Show NORTHWEST NOTES Fire at Clancy Mont Moat recently destroyed de de- worth of property r About people are stalled at Havre Mont by blockade and have eaten the J town bare Gallatin and Madison counties will i build a bridge across the Jefferson Jef Jef- r l ferson river at Willow creek The rhe Montana state land board has J decided to make no selection of lands that will not appraise 2 52 per acre The prospects are that Wyoming will make no state exhibit at Omaha but several of the counties will be rep rep- resen resented ted The Sand and Coulee Coal company company of Montana has bas sent to the Omaha exposition exposition expo expo- a single block pf pt coal that weighs five tons Jacob of Libby Mont who made a a. trip over the Horse Shoe range last week saw T deer in one day within a radius of three miles QUes The capitol building commission has awarded the contract for making the tho 1 state house plans to the firm of Bell Kent of Helena Mont for A passenger from fram North Carolina to Spokane became insane on a Northern Pacific train and was vas turned over to the sheriff of Domson Damson county Mont 1 Petitions have been filed flied in the district dis dis- district court at Helena for the disbarment disbarment disbar disbar- ment of Attorneys M. M L. L Wines and E. E S. S Booth who are charged with per per- ju jury 5 Helena capitalists made up a pool and purchased worth of United States 4 per cent bonds at on r J k ad advices vices from New York that there thera would be no war j 1 The trial of the big damage case of E. E Rollins Morse vs the Montana Ore Purchasing Purchasing company at Butte which resulted in a disagreement cost each side aide about Mike Rolla an Italian who killed Cortez at Horr Montana has been captured recently and is held for murder lie He claims that the Cortez lf brothers attempted to kill km him Recent visitors from White Sulphur Spring Montana report the deepest an snow ow in some localities in the memory of the oldest inhabitant Telegraph poles and wires are completely buried Thomas J. J Riley RUey charged with the murder of Banker Largey at Butte Mont has applied for a charge of venue and his application is backed by affidavits by many of the most prominent men in the city who do not believe Riley could get a fair trial at Butte The Rawlins W o. o road to the Grand Encampment will cost 2355 when completed They expect to have their stage lino in operation by May 3 the date of the arrival in Raw Raw- line Una of the first of fourteen Grand Encampment Encampment Encampment En En- excursions to be run ruo during f the spring and summer f Mrs W. W E. E Towle who vho owns a ranch on the little Laramie river about 20 miles from Laramie Wyo trapped two coyotes a few days ago The intrepid intrepid intrepid in in- trepid ranch woman clubbed one of ot the animals to death and shot the Other other oth oth- er one after he had dragged the trap trapa a considerable distance over the co coun coun- un- un l r try J. J H. H McLean a practical sheep shearer of Buffalo B Wyo has bas perfected an invention for aiding in the work of I I shearing sheep by hand Sheep shear- shear I era almost unanimously pronounce tho the i steam sheep shearing machine a a. faili failure failure fail fail- i ure uro and it is believed d that McLeans McLean's invention will swill in a measure take their place Two women and seven senn boys were arrested at Laramie Wyo on complaint complaint complaint com com- plaint of Special Agent Penrose of Denver Union Pacific railroad detective detective detec detec- tive UTe charged with stealing coal from cars in the Laramie yard All AU pleaded guilty to the charge The two women were dismissed with a a. reprimand and the boys were Tere fined small amounts and given jail sentences varying from ten to 30 days day Elko county still holds the banner for low taxation in Nevada the rate of recently voted being the tho lowest lowest low low- est levy so far reported Washoe county which ranks first in wealth has made a rate of Humboldt including the school tax tan imposes Storey which collected 5 last year has reduced its levy to for 1893 1898 State Examiner Henderson o of Wyoming reports the condition of tho the state banks as follows Resources loans and discounts due from other banks cash and miscellaneous Items total Surplus fund i individual individual in in- i deposits certificates k cates cater of deposit undivided 55 profits total 5 5 1 t i f I v J i |