The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-27
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of General Interest In the -Four
New States and Elsewhere.

young man named E. L. Tracey haI
been arrested at winnemucca. Nevada
for murder committed in Chicago las
November.
A prairie fire overlook the Lindsey bant
of sheep which were ranging near Poplar
and il is reported that 300 were killed.
Glasgow Herald.
|, A continuous rain of - hour is reported
in Northern Dakota. This assures good
crops and accompanying prosperity In
that section. Al Choteau q good rain Eel
Tuesday night while n heavy a is re
ported from Augusta and Dearborn. An
other snow fall is reported in the Bel
mountains.
W. :. Twohy's saw mill, located near
Flint station, about nine miles down the
valley, was totally destroyed by fire one
night last week, loss about $1,000. There
being no insurance on the property, it is
a complete loss to Mr.. Twohy. The fire
was caused from a sawdust dump that
had been purposcly set on fire, and a
high wind blew some sparks into the mill.
-Phiiipsburg Mail.
Peter Anderson had a narrow escape
one day last week. He was pulling the
Cement Gulch grade OH the Diamond o
and had dropped trail. Seeing the wagon
make a sudden start he leaped over the
declivity and ran down the hill, the heavy
freight wagon following him and drawing
the ten-horse team after il. Ii was a race
for life, but Pete escaped the wreck with
a slight scratch. No damage OF conse-
uucnce was done 10 either cam, loading
or wagon.-Whte sulphur Springs Hns-
bnndmda.
Secretary Window has sem to the house
recommendations for the Yellowstone
Park in accordance with the estimates
submitted by Capt. Boutelle. acting super
intendent of the park. The whole amount
is S27.22i. Including the survey and maxi
ing the boundaries, $1,000; TO pay the
commissioners, 5000; for resident Offices
for the commissioners, 5000; for a jail,
$1,000; to pay five scouts for one year,
$500; ten pack mules for the use OF
scouts. Sl,20O; five riding horses Tor
scouts. S5OO;r ten packing outfits, $500; live
riding outfits, 500; - tons of hay, S6i6;
q tons Of grain, S6I5.
The body of a miner named Thomas Is.
Foreman, who lived in Hensley gulch,
near Castle, was found by his ~neighbors
after a diligent search one day last week,
buried in a snow drift. Deceased was
dressed in his night clothes, and II was
evident that he had gotten out OF bed in a
fit Of insanity and ran off and plunged
into the snow drift. He had for some
time laborcd under the impression that
some one wanted to kill him, and often
told his friends about seeing '~spooks"
and other creatures of torment about his
cabin. Coroner DIR. j. NJ. Kumpe, Of this
place. was called and a jury empanelled,
and a verdict rendered in accordance
with the above facts.-Husbandmdn.
The magazine gun is fast completing
the determination OF American game.
w. Il. Hornaday, taxidermist at the
Smithsonian Institutions, has given in a
recent paper a computation OF the
chances of what remains. The elk. he
thinks. Will soon share the fate of the
buffalo. They are found now only in
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington. The prong
horned antelope may survive ten years
longer. Probably less than l50 read of
moose remain. most of them being i'm
Northern Maine and Northern Mime
sofa. The caribou lives in thick forests
and may escape determination. The
black tail or mule deer is disappearing,
but the Virginia white tail deer will pro-
badly survive owing to its superior wari- |
ness. The Rocky Mountain goat is as
good as gone, and so is the mountain
sheep, or bighorn. Trappers are now
taking the muskrat aud the little gray rab-
bit to make up for the lack of beaver, |
otter. mink, marten and sable. The
southern fur seal, the California elephant
seal. n the great Arctic sea-cow hav
disappeared; the walrus and manatee are
curiosities; and bears, wolves, foxes and
lynx are fast going.
A dispatch from Pierre, :. d.. says:
The great indian pow-wow organized
Sunday some distance up Bad river, did
not adjourn until last night. JOIN Grass,
Sitting Bull, Gall, Red Cloud and other
notables were present n counseled with
Colonial Lounsbcry and other government
officials OH the ground. The proceedings
took more the nature of discussion,
though there was much dancing and
feastinR. About 500 were present. includ-
ing a part of Humple and Bigfoot's hos
tiles. who were breech-clouted, ~blanketcd
and anointed with war paint. Colonel
L~ounsberry made a good speech, telling
them just chat the government would do
and what they might expect hereafter.
Grass replied first, and in some
strong talk urged the Indians 10 drop all
their uncivilized ways and become as near
like the white people as they could; and
their first move should be to all take land
i'm severalty and avail themselves of the
generous gifts The government offered to
all who would accept. There seemed to
be a growing feeling during Grass re-
marks hat his advice should be followed,
but before he had his say out, Chief Big
foot, Of the hostile band, interrupted the
council by riding throuuh tho uathar;ng