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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1888
Page
4
A strange narrative recounts a railroad engineer Mabie and a warped engine blamed for many accidents. Residents claim superstition and fear intensified the mishaps while officials tried repairs and finally scrapped the failing locomotive.
The fragment discusses sea turtle eggs on a beach with mentions of nesting behavior and past egg counts. It also includes unrelated notes on banking by check, education, and a tangential anecdote about valet standards and social perceptions, mixing disparate topics.
District Court of Beaverhead County Montana hears case Sharpe and Napton versus Truman F Chapman and Moeen Thompson seeking five hundred dollars for services in 1888 with ten percent interest. Notice also lists final proof hearing May 12 in Dillon for Andrew Eges seeking preemption confirmation and residence proof with witnesses: Philippe Walters Freeman and Teentwell.
Notice is given that the following have filed proof of continuous residence and cultivation to support their claims. Dillon Mont May 24 ENMM Peli A Grey preemption. W Henan. William Go Phillips. William A Ashworth. Alexander Dopey all of Hannah MT. W Langhorne Resins.
Notice is given that a final proof in support of a homestead application will be made before the Beaverhead County Prelate Judge in Dillon Montana on May 2. The witnesses are Ovias Willis O Wile son Powell and Bayette W. Sehenck all of Dillon Montana. The land involved is the west half south half north half and other described parcels in the vicinity.
The readable fragments suggest a town scene with references to a phase event and local figures, but the content is largely indecipherable and lacks clear names or outcomes. No concrete action or verifiable facts can be confirmed from the text provided.
In Montana March 28 1885 a settler Willen McCay filed a petition for preemption on section NWregsce. A hearing will be held before the Court District Court for Beaverhead County on May 3 to prove continuous residence and cultivation with witnesses Orlinde Most James Suullbor Vary Sia Rhorn and Thomas Dillon at Langhorne.
Notice is hereby given that settlers have fled notice of intent to make final proof in support of their claims before the Judge of the First Judicial District Court in Beaverhead County Montana. Names witnesses to prove residence and cultivation include Jesper C. Wilson William OL Oliver Onag Willis and Robert T. Wing. Also another claimant Morek Fevin sun seeks desert land claim. witnesses Christan Meade Edwis Gifford William F. Kirkwood Hamen Davidson. Public notices record final proof and desert land claim proceedings with dates and locations in Montana.
Notice of intention to make first and final proof for preemption and final proof on land in Beaverhead County Montana. Names James Boucher Albreen F. Benes and witnesses to prove residence cultivation and continuous claim, with hearings in Dillon and Billings districts in May 1888.
Notice is given that a ruin ed seller filed intent to complete final proof in support of his claim. The proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court in Beaverhead County Montana at Dillon on May 7, 1888. Witnesses listed include Samuel Goadley and others. Costs and improvements on the Lair View lode mining claim are stated, with statutory deadlines for response.
The Rana Mining Company files for a patent for 4800 feet of vein claim in Beaverhead County Montana. The notice lists the survey details including section and quarter describe the claim origin and boundary lines. The patent application is filed with the United States Land Office in Helena and subject to a sixty day deadline.
Notices announce intent to make proof on desert land entries in Beaverhead County Montana before the district court clerk in Dillon on April 21 1888. Witnesses listed include Joseph A Browne Peter Gallagher Warner Stacy and James J Mitchell all Melrose residents.
Final proof scheduled for April 14, 1888 by John W. Marton and Theodore Nelson to prove continuous residence and cultivation of preempted land in Beaverhead County Montana. Witnesses listed include Joseph M. Townsend and Leopold Gainpy, with location Dillon. Public notice by Land Office officials in Dillon calls for attendance at the hearing.
The notice states a settler has filed for preemption on a claimed tract in Beaverhead County Montana. A hearing before the District Court Clerk in Dillon is set for April 16, 1988, with witnesses listed to prove residence and cultivation.
U S Land Office Helena Mont gives notice that Henry Glee of Allemance Teaverhot county Mont seeks to establish a claim to desert hand lands for irrigation. He names witnesses Frank C Shuter Joseph J Lewse and John C McGonner all of Allardice Mont with Langhorne Meader as notary. The hearing is set for Monday the 6th of April 838s at 11 00 in Dillon Montana.
Tuscarons Mining and Smelting Company claims expenditure on the Anne Lode Mining Claim in Mootina district Montana for the year ending December 31 89. You must contribute your portion of one hundred credits plus interest within sixty days after first publication or the lien will transfer to the signed party in Arizona per the filed record.
Co owner Vo Hon 74 and others seek to revive revived statutes to claim a share in the Carbonate mine in Beaverhead County Montana Territory. Notice states the claimant’s interest becomes property of the undersigned after publication and lists witnesses and attendance for probate and land conveyance matters. Proceedings set before the county judge in Helena Montana with dates in 1688 as placeholders.
An old classified note advertises sheep for sale, mentioning a phase band of treageegd set and an offerfors acc. with a 04 percent ATMMY ranch on Moree Prainge. Contact details appear as SEO TL BVPOCUREDE Banna MoT.
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