The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-01
TOWN TATTLE In BUTTE


Special C0rrespondence AZ the standard-
BUTTE. Dec. M.-There has been almost
. complete cessation OF police court busi-
meas aimee Christmas day. City Attorney
Corbets remarks that the people of Butte
are observing the city ordinances will
alarming regularity. The city attorney
loses $50 every time a man observes .
city
The city council In supposed to meet to-
morrow night, but it being New Years
night 10 In not likely that n quorum of the
aldermen will get together. In hat case
. special meeting will be called. There
is much interest In the disposition that
will be made of the proposed ordinance
providing for the taxation OF houses of ILL
fame and their inmates.
g.. City Treasurer Jacobs to-day received
an affecting letter from Miss B. w. Stokes
of No. 1913 Simcoe street, Toronto, asking
a~nxiously in regard to her brother. He
was living in Butte when last heard from,
but no letter has been received by his
family from him in more than a year.
John Young was found lying sick with
delirium trs mems I'm a cabin I'm Quartz
/, street, near the new fire house. The in
terror of his cabin presented a picture of
filth aud destitulion that Is seldom seen in
any city. Young has been an industrious
and prosperous carpenter until lately.
During the present fall and winter lie has
been drinking heavily and is now i'm "a
pitiable state. His only attendant is "a
man I'm st as degraded as himself, Girls
Harris, who this afternoon was lying on
the hoor in "A drunken stupor. Young was
suffering on the bed with no one tn attend
10 his wants. The resources of the house,
hold con sisted of u part of n jug of whis-
key and three cold potatoes. Young was
darling from the pipe of the teaket'le.
Young aud his companion were taken to
the county Jail this afternoon.
Two more attachments were served to-
day OH the property of Matthew's Curtis,
the grocers who recently assigned at
Walkerville.
Roger Maddern, who was charged
wit > ,tit lAr.,E in stealing n. gold
watch from u room in the Little doe
block, was released this morning. The
landiady, Mrs. Butler, could not identify
MAdd.rn as one of the men who was seen
i'm the lodging house at the time of the
robDery.
Clark for 4oO,UOo was to have been ar
raigneu this afternoon. but no complaint
had beeiI drawn against HIM.
The cable line to walkerville has re-
sumed running. A new cable has been
put in.
John Mcintyre, Charles Mcintyre, Mary
AcIntyre, Bella Smith and John Smith
havs located the Isabella placer Claim in
the Camp creek district.
Joseph II. Harper to-day hled his bond
os county surveyor.
Charles McGill was tried before Judge
Eddy this afternoon for robbery at Silver
Bow by impersonating AN officer. He was
held under $l,UJo bonds TO await the action
of tile grand jury.
Al the organization of the Montana
State Castle No. 1, knights of the Golde
Eagle, at Butte last night, these officer.
were instalied: William Harris, past
-. 80. Ill. .l.E A Ia
Knight, vice chief; w. =. Roberts, hig
pricsl; Josepl hoar, venerable iierin.t
John A. Pint, sir herald; w: w. D.eiSe
master of recorIs; n. d. BJwden, CLERK bi
exciiequer; AZ. COX keeper OF exciiequer
Elisha liam way, w.r.hy bard; Jounii,
Rowe, wortny c.iAm oeria.n; fred Evans
ensign; Artnur May, ESQUIRE; w. II. Rowe
first guard; LeInici i8oltoil. second guard
aud,tinx coiln.ttee. w. 4. RoDerts an.
john kiroy. w. IL. Eddy. line instaii,
ton WAS by Deputy supreme Chief w. 4
ship II az.
[. b. Moore has resigned as supcriu
tendent of the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele
phone company. tie will return To Sai
Lake and will be succeeded ny Seth Il
Smith, who has been with the company "a
Helena.
Napoleon La Crosse and Ida Lorselle
and John Fleming and Josie O'Donnel
have been licensed To marry.
II. W.. Gushing mas re-oTeneu MS dru
store in the new Bernard block.
Mrs. Alice w. Vincent to-day asked 70
letters AT administration OH the estate q
ThSaia Vincent, deceased.
German Lutheran services will be hel
tomorrow evening at the Central schos
Oh West
D.. T. Wells of his city was ma
ried this evening at Salt Lake. Mis
Sanding Is the Dride.
Information was received here to-da
of the death of Mr.. Whiting Of Meiross
He was found dead yesterday nnorniu
near the railro1u track. He had 10
his way in the darkness and Is suppose
20 have frozen To death. He was II
father Of Mrs. Thomas X 1bbins of Me
rose.
Taken lback Ia Phillipsburg.
Special to tile standard.
PH~ILLIPsBURG, Dec. tv
weeks ago a man who goes by the nan