The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-09
TO BUILD A BRIDGE
0. E. Peppard of MiSSOula Secures
the Contract.
4 NEW TELEPHONE LINE
It VIII Connect Livingston With the
National Park and Nearby
Towns-EN In Bad
AIIey-School Tax Goes.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Livingston, Mont. Feb. S.-The coun-
ty commissioners. in special session to-
day, awarded the contract for building
the Carter bridge to O. T.. Pcppard OF
VI Missoula. for s.. 100 The bridge is To bc
finished by the LIST of May At the same
meeting the commissioners also grant
ed NJ. Miles a permit To construct tel
cphone line from Livingston to Gardi-
ncr and CroVassc. provided the line be
finished in six months. Mr.. Miles con
templates the organization OF a stock
company for the above purpose and II
successful. will begin work early in the
spring. such a line will be "A great con-
venience to the cities of Chico. Fridley.
Gardiner and CreVasse. The means of
communication between these points
has always been inadequate and uncer-
tain and the line, when finished, Will
command a good business from the
start. Connection will also be made
with the telephone system in the Ma
tional park, end that fact Of itself is
material factor i'm the promotion Of the
enterprise.
At the school election to-day the
proposition to levy a special tax of
$1,000 to maintain the schools for the
next three months was carried by
round majority. The vote was l26 to
Is. Just seven to I'm favor of the tax.
Denis Connors was arrested this af-
tcrnoou on complaint Of Bertha Dillon,
who charges him with robbery and as
sault with a razor. Connors had been
carousing at the Dillon bagnio for sew
eral hours. long enough for him to be
come hungered. for he requested the
woman to go out and secure a break
fast for him. This she did. leaving him
alone I'm the house. on her return, she
discovered that her purse. which had
been locked in a drawer. had been re
leved of its contents. about SO. the
bottom Of the drawer had been cut out
with knife and the purse thus cN-
extracted. The woman accused Con
nors Of the theft, but he denied il. she
pointed to some fresh scrat tches on Con
nor's hands as evidence that that was
the identical hand that had gone
through the small aperture I'm the bot
tom OF the drawer, and again demand
ed that Connors pungle up the filthy
lucre At this Connors. who had been
reposing on "A couch. sprang 10 his feet
and, securing a razor, advanced toward
the woman with the remarks: Don't
you accuse me of taking your money,
you black beast" Dark as is the wo-
mans complexion, her countenance as
sumed an ashen hue at this demonstra-
tion. and she fairly few out of the
house. and ran excitedly up town after
the marshal. Sheriff Young was the
first one she found to relate her trou-
bles to. and h and Deputy Bcllar i'm
mediatcly went In search OF Connors.
who was found IN Stanlc's saloon and
taken To- the jug. ON him was found
$l4 including a new one dollar bill.
which the Dillon woman had described
as being among the contents of her
purse. Conuors has been employed for
some time on the work at the tunnel
but about a week ago surrendered his
Job. 4 few days ago he was taken In
custody on the charge OF attempting 10
defraud his creditors 10y leaving the
state. but he lquidated the amount
against him and th" charge was with
drawn. \ complaint has been filed
against him for petit larceny. aud his
hearing will occur Monday before
Judge Rose.