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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1889
Page
4
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt presents a traveling officer’s critique of mendicants and beggars. He details how beggars farm feeds, clothing, and favors, selling charity items to fund drink while exploiting houses with clean yards and well dressed youths. The piece blends satire with social critique of street poverty.
A fragmentary pastoral scene recalls a shepherdess Doris and a suitor moving through heather. They face social expectations, duty, and the lure of love as they walk toward a settled union. The piece shifts to reflections on Bechuanaland and native labor, noting wages, foods, and racialized labor roles, with admiration for Basutos and Zulu workers and a comparably distant mention of Jewish customs in South Africa.
A crowded Boston theatre hosts a popular play as audiences fill the auditorium. A country visitor asks the manager to help locate a friend lost in the throng, hoping he has already slipped inside with the crowd.
A renowned college professor began teaching in a country district and, while boarding with a rural family, joined their dinner. At the end of the meal the mistress said to her husband, I guess you'd better kill that heifer after all. Youth's Companion.
A St. Louis Glebe Democrat account recalls Gen Clarke subduing a hostile Indian chief by contempt and resolve. The white general strips the savage of rank and the foe, once boastful of fearlessness, begs for peace and pardon after witnessing Clarke’s unwavering bearing.
Dr. Richardson reports experiments with the graphophone to record physical symptoms such as coughs and pulses. A cough today can be recorded and compared with one from a previous day.
The Treinen job department will receive orders for all kinds of lithographic work. Parties wanting drafts checks letter heads etc lithographed should call at this office and examine specimens Orders for this kind of work will receive special attention.
A damaged OCR text records a court notice involving Benjamin F White versus John Chase and Toby. It mentions Beaverhead Montana and preliminary details about real property interests, liens, and sales rights. Dated field references and sheriff firm signatures appear, along with case parties and jurisdiction.
Lawrence A Brown applies for a patent to 1360 feet of the Signal lode and a mill site in Beaverhead County Montana. The notice lists measurement details, specific sections and corners, and states adverse claimants must file within sixty days at the Helena Montana land office or be barred.
Public notice records Lawrence A Brown of Lillon Montana filing for patent on 1.59 fence of Guardian mine vein in Blue Wing district Beaverhead Montana with 11.8 acres and 8.85 acres. Claims adverse must file within seven days. location recorded in Beaverhead Recorder's office Book 12 Quartz Claims page 71.
Court records show a notice of probate or public record indicating property rights and parcel descriptions in Helena Montana. The notice references a division of land and associated proceedings with dates and parties. readers are advised to consult the county clerk for details and deadlines.
Fragmentary OCR shows names Sunway Joe Messr Trustees Philip Thorpe Estate with prices or addresses unclear. Readable elements indicate a notice related to a trust or estate matter pending public or legal action. Further details are unavailable in the readable text.
Notice in Helena Montana that Tuccatora smelting company seeks patent on Annie placer claim in Beaverhead county. Description lists survey corners and bearings, area 100 acres with 5.00 acres excluded, location recorded with Beaverhead county registrar. Adjoining claim Goldsmith lode referenced.
U S Land Office Helena Montana gives William Haltenkog of Anaconda Montana a notice of intent to make proof irrigation on his desert land entry Wig SWI e sec 2a Wig VW Wie MeL Sec 37 and Eds SE pg sec ao. Hearing before Beaverhead County district clerk in Dillon Montana on Saturday July 13. Witnesses listed: Osenbrag Botte Conrad Winger Gastivius Winger Wisdom Mor.
U S Land Office Helena Montana announces Jaco Osenhrug Hutte Montana filed intent to irrigate land No 1336 in Beaverhead County. Witnesses William Marienhotf Dani Conrad John Winger Gustavus Winger from Anaconda and S W Laxcitowns are named for irrigation and reclamation proof before the district court clerk on June 13.
Notice states settler Willing Merce filed intent to take proof in support of his homestead claim. Proof set for July 1689 before Beaverhead county court in Dillon Montana. Witnesses listed: Patrick Jolehan James Mansfeld Walter S. Murnett Patrick Desmond. Opponents may protest proof and cross examine witnesses at the hearing.
Land Office at Helena Montana May 6 1878 notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of intention to make proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the probate judge at Dillon Montana on July 20 1878 August 7 1878 witnesses to prove continuous residence and cultivation of the land Sannel Davis Patrick Brown Mark C Jones and John Roach all of Wisconsin Montana any person who desires to object or show cause under the law of the Interior Department if proof not allowed will have opportunity at the stated time and place to cross examine the witnesses before the examiner of the interior department end of notice.
Notice that Lawrence A Brown intends to prove up his claim to the SW fraction of section 17 and the NE and SE fractions of section 18 in Beaverhead County Montana. Witnesses listed include George Poindexter Jala Seytolt Thomas Hopkins and Samuel Brothers. A hearing before Register Lanninnny at Helena on August 1, 1880.
Fragmentary notice lists names and places including Rod Ntterdice Mortar and Richins Z. It references a desert bid, proof on bid, and completion of apartments or posts. Specific dates and full details are garbled in the OCR.
A brief note from a historical page highlights a local business offering a wide range of printing services. It recalls a time when community shops provided extensive job printing from posters to handbills and stationery.
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