Show HOXTAXi mr is r Missoula county has just paid 810500 for a n bridge across the Hell Gate A new postoffice has been established estab-lished on Cottonwood creek in the Judith Basin A panther killed five sheep for a Tongue river ranchman one night last week and badly wounded about fifty more Lewis Clarlrcbunties have derived de-rived a revenue of about 85000 from commercial travelers this year in the way of licenses t G W Choate had the wrist and elbow of his right arm broken by falling from a bnggy on Belt creek last Saturday evening The total number of children of school age in Gallatin county is 1920 the amount of school fund 82l8368S and the per capita dividend divi-dend 1157 The Rvzr Press says arrangements arrange-ments have been ally consummated for a resumption of operations at Barker by thesmelting company and that camp will soon be booming again Tom Try tried to kick up a row at Benton the other day He was tried before Judge Kanouse and upon agreeing to try to do better was let ofi with a Si fine which he I I is trying to pay George A Way a Miles City merchant mer-chant has disappeared from the tewn after having as it is alleged lost heavily at cards and raised considerable con-siderable money by giving checks against a suppositions bank account 1 General Howard who recently visited Montana aud the great reservation reser-vation north of the Missouri will recommend that it be greatly reduced re-duced by restoring a tract200 miles long and 120 miles wide containing 15000000 acres of the best land Mrs Sam Camp of Miles City is said to have left her husbands camp and wodbined with a fellow named Seacord deserting a seven months old infant The husband is camping on Seacords trail and therell be more discord than Sea cord in that camp if he catches him A scheme is on foot among the ranchers of Spring Coolee to take up a large tract of land north ot the Yellowstone near Buffalo rapids They propose to dig aditch and take water out of the river for the pur post3 of irrigation It is said the lands in that locality will produce large crops by irrigation I i The Missoula officers have at last run down the petty thief with which that town has been afflicted for months past His cache discovered dis-covered on an island in the river revealed an extensive stock of general gen-eral merchandise and articles the fruits of his pilfering embracing most of the articles whiCh had recently re-cently been stolen in the town |