The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
NORTHWEST NEWS.


cases that two locomotives arc required to
haul the trains.
Vsrvi.Sa CAyosicie: Tho full compile
ment Of 80 stamps In the Nevada mill IRE
to the fumc that supplies the motive
power for the surface Pelton wheel and
the electric dynnmos having been COM
pleted.
Several weeks ago the Gibson Light
Guards sent out q challenge tn the several
infantry companies composing the Mon
tame National Guards for n competitive
drill for $500. First prize $500 and second
prise 500. No reply has yet been re-
ceived from amy of the companies, says
the Great Falls Leader.
Carson. New, Appeal, 9TH: Messrs.
Ford and Merritt of Eureka county drove
lA.OOO head of sheep into Nye county to
grase, and the assessor pounced on to
them. They were assessed
I'm Eureka county. The supreme court has
just decided that the Nyc county assessor
exceeded his authority. Judgment for
the appellants and order of district court
reversed.
CGur d'Alene Times i: Fine specimen OF
trout are being taken from the lake by the
novel method of cutting n hole i'm the ice
and inserting n hook baitcd with beef
steak. The novelty Is added tn by the de-
mand for Z" just ono mes" of trout. This
is u bona fide illustration of the fact hat
other than the rich can enjoy life, for tits
INV = ~ tHs hhSSt III tllAt
catches the most fish.
Citizens of Johnson and Sheridan coun-
ties, WyO., have organized and incorpo-
rated the Massacre Hill asso-
citation. Shares Of stock will bc issued
for 81 each and the money will he ap-
piled to building n monument on tho site
of the Phil kcarney massacre. The pre-
amblc says: "On December n, 1886, al
most a quarter of "a century ago, there &C.
CURED within the territorial limits Of what
"a NON, UDl.raDnr anil Sn.x~sxunp. AD.,uNsaa
one of the most cruel and hcart-rcndin0
ndian massacres that the present CEN
tury records, wherein Brevt. Lieut.. Col.
Fetternlan, 18th regimeEt United States
ions, including several private citizens,
laid down their lives in that terrible strife
and sanctifled the soil we have inherited
10y their lifc-blood freely and nobly spilled
i'm the performance OF duty and whereby
we now occupy this fair land"
An Ogden special to the Salt Lake 7Ti-
bane says: IL was learned yesterday even.
ing that Colonel Howard and Professor
Newell of the Ogden Military academy
had made what may prove n valuable dis
east OF Ogden. One OF the gentlemen, il
appears, entertained "a theory that this
precious metal could he found there, b,rt
not until yesterday afternoon, when TAX
ing a Sunday walk, were his expectations
realized. A reporter went out To the
academy. two and a half miles from the
center of the city, and saw both gentle
men. Professor Newell was reticent and
Colonel Howard equally un-communica-
tive. Mrs. Howard, however. the wife of
the colonel, was 50 enthusiastic hat she
could not rcprcss the that the
rlmor was correct and that specimens had
been brought back to the institution All
that could bc COTTON out OF Colonel How
ard was that he had not told anything to
any one. Neither Inc nor Professor Newell
would say ought as to where they had
been, nor the character of the find.
Virginia City (Ncv.l Chronicle: A Mill
Creek miner thus winds up the story of a
fight tween a thousand wolves that he
siegcd his cabin one night recently in the
mountains Of nat region, incitcd to frenzy
by the notes of the aforesaid miners fld-
die: II flddled and they fit and they ate
each other, till the band began to hin
out. Every time l gave an extra rasp OH
the f string they howled louder and
pitched in afresh. They kept it mp for
three hours when there wasn't more than
forty or fifty left, and they SO blamed full
that they could hardly waddle. But l fld-
died and they tit for second wind. When
one threw up the sponge, the others bottled
him in a twinklinR. BY and by there
wasn't more than a dozen left. But ! fld-
died and they fit and Toasted. When they
got down to three each one laid hold of
anothcr's tail and chawed for glory. The
ring kept getting smaller. but / fiddled
and they chawed until there was only a
bunch Of hair left and that blowed away
down the hill. Then lie went out to look
at things. The SNOW was all red with
blood and tramped down 10 feet deep.
Heads and bones were strung all the way
down the canyon and there was fur enough
in sight to stuff IA circus tent. 1t was the
dandiest dog fight I ever saw"
Governor Toole has issued the following
proclamation i'm regard to Arbor day
Pursuant to law and in keeping with the
best interests of the state /. Joseph X.
Toole. governor of the state OF Montana,
do hereby set apart the third Tuesday of
April lbcing tho lift. cnth day of April.
1890 as a day for the planting of trees,
beautifying homes, cemeteries, highways,
public grounds and landscapes. The OBJ
servance of this day. aside from becoming
u custom beautiful i'm itself, will rapidly
and materially enhance the value of all
roper SO improved. Therefore.
earnestly request that all tho people of
Montana observe this day i'm the manner
indicated above. and I especially recon-
mend that the attention of pupils in all
our schools be directed to the Importance
of the cultivation of trees, and that where
ever practicable they participate in plant
ing trees, shrubs and vines in the school
house grounds. To those who desire to
avail themselves of tho more substantial
rewards of exemption from taxation Mt.