The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-21
NORTHWEST NEWS.


that &. ". farrabee and John Bielenbcrg |
have sold their bench ranch five miles
south Of Deer Lodge and also tue Dan
Morrison ranch to eastern p"rtie" Tor sso'-
200.
The Challis idaho, Messenger reports
that On tho night Of February : a snow
slide from Badly mountain crashed
through the house of Neils Johnson and
killed his three children. Mrs.
was in bed sick at the time. and she r-
ceived fatal injuries.
A. w. Tanner was i'm the city last week
and brought with him "a bottle OF gold
dust taken from his Pole creek d~iGRings,
which he says have now commenced tn
make him rich, says the Bozeman Chronic
&c. Mr.. Tanner has staid with this prop
erty for a number of years and has put N
large sum of money i'm them, and his stic-
cess is Justified.
The Fort Benton Rirer Press under
stands that George r. woolston has sold
10000 worth Of Fort Benton water works
bonds to New York capitalists. The bonds
are based ON his water works plant i'm this
city and arc said tn have been sold a shade
above par, which shows the co nfidcnce
Eastern people have i'm our city and it's
future. The water works il n
private corporation and the city govern
ment IL in no way concerned in the bond
deal, the city being interested only tai the
extent OF n contract with the water conn
pany for water plugs and water for fire
and street purposes.
Idaho World: Smith BARKER, one of the
stage drivers on the Boise road,says there
is ut least 900 cords Of wood and logs
On Sberman's ranch OH the Boise road,
nine miles below this place. Mr.. Barker
avs sslch n flood ON More creek. from
Sherrnan's ranch down was never known
before. Great heaps Of wood, logs and
ice were piled i'm the road i'm many places.
a week ngo he got as far as Stierman's
ranch with the stage hut he was in almost
constant danger of losing his life. He
had IN swim the horses i'm "a number of
places.
Salubria idaho, Citizsn: Rumor Ie-
ports that n steamboat will Inc placed ON
snake river at an early date to run bc-
tween Huntington. Oregon, and Seven
Devils district i'm this county. This will
hc a good move i'm the way of opening mp
this now dormant camp. and showing tn
the world what a vast amount of metal
lies hidden i'm the depths of the Seven
Devils mountains. We hope to see the
proposed steamer plying the waters Of the
Snake river before another season shall
have passed away.
Articles of Incorporation were flied last
week for the Montana Mineral Railroad
company, George q. Eaton. Charles II.
Eaton, David b. May, II. ID. Money, T.. w.
Ayre~, A. A. Freeman, Philip II. Thomp-
~or. jr., and Cabcll Whitehead being the
incorporators, says the Bohemian Chsoni
,Ie. The object for which this company
il formed il to construct. maintain and
operate n line OF railway from near Cooke
City to- Cinnabar. The route of the pro
posed line is along the, course of the Vel
lowstonc river. the east fork OF tho Vel
iowstoue and Soda Butte creek. TIVE
million dollars IL the amount of the CAPT
tai stock. i'm shares at 500 each.
Ia. NJ. Ferris, who for several years wa,
a resident of Bozcrnan. and has since
boon living at Sioux City, Ia, on We'd
ncsLay purchased the famous Matthew
Hot Springs says the Bozcnan Chronicle
Mr.. Ferris has long had his eye on thi,
valuable property and during the cntir'
winter has been negotiating with Mr.. Mat
tliews for it's purchase. The considcra
ton named i'm the deed is S25,OOO. Bcsilc
the house and bath houses and springs
Mr.. Ferris becomes the possessor OF 81
acres Of land. This land is as good a
any in the Gallatin valley, the grain field
producing, md the unfavorablc condi
tons of last year, No bushels of oats tn tn
acre. Besides being under good fence
this lard is well watcred by two larg
bitches with valuable water rights. Tw'
hundred and fifty acres of the land ]
meadow. producing an abunda nee of fin
hay. Along the West Gallatin rive
which runs through the place is 40 acre
nf fine timber land. From the wester
tho farm, the distance IL just six mile,
The springs lie almost in u straight lin
from Main street and are reached by
good road, which Is tn bc improved.
bOulucr mas nibu Dut one WiIttef III IOul
says the Age, that the ice and waite
was not a nuisance i'm the street an
around many residences. The waite
comes down the branch of the Boulds
that flows Trough tho town and freezin
fast to the bottom continues to pile u
day by day until the hanks overflow an
the avalanche fast GOVERN
the ground with "a body of ice from ono
three feet in kncs In tho SUNNI,
the rush of water is as had as In ice
winter. 1t il n great Inconvenience
many ON the West Side and at tim
everybody. There. have been n numb
of meetings called during tho past To-
years-thc object i'm view being to devi
y method to abatc what has become
public nuisance, hut only a few rcspon
ed showing thai the citizens general
take no interest in the matter. Tho
who could reach their home without
canoe or skates cared not n whit abu
the troubles of their ~ncighbors. 1t W
take possibly n hundred dollars tn res
In @ this flow. and this sum should cas-
he raised by subscription. III anything
donc-now is the time to do il.
a Rlmthesnaticsl Prodigy.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Something of N Blind Tom edition
found in Morgan county in the person