The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-12
MONTANA.

MONTANA.
A train Of IL cars, loaded with wool, left
Great Falls for the East yesterday.
The Northern Pacific hotel at Bozeman
was slightly damaged by fire Wednesday
night.
About 10000 pounds OF wool are now
stored in the warehouse at Big Sandy. No
sales have beef made.
The Boulder river is very low and the
water supply for irrigating purposes is
limited and growing less each day.
+. Brandice is ON the way to Manitoba
with 800 head of Madison valley horses.
He camped at Benton last Wednesday.
The Montana Press association now in
session at Livingston, will start on an ex-
cursion through the Yellowstone valley to
the national park to-day.
The big pump at the Miles City water
works has been put In position and is
ready to send a current Of water through
the mains as soon as the connections are
made.
An expert engineer will arrive from
New York the early part of next week 10
examine the proposed dam and works of
the Missouri River Power company.
The Rev. w. 3. Bell of Helena is in the
city In the interest of the intended organ
zation Of a Congregation church In Great
Falls, says the Leader. Arrangements are
not completed so that regular services can
be announced, but il is expected that this
can o he done.
Mr.. J.J. Kennedy while driving near the
sewer excavation Tuesday discovered a
part Of the body of petrified jelly fish.
The structure of the fish is plainly shown
in the rock and il in a valuable specimen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kennedy are both enthusi-
astic collectors in several lines and they
ave at their home collection of curios-
tiles which for variety is probably unex-
cclled by any private collection in the
country. Great Falls Tribune.
Some time last fall n man by the name
Of Lon Webster ran oil and married "A
young girl of about 10 years, his first wife
having died only "A few months previous
10 his second marriage, says n Bozoman
dispatch to the Helena Journal. The even
attracted but little attention, n IL was
supposed they were getting along and liv-
ing as do most couples of their standing
in life until recently, when il was told
about town that this couple were figuring
in acts of infamy seldom heard of in civ
ilized communities. IL was said that Web
stcr not only rustled up men to visit his
wife, but that he had not the decency To
leave the room while she worked out her
shame, but would sit i'm "A chair in the
same room and collect the price for their
infamy. Such "A state of affairs having
been found To exist, six good, strong men
visited Webster last night and gave him IA
coat of tar and feathers, and upon being
released he started of on n run for parts
unknown. Webster is about % years old
and his wife about III.
During the past week the Northern Pa
ciiic company has changed its tactics in
construction work in the Cour d'Alene.
The Helena Herald says nearly all the
force employed on Nine Mile, with teams,
scrapcrs, carts, ETC., has been transferred
10 the Mullen extension and is now work.
ing between Mullen and the summit The
company has decided TO push the line
through from Missoula as fast as men and
money can do il, u with the force at
work-over 1900 men-it is confidently
expected that the last rail will he laid not
later than September Is. When the main
line has beef completed a large force of
mel will he thrown into Nine Mile canyon
and the Wallace x Sunset railroad will be
built within thirty days. II is generally
conceded that the Custer Mill will he the
terminus of the line for this season unless
the Union Pacific should force II To build
further, which. considering the amount of
work the Union has to do in this vicinity
is looked upon by some as doubtful. The
Northern people have still a small force
at work in the canyon. clearing right of
way, and will probably maintain the same
until ready To resume operations on n
more extensive scale. This is likely TO
take place at any time after September 1.
The work from Wallace TO the forks of
the creek is not heavy, and with anything
like a force of men can he built in a sur
prisingly short time. Ii is an assured
fact that the Wallace a Sunset railroad
will be built to the Custer mill before
snow flies. The Northern, To compete
with the Union Pacific, must nave an
eastern connection 10 operate its present
branches advantageously, and hence the
great rush To connect with the main line
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