The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-27
TOPICS OF The TOWN
Gossip About One Thing and Another
Heard In Butte.
The Outlook In the Davis Case
Guessing at a Lady's ARe-Mrs-
Hackett's Taik-A Novel
Chimney.

Butte, April B.-Judge ]. J. McHatton
might very properly he interviewed ON the
sensations Of a man who must give .
quarter of n million dollars tn somebody
or other. b is what h judge mus
do when the court house clock points 10
10 a. IN. on Monday. The administrators
OF the Davis estate is worth q cool quarter
OF a million to the mar who
gets the job. The administrator
Is entitled to 1 per cent Of the estate for
settling IL. Estimating the estate at
Si,UpD.OD, which Is not far out of the way.
the administrator fee would be S2iO.00p.
That is a goodly sum-. but the administer
tor Is also allowed To take out pay for his
lawyer and for his clerks. No wonder
there Is such a demand for the place
a Mediation will tomorrow make
some man rich for life. The two mer
who stand perhaps the best show Of the
appointment are he two poorest aDpii-
cants. One Is John 4. Davis. and the
other James W. Murphy. IL is knows
that those opposed to John A.. Davis have
the past day or two been pulling for the
public administrator, and il would not b.
surprising IL he carried of the bakery.
To guess at a lady's age is not generally
considered very gallant, but that is whaI
several young lawyers and other spectt-
tors busted themselves at during tin
Davis trial one day this week. The ia
voritc niece of the late Judge Davis Is
Mrs. Ellen :. Cornue Of Croton Falls. y.
y. IL is merely stating a fact to say that
Mrs. Cornuc is a beautiful lady with
blooming red cheeks and raven black
hair. She Is very young in appearance,
and as she sat in the court room the young
men in the court room estimated her age
yariously mt from 10 Ia Is years, one fall
ing as low as - in his estimate. Mrs
Cornue was put on the witness
stand and related how back In isi2 and
'3 she was In "a boarding school. She
also told In an unconcerned manner III
her marriage in "a. The young men
opened their eyes in bcwilderlnent. Was
il a child marriage, or had the lady mad
~vcrtcntly mentioned lisa instead of 1875
as the date OF her marriage" This was
still unexplained when the lady's hus-
band Joshua G.. Cornue, a gray and grih-
zlcd veteran OF apparently IS or 40 took
the stand. The young men grew frantic
Al last one Of their number was selected
la inquire OF a near relative of the family
as Ia the lady's age.
Don't give IL away was the answer
received but Mrs. tornue is ~ years oil
and doesn't look a bit older han she did
Is years ago"
Mary Jane Hackctt Of Fairfield. Iowa
il in the city. Mrs. Hackett said to-day:
"Andrcw J. Davis used to dangle me on
his knee in Iowa when | was a child. His
son Is known by Ms there as Little jew
| was introduced To his mother aS Mrs
Davis "A humble of years ago at the house
of Isaac Nelson. Jeff was brought up on
Nelson's farm, and is a farmer still. Evil
dence will be brought mp in the case that
will paralyze Butte. ] should not he a hit
surprised II another son and two
| IaEa ~ l.. hnn-N
there that jeff has a sister.
Jefr was quite wild when in his teens, bnt
il now y years old. married Ia "A fine gir.
and has n baby. ! called on jeff when b.
was here and send him the STANDARD
every day. He keeps close watch of the
Davis proceedings. He is backed 10y .
firm Of banke who will stand by JEFF
through years Of litigation il necessary
His lawyers will also stand 10y him
The Davis place was about two miles
from where ] live"
good story il told If NJ. j. ConneIL IL
may not he true. but il Is stated for an
actual occurrence and at any rate Is Illus
trativc Of Mr.. Connelrs uniformly
slaye n pleasant manner tn all
customers. no matter how much
he may he bored at times. One day, the
yarn goes, a thinaman entered his story
on some DOL errand and taxed Mr.. Con
neli's patience so that the gentleman took
him 10y the nape OF the neck
aud began trotting him or
Of the store. He administered half a
dozen healthy kicks On the way down the
aisle to the door, and every kick was
Pnnctnated with "A characteristic remars
like this:
Call again! Call again. sir. Call often I,
Anything we can do for you we will be
glad Ia do ut any time. Call again. sirf"
From the very central part of Mais
street in this city arises a smokestack. Ii
stands on the west side If the street. hall
way between Park street aud Broadway.
The smoke stack is IN the shape of a bar
her pole. The pole and between tbs
sidewalk and road, in front Of the barhss
shop II J. J. Murraye "a close scrutiny viii
detect smoke issuing from the top Of the
BARRIERS pole. The smoke Is Of a ligh;
character, coke being burned. The scores
Of the matter is that the barber has con
striIctcd a furnace to heat water for his
bathrooms under the sidewalk. and tho
/ pole Is the outlet Tor the furnaces smoke
r The scheme was hit ON about nine month,
ago and thousands pass every day with
!, out stispccting the sinister character al
: the innocent looking BARRIERS pole.
, G.. W. b. Coon has been to the Flath,ss
country this week.
I ut is lovely" said Mr.. Coon. ''Bois4
, City is the ptettiest place in the West
! Real estate there j. higher than IL is IL
Butte, although comparatively il is a yer,
/. small town. They are hanging on 20 then
property for all they can get. Butte pcus
, Pile would be rich II property was only a.
high herr as in Idaho."
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