The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-16
TOWN TOPICS IN BUTTE.
Residents of the smoky City Will Get Their
lo.sl m Inch lls.sDs.r Before Long.

Re~isisnt. of the smoky City Will Get Their
Coal Mucls Cheaper Before Long.
Special Correspondence uf the Standard.
BUTTE Oct. I'D. II. Brown, account
ant of Rocky Fork Coal company and of
the Rocky Fork 4 Cook City railroad, was
i'm Butte yesterday. i'm connection with the
business of the coal company. He reports
the outlook for the new railway as very
encouraging. The road will bc COM
pletcd about January LIST. Ii extends from
Red Lodge to Laurel, ~ distance of A
miles. The completion of this road will
be of great Importance to the people of
Butte, as the distance by rail from this
city To the coal fields will thus he shorten
ed about 100 miles. This means u saving
OF about 81 a ton i'm freight charges. The
coal OF the Rocky Fork can he delivered
i'm Butte, when this road is open to traffic,
goosi quality OF coal. of the soft bitnminoIs
kind, particularly well adapted for steam
\" B,r,.e Rs,luctip" comnanS with thiss
coal, resulted i'm only AZ per cent. of
ashes as against from 10 to Sd per cent.
obtained from other coal. Large qIanti-
ties of this coal is now used i'm Butte.
being used exclusively by the Butte, Retuc-
lion ar,s SSn.pan ; the and ra Ti,a cs s1ne1,"r. the
Northern Pacific railway and numerous
smaller concerns. The Northern Pacific
clusiveIy for some time past i'm both their
freight and passenger engines and IL has
given the utmost satisfaction; they use
coal i'm the Rocky Fork district il said to
he almost ~xhaustible. An estimate
has been made that 1000 tons per day may
he extracted for the next 800 years and
still the supply would not be exhausted.
| Butte will therefore not want for fuel for
James Lynch was fined 80 and costs
yesterday for assault on ''John Dow" and
Peter Hickman suffered the same treat
ment for carrying concealed
X. Il. Williams of East Park street has
left for the Red Lion mine at Cable Hill.
He il tn he manager of it.. There in u
large 10 stamp mill AIT the place.
City Attorney Corhett gays that the city
the police authorities i'm withholding the
police records from newspaper men. He
says they have no right to do II:
granted a license To marry Jennis. Peschei
of Butte.
A. p. King has instituted suit to obtain
AN absolute divorce from his wife, Laura
King. who. the plaintiff alleges, deserted
him about IL months Y i'm New York.
since which time he has not heard of her.
Alfred Leclerc, u canadian. to-day ds~
clared his intention OF becoming "a citizen
of the United States.
The Boston & Montana company to-day
a sssr !. r 7 aiy Maksa s 81 siSSiS" ,ha %r s 81 r Pc.
suited i'm profits tn the company. SSOO,u1
of this sum having been paid ON dividend
and S2oo.O0O kept in the treasury for build
About "a week ago Miss Kittie Hayes
who lives on Galena street, employed a
Chinaruan to do washing for her. When
he left she missed "a gold watch and chain,
valued at about $50. To-day China Tom
WAS arrested and the. watch was found In
his possession. He will be arraigicd to-
morrow.
John Maggie of Keokuk. Iowa. and Louis
Deutch of Setalia, Missouri. have been In
this city for the past few days. They iIrs
both capitalists and their mission here
WAS to establish another bankin institn
ton. Ii is said they will return again ~
IA few days and make final arrangements