The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-27

L.st evening an Eneiish cook applied mt
thu Dslmonico restaurant at John Jones
on Main street for n situation. He claim
al to have hsen employed tn. tl,c Park
during the Summer, and upon his own
representations secured u position rs
cook. Early this morning hc took advan-
taRe ut his cnploys by robbing klse till of
~ in cash and purloininR an overcoat he
longing tn him valncd at 80. He made
good his cscavs. and all efforts Of the off,
cers have hssn ~unavailing IN .ssc,,rc his
arrest.-Lirin0sf0n Eafes1rise.
Thosnas G.. Merrill, chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee of tlse mineral land
convention, returned yesterday from
Washington. Mr.. Merrill IL satisfied that
the Northern Pacific has hssem working
harvl to have these lands patented To them,
hut he says President Harrison and Sec
rotary Noble have promised that mo pat
ents will iss,S, until the people Of Montana
have had ample opportunity tn enter their
protest and present their clainAs.- Herald.
The bo4iy found i'm the PEN a. Oreille
COulce, 50 miles east Of Choteau, has been
identified ny papers found In tbs. mans
packets ns that of Fred Bergman. He is
supposed tai have pcrisl'cd during the
smoky weather. d
A party Of ~. Paul officials, consisting
of TLoHnas PcndcrRast, city clerk, l.. NJ.
city engineer, j. r.. Donnelly,
alderman. and several others, went tn
MissoulA yesterday ON tine special car
vs. W. "St~ N vi US rs
Flitl,cad u Several Of the party
will stop on their return for "a fishing TX
cursion of the Yellowstone.
Sheriff Spcuhiir of Yellowstone county
passed through the city this morning on
his way to- Deer Lodge with prisoners con-
victssi at the recent term of the district
court AT Billings. They are George Nc
Knight, Jail breaking, one year j. healcy.
manslauxhtcr. IL months Joseph Eldrcd,
forgery. one year; r. L. Butolph grand
larceny. one -~Liringstoa Enterprise.
The trainlold of hops that recently
passed through this city from Paynllup,
Washington. made a remarkably quick
trip tn London 1t reached Baltimore
September ~, making the trip from the
Pacific to the Atlantic i'm II days. October
arrived there October Is. making the en-
tire distance in - days. iringston Enter
prise.
We learn from parties i'm from Red
Lodge that on account Of a general dissat-
isfaction among the miners AT Red Lodge
a number Of them have quit work and
Lest the camp. About ~ OF them quit i'm u
body the first OF the week and left for the
mines i'm Custer county. -~Lirinystom Eater
prise.
One Of the main topics that has been
discussed here during the last few lays
has been hat Of moving the railroad shops
now located at Spring hill. tn our little
city. This is not all wind. The managers
of the Utah & Northern have forwarded
their plans to the head office for approval.
They ask for 40 acres of ground and -
good water right. And il is needless to
say that the requirements will he granted.
They want land west of the present track
and south of RIFFS addition. This is 10y
far the most suitable location for the
shops. This land * owned by Messrs.
Rife. Ore and Cornell. and the matter now
rests with the last named gentlemen -Dii-
Ion Tribune.
The will of tho late Captain Higgins. of
Misso,ila has been made public. IL is
general in its terms and bequcaths to- the
mother her legal share and tn the children
equal shares. Frank, John and George
and Mrs. G.. u. Higgins arc joint admins.
traitors. Ii is estimated that the estate il
worth half u million dollars.