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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1894
Page
1
Brief roundup of notable items from various exchanges. Highlights include civic updates, local events, and signed notices. Read as a quick snapshot of happenings across regions and agencies with emphasis on timely facts.
The Missoulian rebuts an Anaconda Standard editorial that faults Fort Missoula and western industrial centers. The piece defends Helena and Phillipsburg as key labor hubs, argues the Standard targets individuals, and asserts motive behind prior reporting while defending Missoula reporting standards.
An open letter to Mr. R.8. Hamilon answers how voters will cast ballots on the capital issue, asserting that nearly every voter not influenced by Anaconda capital will vote in a certain manner. The letter frames the question as a matter of local influence and public opinion.
A letter from Janes Fenows urges Helena as the state capital citing geography and access while attacking Anaconda capital influence. The piece references local opinions, press plays, and fears of bought votes, mentioning Marcus Daly and Montana politics.
Mining notes describe rich ore from Duck Creek quartz mines near Townsend and heavy early 1890s activity. Reports cover new ore shipments, smelter treatment gains, and planned mill builds at Ruby mines with a Bryan crusher. Also notes Belgium ammonia shafting progress and a fall in domestic lead production.
Prof William Watts assistant in field for the state mines recounts entering a Colusa county quicksilver mine tunnel. He and a companion encountered numerous rattlesnakes and heard constant rattling as they escaped unharmed. A later expedition killed many snakes and Watts notes only a Gatling gun would suffice in a tunnel full of them.
In Massachusetts General Hospital a three year old boy inhaled a bean into the right bronchus. Dr John W Elliott performed tracheotomy and a careful thoracic forceps removal. After several attempts the bean was extracted and the child showed immediate relief and is practically well.
A Colorado miner known as a traveling reformer arrives in Chicago with a live chameleon on his scarf pin. A traveling companion reacts in disbelief, drinks are dropped, and the man vows no more liquor. A separate French court case sees the pope lose a will dispute with successors and a prosecutor arguing about papal sovereignty and property rights.
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