The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-11
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of General Interest In The -Four
New States and Elsewhere.
MONTANA.

MONTANA.
The population Of Great Falls will ex-
reed 400.
The Glendive Independent has entered
upon the seventh year Of its existence.
The Northern Pacific has concluded TO
locate its machine shops permanently Mt
Missoula.
Fully 100000 pounds Of wool Is re-
ported as having been stored In Billings
warehouses thus far this season.
II. II. Mood, n w~ell-known citizen of
Pony, was stricken with paralysis one day
last week and is confined to his home.
II is complained that the few Cree In
dams in the vicinity of Great Falls kill an
telope and other game without any regard
for the game laws.
Two Eagle. a Picgan Indian. died in the
penitentiary Tuesday morning of con-
sumption. Eagle was sent TO the peniten-
tiary about one veal ago from Benton for
horse stealing.
The track of the Great Falls q Canada
railroad Is now completed to Marias river.
The president of this railroad, Donald
Grant, with his family, nave taken up
their residence in West Great Falls.
Ii is estimated that 10000 quarts will
be the product of the strawberry crop in
the Gallatin valley this ear. This is
twice as large an amount as was raised
last year. II Is safe TO say that before
many years the Gallatin valley will be as
famou for its Strawberries as for its oats.
Tn the LIST of September a new state
bank will be opened at Great Falls, with a
capital stock of 100000. Charles NJ.
Webster will be president and w. w.
Webster cashier. The building for this
new financial institution is now under
construction.
Although the announcement Is not yet
officially made, il Is now definitely known
thai George Steele Of Sun River will be
made Indian agent of the Blackfeet
agency, vice Major Catlin, who has re-
signed to accept the position of register
Of the new land Office at Missoula.
The body of a man was found among
some driftwood in the Missouri river at n
point C Canyon Ferry by workmen,
Wednesday,. II was impossible TO obtain
any definite news concerning the drowned
man, nor could il he ascertained how
long his body had been in the water.
Some weeks ago David Biggs, from the
Gallatin valley, suddenly disappeared,
and 1T was minated that he had met with
violence. This suspicion, however, proves
To be unfoundcd, as the Chronicle is i'm
possession of n letter from a person who
accompanied him on the west bound train
as far as Toston.
The First National bank of Great Falls
has declared a dividend of 80 per cent. on
its original stock of $4,000, aud increased
its capital stock to s250,O0O. So great is
the demand for stock in this institution
that many applicants had'to be refused
outright, while Others we're limited TO the
amount asked for.
On Sunday while attempting tn ride his
horse across a railroad bridge about two
miles above Riccville, James Milligan's
horse fell oil ON one sid and he vas
thrown oil on the other side of the bridge,
landing on some rocks nearly 100 feet be-
low. The horse was killed, but Milligan
was only badly bruised.-Great Falls 7ri-
buas.
The grand jury of jefferson county
failed to find "a bill against Maggie De-
we're, accused of handing "A package con-
tanning morphine to Thomas King, the
murderer recently executed at Boulder.
Wednesday night she was rcarrestcd and
rcmauded until Friday TO show cause why
she hould not he punished for contempt
Of court in attempting to interfere with
execution of the sentence of the court.
Sunday night just after several miners
had been hoisted from the Champion
mine the engineer started To lower the
cage, when the bolt that fastcns the cable
To the cage broke, and let il go lying to
the bottom. IL is "A very strange accident
as the bolt was not worn a particle. Sew
eral Of the miners were SO happy thai they
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they spent the rest of the night celebrat-
ing.
About June 4 one of the detachmcnts II
the Great Northern surveyors reached the
snow line i'm the upper course of Cut Bank
creek, one of the tributaries of the Marias.
Here they campcd and Sol Abbott, who
was acting AS guide, and one engineer
went on To look out a route. They started
out Oh snow shoes, taking with them q
pack outfit aud provisions for four or five
days, expecting to return at the end Of
that time. Since then nothing has been
heard from them and IL is feared they are
lost as deep SHOWS have fallen. Sol Alb
bolt is an old timer in Montana and is well
known. IL seems hardly possible that he
could miss his way but he has been gone
so long that the worst is feared. This rc-
port comes from an old friend of Abbott's
who heard h report from McDcvitt,
Hughes and others on the Marias river
who are acquainted with the facts Great
Falls Tribune.
The Helena Journal says "A few months
ago the wife Of one of the merchants of
that city went on "A visit Ia friends in San
Francisco. She remained there for a few
weeks and returned home. Nothing un-
usual was noticed about her actions until
n few days Y when she suddenly left
the city. II appears that while on her
visit she became acquainted with "A sleek
looking individual, who was then posing