte extension everything de
l pends on the completing of. the tunnels.
Th'ere are six of them; the 6i000-foot one
in the Wickes vicinity, an 800-foot one in
Boulder canyon, three smaller ones fur
ther this way, and finally the tunnel
through the spur that puts down from the
north to Park canyon. It is to see about
this last tunnel that *I came. over to-day.
I telegraphed from St. Paul last week to 1
commence work upon it with as large a
force of men as can be made available.
We have been to work on the approaches
of the big tunnel at Wickes for some time
past, getting things in readiness for using
machinery. The machinery is now all 1
on the ground and it will be put in motion 7
in a few days."
"The Butte depot? .0, we have not got t
to that yet and will not for some time.
We feel there is no hurry about it and
that it can be settled easily when the pro
per times comes. No; we have not con
sidered the question at all until the road
is nearing completion. But it seems to I
me a uniondepot would be a good thing; ,
it would be more convenient for the pub
lic, to say the least."
LIVE-STOCK SIPMENeT. f
LIVE-STOCK SHIPMENT.
S. L. Moore furnishes the following
statistics and estimates concerning live
stock shipments: 'Last year the Northern
Pacific shipped east eight thousand head
of horses, against four hundred head two
yearas previou and aa fi ----tiginc
hundred oneryear previous. It will be
seen that the horse bIusiness is inzreasing
very rapidly int&he west, perhaps. more
rapidly-than any other branch of the live
stock business; but iemust be remembered
that it is ju now la ng realized that this
is pre-eminrt a korse country, and it
mdy be expected tihat the business will
go on with an increased velocity. In the
Jistw toy ea thek ortheran Raeific
has shipped to points west of Jamesto'n,
Dakota, between twelve hundred 'an
fifteen hundred valuable stallions; a.
many of these were very costly .one
single carloads, in some instances, being
valued at $30,000. Mr. Moore also -sat
that his road is preparing to put on a.
supply of patent double decked cars for
the accommodation of sheep shippers.
Formerly parties shipping sheep were put
td a cost of from. $U to $12 per car for
putting in these double decks, the cost
varying according to the price of lumber
at the points from which -shipments were
made. Henceforth this expense will be
spared the :shipper. The company ex
pects to handle this year a number of
west-bound bulls, and but few cattle of
any other kind. Mr. Moore estimates the
shipment of beeves from Montana this
year at one hundred thousand or more.
Last year the road shipped 110t000 sheep
from Montana to the east, but it is not ex
pected that the shipments' will be so
heavy this year.
THE GAUGE Wm.ENING.
The clearest explanation of the plans of
the Utah & Northern for widening its
gauge early in June is given by General
Agent Baldwin of the Union Pacific of
fice. He says that of the 263 Siiles of road
above Pocatello all but 30 miles is now
laid with new steel rails, which have taken
the place of the old rails of the narrow
gauge. The thirty miles of track yet to
be replaced is above Red Rock. When
they get ready to changeto standard gauge
all they will have to do will be to spread
the rails. Before doing this the spikes
which are to be outside of the rails will be
driven partially in along the entire line.
The rails will need only to be spread out
against these spikes; then one blow will
tighten the spikes, and all that-will remain
will be to drive the spikes inside the rails.
New broad-gauge ties take the place of
every second narrow-gauge one, which
will beall the cI ge inthe ties thalt.il
be necessary. The widening of thegauge
will be done all- inn on day and only one i.
train will miss.
MAJORn RO GE 'S TRIP.
M jor Rodgers, the explofring engineer
of the Manitoba company, has been heard
from. lHe did not go into the Flathead
country, but a few days age was looking
ove the counitry ialeg the Muilan o'a,
being at that time in the vicinity of Crow's
Nest. This is the route that the best in
formed believe will be adopted by the
company. The Missoula Timm says the
most practicable route for the Manitoba
road is down the lig Blackfoot, through
isseoula and theni e overthe Maianroute
mountain pases say the road must comse
obstacles to the north.
1If +, MAT 1 -Let -m-ping
tie n nint xitmn, eat al
by heuciooflars Jon 9 wadB at
9* and who incontinently put to flight Bloody,
Knife and his crew with a gun. She then
n went down to Reed & Rinda, who She
cohceived tube real jumpers, and having
relieved her mind of sundry epithets .re.
r, tired in good order with a large store of
r- ammunition on hand. The town was re
n galed during a great part of the middle of.
:y the day with the speeficle of a woman
ia wh: was packing away fencing fromisomie
g rro on the brow of the hill.lrsing
abot in street,` one of the foot hilli of
Mo elena. She worked most indus
triously and succeeded in driving of the
- fencers after their work was but partially
accomplished.
, In the northeastern part of town there
was great excitement all day and jumpers
and defenders wrestled and yelled like
a Comanches over their respective claims.
These feints at jumping are going on iu
quarters where there is not the shadow of
claim for the jumper toliold thelot or lots;
and lot owners are in many instances pos
e sessed of a panic thatmakes them proceed
2 to elect fences where their titles are per=
feet and beyond cavil. C. W. Cannon ls
1 put upon the defensive to an extent he had
z probably not anticipated, and is one of the
t heaviest defenders. GeorgeFootelablow
ing his bugle from Dan to Beersheba and
> protesting his immaculate innocence, while
i he threatens the Independent with all sorts
of consequences for publishing his own
statements. With the exception of Foote
and Bloody Knife the jumpers have sense
r enough to keep their mouths shut, and ase
I the probate judge is issuing no deeds to
jumped lots there is no definite means of
tracing the movement or of the real par
ties engaged in the -piracy.
MONTANA IN GENERAL.
HELENA, fa 18 :- 'freighter named
Blackabee, possessing a ponderous wagon
and four lhdrses, started on Thursday last
from Jurgens & Price'i;establishment on
Clore street with a load .of miscellanous
freight; destined for Sun River. Proceed
ing down thle valley a few miles. the
thought struck him that he did not care
to proceed any further and detaching .the
animals from the wagon, hitched thein to
a telegraph pole nearby, and aba d
n-foot to Helens.
Arriving here he proceeded immedi~itly
to partake of the wine that cheers, i
wholly unmindful of his team and- cargo,
succeeded admi in bowling up and
painting the roseate hue. He
applied the cbi' i r haniand
after a two days' de e sterday
turned up unannounced at the store from
whence he startedtotally ohlivious ofhbls
u a es`e of the dluni - nfor` t
, Wi hen askedabsout hista a loadI of
rchandise, he was unable give ai sat
isfactory explanation anid a ger
w~s sent out in seaich of the
freight. In theieieanuhile, apy Lane
haippening in that. direction, ,esed the
animals tied as when lft, thou ithto
owner in sight. Fearing that all not
right and that the driver had bee sum
marily dealt with, he drove the on k.
to town, arriving here yesterday.
The horses were pretty well fagged out,
having eaten or drank nothing in a that
time, and reached here more dead than
alive. The merchandise iii the wagon
had not been molested, and save the suf
fering of the horsesand the delay, and the
momentary anxiety caused'by! the i;ap-.
pearance of the freighter, no serious damu.
age has been done. The conveyance new
stands in front of the store, and weathir
permitting and whisky barred, p the.
freighter will make -another attempt to
pull out tor his destination tomorrow
morning. The freight is consigned to the
Sun River country, and good luck per
mitting, it should reach that locality but a
few days ov*rdue.
The G itmine has paid two divi
dends of each in succession.
The Gloe.+r mine produced $130,000 to
the first q.rtier of this year.
The product of the .Drum Lummnl
mine for April was $18,.300. .
Srious Accident. '
e'.ve ,W n of uly metwthavery;
serious accident last Saturday, and nar
rowly escapd losing thee sight of hirght
eye. He was surveying a opieceof land,
and while sighting over a slarpenedistick
Sset in the grnd, undertook, while in
kneeling positioh o pull it tip slightly.
The sticki wassnt very tightly .imbedded
in the grund, and i pulling it came with
a rueh, the shbrp end penetrating the ball
of his eye. For a time it was .onsidered
doubtfulif the sight could besaved, but
Sto-day we learn that the woundis healing
nicely andthe sight wi be all right.
Arbor Day.
Arbor Day has beeniotbervedin Great
Falls by the bank.. Whether the trees
on the Park Drive wre pnted depoe
sayeth nothing, but it is eertain that i. ;
early fall when the city, wi be era d,
appearatnceand compare
trated tha trees wilo
bench lands and
Missouri The taste
eral and as; soon th :ase te -
tenant. '"""'~~d
"Ided f>"wa hesrilnetec t
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