The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-23
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of General interest In the Four NV
States and ElseWh IRE.

rDDtANl 91ttbtistN ntXnt. w U tstsss
given. The mail on tho same route was
robbed only u short time ago.
IL IL said that the general hclicf now
prevails at Cooke City that the Northern
Pacific engineers have abandoned as i'm
practicable both the tlark's Fork and
saltwater routes. and that IL the longch
for railroad is built il will come ny the
way az Ciunibar.
The r,ror,i- of the several land offices
i'm Montana show the total number of
acrcs Of public lands settled upon in the
past fiS. a, year tai b. i52...s.oi acres This
includes mineral lands. 5.l6' acre. ana
coal lands, l2.s11 acres. the balance tHlng
principally homestead, desert aud -
emptiou entries.
Owing to illness in their families. "a
number of the California delegates lu-
pointed 10y Governor atrrman tai attend
the silver couventiofi, arr. unable to- go to
81. Louis. Hcris.rt 4. Nash has been APP
pointed delegate in place of e.. A. Gartcr;
d.. r.. Mcliss. vice Horace Page; &. Il.
Summers. vice Isaac 1runnh". aud g. %.
Z~iegcnfus>. vice Congressman Wander
Yer.
The trauspo, tation bnsines- Of Puget
sound IL gro wing So rapidly. in Keeping
with the development of tli" surrounding
country. that more boats are in demand.
In view of this fact John Ls.ary. of Seattle.
has let the contract To- John Holland. the
noted ~shiphuiidcr of Tacoma. for the CON
struction of another steamer To ply de-
tween NtsiStlt .itfh h''fii.A tN - US
SDyOD Its capacity will he 1. I'D horse pow
or. 115 feet long, with - 3efnot beam. Ii
il contracted tn tc the fastest steamer on
the sound.
ID. l.. Silirk. who was tried at Haricy
City, Ore, for the killing Of James I-aar~.
was found not guilty 10y the jury and was
acquitted. IL will h. ~sInrnhsrcd that h.
was tried at Canyon City before the 'ii-
vision al the county about "a year ago and
thc jury tied. No doiIbt il was for the best
that the jury did not render "a verdict AT
that time, for had he been acquitted he
would probably hav, been hung 10y IA mob.
while now. the excitement being over. the
verdict meets the universal appreciation
of Harncy's citizens. and that the act was
~counnitt.d in sclf-dcfcris''.
n. T.. Gibbs. the colored Pullman porter
who sho, and killed James McDcvitt. was
arraigr.si at Portland Tuesday on "A
charge nf murder in the first degree. and
entered a plea Of not guilty. Caplcs.
Hurley q Allen. "a prominent legal firm
here, have been retained for the. defense.
The case il set for trial December Ia.
Gibbs received IA good education at Dher-
lin college. Ohio. His father. Mifiin w.
Gibbs. il ~ lawyer at Little Rock. Ark.
and has held an important Federal posi-
ton for many years. most al the tim" IN
the United States land office.
The growth of Moscow this summer has
been rapid and substantial. her I,opuii-
ton las greatly and wonderfully in-
creased M the past year. ana tbs.fr H. sN-
cry reason tn bclicNc that The boom, in it,
fullest meaning. has not been born. and
that Moscow il yet in her infancy: that
she has scarcely yet kicked oil her -wsuI-
ding clothes. and tliat in another year
she will advance. witt, such rapid strides
that I'll" most sauguin" will bc astoiiisl"d
and her name hc numbered among the
richest aud most substantial cities of this
great northwest. DTsyo,in0.
I'll" Long Greek Engt" reports "a little
pistol pleasantly that occurred AT Hamil-
ton. Grant county, Ore, the other day.
Charles Thompson and Lawrence Swick
engaged in "a quarrel. and the latter. los
ing his temper. took a, shot at Thompson.
Then the fun turned ia" other WAY. and
as Swick turned and ran. Thompson fired
two shots AT him. hut neither took effect.
The racket was then virtually ended 10y
Swick disappearing into J. v. M"Hal.y's
safe. closing its huge doors behind him.
This made ~ laughabl" ending Of what
oth"rwi~. might hav" been "a murder.
On Sunday last John Kruger was uIi
deer hunting near Grand Coulcc. am,
while in the brush received n death wound
from the gun 81 a friend who misiooh
him for - deer. Mr.. Kruger died tlr. same
evening from th" effects of his wounds.
The ~suppositiou i MIR. Kruger was -
deputy sheriff from Kings county. y. ",
but lac would not reveal his mission. II H.
thought that became here. "a deputy United
mates marshal from Montana to work uI
some opium tst>''. a. f' nstu on ms person
some letters Ia that effect. lie was amaI
about 80 years Of age. and his last r.'qu.sN
was to have his death published in ia.
nearest paper and To- have thr New Norl
and Brooklyn papers ops Hfbu'
,WaSh.l Resister.
The successful contamination If til.
sale. of the Gold Dust min. 10y ID. 4. ~
Allen, of Townsend. to AN eastern com
pany Of capitalists. occurred last week
the papers hsing executed. the uionc.
tSsb.UJUD handed over and all matter
made satisfactory Dctwrcn the parties al
Thursday. in the office of attorneys u
Helena. MIR. Allen brought ont his clIccL
book and ON his own behalf disDurse
nearly S,.UO i'm settling accounts AT thi
place ou past transactions. and il MOI
busily engaged i'm getting together III
necessary outfit for the c~ornpany'S wor
of development of said mine. Of whic
Mr.. Allen will have the practical workiii
managpucnt.-irdHt Courier.
y Death Test.
II mo 4 people AR. afraid OF anything
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