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A11 work guirsiiWdl and at reeeouahk rame.
NOCIETI I .
A. O. H.-Division No. I meeta frt and secona
andays of ueach month.
K. of H.-Meea nrst and third Wednesdays at
9 .Op. .~, at Odl Fellows' Hall.
A. F. & A. M.-Yelluowtoun Lodge, No. 26, fi.t
a-d t.ird Wednesdays.
R. A. M.-~tellowtone Chapter. No. 5, second
hosuday.in each onath.
9. T.-. masueue UoGmmandery,tourth Thur.
days.
". O. O. .--Custer LoIdp, No. 18, every
aE 3day vt their hall.
L. . O. F --entinal Encampment, No. 6, first
snd third Friday.
K. of P.-Crusader Lodge, No. 7, Thursday
ewoulags at Odd yellows illtl.
C. K. of A.-Miles City branch, every bunday at
. of L.-Finrt and third Fridays.
0. A. R.-U. . Grant Post, No. 14, lrst and
hiurd Tuesdays.
I.O. U. T.--Star of the est, No. 24, every
thnrsday evening.
I. f V --Gibson ('amp No. 4. Meets 6rt and
Grl Inesdays of each mounb at Good Templars'
L M. PARKEI. H. W. TOPPING
NORTHERN PACIFIC
FOUNDRY
Pk5 & W OPHIG,
uamWfeotM of mafl t of
IRON and BRASS
GASTINGS.
BRAINERD, MINNESOTA
THE PEliRkI. Wildl ILL.
II has bre in constest us
.,r 1 FearO . with a roeor
eq a sled by mong.
WARRANTED
ao to blow down, unless tM
Tower, rn with It r gIelseMt ayJ wind that dam
,t 1 i.; ,." *uat i, t Ii arn bul ingp: to b peroeet
n, .l a I..,d do bs.l* r work than any other mill
a Omnaufactus bloth Pulmpn sad G eaed
land etiy a gill iio of W11.4 Mill i ampli-
A4gent. Wamte
ba br Wc*alrog, Cltess Asi Prim.
Ames PRIMK WRe MILL all oS..
LEIGHTON & JORDAN
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND
RANCHMEN'S SUPPLIES,
Goods Delivered at Ranches.
THE OLDEST an LARESTHOUSE
IN EASTERN MONTANA.
NATIONAL BANK.
OF
_.lrTr .te ZTTa , CTUAOT UA...,..
THE OLDEST AND LAREST BANK IN EASTERN IONTANA.
CAPITAL - - - - 50.000
SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS 870,000
JOSEPH LEIOHTON, President.
W. B. JORDAN Vice President.
. B. WEIRICK, Cashier.
H. B. WILEY, Assistant Cashier.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
STOCK GROWERS
NATIONAL BANK,
MIL.8 OITYO. MON.'.
THE LARGEST BANK IN EASTERN MONTANA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $105,000.00
INTE.REST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS.
W. R. 8TEBBINS. President, WM. HARMON Vice President.
H. P. BATCHEL3L, Cashier. ELMER E. BATCHELOR, Asst. Cash.
CHARLES W. SEYDE,
NOTARY PUBLIC
Real Estate, Ins rance alnd Coveyancing
LIVE STOCK BOUGHT and SOLD
SORE DESIIIBLE RIICIES. IARE A1 CITY R¶OPEITT FOR SALE.
HOUSES FOR RENT.
Agent For First Ulass Steamship Lines For Europe.
Foreign Exchange, International Collections and Consular Business Attended to
GOVERNMENT AND PENSION CLAIMS A SPECIALTY.
Live Stock, Loans, Real Estate and Notary Public
LIVE STOCK A SPECIALTY.
Aent for the old.t and meet ellable
FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE 008.
And the oldest spont Il ton.
Money Loaded on First Class Security.
Cattle and sheep ranches, and improved farms for
sale at a bargain with easy terms of payment.
Houses to Rent and Collections Made.
Several oomfortable and commodious dwelling houses
and well located business and residence lots for sale cheap;
also N, P. R. R. Co.s lots and lands, and grazing lands
in the Northwest Territory for lease or sale.
Montana, Western, Wyoming, Texas and Eastern
GA' TLE FOR SALE
In lots to suit purchasers. Also sevral choice bands of sheep and
Pennsylvanti "Black Top" registered rams and Short Horn thoroughbred
and grade bulls fbr sale.
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GARDEN, FLOWER, FIELD AND GRASS
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Send for catalogue and pri.e. Orders
by mail promptly filled.
Miles, Strevell & Ulmer.
A FIGHTING PEDIGREE
The New Judge Said to be a
Member of the Fighting
Lidoells,
Also a Colonel in the "Louisiana
Tigers." A Scrap of
History.
THE FIGHTINI LIDDELLq.
Our New Judge Probably a Member of the
Well Kuown Bellicose Family of LoustA
us.
~lys the Hli*Ies HIeral: "ANs Sl
nuuureel In our Was\V sinigtoal diaspLtchen
y.*-'erday, thle Pse4dealt has apI
p tluted M1l,-ew J. Li.lelt, or Loulislaaa,
Luo be a-sociLt 1 Justtee of thle nupreime
court ofS MSlltala, vice J. H. t.*-Leary
resigned. HBt little It kuuown in Hel
ela conaceriung thbe Iidividuality of
Colouel Liddell-we tall hlUn Colonel,
brecaue it iw reported that he was a
cloiel in Jett D&yiL re3rult. land i.
euspected of billg thle A.aie redouota
ble C.,lonel Ltd lell who figured s'a
prominerntly in the 'L usinlaia I'i.er+,'
a ourip of C aufelera e lsharpeheatere.
during the'late Unlalea.ntlUes4.' As
bis been sail Colonel Lidiell is Indi
vi lually unknuwn, but even In MIoI
tan tlhere are a few' er44onages wi,
are acquainted with the siuaculnary
r.epsutation of the Fallting Liddesll. iof
Luetiasua, of whichti aristoraltie faiuly
the new Judge is supposed to be a wur
thy scion.
'In the oentral part or L.ulsiana.
and about thirty miles from Natchez,.
Misslaeippl, there sailed some yearn
agoa Frenh ftIumly by the name of
Lidd-il. Tuey engaged in planting
and soon berame prosperous owners of
large plantatious. Mhortly before the
war a ftshionahle, gay and handsome
lady came to visit a family by the
name of Jones, wbojieslded in
Natch'z. She bad not been long a
visitor when her fair reputation was
sitteked by scandaslus stories. which
were trared to the Liddells, who lived
near by on the Louisiana side of the
Misslsoippl river, just beyond Concor
dia larish. 'rThe stories soon reaobhed
the Jones mansion and no sooner were
they broachbed thabsn 'my bigh spirited
gunts' mounted her spirited palfrey,
adorned her bandsome form with a
riding babit end a brace of pistols and
cantered off to the Liddell manslon.
accompanuled by her admirer, one of
the Jones boys. Arriving at the Lid
dell place, 'nuy lady guret' pal.ed one
of the Ltddeli out and openly ch tried
him with circulating the euandelouu
reports. The hot blooded Liddell did
not deny the charge, said he bad
beard so and asked 'my lrdy' what she
was going to do about it, whlereup
the indignant lady said: 'Sir, you
ano consider yo,,r nouth slapped.'
The chivalrous Liddell could not an
swer the lady, so turning to her com.i
panion, Jones, he said. 'I will bo!d
you responsible for this,' whereupon
the nervy Jones whipped out a pistol,
Liddell did the same and they coan
menced shooting. And what's more
have been shooting ever since. That
was before the war and even now, it a
Liddell meets a Jones in the woods out
ome a brace of shoo'ing irons and the
field is not deserted until one or the
other bites the dust. The feud has
been in progress for thirty years
and the end is not yet. It is said the
Liddllse have killed 24 of the Jones
facstion in that time. Hence the fam
Ily has become known for its'chivalty'
and is now known as 'the Fighting
Liddells.'
",The new judge is supposed to be a
memwer of that notorious family and
It is pre"umed that bis pugnacious In
itiocts Inherited from a long line of
Fighbtinog Ltddells, are what recomi
mended him to the President for a
court (lfeer among the cow boys of
Montana.
"We expect to bear mere of Col. Lid
dell in the near future and will keep
the public pooted on the cbaracteristice
of our new Judge."
The strike Klt iatlei.
CHWAGO, February 2.-Only ive
suburban trains on the Burlington
road came in this morning and one
pulled out. Thus far five old enIIg
nee. r re tepIorle lo yal,to:t he com pony.
The Brotherhood has expelled the re*
creant engineers. New men are being
distributed along the line. The fart
mall which left t 8 o'clock yesterday
hba not yet been beard from. Pro.
touDd quiet prevails about the yards
and round bouse. At the big freight
house notice Is posted "no freight will
be resolved today." The ololals of
the road, however have asked for a
detail of loli.c to protect a freigbt
train whic'h Ia to be wade UpjAnd run
out t day.
''he third accident on the road elnce
the Inauguitrtlin of tbhetrike occurred
curly thi. mornlug at the erosiolg of
the Brulington and St. Paul roada near
Fulton Junction. The engine and
nall and express oars of the St. Paul
tralin were deirllished, and two men
are reported fatally injured, and one
seriousuly hurt, The blarne for the ac
.*ideot Is laid to the green band on the
Burlingt. ernigoe.
Over 100 enotteer to takte the
pIlar.e of the strikers on the |Inrling'
sys.teu were aweured in New York to'
day. The over-lanud fast m ,ll left L'hi
c.go oU tliu, 3 a. nm. Brotherhood
enginieers declinedi, but, did not luter"
ere with cetling the trilu.out.
MR POW DEItI.y'S VIEWS.
"cu¢ANCzON, PA., F.bruarv 24. -Mr.
I'ow.terly Imiake public a letter to
ntight in answer to qurstion as to
what the Ki glmts osUgit to do in the
case of the strike of the Burlington
eaJgineer-; Hie.ay-: ".~y opinion of
a IlIa who takes the place of another
who i. m'ruggling for his right. i.
that he deserves the (ontelipt and
airn of every man who love justlce.
What was mean and dastardly in a
mnmber of the Brotherhood of engi.
neers cannot become grand aid ouuble
in a meliinr of the order of Knig a (of
[lh,,ir. N. lK'ilgtt of Labor should
belittle 114 Imianlhbood by toopling to
su-h dirty work. Labor will forever
I.e lboundl hianl and foo at the feet of
ea:l'al ae long as workinigmen can be
pitted agsinst one another.
Unloln Nquare Theatre Burned.
NE': YottK, Feb. 22.--The Union
Sqluare The*atre with all its contents
wa. d.-trayed by fire thir afternoon.
The Mlrton hour, adjioning *a two
allien, wasI badly damaged, and the
8 ar Theatre war in Imminent
danger for some time At about
,.ue o'clock a ebamhermaid in
tihe rear of the top fl,,r of the
the M.1orton houe saw smoke coming
through the ereviues in the doors of
the hallway. Sse was too frantic
wi b lear fur fully live minutes to give
au alarut and by that time smoke was
pouringtIuto the hall. Her cries
brought abut twenty chabmbermaid.
(row their rooms on the top floor, and
the guests from thrse all rushed pell
sulll down stairs, and not a few of
them flulng down after them at the
Slue tillme. Befurea good stream could
be gut o.a the tire, all show of saving
the theatre wae pear
(Cowmuncataed.)
('oncerninlg fare Protectlom.
Edltor YILLOWSTOIIl JOURNAL:
itlferriig to your editorial on Fire
Piot-Lction iin your iesue of February
:MtL, per a t no to mlke a few rlemarks
nu the .ubject. You are correct il
saying that "the tax upon intiuranee
oian ieu shall be applied to the
|tAINT.hNAN('E of the fire department.
lut y.iu are in e:ror as to the amount
,f tax.x returned, which wan$41.0 for
the year just passed, and I am int.rm-.
ed thtt some comlpn)ales have not reu
dered their tax 11it a+ yet. edction 37
ofal al t alpproved March 8, 1%85, pro.
vidle that "All moneye reoeived from
ineurance c:mupaulee In paymenut of
taxre shall be applied to the maiute
nance of the tfre department of the
city whele such business shall be car
ried on, if there be such fire depart
ment there carried on; if not, then
such moneys shall be paid late the
geueral fund of the county."' It
would he a question for tie county
commlissioners to decide, whether at
this late date the city would be en
tiltd to the revenue referred to.
Hiue, the patriaroh writer on idesur
soce, ay toin one of hie letters: "Your
prupectus for a new fire engine is re
ceived; I admire your publio spirit
and wish you the moit eminent suc
one.; but when you request moe tousy a
good word to your companles in be
half of the enterprise and secure a doc
nation from them for its benefit, I
must take you into the back om(.e and
give you a private talking to. DU you
not remember how 1hsrpe, the law
yer, urged in his speech before your
council, s' one of the strongest reasons
for procuring the steamer, that the in
ureased security to property would at
once reduwe the rates of nlosurance so
that the aggregate saving to citizens
from that one ,ourOe alone would pay
for the muuehine every two years? Aln
have you forgotten your inquiry aboull
I)uller's dry good4 risk expiring next
month, which be, in view of the pro.
posed Ltearner, wants renewed at I per
cent Instead of the old rate of 11? Do
you not intend, as soon as the steamer
arrives, to plead for a general oooo.e
slon In rates on the very ground that
supported Lawyer Bbarpe's 'argu.
mneota? You are now taking some.
where from ftden to elgteem thee.
sand dollars fire premiums annoully.
You ravored Duller's proposed reio.
tion or twenty per cent; snob a redue
lion ou your whole business wout4
am Punt to an annual contrlbition of
$.10:0O from your oorppeoles alone to
ward a macbine whihob, while it eas
ureveut spreading oooflgrations,
throws suhob quantities of water ue to
make every trlling Aire a large loss to
the onmpanlee on damaged goods, and
fr.quently raises the question In ad.
Ju4term' minds whether it is a ourne or
a bleloing. Ob, you did not ,bink of
that? If I badl not relieved your pu-
blindnes, you would probably have
sent in a memorial asking for a oontrl
bution to the next fre wall, or slate
roof, constructed io your town, upon
the plea or preventing onofl tgrations.
Now, my boy, the fire department s-.
LONOS TO THIS TOWN, is gutten up FOR
THE TOWN, , and ahi uli be SUPPORTID
BY TIl.E TOWN."
:vow, our city council ias not sexes
for any wuch contributions, but uudes
our elatute the iu'urance comnpable|
Lo pay, hbcause they bave to, for the
MAINTENANCE of the fire departmen.,
or at leart contribute towards it. The
purchase ofa fire apparatus and Itm
ialinteuanci occupy the relative posl
tionM aM CAPITAL tiid INTEREIT; ever,
insurer would, bs Hine ravw, expeots
reduction in rates of premium, and II
the city lurnibhes the CAPITAL. 1i
would seem thlt the inhurance .@-
pans e do all that they can be expect
:d to do, it they pay the INTEREST I
the way of texatiol,aud besides would
in the course of time relay the capital
itself by giving reduced rate of prem.
iuli. Of course it is for the city ooun,
cil to determine the kind of fire pro
tectlon the city is to have, with a du.
regara as to Cost, efficiency, water sup
ply and exi-ting conditlons.
By hle way, the mratter or ,re pio
tectiou bhas been talken of to a oonsid
erable exteut, and was urged au one of
the pleu "for incorjpratiou.'" Ire
memtºr some time ago it wars stated
in the oolumns of your JOURNAL tbha
as soon as the city wa, ooiororored
firms or companies would gladly
ly put in water,works without ANT
cost to Lbe city, merely expect iug a
fixed water rent from the eitylfora gl
eu number of fire plugs, and from the
residents for the quantity of water
used by therm. W1.ht Lha be).me of
those firms? It was a lamentable
sight to see the number of williugand
al.Iebo lied Umeurltsandnll arsuod the
recent Whitney fire. lobjking at the
element devouri,~ the building for
the want of an alparatu-; and but for
the almusece of wind that morning the
neighborlng buildings would bLre
btn cousumed av .vell na Mr. Whit
nliy''. Look Ibalk upon e tire to the
MerchautL' hotel, whichl ousumled
nearly all iof block 32. a portion of
blocks J1 anld '7 and all tile colLtent
in a few brief hiur., and there wa
co.lusulerab!e datmage to the brick walls
which finall% checked the ravagesof
the fire.
It m'It to DoifrO In IrItl, that tDe
sooner we have fire protectiou, and
the mire emeieot it ia, the lus.se will
most likely dliuii,'ih in the danim
rat io, and the' co,nrilbutitoD of loHur
ancrr to pllaanics in tole w.y of ,ta l
will incteaseaccord ligly.
Your, trilý,
I'lHAs. . . .4EYD.
A Trio of Elghts.
It hapTms'i"nlyonce in a century when
a triplet of figures can marshal them..
silve. Iswfore the human understandin
and I plreum'ne those who are fund at
dates widl ,.'* much that is sugit-tive ls
this. As`iurldly there is the sound of
Seeting time, the tick tack of a clock, tie
"goino. goin,,, gone" of fate in thoe
three eights of 1488. They actually give
me the shivers, while in applaranco it Ib
the most awkward array of numbers I
can remeniml'r to haro outlived. How
much jauntier 1777 looks! And as to
1999, it is as graceful as if conmlosd .1
comets. Ilowever, it is no use worryi-g
about what cannot be helled: bat "I
had my way one of those ait eight
should be bounced. -Boeton lHerald.
The Mammota Carve' Rival.
There is a cave. on Gran Dlethuram's
place, seven mile from Mount Vcnlon,
which nearly seluIl. the celebrlatsl Wam
amoth cave in proportions and fully to In
curinsitie4. In it are er, rnl lakes or
ponds, ihn l ich fish without eys are
found in ablundance. It i. an lom of
caverns. ome of which are from e.r
enty-Ilve to 100 feet high. A party of
ladis andt gentlemen recently got loust in
the labyrinths of the caverns, and several
hours el:opld before they found their
way out. A party from aiis place aen
preparing to fully explore the cave, and
nrrfngtfentenlts can be completed they
will probably start soon, prepared to
make tlheir explorations complete.
Loulaville Courier-Journal.
WatIt Against Goidoan atasie.
The British governmontt having b.
stayed Gordon to his death at Khaartoum,
the Egyptian g'overnment has now reps
diated and diahonored the bilsu dlawn c
it byim duringthe tge, to theaomamo
of `900,00, and the lden have begmn
wmit spinet lordaa'B1e v a ts h Su
ymmut. -New York 2UHI