The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-05
NORTHWEST NEWS.


which Il In aid will cost $2sO,OOO.
Mandan propo-es tn issue bonds for the
purpose OF diRgi,,R AN artesian we'll.
The Eidorads. bar sapphircs arr about
be worked extensively next year for these
Gems.
A brosher Of tho late Hon. Loring b.
Rea. Of Miles City. showed signs Of insan-
ty Sunday. and Was placed i'm charge Of
an attendant and Taken east for treat
naent. Grief mt the loss Of his brother IL in
supposed unbalanced his mind.
James Hcadricks, living on the Luckin-
mute, reports apple trees i'm bloom and
the air laden with their perfume. The
hnrd winter which has been prophcsicd
has not yet begun i'm Oregon.
AZ Siletx agency near Yaquina, an In
dian drove his team and wagon into the
Silcts river for the purpose of cleaning his
wagon, and ON account of n rise i'm those
waters, the whole bunch were sent tai the
happy hunting ground.
The Oregon Pacific railroad
have agreed with Baker City's
90 send osit an engineer over the proposed
route tn Baker City and make estimates
Baker City Democyat. is some encourage
ment, and may result I'm the future accom-
plishment of the desired end.
Andrew Queley died in N livery stable at
Albany, Ore, the other night. He was 81
years Of age and was born In Bavaria. Ger
nIltAlys ~ III ttt' NAtNt-th Wal anu
came IN this country about twenty years
ago.. He was oil the county for several
PEARS until last March,. when he secured
. pension and has since been living on
that.
Tn estimate for expenses in the new
state of Washington give some OF the
newspapers a srars,. The Walla Walla
Journal says: W. believe i'm
for n new state Is like u couple of new
houseksepers, and unless We GO slow, the
g. -.nn l. IA ~ -
frightened, good brother; Washington of
to-day IL not the Washington of the past.
John A.. brother of Frank Robertson, of
Carpenter d Robertson. met with n sad
death at his ranch ON Rosebud Monday
morning. caused presumably by his horse
throwing him. Last Friday he rode out To
look for some stock, and later ON the horse
returned riderless. A search resulted i'm
finding Mr.. Robertson ON the ground i'm
sensible. He was taken To the ranch. hut
never regaiDed consciousness. His body
will be taken To Illinois for bbrial.
The assets Of the old Shields River
Ranch and Cattle have been
sold out and the company's affairs wound
mp. The purchasers of the property have
organised u new company under the name
of the Shields River Live Stock company,
with their office AT Helena. w. f.. Cox.
one of the principal owners i'm the new
has the management of the
company's affairs. A. j. Davidson. of
Helena. is president of the new
The Siiverton Appeal tells that a Port
land printer was seen wading through the
mud of the SaDtiam bottom the other day
with N font of long primer and u couple
Of galleys done mp in his extra shirt, look
ing for - location ON the Oregon Pacific
railroad To start - timber-line sheet. I'm
his back pocket were half "a dozen column
rules, while i'm his hat he carried u bodkin
and N job stick. Inside of six months he
may be a rich man and may be NOT. -
Oregonion.
Seattle dispatch says thai IL is believed
that J. ]. Hill. OF 81. Paul. is about to alb
sorb the Seattle, Lake Shore 4 Eastern
railway, gaining, by doing so, n route to
this city, part of il built and equipped
from Spokane Falls, To which point, from
the east, hc has already secured. or will
secure, N route. IL il known that Hill has
planned negotiations for the control of the
Seattle 4 Lake Shore road, and il il he
lieved his terms for securing such control
are what the directors are waiting for.
There il great excitement i'm Port Town
send growing out of the recent declaration
of the Union Pacific railway that Port
Townsend will b. the great northwestern
terminus. II in said that the Union Pa
cific will expcnd over 81 .OOO,OOO there next
year in tho erection of terminal facilities,
such ~ derots, roundhouses, etc. Real
estate IL unusually active, the transfers
Tor the past four days a~Ggregating over
3t0O,OOO per day. IL il predicted that Port
Townsend will grow from her present pop
oiation Of 5000 to a city Of lOO,OOO within
two years.
Estimates of tine secretary of the treas
ury for the fiscal year ending June I'D,
1891. recommend tho same appropriations
for the assay Office at Helena as were
made last year, S14, 100. The usual appro-
priations were made for Indian agencies
in Montana: Flathcad, Sl.5OO; Blackfeet,
&1,SOO; Crow. S2.OOO; Fort Peck. 5000;
Fort Belknap, s1,5OO; Tongue River. ST.
600; for incidental expenses of Indian SER
vices i'm Montana, $4,000; for improve
inents of the Yellowstone river i'm Mon
tana and Dakota $25,O0O il recommended.
The chief engineer of the Manitoba road
left Kootenai station Sunday for Bonner's
Ferry, On the kootenai river, to look over
the country in the interest of his rom
pany. IL IL understood the Manitoba con-
templates building down the Kootenai
river 10 Bonner's Ferry, thence south
westerly towards Spokane Falls. This
makes the fourth railroad contemplating
q line into the kootenai mining region,
the others being the Canadian Pacific,
Spokane & Northern and Northern
Pacific.
A Washington dispatch says: The new
state delegations are figuring on the
places they will get OF the committees of