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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1888
Page
2
A reflective poem noting clouded skies over rosebuds and small toys breaking. It laments a child’s loss seen through fragile moments and hints at hope fading as a young life ends. The passage centers on Jiro and a swift departing childhood.
A heat drenched Cooney Island sets the scene as Mike Clancy’s wagon of herring spooks a rattlesnake roving toward Finns shanty. The snake pursues a path through yard and kitchen while Mrs Finn slumbers, unaware of the danger within reach.
A sleeping woman near a stove has a rattlesnake coil and menace the room as a crow discovers it. Mickey Finn and Jack Doolan trade a firecracker for berries, and the boy uses the cracker to blow up the snake, shocking his mother and ending the tense scene with an explosion that rattles the shanty.
A traveler recounts a New York Telegram item about signing chits for purchases in eastern nations. He explains that a chit is a signed promise to pay, used for small and large buys, and notes the widespread habit reflects local money practices and social habits.
Land Office at Helena Montana dated Nap 29 0958 notes that Ines filed final proof for a homestead in Dillon to be witnessed by Henry Melton on Sept 20 1688. Also details a Montana Territory Beaverhead District Court civil action against Bal F Berris et al for 832019 1 3 100 dollars and costs with summons issued and default judgment risk if not answered. file date August 1888. Clark PLOW McCasslin Deputy Clerk Barbour Knowles Forbis Attorneys.
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