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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1888
Page
1
A partial Montana item lists scattered phrases about tents and wagons with numbers and letters. The legible parts show no clear event or directive, leaving a fragmented notice that mentions ads and a wire reference.
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite died at 6 30 this morning at his Washington home after a period of illness described as acute bronchitis and insomnia. He had just returned from California with his daughter and was not in full health the night before his death. His funeral arrangements and burial in Toledo, Ohio were noted, with a state observance and national mourning to follow. The Supreme Court announced his death and prepared notice from the Department of State. An obituary funeral ceremony was described, with Capitol and House involvement and a solemn service attended by officials and family. Also covered was the Montana statehood bill discussion and judicial notes from the era.
A testimonial from Jesse Middlewart of Decatur Ohio and a medical patient from Newark Arkansas praise the cure of consumption with Dr King’s New Discovery. The ad claims doctors declared incurable and touts third bottle progress with improved health. Free sample bottles offered at No M White’s City Drug Store.
The verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters cure liver kidney and blood diseases. W Sult of Bippus Indiana and Abraham Hare of Belleville Ohio testify the medicine relieves rheumatism and other ailments. Half dollar a bottle at N M White's City Drug Store with thousands of testimonials backing the claim.
News briefs report the death of Ex Lieutenant Governor William Korshvimer in Savannah, gold discovery near Nipissing, a bill on oath for potential citizens, severe winter storms across the Northwest, banking upheaval in Raleigh, and a Paris court acquitting Wilson in the decoration scandal. Also noted are Panama Canal funding talks, boundary diplomacy, and the Denver International Cattle Convention opening with 300 delegates.
Do not trust counterfeit remedies for coughs and consumption. Insist on Mr. King's New Discovery guaranteed to relieve lung and chest ailments. Free trial battles at N. M. White's City Ding Store.
Across Montana towns the April election dates are set with Butte voting on April 4 for reincorporation and Bozeman holding an April 2 city election. Local incidents include a Helena man fined for assault, a Bas in City resident sent to asylum, and a Bozeman postmaster resignation with successor named. The Missoula timber export rises to 60 million feet, while Castle Mountain miners promise smelting ore for Great Falls.
A scattered roundup reports an agricultural station planned in Amador County California. Willams heads to start Carica mill at Sweetwater Wyoming. Reports of a new Sunday movement in Wyoming Territory. A well-digger in Baker City Oregon finds dirt yielding six cents per pan. Cattle die in southern Humboldt Nevada from green fodder. Archbishop Grone in Portland Oregon celebrates a priesthood jubilee. The Willamette River bridge at Oregon City will be 938 feet long and due by August. Ira Mulock of Canyon City Colorado jailed for grand larceny with $10,000 bail. Arlington Oregon endures a $50,000 fire destroying the block including Arlington Ties and nearby businesses. Herman Freund burned in his cabin near Tuscarora Nevada as the fire spreads. Nevada temperance outcomes note 109,665 rabbits killed in Humboldt county during ten months of 1887. War Department to abandon Carlin Nevada reservation for Interior Department sale as public land. Oswego Oregon iron works progress with $175,000 spent and $150,000 more planned by July 1. Salt Lake City notes a suicide by morphine. Colorado Historical Society not backing Aztec ruins preservation in southwestern Colorado. James France of Rawlins Wyoming bound over on $2,000 bail for fraud in deposits. Mrs Bertha Clements of Camas Idaho famed for a growing family. twins and triplets noted in March with unusual weights. Electric bitters advertised as a cure-all for liver and kidney diseases and malaria with a Salt Lake City drugstore promotion.
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