The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-06
NORTHWEST NEWS.



Abe Thuruood came In from Harris
Yulch Wednesday, says the N~odisoaiaa.
He was the lucky finder OF a nugget the
other day. IL In q handsome specimen of
the pure s'stuff'' and weighs something
over So.
Cascade county Idaho, Times: Some of
the oldest residents I'm the county say that
the fall of snow during he past three
weeks has been the heaviest they have
ever seen i'm this section. The ranchers
are jubilant over the prospect OF plenty of
water next season. Ralph Howell has
been compelled tn close his school ut Lit
tie Basin for the present OH account of
the deep snow.
Eagle Rock Idaho, Register: Cattle on
the opposite side of the river annoy the
trains very much. They are Obliged to
stop and drive them of the track. AS they
seem utterly indifferent tn danger, being
pinched nearly tn death by cold and hum
ger. Many of these cattle are driven by
thirst tn venture on the river, and while
searching for water in weak places i'm the
ice break through and go down. II GER
tainly would he a humans act and to the
interest of the owner for him to look after
and take some care of these cattle.
Great Falls Leader: One of the most
remarkable and providential deliverances
that has ever come to our knowledge is
that of Conductor Frank Dowd, whose
head was crushed between two ears one
week ago. Last evening our reporter Wis
tied his room and found him sitting mp
and feeling not only very comfortable,
but cheerful and like himself again. This
will he welcome news to Franks friends,
whose name is legion along the whole
line of the Montana Central and Great
Northern railway-from Butte to ST. Paul.
Last week Tuesday, Thomas lender
SOL, the lineman of the Rocky Mountain
Telegraph started ont from
Fort Assinniboine to examine the line.
He had a saddle horse and pack horse,
with stove and camp outfit. On Thurs
day he encountered a severe blizzard and
both his horses gave out. No word had
been received from him and n Canadian
policeman was about starting
from Battle creek i'm search OF him, when
he walked into Fort Assinniboine. He
was not seriously injured, but was COM
pletely exhausted.
Madisoaian: Tomorrow Sunday the
Rev. E. G.. Prout will preach his farewell
sermon i'm st. Paul's church., and will
shortly end his supervision of the Protest
ant Episcopal missions i'm Madison county,
which he has now held for about Is years.
The bishop has decided to remove him to
Deer Lodge, a passionate which offers a
better position, and is n promotion which
has been faithfully earned by long and
arduous service i'm this county. We are
not yet informed whether the bishop has
succeeded i'm finding N man to succeed
Mr.. Prout as rector here; but believe he
is actively engaged i'm the endeavor To dc
50.
Hom Con Kollrs, the well known pio
neer cattle king, remarked last night, rel
alive to she heavy rain shower of Monday
night, that during his % or more years
residence i'm Montana he never knew rail-
to fall i'm February, says the Helena Iade
gendent. His cattle are i'm the Milk riveI
country. and faring very well. The DIR,
season of 1889, he said, while il kept bacl
a new growth of grass, preserved the gras,
of 1855. which was nutritious during the
whole year of 1889. The fires of the sum
mer, caused by the Indians while picking
APP bones, deprived the cattle of a shelte
range i'm the brush, which has left the cat
tie exposed to the plains; but Mr.. Kohri
believes the severe portion of the wintea
is now passed and does not look for an!
more cold weather until March. He say
that there will be some losses before thu
winter is over, on account of the scarcit.
of feed. but il will not he enough to Gauss
any serious damage. The snow fall i'm tin
mountains is over 100 per cent. create
than il was This time last year and il 1
better packed, which is "a guarantee of
better flow of water in the mountaiI
streams next summer, and will place tn
placer mining industry i'm a good cond
ton. Mr.. Kohrs says Montana needs
great deal more water now than il did seS
eral years ago. The many mountain val
legs in which cattle roamed are now occi
pied by farmers, who appropriate the waite
for agricultural purposes. Mr.. kohrs say
cattle throughoi the territory are i'm goo
condition, when the many disadvantage
the past year occasioned are considered
and he predicts n bountiful prosperity ia
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