The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
TOWNS IN'THE NORTH
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Some of the Most Important Happen
+. ingS of Recent Date.
COMMENT AND PURE FACTS
There Is Some Item of Interest
From Nearly Every Settle
ment, City. Ranch or Cou-
lee In That Section.


lee In That Section.
Great Falls. May 2s.-The populists of
cascade county will hold their pri-
maries Saturday evening, June 1s, to
elect delegates to the county conven-
ton. which meets in Great Falls Mon
day, June is, to elect delegates to the
state convention. which convenes at
Bouider June %, to name six delegates
to the national convention at st. Louis
July %. Cascade county will have one
or more candidates for delegates to the
national convention, and ii is pretty
safe to assume that Northern Montana
VIII not be turned down by treachery
similar to that worked at Butte in the
believed that Brother John or even
Brother Tom--in his solitary and awful
anguish-will barber and ill will
against the British empire for the po-
p litical opinions expressed in that neat
ana clever little newspaper, the River
y Press, unless they are written in a
scholarly way by a gentleman from
Ohio.
~ Sheriff Willis of Glasgow and a posse
of Valley county officials are still down
in North Dakota making frantic efforts
to round up Sippech and Nelson, the
murderer and Jail breaker. =
g There is ample reason to believe from
= the number of letters received at the
fsGreat Falls Office of the Standard
from Benton, Havre and other points
In Choteau county-that the Standard
has pretty general circulation in that
neck o. the woods, and that each issue
lsof the paper is read pretty thoroughly,
: too-even by men whose names are not
ION the subscription list. Some of these
letters contain mild protests and others
Offer the advice to keep Ii Hp;" they
deserve it," and words to that effect
The Standard is read by everybody-all ,
over. "a
= Yesterday DIR. Witeman, who is proud
lsof the fact that he is prominent mem
Der of the American Protective asso-
citation, entered the Vienna restaurant
in Great Falls and ordered an Irish
stew, dish of which he is passionately
fond. The WAITER quick witted Irish |
man, startled the assembled guests by |
Eshouting to the cook: "Give me an |
Irish stew for an A. p. A. and make it |
strong with, cayenne and hottern |
hades." .---.-- --..-.-.-.l
n Judge Fitzgerald performed his first |
marriage ceremony in Belt this week, |
the contracting parties being John Pat |
terson, well-known resident of that |
camp and Miss Lizzie Schoebert a |
popular young lady of Deer Lodge, who |
came over the range to get married. |
The Times says that after the cere-
mony the young couple were rendered
serenade by the band and received
the congratulations of large number
of friends at their new residence, where
they have gone to housekeeping
Leonard Stryker, who committed sui
eide near Benton last Tuesday by
shooting himself through the heart
was comparatively well off financially.
There was considerable money on his
person and he owned a nice bunch of
cattle. 1t is alleged that he has been
rather depressed of late for some rea-
son, which he refused to disclose to his
friends 1t is thought the idea of TAX
ing his own life occurred to him dur
ing a fit of the blues and he at once
carried out the rash act. He is not
believed to have had any relatives in
Montana.
The populists of Fergus county will
hold their convention in Lewistown on
Saturday, June 6. 1t is more than
likely the democrats and populists will
fuse and put a ticket in the field that
will wipe the earth with their political
opponents.
The Democrat says that David Hill |
ger, deputy sheep inspector of Fergus
county, states that there is not any |
danger of further spread among the |
sheep of the county of scab. The dis
ease in the few exposed bands is well
under control and only a few sheep in | ,
each band are infected The sheep that
were exposed to the contagion number !
about 5000. They have been dipped !
twice and the third dipping will be
made next month. after shearing, and !
will Undoubtedly be effectual and final |
as the fleece will be off and the solu- I
ton will reach the skin. I
The Press says that a search of the :
tax roll shows that about 140 flock 7
masters in Choteau county paid taxes !
on sheep property last year. Each !
one of these employs more or less help, :
which indicates that quite a number !
of people are engaged in the occupa-
tion of sheep husbandry in that
county.
After a thorough search of the court =
records Court Clerk Healy reports !
that Mrs. Stratton is the first female q
convict sent to the penitentiary from
Choteau county in the history of his
Office. The first term of the district
court ever held in Choteau county was b
on April is. 1879; previous to that X
criminal cases went to Lewis and
Clarke county for trial.