The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-22
NORTHWEST NEWS.
fepies q General Interest In the Fear New
States and Elsewhere.

1879
The gambling houses mt Seattle have
bccn closed by the authorities.
An increase of pension has bsen granted
Tn Chas. tru~sin. of Sydney, Montana.
w. +. Hanson is appointed postmaster
nj lewiston. Fergus county. vice Thomas
J. Vivian. resignssi.
A po.tofiicc has bHcn established AT
Lawopa DAWSON county, and Thomas
Gushing Is appointed postmaster.
Mrs. NJ. Dowd~ has been appointed
postmaster AT St. lgnatin~. Mi~soula
county, vice NJ. A. us.msrs resigned.
A Moorhcad. Mimi, dispatch says: The
villages of Middleton and Gcnrgctown.
about IL miles north Of here, are stricken
with u vioicn, form of iiphtiicria. There
are i"5 eases in ali. There were 4. new
eases Thursday. Nine deaths 's'cstrrSd
"Wednesday. The places are a,Iarantincsi.
Medical aid las been sent by the state
hoard ot health. The authorities will en-
dcavor 90 rigidly enforce the quarantine.
The Distress iu South Dakota. caused
by or ~ failures aud prairie fires has been
enormously exaggerated 10y corresponds
ents. The aid already sent there will tide
the destitute people over the winter. III
the sufferers are supplied with the nercs-
sary sessi grain in the spring. the people
of the two unfortunate counties will then
he ready tn work their own way. Those
Dakotans arc u stuotiy, determined pco-
pie, and are not easily discouraged.
A strike i'm the Wine on the 5sAfoot
level. east, in the Mountain Lion. caused
much comment m Deer Lodge last Satur-
day. Capt. Mills w,- presented with "a
rare specimen of the ore. which he exhil-
itei tn his friends with much pride. Ii
was a poruhyry formation. beautifully
spotted with ruby silver. aud it, shape.
being so peculiar. rendered il "a val,abi..
specimen. IL il NOT known how extensive
the strike il. hut preparations arr iciug
made tn make u shipment next week.
This company have applied for a patcr.t
to- this property.
A. Box Elder creek, on sunday night.
the car.takcr at tliambcrlain'- sheep
ranch was aroused from sleep 10y the
smoke. TN going o,t he found about 80
tons of hay on fire. He was the only per-
son M the ranch and was powerlcs- To
stop the flames. which spread rapidly and
destroyed all ti" hay. The caretaker
managed. however. Ia tear away "a portion
of the sheds and keep them ont IT the
track of the flames. IL is supposed thai
the lazy was set on fire maiicioisly by
some. person. I'll. loss il heavy. a. ut
this time at the year hay cannot be read
lily replaced. The ucighbor- need all
they have for tlIcir own use, and bii.d
hay IL scarce and dear.
The boari of regents of thu. state uni-
ver-ity Of Washington have agreed to-
memorabilia the legislature to sell the
present site Of the university AT seattle
and locate tho university ON "a more ,ic>ir-
able site near Seattle. Several desirable
locations have been offered as donations
for the site. Ii il expected that the pres
ent sit" will sell for between Sipp.OD and
Jo,sD which, with the magnificent
grants Of public lands 10y the federal gov
s,rnrncnt. will place III. university of
Washington in wealth upon equal foo,ings
with the best institutions of the country.
One OF the largest collections ever mado
-. .l,t,...t. ur..-l "a. H.. xx-.ult x... ,,-l. "a.
the Methodist Episcopal tabernacle at
Spokane, sunday Dr. w. H.. l.. Adams.
"a prominent minister and educator from
Illinois, at ia" close III his sermon made
~ powerful appeal for contributors To
sndow Spokane college, AN educational
institution now in successful operation.
AT the morning service 5000 was con-
tributsi 10y mcInbcrs of III" congregation.
and in the evening this siiIn was increased
tai S11.sO. Ten thousand dollars ! AL been
previously contributed by the Columbia
river conferences. The will
bc Increased to SlOJ.UO before the GA
piration of this week. The college al
ready has two line buildings and twenty
five acres of ground in the heart of the
city.
Tho land department officials arc pnz-
zling their br,ius over tln, dividing line
between North aud South Dakota. 1hs.
enabling act divides the states upon the
seventh standard parallel. This i, "a sur
NtIltlg. ttBt "a i.ttltttsls parallel. ana Nnsrs
il has no. ls.Hu surveyed. theirs. il cnsis.
In the east Of tho Dakotas IL ends at the
Missour river, never having been carried
across thr Sioux reservation. Although
Dakots IL divided and two states admit
ted. yet th" line of division beyond tia.
Missouri * not established. Trrlinically
Dakota l. not divided and the president
did right ia admitting them as twins.
Not only AR" they twins, but until tho
seventh parallel il carried across they ar.
Stances, twins. OF course. this presents
no serious difficulties. An act 81 congress,
may and mo- doubt will establish the boun.
DIARIES through the reservation IN a. line
with tho seventh standard parallel.
A Portland dispatch says: The bo&ly al
Louis NJ. Maria man who has lived alone
on his claim four miles below the Gas
cadcs, an the Washington side 81 tis
Columbia, for many years. WAS found IL
"a field back of his house "a few days since
There was IA hole through th.
body, "A guu-shot wound in the same plas.
aud his shotgun. with one barrel dis
charged, was found across his breast. evi
IDENTITY placed there to convey the idss
that Inc had shot himself. The odd man ]
supposed Ia have had some money in ia
houss, for which la, was doubtless mn,
dured. AS the house WAS rtnsAck'sl frot
end Ia end. Two men who were capture
near. and who disappeared AT tho tim
of the murder, arr, suspected Df KILN