The Anaconda standard., 1890-03-07
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of General Interest In the Four
New States and Elsewhere.

A beautiful Catholic church is about to
he built at Great Falls.
Edo. Ross of Prescott, nominated by
President Harrison as register OF the land
Office at walla walla, is an old pioneer,
and was for seven years editor of the
According to the Chicago He'oid. Capt.
Tom Merry. formerly OF the Oregonion
and known i'm Helena. las been commits
stoned by Lucky Baldwin to GO to Austria
liza and make n bid on ''Bravo," the win
ner of the last Melbourne cup.
Work on the big Sunnysitle ditch in
Yakima county. Wash.. will soon tie
started. The company has completed the
purchase of 10000 acres of land from the
Northern Pacific, and are now arranging
to break ground and prosecute the work
with vigor.
The Cheyenne, wyo., Sun reports the
finding of the burned body of NJ. r. Sham
non I'm the cinlDcrs of Tom Talbot's saloon
on the Camp Carlin road. He with Others
was i'm the saloon after midnight, and i'm
some way il caught fire and was con-
s,med. All escaped but Shannon.
In Seattle during the month OF Febru-
ary there were IL fires i'm tents by which
70 were destroyed and one damaged
twice. The total loss resulting from these
fires, as estimated by the department., Is
S1s,65O. The losses estimated by those
burned out is greatly i'm excess of this.
Sam Dean has just returned from trip
to the head of Sand and Ming co,lces, -
miles south of Great Falls, says the
Leader. He says that section is being
rapidly filled up by good farmers. The
crops last year were good. as considerable
rain fell. The land is good and there is
room yet for good farmers to locate splen-
did ranches.
In railroad circles there. says the Great
Falls Tribune. the report IL not credited
that Mr.. Hill will build the Pacific extern
sion by way of Butte and Anaconda. 1t
is deemed probable that he will build II
railroad from Butte to Anaconda. hut he
is likely to construct his trssns-sontincntal
railroad from Great Falls direct to the
coast by way of the sun River valley.
John Hewett. late OF the Missouri Paci-
fic, has heen appointed master mechanic
OF the Pacific division OF the Union Paci-
fic railway To succeed Evans. This means
n new management of affairs at this end
of the road which will bc highly beneficial
to All,ina, Oregon, says the Courier. The
Courier further says that IL means that all
of the work now being done at the Dallcs
will he transferred to the shops i'm that
city, and that all of the steamboat work
will bc done there.
At Strctor, WASH, $50 men employed In
the Pacific Mill Company's works went
on a strike last week. The trouble was
am attempt tn introduce the Eastern syn
tenn of paying Oft the hands. reducing
their wages and closing the boarding
house. leaving the men to hustle for
boarding places IN the small community.
By the old system each man was paid
much per month. according to his worth,
and his board. the company running n
cook-hotisc in con junction with the saw
mill.
Miss Abbic jackson. u daughter of Mrs.
Il. w. Sullcns, of Port Townsend, Wa sh.,
about 10 o'clock on the morning of Feb
ruary 25, attempted sclf-tlestructiou by
throwing herself from the bluff in front of
hs.r .I.fr asfe Shs fall
about twenty-five feet, but was not seri-
otisly injured. She is ~ years old and has
been a cripple since childhood, having
suffered the loss of limb. She alleged
the cause leading her to- take the tl~s-
pcratc leap. the cruel and brutal abuse OF
he- stepfatlier. She declares she will not
live and will yet kill herself
Henry Bcckcrtlyke, of Boomers. ON the
Little Missouri. il i'm town, says the Yel-
lowstonc Journal. He reports the people
of that locality as being highly cl,ted over
the prospect of surveys and new mail
routes. and feels assured that the surveys
will induce large immigration from Da-
kota. where the surveys have not pro-
gresscd beyond township lines. post
office will shortly be established at or
near Boomers and the name of the place
will then he changed to either Ericsson or
Norway. The majority of the settlers are
NorweRians, and they have expressed "a
desire To honor their distinguished coun-
tryman. Capt. John Ericsson. by naming
the Office after him.
Mr.. Supack. of Roslyn. WASH, says.thc
EllensburRh Locdhses, was before the
county commissioners last week and made
application for saloon license. after
which he went home To procure the neces-
sary 81 600 To pay for the same. Several
parties did not like the idea of his taking
out a license i'm advance of his neiRhbors.
50 they collected at his place last Satur-
day night and got up "A row: lights were
ff,,fr mr. In xarssr