Miscellaneous daily news
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* 60 cowboys will arrive in town today. | * 60 cowboys will arrive in town today. | ||
* Swift Bill is running a fruit stand in Bozeman. | * Swift Bill is running a fruit stand in Bozeman. | ||
| − | * Cattle shipments continue large from Miles City. | + | * Cattle shipments continue large from Miles City. 550 head shipping today to Chicago by the [[Grinnell Stock Co.]] of Wyoming (Iowa?). |
* Conductor Griffin was in charge of the Oakes excursion train. (Was this literal or figurative language?) | * Conductor Griffin was in charge of the Oakes excursion train. (Was this literal or figurative language?) | ||
* The politicians are quiet. | * The politicians are quiet. | ||
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* Meeting of the chess players at the [[Court House]] Saturday evening. | * Meeting of the chess players at the [[Court House]] Saturday evening. | ||
* Connors, the Belle Fouche cattleman, has again made his appearance in this city. | * Connors, the Belle Fouche cattleman, has again made his appearance in this city. | ||
| − | * A neat little house is going up on Fourth street, near the bank of the Tongue River. | + | * A neat little house is going up on [[Fourth street]], near the bank of the Tongue River. |
| + | * A gentleman is in the city, who is agitating the question of lighting Miles City by electricity. | ||
| + | * The coal dealers are "bulls and bears" just now, and a raise in the price of feed is looked for. | ||
| + | * There are a few cases of fever in town, but the physicians all report their patients as doing well. | ||
| + | * Mr Peters, of Ohio, is having figures made on a two-story house to be erected at once in this city. | ||
| + | * R. M. Dryden, of Maginnis, is here in the the interest of a mining company for the purpose of placing stock on the market. | ||
| + | * [[Foot-ball]] has again become the favorite amusement among the young of the city, and for a high kicker, Teddy takes the "cake". | ||
| + | * [[Major Borchard]] now offers to attend to the mail box at the [[Yellowstone Journal]] office if the citizens of that vicinity put it up. | ||
| + | * Many people buy goods in one store and re-weigh them in another. | ||
