The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-05
TOWNS In THE NORTH
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.

Great Falls, May At is said that
Charley Hall, the smooth, PLAUSIBLE,
eloquent and curly-headed clerk and
recorder of Valley county, will not be
candidate for his present position
this fall. Mr.. Hall has made consider
able HAY" during the sunshine of his
official life at Glasgow, and is now en-
titled to proper recognition as a
accommodating become owner of
a band of sheep numbering several
thousand. These high-grade producers
OF marlno wool roam at will DER his
plantation, adjacent to the county seat,
and Charley's ambition-next to be-
coming member of the legislature
and chairman of a good committee
is to become a lowly shepherd, with
long curly hair falling to his waist and
one-dollar Waterbury clock hung
across his manly breast.
The Opinion says that Fred Thol-
lander, the unfortunate young man
who recently suffered the amputation
or his right arm at Chinook, caused by
the careless handling of loaded Win
chester rifle, is able to be about on the
streets. The skillful treatment of our
eminent physician, DR.. Hopkins, and
the motherly care of Mrs. S. A. Cook
have worked miracles. To this fact is
due the rapid recovery of Mr.. Thol-
lander
The silver sentiment displayed at the
republican convention, held in Great
Falls Saturday, is in marked contrast
with the action of that party in several
counties in Northern Montana, where
they have elected delegates to the state
convention who are pronounced Nc
Kinley men. Cascade county republi-
cans seem proud to go on record as ad-
vocates of free silver-and there are no
big silver-producing mines in the
county, either.
District court will convene in Cho-
teau county Wednesday morning, NAV
6. but the trial jurors will not be called
on to report until the following Mon
day. The tusy list is as follows: Pat
Connolly, John Torgy, r. w. Buck
land. d. N. Luse, Albert Davy, T. c.
Burns, j. f. Patterson, Richard Fish.
ID. E. Murray, Charles z. King, Will
lam Smotherman. James Barry, r. r.
Lyle, August Yang, r. Godfrey
James THAN, Mark Cockrill, Joseph
Gussenhaven, Jesse Bright, Rube Hau-
ser, Isaac Brown, Mike Clancy, Ed
ward Lawler, Nels Williams John
THAN, H. A. Nottingham, Dan Nc
Gowan and w. r. Hensen. A peculiar
feature of the jury is that one of them.
Mike, Clancy, will be tried for killing
Tom Hanaf1n, and another RUDE Hau-
ser, was brother-in-law of Hama
fin.
The Record says that Thomas Dunn
was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Hail of Glasgow Tues
day on charge of smuggling. The
complaint was filed by David q.
Browne, collector of customs, and al
legged that Dunn and A. C. Broom did.
last June, smuggle into the United
States from Canada a quantity of a
certain drug Ahown as phenecatine.
No evidence, however, was introduced
against Dunn and he was dismissed.
Broom has not yet been arrested, and
we understand the case against him
VIII also be dropped.
The next annual meeting of the
Northern Montana Roundup associa-
ton will also be held at Chinook, ru-
mors to the contrary Notwithstanding
Those who visited the recent meeting
speak most enthusiastically of the gem
erous reception accorded the visitors
by the enterprising people of Chi
nook
Reliable information reaches this Of
hce to the effect that James Simpson,
that model of manly beauty and bow
legged piano thumper, who deserted
his wife in Great Falls several weeks
ago and eloped with a notorious sport
ing woman named frankie Du Boise,
has located at Wallace Idaho. where
the couple are residing as Mr.. and Mrs.
James Simpson. 1t is said Simpson
will engage in the variety business and
open up a resort similar to that for
merly conducted in Great Falls by Miss
Mollie Gertrude Thompson-which was
closed up by the police. In the mean
time Mrs. Simpson. the deserted wife
is an inmate of Columbus hospital
where she Is PROSTATE with grief at
the conduct of her recreant husband
State President Caldwell of the
American Protective association has
been visiting his brethren of the mys- |
FERROUS order in Great Falls. 1t is al
legged that he held a long conference /
with the big Five" who are supposed |
to control the destinies of the members |
of the local lodge, and promised one of /
them a fat state Office and three others |
lucrative official positions in Cascade /
county this fall-after the election. |
Meantime the big Five" are TO make |
an effort to increase the membership |
of the Great Falls lodge and to re- /
cruit the ranks from the ignorant I
masses of foreigners'-whom they can /
successfully work"
The Neihart Herald says that an I'M |
usual occurrence followed the compile /
ton of the Queen shaft Tuesday night, +
when contractors and all the laborers /
employed put in together on the mate /
rial for a celebration. The best of feel 1
ing prevailed and the boys We're all I
joyous at the success of the big Job. i
They went together. pledged friend /
ship. drank three kegs of beer. smoked 1
a hundred cigars and were generally
happy. Speeches were made by Joseph \
Brulotte, William Wooten and ]. i. \
Adams. The participants in the rev.
Try q learn ~
Messrs. Joseph Brulotte, NJ. F. Boland,