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T TRIBUNE. (ito AT FALLS, MONT.
-A LIVELY CORPSE.
A Woman Reported I)ead Suddenly
Returns'and is Lik'ly to Kick.
a [(utte Miner.]
The u'ally ¶uief -village of Ana-1
-conda is just now mightily exercis(
over a genuine yen. ion which if
p worked -.up vet make the
foundat for a rep +rama. bout
fteen months ag$ th e arrin d in
that cit Mr. and Mrs. David Levin.
They h d come from Portland, Or
egon, and were reputed to be well to
do, which fact was soon fully demon
strated by the purchase of valuable
paying property, and soon after the
husband embarked in the saloon busi
ness but did not continue there long
as it was apparent the connaenment of
the place was not suited to his health.
They had not been in the city long
before it became apparent that it was
NOT A HAPPY FAMILY,
and the Police Court was semi-occa
sionally made richer by the appear
ance of the twain, she usrally being
the prosecutor, but after her anger
cooled she always paid the fine and
the husband went on his way reioie
ing. People got anxious to know
something about them, and it was
soon ascertained that she was fcraner
ly a public woman in Portland and
that she had amassed considerable
property. About four years ago the
couple were married, and as indicat
ing her previous liking for the inan it
is said that on one occasien when he
got into trouble by shooting a man
she expended fully 115,OO0 to secure
his acquittal. Be that as it may. there
was an apparent coaling in the ardr
of their affections.
TROUBLE BREWI G.t
About two months ago a gentleman
well known in this section happened I
to be in Deer Lodge, when he met the
woman on the street and was told by p
hgr that there was a coaspiramv to
send her to the lunatic asxium, anOd
begging him if they did to make soam
inquiries into the matter. A few days
later, while on the train, the gentle
man heard some passengers discuss
Mrs. Levin in the asylum. and as soon i
as opportunity offered he made a vsit.
to the institution and found her in < ,
very excited condition. He advised 1
her to be as quiet as possible and tel -
graphed to her son and business
manager at Portland. In re:ponsa
the pair camne but only remained a
few days and departed for home. W
Whether they tooks any steps
TO SECURE HER RELEASE
is not known, but after a short time
she got out and at once headed for r
Portland. After her arrival there she
was at once arrested on the complaint, I
it is stated, of her agent at that point.
There she insisted that her case be 1
thoroughly examined into and she t;
was pronounced sane by competent I
medical authority.
While this was going on at Port
land the good people of Anaconda
were surprised by the report that a
telegram had been received announc
ing her death. This was certainly
sudden news for them, for they had
only a day or two previous heard of
her leaving for Oregon. However,
there were some people who took
stock in the report, for the public ad
ministrator immediately applied for
the necessary letters of administrator.
and the husband mournfiully imparted
the sad news to his friends.
COME TO LIFE.
Last Thursday, however, a change
came over the spirit of their dreams.
Upon the arrival of the train that
day, there was a look of wonderment
on the faces of the people. Mrs.
Levin, in propria persona, steppod
upon the platform. She was about
the liveliest-looking corpse ever seen
in Anaconda. Up to date she has
made no public demonstration, but it
expected that in a few days there will
be fun and plenty of business for the
lawyers. In the meantime the out
siders are quietly awaiting the next
move in the game.
THE GENERAL'S 31EMENTOES.
There has been considerable specu
lation and consequent curiosity as to
the mementoes that Col. Grant placed
with the body of the General, and the
family have decided to give to the
public the exact facts in connection
therewith, and those are as follows:
The ring that was placed on the finger
of the General after death was a ring
that Mrs. Grant had given him many
years ago. As his sickness proceeded
the ring became too large for the fin
ger, and the General kept it in his
pocket, answering Mrs. Grant's in
quiries as to its whereabouts by the
rQpponse, "Oh, I have it safe in my
pocket." After his death the ring
was found where he said he had
placed it. It was Mrs. Grant's desire
that this ring should go to the gravel
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Insertion of same matter.
[wit~ he, and her wish was carried
hColnel. The little pack
ago tha was placed in the pocket of
his coot, about which'tJiere had been
so much mystery, had an origin even
more simople thai at which induced
L, the pla' g ~" t e ring iponm.the fin
ger. Thib-pa ,,e contained, after all
only a lock of ",.Qrant's hair and
1 thle note ackuowklg the receipt
e . terr that as be delivered
to her atwl d&ea A-fectionate
farewelb and the expression of an
earnest hope that thI would soon
meet again.
FROitM CllItAGO.
- An Inter'sting Letter From a For
, mer Moittanian.
[;", 1ial 1orresponde-le.1
CmexoO, July 30, 1885.
Grant is dead. After months of
s'aferin', the grand old hero has
passed over the silent river in that
mysterious land to meet and greet the
thousands of brave spirits who gal
lantly marched into the fiercest strife
at his command to do, and dare, and
die,. Chicago mourns the departed
chluef profoundly. 3able draperies
deck and flunt from all public build
ings al many private ones. Many
bus-ine-s hou--seh- hi--e" ed largv
sunis in this Ium-'te testimony of their
appreciation of the worth of the dead
General while living and profound
-orrow at his oath. Soule of the dry
goon: palace' lI-ve no goods displiy
ed on their counters except black and
h ite. F'dta float at half mast from
every ,trio. Even the majesty of the
law has di:;plaxed sentiment rather
than justice in the punishment of a
nia wixho tore dawn a memorial pic
ture of Grant and tru-ple- it under
his feet. He was promptly arreste
by one of our shooting police a11
Iined sevent ,-ive dollar. and was told
by the justice that if he ad not been
a little drunk when he committed the
crime that he would have fined him
5
o01 han ire dollars. }
It is thongiht that the family of the
late General will have to have a build
ing constructed to hold the volumes
path -nd conlolence that are being 1
imailc d to thl in onriners at Mount alo
rlgor. Every ascClaitiuin, corpora
tion and c1mpn1y are expressinig
words of love. praise and reverence
jor th' d ltd aind svnmpatily for the
hlvin . Cticago will erect an eques
trian mi'emforial statue to the memory
of the nation's greatest son. The
statue will stand at the enterance of
Lincoln Park near the Lake Shore
drive. Contributions are now being
received by all the leading nowspa
pers of the city. It is proposed to
raise a fund of about '1100,000 and to
do it in two weeks, and the statue will
be begun immediately and will be the
first one erected in the United States
to the memory of the loved com
mander.
The weather has been anything but
plea;ant here during the pa-;t two t
weeks. The b ercury has Leon inger
ing in the neighborhood of 90 degrees c
above, and the cold waves said to be
peculiar to this summer resort have
been Conspicuous by their absence.
Ninety degrees above zero here means
sweltering, you bet! The word hot
entirely fails to convey an idea of how t
that reading of a thermometer feels
lhere. b
Old Lake Michigan throws a damp
cloud of mist over the city every night
and the morning sun makes it boil,
and suffering humanity perspire and
mop and swear and look like parboil
ed mutton. About twenty people
were laid out yesterday from the ef
fects of the heat and too much activ
ity. Chicago is the personification of
activity. Everybody is in a hurry.
and leaning longingly toward the al
mighty dollar without rest or let up.
despite the melting weather.
General Grant died at 8:30 a. m.
I and at 9 a. in. newsboys were selling
extra editions of the principal daily
papers containing over a forty-column
sketch of the dead General's life, to
gether with'a column of dispatches
giving the last sad scene at the mo
- ment of dissolution. That is journal
istic enterprise for you. It has since
: transpired that an extra force of men
e have been kept at the newspaper
e offices in readiness to set up the sad
news as soon as the wires flashed it
a here from the cottage by the Hudson,
and that the .biographical portion of
r the matter had been set up and wait
ing for months.
An hour after the news arrived here
y men and boys were hawking litho
d graph portraits of the dead command
- er, which gave at the bottom the date
of his birth and death. It is beyond
estimate how many of those litho
graphs were sold
e The Pall M1all Gazette scandal I
y promised to become a source of
v ealth to some of our active and spec
ulative journalists, but the Chicago
edition was not allowed to be sold, so
the press is stopped for a time at
re least. H.
THE SENTENCE OF IN EL.
f jIrteuseeelhino' _Amono French ('ana
(dians ver te ('onvirtion of the
Rebel Leader.
An Ottawa special says: I here is
an intense feeling among French
Canadians over Riol's conviction,
while English people are generally
satisfied with the result. The French
contend that the trial has not been
fairly conducted, and that what the
authorities sought was not justice but
vengeance. There is a strong feeling
against the government among the
French, because, they say, the minis
ter sought to parade the Orangemen
of Ontario, who hate Riel for causing
the death of Scott in 1870. A peti
tion to the governor-general -sking
for Riel's pardon will at once be put
into circulation, and will be signed by
about the entire French population
It is possible that counter-petitions
may be sent in from Ontario. The
question will prove a most emnbarras
sing one for the government, but what
the ministry and their friends hope
for is that the British government
may interfere, or the governor-gener
al may undertake to exercise his pro
rogative of clemency without any ad
vice from his ministry, and thus en
able the latter to evade the responsi
bility. This evening a number of
French Canadians waited on Loves
que, who tore down the Riel effligy a
few days ago, and presented him with 1
a gold watch and chain. For over t
ten years the Conservatives have been
holding Rica up before the French
Canadians as a great patriot and a
hero, who was prevented and banish
ed from the country by the Liberal
government in 187:5, and now the men w
who have been lauding Rio! find their
hero sentenced to death as a rebel
and a marderer. They cannot now
persuade the people that all they have
been saying in praise of Riel was
wrong, and must make an effort to t
sive him. French Canadian mem
bers of the cabinet are in an extreme
ly awkward position. They got into
power in 1878 larg 'ly on the strength
Of thef(, cr flyd f Liberalh aovern
Riel by turning him out of parlia
mant and sentencing him into exile.
Unless they do better for him now
when he is in danger of being hang
eI. Quebec province will be aroused
acainst the Conservative party.
Cha'lnau, the Secretary of State
who wrote a letter denouneing Iiel
and denying that the half-breeds had
petitioned for redress of their griev
ances, is now strongly conclemned,
even by supporters of his own party,
some of whom declare that he is a
renegade. The statement that the
half-breeds never made complaint to t
the government has been shown to be
untrue. The conduct of the crown
prosecutors in refusing to produce the
papers captured at the taking of Ba
toche also prc-uces much bad feeling, 1
as French Canadians are persuaded
that if everything were made known
Riel could not be convicted, as ac
cording to the most reliable state
ment he had very little to do with in
citing the half-breeds to take up arms.
The general conviction among disin
terested persons is that Ril will not
be executed. An appeal will be taken
to the supreme court of Manitoba on
a question of the constitutionality of
the court that tried Riel, and the case
i may be carried to the privy council of
England if a stay of proceedings is
obtained.
PRESS OPINIONS.
THERE is not much trifling in Eng
lish courts. Ridl has been convicted
and the chances are ten to one that he
will be executed on the day appoint
ed by the court. The only hope is
that executive clemency may be meted
out to him. There is no prospect of
appeals and new trials. A verdict in
an English court means something,
and the penalty prescribed by a ver
dict is inflicted with a certainty which
is full of discouragement to would-be
offenders. The United States should
- simplify its codes and adopt the di
rect form prescribed in the land from
e which we borrowed our laws. It seems
, pitiable to execute a poor, half-de
r mented creature like Riel, but while
l the men who tried him doubtless kept
that thought in mind, they at the
same time believed he knew enough
to be responsible for the lives of all
the brave men that were sacrificed in
0 subduing him.-Salt Lake Tribune.
[- Prospectors should give the Sweet
e Grass country a wide berth. The al
le gd mines there are on an' Indian
reservations and miners have already
1i t been ordered to leave by the govern
ment.-Inter Mountain.
THE American steamship lines ap
a parently intend to force the fight with
tt the postmaster general, five of them
I the Pacifie Mail, the Red "I;' the
Clyde, the New York and Cuba lines
--declining hereafter to carry the U.
- S. mails. Col. Vilas, however, main
tains a stiff upper lip and shows no
intention of weakening, declaring that
arrangements have been made which
will prevent any inconvenience to the
public.--Pioneer Press.
GRANT fought a th msand battles,
; he captured four armiss, his trophies
in cannon, in muskets of and in bat
3 tie-flags were countedsy hundreds of
t thousands; yet when he died a uni
. form had to be begged from the Gov
ernment in which to bury him and a
- sword had to be borrn <-3 to lay up
on his casket. When the history shall
be written it will have to be told that
- for saving the Nation the Govern
ment never expended a dollar except
in the way of a salary to Gen. Grant,
with the exception of the medal that
Congress voted to him. This is not
not the way that other nations treat
their great soldiers. What would the
world have said, had the Duke of
Wellington been forced to spend his
last days, whenever the paroxysms of
pain would permit, in trying to com
plete a work in the hope that it would
provide for his family ? Or what
would the world think now if Von
Moltze was engaged in the same task?
-Salt Lake Tribune.
Tiix crop prospectsin Montana this
year are more hopeful than ever be
fore; the mining output will exceed
by one-third the product of last year:
the condition of the ranges was never
better, giving acsurance of an abun
dance of grass during the fall and
winter season. Altogether Montana
is in an eNcocdingly prosperous con
dition. It comprises the best coun
try in the United States.--Inter
Mountain.
lRE.'CHINE TOWARD MONTANA.
[T or e on Adert, ;:r, 1
The recently expressed determina
tion of one of the great railroad com
panies in the Northwest to extend its
lines into Dakota, and steady exten
sion westward of the lines which have
already reached there, are indications
of Montana except the mountainous
western portion that is reached by a
branch of the Union Pacific system
from the South. The rapid develop
ment of Montana as a grazing re
gion offers the greatest temptation to
the principal roads to reach there as
soon as possible, for there is trans
portation both ways. Young cattle
are rearer in Texas and New Mexico
and either driven or conveyed to
Montana and Dakota to fatten, and
are then carried to Chicago to be
dressed. Frequently during the past.
three months the Northern Pacific
has taken westward from St. Paul as
I many as 1000 head a day, and the
shipments eastward will soon be as
large or larger. The Salt Lake Tri
bune says that on the prairies of
Montana grow no less than 33 varie
ties of grass and clover, among which
are a kind of blue aftermart of clover r
similar to the famous blue grass of
Kentucky, numerous meadow foxtails, !
orchard grasses, timothy and, above
all, the rich buffalo grass, which can 1
be found everywhere in the greatest
abundance the year round, and which 4
cures on the ground without rotting.
The cattle are turned loose to rustle,
and receive no further attention other
than the semi-annual round ups for
the branding of calves and cutting
out of marketable beeves. The wild
thyme, mingled with the native
grasses, gives a peculiar flavor to the
meat. The available grazing land
I in the Territory (not counting the In
dian reservations, which number
- nearly 28,000,000 acres of fertile
land) can be set down at about 60,
1. 000,000 acres. Less than 16,000
f Indians control the 28,000,000 acres,
r which gives an average of 1750 acres
to each buck, squaw and pappoose in
- every tribe, or a little over two and a
r half square miles to each individual.
8 Most of the available land is eminent
I domain, and supports over 1,000,000
- head of cattle. Ten years ago there
a were 400 range cattle in the Territo
s ry; today more than 1,000,000 are
scattered over the hills and through
e the valleys.
GIANT'S BIRTHPLACE.
It is reported that Michael Hirsch,
the owner of the building at Point
a Pleasant, Ohio, in which Gen. Grant
was born, sold it for $7,000 cash. If
t true, the building, which is frame,
will be removed to one of the New
a York parks.
The strictly temperance town of
Creston, Iowa, is exercised over the
slugging propensities of her saloon
keepers. The riot was the outgrowth
h of a liquor case which was decided
- against the liquor faction, and the or
aleed deructin of 100 kegs of beer.
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A Victim of an Ophir Duel Dies at an
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[Salt Lake Tribune.]
DIED--At the Sister's Hospital in
this city, July 23,1885, John Mealley, an
from the effects of a pistol wound, br
receiven over ten years ago. di
The above brief notice will recall to
a good many old residents of Utah th
and Montana a thrilling and roman- w;
tic incident that occurred early in the of
seventies, during the roaring days of
Ophir, when everything was booming
and that camp was one of the liveliest
in the west. Mealley was working in
the camp as a miner at that time. tl
He was a quiet, industrious fellow, to
but in those days the most peaceable n<
man could not always avoid difficulty T
and Mealley one day had a dispute a
with a man named Johnson, who run tl
a restaurant. Johnson was in a bul- m
lying mood, and proposed to Mealley P'
that the two meet on the following I
day and settle the dispute by the re
volver method. Mealley accepted the m
proposition, much to Johnson's sur- P
prise, who still did not think his an
tagonist would come to time.
Nine o'clock on the following day b
was the time set for the meeting, and ti
Dry Canyon the place. At the ap- m
pointed hour the whole camp turned
out to witness the duel, and the pre
cipitous and abrupt sides of the can
yon were covered with people. John
son was the first to arrive on the q
ground and took up his position be- it
hind a cabin elevated some distance r,
above the road and watched for the a
appearance of his adversary. He had ,
not long to wait, for Mealley soon ap
peared, fully armed and prepared for v
6 the fight. Johnson, when he saw o
F Mealley meant business, waited until a
he came within easy range, and then, f
. from his protected position, took do- c
liberate aim and fired.
The ball struck Mealley in the left t
f shoulder, penetrated the leftlung and l
e lodged in the body, but the exact lo- 1
n cation was never determined. Mealley a
d has been an invalid every since. He 1
went to the Wood River country, but I
c was sent from there to th, Sister's -
Hospital about three years ago. A o
year later he was able to get around, t
and since that time has been in the a
employ of Dr. Fowler, driving his. s
horse and doing other light work. He y
was taken very ill Sunday evening a
and experienced great difficulty in c
breathing from that time until he I
died. t
The deceased formerly worked in
the Comstock mines and at one time
was pretty well known by the miners
of Virginia City, Nevada.
THE VAN AND BOTTLE.
It is said by old prospectors that
there is not a mountain peak in Mon
tana on the tip-top of which there is
not either a bottle or a tin can.
Tourists and mountain climbers have
a habit of taking up with them a bot
tle or a tin can, to be left at the sum- 2
mit for the disposition on slips of pa
per of the name of all who ascend the
mountain after them. It is also said
that one may wander to the utter
most depths of the wilderness into
places where the foot of mortal man
- has apparently never trod, and there
will be found the inevitable can and
bottle. Indeed, it would seem that
I these articles, rather than the axe, is
pioneer of civilization.
NORTHERN CATTLE THIEVES.
[Calgary, (Alberta,) Herald.]
Macleod may be said to be in stata
e quo, which means, freely translated,
in an interesting state. During the
e recent round-up, of blessed memory,
e a number of cows of the Oxley ranch
I were found to have the brand Q C
put over the Oxley ranch brand. This
r was the brand of Quinn & Campbell,
v of the Porcupine Hills, Trout Creek,
I and the Mounted Police being in
1, formed set about to effect the capture
- of Messrs Q. & C. They arrested Q.
but C. escaped, presumably to Mon
!t tana,where cattlethieves arebetter un
d derstood than in Alberta. Quinn was
- brought before Inspector Antrobus
y and committed for trial. Unfortunate
ee ly bail was accepted,Quinn's own bond
it for $2,000, and two sureties of $1,000
'8 q b. As the cattle t ieving carried
on by these gentlemen has been a
two years' operation, and $2,000 is
a flea-bite compared to the profits of
successful cattle thieving for two
years. Quinn, after "arranging his
affairs," skipped also to Montana in
company with one Jim Scott, who has
been posing as a cattle detective in
the Macleod district.
The operations of these gentlemen
seem to have been of the following
description: Driving the calves off to
a corral and keeping them with their
own cows until all danger of discov
ery was over, and then putting their
brand over that of the Oxley ranch
company. Cattleman say it was
not until Joe Johnson became fore
man of the Oxley ranch that the
frauds were discovered, thus showing
the advantage of a good cattle man to
run the ranch.
Quinn comes from Horse Plains,
Missoula county, Montana. Campbell
comes from Edmonton, and has been
concerned in similar operations in
Kansas and Idaho. He is familiarly
known as Jim Campbell.
HVUNGRY RED MEN.
A Miles City special to the Pi
oneer Press, Bays: Last Friday a
party of Cheyenne Indians from the
Rosebud, under White Bull, came to
Fort Keogh and made known their
troubles to the commanding officer of
that post. It seems that the hundred
or more Indians from Pine Ridge
agency came up to the Rosebud to see
their poor relations. have used up all
the rations belonging to the latter.
White Bull came down to the fort
with seventy-three of his tribe in or
der to get something to eat.. They
gave a fine exhibition of the Omala
dance, participated in by all the, iol
itors, covered`with paint, featherpand
other finery, after which the o
manding .oficer issued them a few
rations, when they returned to the
Rosebud less hungry than whea they
arrived, but very happy.
The Pioneer Press calls the reca t
wind storms in the northwest ;"a0
torn :em b~s," (*ive it tJebsu.