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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1896
Page
1
Lima reports a new baby girl at the Boyd home and several community updates. County politics loom with Democratic primaries, school openings, teacher hire, and tax meetings. Townshend wedding joins town’s notable events as Dr. Harlan Townshend and Lorena McCauley wed at the McCauley home.
Special correspondence from Melrose notes C A Harvey in Helena and Geo Roth visiting Zeigler’s Springs to recuperate. John McIntosh drove Edith to Salt Lake for schooling at St Mary’s academy. The Iowa House opening ball, postponed due to diphtheria, and four year old Ellis Chinn died from the disease with other children recovering. Katie Roth also recovered and no new cases reported.
Special Correspondence to the Tribune reports local movements including Matthew Johnston crossing Red Rock on Monday and Mrs I Rife visiting Horse Prairie. Various residents from Dillon Bannack and Glendale are mentioned, with a cold snap and light snowfall noted as a five degree above freezing reading and fresh snow.
Special correspondence from Salmon City notes Senator Shoup’s arrival from Washington last week. Lucy Kenney, daughter of D J Kenney, was thrown from a horse and remains conscious only slowly improving. The Silver Star mine and other mines are shut down until after the election. Farmers are harvesting grain. school began Monday. Dr Kenney moved into a new house built in two weeks.
A Salvation Army detachment accompanied by a brass band appeared in Bannack on Thursday afternoon. A large turnout attended the evening meeting but few converts were gained as locals were described as already saved or irredeemably lost.
Bob Anderson completed his bunk house project for the Old Faithful mine at Bannack and plans to return to the mine on Bloody Dick creek. Heavy freight teams haul wood to the suction pump dredge while the Gold Dredging Co. boat sits idle for now, as a new back elevator is installed. A cold snap hits Bannack with residents noting early winter feel and recent snow. Special Correspondence reports Misses Mabel Rice and Lutie Bond visiting Miss Bray in Lima, and stage line manager H C Lewis back in Red Rock after Saturdays accident that injured William Burke American Falls, George Thompson Butte and James McNab Salmon. The stage company covers all expenses.
Inter Mountain reports a major gold discovery near Bannack Montana at the Old Faithful mine now operated by a New York company led by HE S Thurston. Fifty workers labored as a newly opened ore ledge produced seventeen ounces of rock yielding a quarter of a pound of gold. The mine, once abandoned, is now active with a secret until this announcement.
A playful exchange between two Tramps features one scolding the other for not seeking office and the other denying any motive to run. The Washington Star caption notes the humorous dispute about public life and ambitions.
A witty exchange from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch quotes Mrs Widdeweed arguing that a man is more interesting as a lover than as a husband while Miss Crummer questions continual wedding delays.
The State ticket in Montana united with minimal opposition as Hartman was chosen for Congress and the Silver Republicans supported the McKinley faction after Sanders failed to bolt. The Helena convention ended in a grand demonstration and adjourned late with nominations concluded.
Special to the Tribune Barry September 11 says voters backed Rick Ards from the beginning to the end. The note claims a prior Standard report misrepresented the results and credits J. E. Monsg.
An analysis of Constantine the Great moving the imperial capital from Rome to Byzantium 1,000 miles east, and its lasting impact on politics and religion. It discusses motives, the shift toward Christianity, and the rise of Constantinople as a Christian city tied to state power.
The Salvation Minstrels presented The Prodigal Son in four acts with living pictures. The amateur troupe delivered fine singing with violin mandolin or guitar, showing scenes of leaving home destitution repentance and reconciliation. The performance closed with a prayer meeting.
On Saturday September 12 the Union Pacific will sell round trip tickets to Salt Lake for 15 dollars good for return until September 22. Ask for tickets via Billings and the Burlington route to save 10 to 22 hours to Omaha St Joseph and Kansas City and 94 hours to St Louis.
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