Dillon News Highlights Local Happenings
Dillon area notes report a busy spell with the Owl Club roast meetings and early Lent observances. Merchants tout economy heating stoves as mild winter boosts sales while public events include oyster suppers and two farces at the opera house. The Lone Pine mine ships silver bullion. a sheep theft case returns a verdict. local clergy and schools reorganize activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Baling Wire
Dillon Implement Co
Alex Singer
Owl Club
Dillon
Teamsters
Coroners Inquest Rules Clark Death Suicide On Lake Creek
The inquest into John Clark, 58, a Nova Scotia native and Montana prospector, found he killed himself with a shotgun at his Lake Creek cabin after repeated threats of self harm. The verdict, signed by Coroner Isaiah Casumore and six jurors, notes Clark’s pattern of drunken episodes and sole responsibility for the fatal wound.
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Clark
Lake Creek
Bannack
John Clark
Penny
Penry
Nova Scotia
Montana
Idaho Springs
Colorado
Beaverhead
A. D
Isaiah Cashmore
City Council Minutes and Financial Actions Recounted
The council minutes record approval of the last meeting, a time extension for purchasing a city pound, and rejection of Peter Kelly’s $10 bill from July 13, 1889. Several city claims were approved including lamps, cattle feeding, marshal and health officer salaries, street lamp care, and January 1891 duties. council adjourned. Pat D. Stevarn signed as city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weightman
Peter Kelly
G. W. Darthware Co
M. J. McCune
T. J. Mulaney
Dee
Local residents and visitors note in Dillon and region
Last week in Dillon and surrounding areas, residents and travelers were noted leaving for Salt Lake City and Ogden Hot Springs while others visited, conducted business, or returned home. Notables include H R Pierson Magnate mine manager, Judge Melton learning of his sister’s death, and various relocations and trips across Missoula, Twin Bridges, Deer Lodge and beyond. Trial offer for Dr Kings New Discovery at N M Whites Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Price
Lost Cloud
Euclid
Polaris
Parke
J. E. Shorten
Dennis Barton
T. M. Pengilly
Dillon
Manchester
Mass
Montana
Gymnasium
Presbyterian
David L Lamont
Madie Rife
Blanche Lamont
Millie Coffin
Wilder Nutting
Bozeman
J. W. Phillips
Central City
Joseph Shineberger
Red Rock
Wm. McManus
Wm. Chism
Argenta
H. R. Pierson
James Eddy
Horse Prairie
George M. Brown
J. H. Sawtell
Williams & Sawtell
Butte Butchers
Wm. Giles
Sciota
Carol Jewell
Dewey
Henry Garrett
Bald Mountain
Ogden Hot Springs
Lon Harkness
Lamont
Salmon City
Herbert Carpenter
St. Paul
Minn
Albert Wilton
Twin Bridges
John Weightman
Missoula
Great Falls
H.R. Melton
H. J. Bramwell
Union City
Tenn
Dr. King
N. M. White
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Freed & Timer
Ccity
Sadie
Dillon and Vicinity
Phil McGough
Helena
House
Senate
W. A. Jones
Remington
Opera House
N. L. Wheat
Magnolia House
Railroad Avenue
Idaho Streets
Forest Home
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Wm. Smith
Lee Carter
Rana & Morton
Arthur Judges
Caldwell
Idaho
National State Bank
Butte
Wilks
Prospect Lodge
Dart’s Hall
Opera
Free Library Association
Pritchard
D. King
Lima
Rawa & Morrow
H. Hand
Golden Leaf Mining Co
Dillon Mercantile Co
John T. Yeo
Yoo
Eastman Establishment
Tarsuxe
John M. Barr
W. E. Mills
Old England
Lone Pine
Dewey's Flat
Omaha & Grant Smelting Works
Omaha
S. Sommers
Dad
J. R. Holden
Sommers
Veroner
Henry Dunner
Fred Wick
T. H. Exuis
James L. Cocurary
Tuomas H. Jupar
Isaran Casumore
Jay
Gould
Union Pacific
George Sturer
Sturer
Storer
Snap Shota
Trimborn
England
Shakespeare
Addison
Island
Manhattan
Knickerbockers
Battery
Stevene House
Faderland
Tarsumn
Tripuyz
Echo
Rothchild
J. E. Morne
Salt Lake City
Charles Richardson
Crowell & Nuckolls
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