05 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
1
Advertisement notes best meals and rooms in the city with transient guest accommodations at $2.00 per day and meal tickets at $5.00 for 21 meals. It also promotes Newbro's Witch-Hazel Cream as a replaceable toilet preparation.
Prices paid for wholesale produce at press time include butter 25 30 cents per pound, eggs 15 20 cents per dozen, potatoes 9 10 cents per pound, oats 50 to 60 cents per cwt, timothy baled 8 00, blue joint baled 6 50, wild hay baled 7 95, alfalfa baled 9 50.
Wiscom and Lima notes report on a five stamp mill addition at Golden City Steele creek and local faith in bimetallism. River hazards, new cattle and dairy plans, and community events fill the Basin with deaths and funerals, including Mrs E M Jacobs in Lima and a Busy June in Bannack.
Regular meeting records a gutter to be built in front of the Dillon National Bank on Washington street and a sidewalk petition for one block north of the old bakery. June apportionments cover street, light, police and other funds. several fines recorded. A new set of K C T M officers and Bannack Bimetallic Union details also noted along with a bicycle race result near Dillon.
Early morning escape in which six inmates, all held on felonies including Paul Metcalf, cut a steel cage panel and breached a brick wall to flee. A trustie reported normal activity at 1 am. authorities suspect outside help and have issued rewards and dispatched bloodhounds. Names and descriptions of the fugitives are listed along with investigation notes.
Clerks report testimony and filings in cases including W T Taylor vs Harper for half commission on mining property sale. States charge burglary in Thomas Wetherly case. Marriage license issued to J L Paul and Mattie Holcomb. Estates, homestead and desert entries filed or proven near Wisdom Fox Polaris Bannack. Burglary and assault charges listed in state and JP transcripts.
Jersey ribbed balbriggans at 1.25 per suit and worth 2. Fine silk finished balbriggans at 4.2 per suit, worth 3.50. Fine lambs wool at 2.50 per suit, worth 4. Numerous other lines in same proportion.
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