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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1895
Page
1
Witty dispatch covers Grover Cleveland’s pledged policies and a bold review of national finance. It also reports on train mishaps, local incidents, and miner rancher activity around Townsend amid winter, with an election notice in Meagher County Montana and town governance plans.
William Fisher and Flavius J. Keene filed a patent application for the Keene placer mining claim designated Survey No. 4547 in Meagher County Montana. The unsurveyed township is 1 North 2 East with detailed corner bearings and the claim covers 67 acres. Adjoining claims include Western Star mill site and Montana Gold Bar Mining Co. first publication Jan 25, 1895.
Theodor L Lammer of Townsend Montana files for patent under mining laws for the Vamouth Lode Mining Claim survey No 4528 in Jefferson County Montana unsurveyed Township 7 north range 1 west area 16.26 acres with 0.57 acres in conflict with survey 4251. Notice posted November 1904. adjoining claims Lunar Lode to south Great Lode to north. Reece, Attorneys. First publication November 23 1894.
Co owner John Bowes and heirs are notified by John Galvin that under section 2824 of the Revised Statutes he has spent 300 dollars on labor and improvements for a 20 acre placer mining claim on Indian Creek Jefferson County Montana. Co owner must contribute 100 dollars within ninety days or the claim will be foreclosed and become the undersigned's. First published November 23 1894.
The State of Montana sends greetings to Isaac McGONIGAL plaintiff and Sarah E. McGONIGAL defendant in Meagher County. The defendant must appear and answer within the time prescribed or risk default judgment. The action seeks dissolution of marriage on grounds of desertion and abandonment since February 1895. Publication dated January 16, 1895, by Clerk B. W. Badger with attorney Chas H. Baldwin.
The text outlines the proposed division of Meagher and Jefferson counties into a new Broadwater County. It details assessed valuations, net indebtedness, and the resulting bonded debt of about 64,510. It breaks down annual expenses, including interest, salaries, roads, heat and lights, and other costs, totaling 30,508 for expenses and 13,000 from fees and taxes, with a total tax rate around 1.34 mills including school and state taxes and a projected per-capita poor fund of about 2,000.
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