The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-08
NEWS.

Mr. Clas. Severance, Of Roberts creek.
Meagl,er county. near Judith gap. drove
6.AD mutton wetlsers from his place tai
Big Sandy station, On the Manitoba. ar
irving at that shipping point last Sunday.
He crossed the Missouri at the ferry at
the mouth, of the Judith. The sheep wcrc
bc,nR loaded yesterday and to-day. aud
with i.OOO head belonging to Peck 4 Rice,
will make two nlOrs. full trains from the.
Sandy. The last shipment Of 80 head
saitissi tn ss.OD heretofore. rrpurtsd, make
95.5DO mutton sheep which have becn
shipIssi east ovcr the Manitoba railway
this fall tn date. There may bc "A ship
meut or two yet which will crowd the
number up tn lOO.OUO. Fort Benton RirSr
Press.
IL il said that Thomas Couch, present
manager Of the Bostou& Montana mining
company AT Butte, will soon resign his po-
sition. abandon mining and devote him
self Ia the. breeding Of line stock on his
ranch near Great Falls. Mr.. Couch has
already sent his family tai the ranch and
will join them there aS sss'il ss hc can be
relieved of his present rs'sIpoisiblc posi-
ton in Butte, which will bc in about six
months Ii IL also reported that MIR.
Coucl's SUCCESSOR. as manager of the
Boston 4 Montana. will be n MIR. Vivian,
who is at present superintendent Of one of
the noted copper mines ut Lake Superior.
MIR. Couch lIas made "a fortune In mining
and is now abundantly able tn retire. from
business, hut to- give employment tn his
energies he has determined tai settle down
as "a stockgrower. His ranch is one of the
finest i'm Montana, aud doubtless he will
soon rank among the most successful
breeders ia the northwest H'feua Her
aid.
G.. y. Farnam. "a brakeman on tho Moi-
tana Central. met with "a fatal accident
near Clancy Tuesday morning. He left
Helena at midnight On the night freight
for Butte over the Montana Central.
kIl.... l.n.- xr.a rx...l.xsl La. af.r..l
Here FarnaIn had to adjust the air brakes
betwecf two box cars, and ID il supposed
that while doing this the train started and
threw him ou the track wlicrs, he could
not cxtricatc himself before tn" ears ran
over him. Al all events, the train stop
ped again, and the conductor. running
back to seq il any accident had occurred,
found + trnam lying bleeding under one
of the ears. The wheels had passed over
his left leg. nearly cutting il in two. The
wounded man was placed in one of tn"
ears, and the train immediately steamed
hack to Helena. where Farnam was taken
tn ~. Peters hospital. DIR. Sigh WAS
summoned To attend him, hut could do
nothing, as an artery had been cut and
Farnam blcl to- death, expiring about 4
o'clock. FarnaIn was about "a years of
age and was formerly "a conductor ON the
Northern Pacific. He leaves "a wife and
infant child.
4. j.. Stevenson, tho territorial boiler in
spcctor, left this morning for Bcavcrlicad
county, where lac will prosecute his task
Of examining boilers. His assistant, j. J.
Layton, has gone east tn the Dakota line.
and il now at work in the eastern part oi
the state. Mr.. Stevenson snys lac will not
he able to finish his task of examining ail
the boilers i'm Montana before the first al
January, a. contemplated 10y the law
The cause OF this is that he did not RI.
ceivc his. appointment and get ready 4.
work before April I. thus losing three
months of the time allowed fWr examina'
ton. He and MIR Layton have ruStled
hard, however. and have pretty well lin
islred Mi-soula, Deer lodge and Lewis ans
Clarke counties Hei.1sn Hs,ohI.
Governor White has issued comrnissions
tn Henry Mueller to bc captain aud Al
| fred Sca,lort tn la first lieutenant Of Com
pany T.. NJ. ". e., upon the rscornnIefId;a
ton of =. X. Douglas, adjutsut general.