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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-09
Bits OF Farm News.

Edward Shorey of Litchfield Plains,
set out 2000 strawberry plants this
spring.
Lapham & Packard of Litchfield
Plains, have set out. this season, 200
apple trees, ostly Of the Ben Davis
rariety.
Some complaints are being made Of
potato seed rottfng badly in cases of
sarly planted pieces, owing to the cold
weather.
w. II. Lang of Ripley. has 20 COWS
md sells the millat Newport.for which
le receives from 500 to $40 a month.
He will increase his herd to "A this
season.
Three hundred thousand cans
viii be made at Webb's corn
mop at Gray. this season.
about 100 acres of sweet corn will be
tainted by the farmers in that vicinity.
Six car loads Of cans have been re-
.eived at the Waldoboro canning fac
Dry. This represents $50 900 cans,
which will be about two-tllirds IF what
sill be required for their pack Of peas
md corn.
J. d. Dunn of North Sumner. has q
yearling sheep thai was brought up by
'land that sheared 1919 pounds Of wool.
Mr.. Dunn also has five sheep thai have
line lambs. all Of which are smart and
growing we'll.
oxford Democrat: The manage
nent of the oxford County ASricul-
.ural society deserve praise for their
.cf,caI 10 c,,ap tha fa;r nrnttn1S 10
ports upon the day that belongs to the
'oldier boys. and is set apart to honor
ne emo of those who died to save
he nation.
NJ. r. Barton of Dexter. has one of
he largest yoke of oxen ever seen in
hat vicinity. Mr.. Barton has owned
them for several years and for some
time past has been feeding and getting
them ready for market. At the present
time one of the pair weighs over 1900
pounds. They are of the Durham
breed.
Maine Farmer: Farmers about here
don't seem to grapple with the cater
pillar question as they should. Through
out Kennebec county they are hanging
n festoons in the apple tree and cherry
tree branches, truly a most disgust
ing and discouraging sight. If let
alone they will not only destroy the
ruit for this year, but greatly injure
the trees.
w. s. Hodgkins Of jefferson. owns Il
tine pair of oxen. They were raised
IN the farm, six years old. seven feet.
three inches in the line, nicely matched.
md good workers. w. II. Hanson, an
other prosperous farmer of jefferson,
recently killed a black faced RAM.
three years old. that dressed 90 pounds,
i've weight $50 pounds. A few years
since he dressed a Durham and Hol-
stein bull that dressed 925 pounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-09

Hon. I. C. Libby of Waterville, claims
that he has the largest number of acres
planted with hoed crops, in kennebec
corntv. He has % acres of potatoes,
five acres of corn, five acres of beets,
sugar and mangle and V acres OF
yellow eyed beans. Mr.. Libby k
great interest in agriculture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-09

BREMEN-George E. Havener to +; F..
Bowden ct al. land, sl25; Emma D. But
Ipr to %. f. Bowden ct al. 81, etc.
Observation-Disclosures Dodge to John
Brier ct al. land. $11. -
Observation-Disclosures S. Folsom to
samuel C. Kennedy, land and bulidlhs'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. +. Welt to Her
hort S. Leavitt. land and buildings. $loo.
WHITEFIELD-James Lawiess estate
to Matthew O'Reilly, a ana pulidihs'
xf01.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-09
Nationa, infaliibIc Medicine Co.

Organized May .. 1896. Capital stock.
$1,000, 600. Shares. $40 each. More than half
of the entire stock already signed for.
Now is the time to get shares before
they are all sold. There is every pros
pect OF the shares doubling in value in
which it has refused SO. 900. There is
nothing like it in the market. and the
medicine will do all they claim for it.
Manager. 2S3 Water street. Room 6. Au-
gusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-09
seasonable specialties.

Silver candlesticks are popular this
season in pairs or singly.
Salad made Ct strips Of celery, sliced
pineapple and mayonnaise.
Whipped cream served over straw
berry shortcake.
Tomato bisque, q thick, rich soup
made from tomatoes, milk or cream.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-09
A New Floor Covering.

A new material for covering doors,
resembling mating in general style and
design, but which is superior to it in its
lack of haylike odors. is of vegetable
fiber and comes in soft, dark colors. It
NAV be sewed together and may be used
either in the form Of large rugs Of as
.carneta.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
MlSSOULA ALL RIGHT
The County Is in Good Shape With
Unimpared Credit.
SOME ERRORS CORRECTED
There Is No Call for the Cry of
"Wolf" That Has Been Raised
at Times-The Commits
sioners In Session.

Missoula. March 5.-The county COM
missioners have spent another day in
the considera ton of the finances of Mis-
soula county and they have arrived at
the conclusion that the situation is by
no means as bad as IL has been rep
resented Never in the history of the
county has there been a more econom-
ical administration of its affairs than
at present. AS the Standard has al
ready said, the running expenses of last
year were 81 900 less than they had been
before. and that $500 of this sum was
the result of reductions in salaries.
Several items have been cited during
the past few days which seem to have
been very much misconstrued. One
item alone, the interest paid on war
rants taken up. while charged in with
the expense account, really shows that
the financial condition of the county
was improved. When the new counties
of Ravalli and Flathead paid to Mis-
soula county their portions of the in
debtedness of the old county, the new
Missoula county Immediately called in
a large number of warrants. The in
terest ON these warrants amounted to
about $4,000. and this item was charg-
ed to the expense account. OF course,
IL makes the expense account for that
year look unreasonably large when on
ly the total is considered. but, as a mat
ter of fact. the county's running ex-
penses have been growing lighter each
year. since the segregation of Ravalli
and Flathead.
This is but one instance in many. The
fact that the outstanding indebtedness
of the county has reached its present
point is not due to any extravaganza
during the past four years. 1t has
arisen from two principal causes-too
small an assessment and too light a
levy.
Missoula county is all right. There
is no occasion for the cry of wolf
that has been raised here recently. 1t
will react seriously upon the county un-
less the question is fully explained. The
county Is prosperous and its credit is
unimpaired. County warrants are
quoted at 9S.
IL is probable that the county will
this year be divided into assessment
districts. that the work may be more
thoroughly done. If this is accom-
plished Missoula county's valuation
will be increased materially. II is a
significant fact that in the year follow
ing their segregation, the valuation of
Ravalli and Flathead counties increas-
ed more than three million dollars over
the assessment that had been placed
on them while they formed a portion of
Misssoula county.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
MISSOULA NEWS.

Missoula, March 5.-The eastbound
train on the Northern Pacific settled
down to business and is now running
on time. The westbound train still
comes in five or six hours late on ac-
count OF the trouble at Bozeman tun-
mel
Corrinne and her excellent company
delighted a large audience at the Ben
nett opera house tonight with a good
performance of ''Hendrick Hudson"
c. A. Barnes and w. S. Settle are ex-
pected home from New York next Sun
day
Trees for the improvement of the
state university grounds have been or
dered from Corvallis. This is the first
large order for shade trees that has
been filled by the home nursery. and It
Is source of congratulation that the
local nursery can furnish this class of
stock. Home grown trees will be in
demand in Western Montana
The county treasurer began several
suits to compel payment of liquor IL
censes, which are in dispute Four
suits were begun to-day and more are
likely TO follow.
Work has begun at Hamilton on the
new hotel, which will be completed by
July l.
Accidents at Wallace delayed the
Occur d'Alene train several hours to-
day.
Members of the democratic commit
tee state tonight that indications are
very favorable for securing the state
convention for Missoula Assurances
of support have been received from all
sections of the state. The republican
committee has received numerous let
ters regarding its party convention,
but the indications do not seem as IA
Norable as for the democratic conyen-
tion.
Elbridge Hammond is in the city to-
day. Mr.. Hammond will pitch for the
Hamilton team this season and Griffin
viii cover first base. The Bitter Root
town proposes TO have a red hot team
this year and Missoula ought to be get
ting into line at once IL she expects 10
maintain her reputation as a baseball
town.
The Missoula Retail LIQUOR Dealers
Mutual Protective association, the first
organization of the kind in the state
held its regular meeting last evening.
The association includes all the retail
liquor dealers in the city. and they are
preparing. they say. to make them
selves heard and felt, on some import
ant propositions.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
BADBLE OF A CRANK
BiggerStaff, the Condemned Murderer,
Talks in Court
DEATH OF FRANK H. MURRAY
His Body Found Near Winston-It
Is Supposed hat His Horse
Stumbled and Fell on Him
He's Well Known.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, March 5.-Democratic prima-
ries for the coming city election in
April will be held March %. The con-
vention will be held on the 31st. The
city democratic central committee has
been in session all evening and decided
upon the dates. Besides discussing the
situation no further business was trans
acted.
William Biggerstaff, the murderer of
Dick johnson. will pay the penalty of
his crime at the Lewis and Clarke coun-
ty jail April 6, between the hours OF 10
a. m. and 6 p. m. Judge Blake resen-
fenced the condemned man this morn
ing. An immense crowd was on hand
to witness the proceedings, as il was
known that BiggerstaI intended to
make speech. He was given an op-
portunity to speak and held forth for
an hour and 20 minutes. He talked in
rambling manner, but was not in the
least embarrassed, seeming to enjoy
having so large an audience. He re-
viewed the evidence of his case as best
he could, and maligned the witnesses
who had appeared against him. He
created something of a sensation by
saying that he had been prosecuted in
Jail and had been annoyed in every pos
sible manner, saying his friends had
not been allowed to see MIN, and that
hto ftiNtiS MtIC HOl SlNtil W Ill1fl. Ills
charges of abuse are imaginary and
are given no credence.
Biggerstaff also criticised his attor-
ney, Col G. Il. Nolan, saying that he
had mismanaged his case from the
start. He expressed no appreciation
whatever of his s'attorney's faithful and
untring efforts in his behalf, but adj
mitted that he had never paid a dollar
to Mr.. Nolan. He also said that he had
never employed Henry c. Smith, and
inferred that there was something
shady in his connection with the case
Mr.. Smith made an earnest plea for
Biggerstaff, saying that he probably
had become somewhat demented, and
asked the court to extend the period of
life as long as possible. The condemn
ed man resented the imputation and
said that his attorney had more wheels
than he did.
Frank II. Murray, one of the best
known mining men in the state, met
a sudden death in the mountains south
of Winston last evening. He was in
terested in the Stray Horse mine, six
miles from Winston, and visited the
yesterday Last evening he
started to town horseback, but nothing
further was seen of him until this
morning. when his body was found In
a snow bank. His horse was standing
near by. 1t is supposed the horse STUN
bled and fell on him, killing him in
stantly. "a
An inquest was held at Winston, the
verdict being accidental death. His
body was brought to HeIena this even
ing and will be inferred here. Mr.. MUIR
ray was interested in many mining
in and about Helena He was
a partner of United States Marshal
in the 80" mine, recently
opened in Helena, and had interests
about Wickes, Lump Gulch and Win
ston. He was a man of sterling quail |
tiles and had an unusual number of |
friends. Mr.. Murray was As years old, |
and leaves a wife and three small chill |
iren.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
A DENIAL.
The stonga Murder Case Calls Out a
Communication.

The stonga Murder Case Calls Out a
Communication.
Missoula, March 5.-Ravalli county is
all torn up over the recent arrest of Am
brose Miller upon the charge of murder
ing Peter Strongue. or Stonga, as he was
variously known. There are charges and
counter-charges being made in connec-
tion with the case. Miller was discharged
from custody, IL will be remembered, and
he was cleared of all suspicion in the
matter. Since then there has been vast
amount of rag-chewing going on, which
seems to be to no purpose. as far as the
general public is concerned. The follow
ing letter was received at the Missoula
office of the Standard to-day regarding
the connection of Mr.. Simpson with the
case:
ITO the Standard: The Ravalli Repub-
lican in its last issue charges me with
having bothered the sheriff (Mr Sig.
Chaffin), great deal. and wanted to be
placed on the case (the Stonga murder
case). desire to say that this is not true.
The sheriff first spoke TO me- 1 also wish
TO state further that 1 defy any one to
prove that acted in any way dishonest
or dishonorable in the matter. This is the
second time that the Republican has
jumped on me. and without just cause or
reason. i suppose that every one knows
that If the county attorney and the as
sisting prosecuting attorney had not sup
posed they had a case they would not
have acted in the matter. All these ma
licious publications are on account of the
approaching elections. and solely for po-
litical reasons. l can in the future say
more concerning this case II necessary.
and | can assure the public that il will
be interesting reading. Respectfully.
"R. II. Simpson"
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
ONE HONEST MAN.

Dear Editor: Please inform your read
ers that If written to confidentially I will
mail in a sealed letter the plan pursued
by which i was permanently restored to
health and manly vigor after years of
suffering from Nervous Weakness, night
losses and weak, shrunken parts. / have
no scheme to extort money from any one
whomsoever. as / was robbed and swim
died by the quacks until 1 nearly lost
faith in mankind, but thank Heaven, I
am now well, vigorous and strong, and
anxious to make this certain means of
cure known to all. Having nothing to sell
or send c. o. d., ] want no money Ad-
dress JAMES A. HARRIS, Box 372 Del
ray, Mich.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
CHICAGO MARKETS.


Chicago, March 5.-Cattle-To-day the
market was strong at yesterdays ad-
vance but weakened a little at the close.
beef cattle selling 25d30c higher than at
the close of last week. Sales were again
on a basis of s3.35q4.75 cows sold at SEA
$40 prime calves. $6.25; stockers and
feeders have advanced. few selling below
s.. co.
Hogs-Receipts were not large enough
for the demand to-day and prices were
strong at yesterdays closing figures
with some sales made higher. Common to
choice droves sold at $3.S5d4.1o
Sheep-There was good demand:
prices ruled firm Common to fancy sheep
were saleable at $2.50Gi3.90, sales being
largely at s3.25@3.6O, and fed westerns
again predominated. Lambs were active
at $S.50d4.60, very few selling under A.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
Notice for Publicat tion.


1896.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
OF said claim, and that said proof will be
made before t. O'Leary, Commissioner
u. s. Circuit Court, District of Montana,
at postoffice at Stuart. Mont, on March
7th, 1896 viz: Harry NJ. Grifith, who
made ii. E. No. 424S for the Eh, SEA, Sec.
a. TIP. N. r. 10 West
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of. said land. viz William
Norton. Charles o. Fuller, Morgan Thorn
as. John Watson, all of Stuart. Montana.
Any person who desires to protest
against the allowance of such proof. or
who knows of any substantial reason. un-
der the law and the regulations of the in
terior department why such proof should
not be allowed. will be given an opportu-
nifty at the above mentioned time and
place to cross-examire the witnesses of
said claimant and to offer evidence In re-
buttal OF that submitted by claimant.
Ent w. z. COX. Register.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
Inter st In Court.

Missoula, March 5.-There will be an
interesting session OF the district court
Tomorrow. Judge Brantly of Deer
Lodge. Will be here TO sit in the Muir
phy-LaCass case and Judge Woody will
invite Judge Brantly to sit jointly with
him during the hearing OF the case of
Curry VS.. Drinkwine. which will once
more occupy the boards. This case. of
which much has already been said. will
come up tomorrow under the question
OF whether or not the judgment debtor
shall pay witness fees. which amount TO
considerable. The case was appealed at
once. In the Justices court at Horse
Plains, Mrs. Curry received judgment
for $40 in the district court. Upon an
peal the verdict was for $44 in her ia
vor. Later. the motion was made bv
Mrs. Curry's attorney that the witness
fees be included in the judgment This
was denied and an exception was
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
Mestern Montana NeWs

taken. To-day the question Gomez up
once more. but Judge Woody continued
IL till tomorrow in order that Judge
Brantly may sit with him in the case.
IL Is also expected that there will be
large attendance of attorneys, as the
question is an important one. as 1t will
establish a precedent.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
Instruments III ed.

Missoula. March 5.-The following
instruments were filed to-day with the
county clerk:
Tax deed-Alfred Cave, treasurer. TO
j. Nj. Kettle. Missoula race track prop
erty. $104. 35
Affidavit of representation-A. B..
Snow on Kennebec lode claim.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
HE M ARKETS.

New York. March 5.-The stock market
to-day fell about 1900 shares below We'd
nesday's record and the business was
about evenly divided between the rail-
road shares and the industrials.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06

The Western Montana once of the
Standard is at Room l. DAILY block. Mis-
soula- Telephone No. lis Advertising
rates furnished on application
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
Metal AlarSet.

Silver. eszs; pig iron. easy; copper, easy;
brokers' price, $11; exchange price, s11;
lead, easy; brokers' price, SO 3.05: exchange
price. SO. .221k@3. 30.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
Chicago saeat Market.

Wheat had another dull day and the
fuctuation was even narrower than YES
terday, the extreme range being only %c.
There was an undercurrent of frmness.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
Money Marxef

Money easy at 3@4 per cent; closed at
s1en4 per cent sterling exchange steady
at A.&%d4.sS for demand and "a. seat a
4.S7 for 60 days
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06

We offer One Hunderd Dollars Reward
Tor any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
r. J. CHENEY & CO. Props. Toledo. O.
We the undersigned. have known F.. ].
Cheney Tor the last Is years. and believe
MIN perfectly honorable i'm all business
transactions and financially able 10 carry
out any obligations made by their firm
WEST q TRUAN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O.
NALDiNG, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. q.
halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Price 20
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testi-
monials free.
halls Family Pills are the best.
Consumption. LaGrippe, Pneumonia
ana an Throat and Lung diseases are
cured by Shiloh's Cure.
For quick trip to Chicago try the
burlington route via Northern Paclnc
At Billings.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
ExPEN SIVE LAND.
The Com missioners Drop In a Dead Faint
Prisoners Must Work.

Missoula, March 5.-The county COM
missioners had their breath entirely
taken away to-day and II was some
time before they recovered from the
shock which occasioned their disturb
ance. The trouble occurred in connec-
ton with the consideration of the pro-
posed county road across the river. The
road. as surveyed, will run between
the Cannon ranch and the Higgins
breeding farm. When the board came
to estimate the cost of the road,
among other figures, the commission
ers opened the statement of the own
ers of the Cannon ranch, Mrs. Link
as to the price OF her land which would
be used in the building of the road.
The price stated in the document was
calculated to make anybody faint. The
price was stated at $500 a square foot,
which would make the total cost to the
county about $660000. In explanation
the statement was made that the price
should have been made per running
foot. This would have brought the
total cost down to $4,000. but even this
was considered too high a price for a
bit of country road. The ma tier was
discussed for a while and finally the
commissioners offered $50 and the own
er agreed to accept $3.50 There the
matter rests for the present.
In regard to the question of employ
ing prisoners i'm the county jail the
commissioners authorized the sheriff to
establish a yard for breaking stone
and to employ a guard. The prisoners
will be Obliged to work for their board
under this order which will go into ef-
feet at once.
The bill OF the county printer was re-
duced from $l.790 to 1854 by the audi
tor ana was to-day sent to the board.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06

NJ. De Nelidon, the Russian ambassa-
dor. has presented TO the sultan a pair of
Jasper vases from the car, together with
an autograph letter from his majesty
thanking the sultan for the gifts recently
sent to him by the latter