The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-16
NORTHWEST NEWS.
TOPICS Of General Interest In the -Four
New States and Elsewhere.

The regular meeting Of the Medical As
sociation of Montana will be held In He
lena Wednesday, June 4, 1880. All regular
physicians In good standing are invited
to attend,
The Fort Benton Press says the Mis-
souri, River fishermen are having q har-
vest. They use seines and catch loads OF
choice fish-buffalo, pike, sturgeon and
catfish that fairly break q Missogrian's
heart.
Chris. Krenkler. O private in the Eighth
cavalry, stationed at Fort Meade, NORTH
Dakota, has received word from Germany
that he has fallen heir to about $1,000.
He will apply for a discharge under the
property act, and sail for Europe as soon
as II is granted.
While w. ID. Miller was engaged in
mining in one of the chambers OF the Col
ton mine in Ward county, North Dakota,
he struck q strong vein of natural gas. In
order to test its g~enuineness he procured
his torch, or miners lamp, and holding II
toward the opening in the vein a strong
flame suddenly leaped up.
While playing In his fathers barn Mon
day afternoon the 4-year old son Of I. 5.
Matthews of Helena was kicked by q
horse and il is supposed fatally injured.
This is the second accident OF the ! in
this family within n few months. A short
time ago the oldest son of Me-. Matthews
was kicked by a horse and received q
broken leg.
A North Dakota farmer thinks he has
discovered a way Of raising wheat that
that will make six pounds OF seed raise
so bushels. He tried Il last year and got
three times the yield his neighbors did,
this year he is going to put 200 acres in in
the same way. His plan is to plant II
something like corn and cultivate II
through the summer.
Mr.. Edward Oshler returned from a
short hunting excursion last Saturday,
and brought in a mountain lion kin
measuring 0 feet from Zip to tip. The
hunters paradise il here o the
mountains bordering on beautiful Lake
Cuur d'Alene. Other kinds Of f~erocious
animals are here in abundance ready to
dare four rifie.-C9ur dAiene City Times.
The board of pardons has approved the
action Of the governor in reducing the
punishment OF Philip John to imprison-
ment for life. 1t will be remembered
that Philip John was tried and found
guilty OF the murder Of a man named
Rohrbaugh. After the conviction evil
III Wus hottA " nv ksAeAt
there was some doubt as to the guilt of
Philip John. This was the cause of the
governors recommendation and the
boards approval.
Il has been decided to employ Robinson
to n the great Northwestern fair to
be held i'm Spokane Falls i'm the fall, at
which the mineral and agricultural pro-
ducts of the Northwest will be brought
there, together with all The m~anufactur-
ing products of the east, which latter the
Northern Pacific agrees to carry free of
charge. Robins IN is Of New York, M Is
a man of great experience. He had been
engaged 10 handle the worlds fair for
New York, provided that city got the site.
-WuUa Wdhd Union.
DIR. &c. Quinn was dismissed by the
presbytery of Montana, at Boulder, April
Il, upon his own request that he might
enter the Episcopal church, and a letter
of Christian character was given him by
the clerk. DIR. Quinn gave the following
as his reasons for joining the Episcopal
church: ''From a careful and thorough
searching of the scriptures, particularly
the ancient fathers and church history, i
have reached at length this conclusion,
viz: First-From the divine call and APP
pointment OF the Aaronic priesthood all
the way through the Jewish
church and through Christ's pub
lie ministry down to the closing
of the New Testament canon l find no
church of God on earth spoken of as re-
ferred to in the scriptures that is not Epis-
copal in its polity. Second-From the
closing of the sacred canon down to the
end of the fifteenth century l have failed
to find any church other than Episcopal
sn .x,lss., hasa Naan tnlrunal hv anrirS
tural and historical reasons to Join the
Episcopal church and seek her ministry
man named Ed. Murphy was shot and
fatally injured by Pierce Coglin in the
Logan saloon at Elliston Monday after
noon. The row began i'm the morning
when Murphy, who was intoxicated, strucl
Coglin on the breast, w~hereupon Coglir
responded by hitting Murphy on the moutt
and nose. II was then supposed the dis
turbance was ended. In the afternoon
however, Murphy went to Coelin, strucl
him in the face and knocked him agains
the stove. Coglin. on regaining his bal
ance. drew a 45-calibre bulldog revoivel
and fired. striking Murphy in the lief
side, the ball lodging internally. Murph.
died about an hour after the shooting an
CoQlin surrendered himself and was takeI
to Deer Lodge. Coglin has recently beer
employed in the Lily mine. Murphy ha
been doing nothing since last fall. HI
has a diploma to practice in the Illinoi
courts, and is well connected socially II
Chicago. Neither Of the men are what !
termed 'touRh," and the affair has ere
ated considerable excitement.
The rather peculiar proceedings of thu
district court OF Beaverhead county i'm tn
conviction Of George Y. Thompson on
charge of rape has given rise to a hearinI
by the supreme court In the matter
Thomas McTeague, deputy warden OF tn
state penitentiary, arrived in Helen
Monday with Thompson, who had entere'
upon a sentence of Il years. The facts
as they are CLEANED, are that at the tim
of the trial the defense was unabl I
produce any testimony owing To the al
sence of witnesses and the prosecution
moved the jury be discharged and a net
trial had nj n time when the defense wn