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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1898
Page
3
The Downsend Messenger notes many changes and additions to its mailing list over recent weeks and asks subscribers to check the date printed on their paper and notify any errors at once.
The town council met Tuesday with Mayor presiding. Bills approved include attorney fees 18.75, lights 24.80, supplies 60.00, printing 36.80. Police magistrate appointment deferred. duplicate assessment books to be provided free. Hall rental to the school district set at 5 per month. last year’s rent bill to trustees. Bridge condition to be reported. annual treasurer statement read. Shipping yields noted from Blacker shipments and Keating mine activity tied to road conditions. Eastersly Brothers report ore finds. Pita owners due from England. Easterly property Hard Cash high grade ore found.
At Radersburg F M Mark and partners Floran Bottler and Tom Tolour report the Left Hand mine between the Blacker and Leviathan lodes on the 190 foot level is being worked and ore concentrates are in the Willson mill awaiting shipment A carload of high grade ore is ready. James Kitto also has a shipment from his Robert E Lee lease.
Hassel Ore ships from the Iron Mask mine as J J Kanouse's team hauls to the railroad. J J Warren moves his 3 stamp mill from Crow Creek to Hassel. Hansen & Kolbenson mill loads finished by Marks six horse team. Henry Miller returns home to advance building work. Andy Simpson works on a Giant Hill mining contract while many break horses amid a dull mining period.
Deep Creek news items report warmer weather ahead with looming costs for summer bills. Chas Lippert and family visited relatives in Helena. W C Durbon L D Ballard and W K Mayne plan to pros pect on Russell fork of Deep creek. Willie Harvey escorted his sister Minnie from Bozeman after her winter at Agricultural college. Miss Minnie Lewis visits Mrs Geo Ballard. Mrs Titman of Toston visits W S Thompson. Ramspeck begins shearing. High water receded and canyon road damage was less than expected. Sedley notes Spanish fleet bottled up but suggests pickling instead. June Bug.
Regular session records disallowed items including book bills and wagon damage, approved numerous county bills, road work, and jail supplies, appointed C P Abbott as J P for Townsend township, and set voting precincts for the county.
A great battle near Calmayera in Guan tanamo Bay saw five American ships bombard the town. Spanish forces retreated into the countryside after the engagement. In Cape Haytien June 9 a quarter dismounting a gun injured the cruiser's rudder and wounded several sailors. Tampa reports an army of 27,000 sailed yesterday noon, convoyed by gunboat Helena and the Indiana, due in Santiago Sunday.
Town hall meeting tonight to organize a patriotic Fourth of July display. Townsend House parlor hosts Tuesday June 14 at 8 30 for a town club. additional notices include a towing and roofing ad and an estray report of a brown horse missing since April.
Kingston dispatch says the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya and torpedo boat destroyer Furor were badly damaged in the Monday bombardment. A shell from the Brooklyn reportedly burst near the Vizcaya's port side during the attack.
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