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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1891
Page
4
Towns people note mail movements for Friday October 9 1891 with letters to Leas, Pa taen Bedford and Pacific Railroad service at 11 30. Mails depart or arrive at 7 am and 11:30 am per the schedule in the Townsend Messenger.
Local paper urges readers to inspect jewelry at A M D Arcy Co and purchase farm supplies from Vaughn and Racine fanning mills. Notes about schooling attendance, obituaries, new hotel reopening, hunting reports, fruit listings, and various small business promotions across Townsend Helena and Black Diamond Washington.
John G. Pickering faced an early frost while gathering apples and vegetables on Monday. He traveled to Townsend to rent six barrels to store cider, as frost damaged his crop. Miss Anna Depper visited Mrs. McKain on Grayson Creek.
The Townsend Land and Irrigating Co. hires F. E. Kenaston of Minnesota to build the canal with bond filings soon and work to start within thirty days. A damages commission is set, bonds cover losses, and rapid progress is expected. Education chief releases figures: 12,686,873 students in elementary and secondary grades, 125,602 male teachers, 238,333 female teachers, $140,277,468 spent on public schools, and school properties valued at $72,894,720.
A lantern explosion during breakfast started a fire at the Manhattan Malting Company barn in Gallatin county. Fifty of ninety one horses escaped. four died from burns, others burned manes and tails. Forty sets of harness and one thousand bushels of oats burned. Loss reported at seven thousand five hundred dollars.
J W Provard leads a force at Uncle Ed mine with Summit shaft three hundred feet deep and no water. C T H Allen advocates sinking below possible breaks to reveal lode character while ore quality improves. Bear Creek mill moved to Crevice Gulch with twenty stamps to boost nearby prospects. Marcus Daly hints Montana Union may yield to Anaconda terms. Unique stalactite and stalagmite specimens shown at Townsite office from Wolf Creek dig. The Sir Walter Raleigh shaft reveals a vast underground cave system with stalactite covered chambers and a lake beneath, suggesting further mineral riches. The College of Montana at Deer Lodge City opens its ninth year with mining engineering and liberal arts options and rising enrollment. annual mining course cost about $375. Church notices for M E Church and Sunday services included.
Bozeman area farmers report strong yields from barley wheat and oats. Newton ranch near Bozeman yields 4766 bushels from 80 acres of barley and 1250 bushels from 30 acres of Scotch fiie wheat. Johnson and Nelson also post high averages across multiple crops in Gallatin county.
The page lists a sales offer from A. M. D'Arcy & Co offering 60 days credit with cash or note settlement after. It includes meeting notices for W.O.T.U. of Townsend and A.O.U.W. Townsend Lodge events. A desert land final proof notice names Annie Dene Huntley of Toston, Montana, to prove irrigation and reclamation with witnesses Philander P. Clark Arthur Hentley Robert Keith and Thomas Davidson before Helena officials on November 24 1491.
The State of Montana to E M Wilcox in Townsend Township Meagher county before Justice T N Averill. On October 1901 at 12 o clock m you must appear to answer the civil action by McCarthy and Jobb for 21 50 plus costs for livery hire and goods furnished. If you fail to appear judgment will be entered against you. C H Baldwin attorney for plaintiffs.
Energetic agents urged to sell a 448 page etiquette book titled Polite Society At Home And Abroad. No experience required, potential earnings from $5 to $10 daily with liberal terms. Cloth bound Illumined covers gold and silver stamping, price $2, application via LP Miller & Co Stockton California.
The stables are commodious and clean with the best hay and grain. New carriages harness and roadsters available to turn out a fine rig on short notice. Horses boarded by day or week with reasonable charges.
The Weekly Miner priced at two dollars a year or one dollar for six months includes 64 pages of reading material. New subscribers receive premiums such as dominoes or color prints with autographs. six month offers include a choice of premiums, while a full year includes both pictures. Sample copies available from Mixer Pesusnixe Co in Butte City Montana.
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