The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-30
r CURRENT VOTES

Paul Davis returned to the city last
evening.
Lee Foster left yesterday afternoon for
an extended trip to Europe.
No session of the district court will be
held to-day, il being a legal holiday.
Nelson Bennett, the Montana and
Washington capitalist, is in the city.
J. LonRmaid, formerly a resident of
Butte, but now Of Salt Lake, is in the city.
The late David A. Burt was buried yes
terday afternoon under Masonic auspices.
The postoflce will be open to-day from
10 to II o'clock only, the same as on Sum
LAY.
Fully an inch, il not more, of snow fell
Yesterday morning between 3 m 3
o'clock.
"Uncle BEN" Price of Marysville is in
Thee city hunting up old time friends and
acquaintance.
Quite a number of society people left
for Anaconda yesterday evening to attend
the ladies' drill and carnival.
The annual meeting of the Hiawatha
Mining company was held last night in
the office of Casey, Holland a. Company.
A literary entertainment will be given
this evening at the Mountain View Meth
,list church by the Young Peoples ALI
ance.
new addition will shortly be laid put
on the west side of the town. IL will COM
prise about 10 acres of nice ground in n
good location.
Charles McGill, who was sentenced by
Judge Mediation to seven years in the
pepitentiary for robbery, was taken to
Deer Lodge by Sheriff Lloyd yesterday.
On and after tomorrow, May 81, the
new Montana Union freight depot will be
open for business. The general offices,
however, will not be moved until june ID.
Judge Cantwcll performed his second
marriage yesterday Afternoon.
He male lear Pourtette and Eugene
Bassett husband N wife until death
parts them.
The remains of Conductor Waite were
forwarded to Omaha yesterday. The
body was taken to Logan, on the Butte d
Bozeman road. and forwarded via the
Northern Pacific.
DIR. j. NJ. Merrill, one of the principal
owners of the Bi-Metallic passed through
the city yesterday, en- route to Oakland,
Cal. The doctor is ON his way home from
a visit to the mine.
City Editor Quinn. of the Miner, went 10
Garrison yesterday to meet his wife, who
was on her way from Portland to meet
him. Mr.. and Mrs. Quinn arrived In the
city on h evening train.
The Lexington made two shipments of
bullion yesterday, one via American and
other by the Pacific express. The two
~consignments consisted of 10 bars Of an
estimated value of S32,792.
There will be no arrests in connection
with last Sundays prize fight. One gen.
tleman who took a prominent part in the
affair was placed under arrest, but was
afterwards released, SO il is claimed.
Pending settlement Of the Davis estate
work on the Wabash mine, owned by the
late A. j. Davis and Captain Emmerson,
has been suspended. The pump was re,
moved this morning and the mine closed
for an indefinite period.
W. B. Green, assistant superintendent
Of the Montana Central railroad, was
in the city yesterday looking after the
track war waged by his company against
the street railway. j. ID. McCutcheon,
the company's attorney accompanied
him.
Louis kohler. arrested last week OH a
charge of burglary i'm the first degree, was
released By Judge Newkirk yesterday,
The arrest was made on complaint OF
Maud Lawrence. who appeared in court
and withdrew the charge and paid all
costs.
Jim Macky, one of the well-known young
men Of the city, tonight received a telc'
gram from Edward Stokes, asking him to
go to New York and a the position oi
steward OF the Hoffman house. Mr.
Macky is not disposed TO leave Butte just
now.
The Chinese woman, Mary Lee, who
was examined for insanity and acquitted
on Wednesday was rearrestcd yesterday
on the same charge. The second exami
nation proved her insanity conclusivel,
and in the afternoon she was taken Il
Warm Springs.
The story published a few days ago
abouta small boy being shot in cold bloot
near n road house turns out 10 have
been a canard. The boy had a poke
full of cartridges, one of which accident
ally exploded, the ball striking him in til,
leg. How the story OF willful shooting
originated is not known.