The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03
MONTANA NEWS.

Benton P,rss say. that Alex Pelchic. the
aged half-brsesi who was shot ny Soseph
Knoll some time aRo, died wednesday, ae
at q o'clock. The account of the diShcuity
I'm which Pelchie was wounded was given
in the Rirer Fr~ss at tire time. From ac-
counts then given IL appeared that the
f-hrc Pelchic. his son-in-law and
their wives all made an attack ON hroii.
who had gone tn the hnlf-brresl camp to
demand an q xplanation and PREPARATION for
the brcakinR i'm of his cabin door and the
destruction of his household effects. In
tho nlsleea pistol was ~dischar9ssi, whether
kroll's weapon ar not IL not known, and
the hall pierced Pclchie's breast. whether
this was the direct cause of the half
breeds dealt, il of course not known.
Pcichic was about sO years OF age. Knoll
has been i'm Jail at this place since Sep
t.snbsr Il, he affair having occurred a day
or two before, that date.
Col. }. H.. Rice. of the well-known live
stock shipping firm of Peck q Rice, re
turned from the great fat stock market
Chicago-to-day, where lac has been look
ing after the closing shipments of mutton
wcthcrs by the firm for this season. The
firm handles more sheep than any in the
northwest Rirer Press.
Mr.. James McDevitt arrived this after
noon. He is from the beef herd oil JAS.
McDevitt & Co.. Flowcrrcc 4 Lowry.
Sands Il Taylor and Higgins 4 Mitchell,
which il OH the way tn the Benton stock
yards for shipment and will be here in
TWO Gays tDpIe. llf'Fe Viii IN ~ ttsAshs
" hich will mi fifty cars.-Airer Press.
Mrs. Martha Houston has arrived in
Helena from Minneapolis in search of
l,cr husband, Alexander Houston. IA brick
mason, who left his home and family last
May to come West since which time his
wife has heard nothing from him. Mrs.
Houston has three children dependent
upon her for support, and Is very anNio,Is
tn hear something from her husband, who
IL now i'm tine territory and has lately been
a.. l-u $500. n. 1000 49,. IN
about his whereabouts will confer a favor
by leaving word AT the Helena police sta
ton.
A special from Hauser junction. "a little
town on the Idaho line of the Northern
Pacific, says n young man named o'Nial-
ley, was shockiugly nIanglcd while at
tempting tn climb on u moving log train
at that point. He slippcd and fell under
the wheels AMI was dragged several feet
before the train could bc stopped. When
cxtricated he presented "a horrible spscta-
Gle. Int lived an hour, being conscious Tor
"a few minutes. He came from 81. Paul.
where his folks reside. The coroncr's
inquest found that the deceased came to
his death through his own ca~rclcssncss.
Thomas Baker has retired from the pro-
prictorship of the Virginia Madisonian
and is succeeded by A. b.. Kiscr, its for
mcr publisher, i'm the management of the
| paper.
Major Powell Of Washington. director of
the geological surveys. says that during
September $50 square miles were survey
cd in Montana for irrigation at the cx-
pcrisc of the government.
The public schools of Boulder were
closed last week, to prevent the spread of
scarlet fever.
After Montana becomes "a state the
school ag. will be from six years old to
II. instead of from four tai II as il now is.
Jacob Bloom, AN industrious Hebrew of
Missoula, was married on September II
To (arriss SlblDssky. ShOrtiy after the
wedding ceremony ~ cyclone in the shape
of his wifc's mother and numerous small
brothers struck his home and knocked his
dreams of married happiness gallcy-west.
Several of Jacobs friends made up "a
purse of $50 with which to start Mrs.
Sablosky housekeeping ON her own hook,
but she took the money, AMI. with the
rest of the tribe, including Jacobs wife,
started for Butte, where il is said they now
reside.
}. J. Williams came i'm to-day from the
Flat Creek mining district. He Informs
us that the Iron Mountain is shipping 2iO
tons Of ore per week and that all the
mines i'm that section are looking better
and better as development progresses. A
good number of capitalists are Interested
in the mines, notably Col. Kelly, who is n
large owner i'm the CUur d'Alencs. Mr..
Williams has AN option OH n number of
the. leads and is confident hat the dis
trict will prove one of the richest i'm the
state. The mines are all in Missoula
ounty -Missouta Item.
j. o.. Rockwell, of Anaconda. spent
Monday and Tuesday i'm town with
friends. Mr.. Rockwell il largely inter
estrd i'm mining property in the Red Lion
and other districts i'm this county. He
made IL trip into the Harvey Greek district
last Saturday, and says that i'm his opin-
ion there il IA good future i'm store for the
miners Interested there. The Alps com
pany, he says, intends putting up IA ten
stamp mill, but with the amount of ore in
sight they could employ fifty stamps cas-
lily enough.-IhiuDsbury Mail.
Theodore Milroy, who killed Patrick
Doolcy OH Willow creek IL year ago and
who il now awaiting trial, had "a warrant
sworn out for the arrest of James Perkinr
son, charging him with assault with in
TEN to kill. Deputy Sheriff Beiler, oi
Drummond, arrested him last Friday. and
handed him owe To the officials ut DccI
Lodge the same day. Parkinson worked
for Dooley before and ut the time of the
tragic ending of the latter's life, aud Mil
roy will endeavor to prove that Perkin
son did the first shooting that occurred on
the day that Dooler met with his DEATH
Ihiiipsbury Mail.
, Alderman Theme, wife and family ans