The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02
Nortbern Montana NeWs

church, conducted services at Benton
to-day, and confirmed a class in st.
PauPs church. Last night he lectured
there. taking for his subject. THE Evil
Effect of Bad Literature"
j. A Hacksaw will remove with his
family to Belt Tuesday and engage in
business at the coal metropolis.
Archie Mcdonald has secured a judg-
ment for s251 against F. ]. Tempe.
The new addition to the county jail
is nearing completion and will be form
ally turned over to the county officers
within a few days.
George Means. who was pardoned out
of the penitentiary about one month
ago where he had been doing time for
a burglary committed at Sand Coulee,
is believed to be the man who robbed
Joe Sarzin's saloon at Sand Coulee last
Thursday night. AS soon as he was
released from prison. Means went to the
coal camp and a few days ago
was caught in the act of committing an
uncomfortable crime. Fearing arrest
for the act he is believed to have laid
around Sand Coulee until Thursday
night, when he broke into Sarzins sa-
loon and robbed the drawer of SIS and
a gold watch valued at $3.50. He has
not been seen since, and the closest
search has failed to locate him. Means
is described as a small man with
clearly shaven face and light hair.
The society composed of Welshmen
and descendants, have arranged an
elaborate programme of exercises with
which to celebrate st. Davids day.
Tuesday evening, in remembrance of
the patron saint of Wales. The pro-
gramme includes a concert, banquet,
and dance, and the entertainment will
be given at the Grand Central hall and
hotel
Tho T,,Ior r3,o,ho.. - r o~x.~t.... ,-,.<oi-
are reported to have discovered what
is believed to be valuable mines on Pill
grim creek. An assay of some of the
ore taken out shows that il carries sill
yer and gold in small quantities and
went as high as 20 per cent. in copper
The work of developing the properties
will be carried on during the spring.
There have been something more than
20 applications filed \with Deputy
Postmaster Cooley by candidates for
position of letter carriers in this city.
A civil service examination will be held
at the North Side school house next
Saturday, and from the list of candi-
dates three carriers and three substi-
tutes will be selected Among the can
didates is Hon. w. A. Thompson, the
first representative elected to the Mon
tana legislature from Choteau county.
He has met with reverses of late years,
but is honest and reliable and his
friends hope he will be one of the three
carriers chosen.
Some vagabond with a dirty DISPOSE
time and a cowardly nature has been
amusing himself of late by breaking
glass and destroying property belong
ing to the Sand Coulee Coal company.
The work has been carried on under
| the cover of darkness and the closest
watch has failed to uncover the ruffian.
Major c. A. Bateman, the eloquent
temperance advocate, now lecturing in
different Northern Montana cities, is
| the father of Chaplain Bateman who is
stationed at Fort Assinniboine.
w. d. Bennett and May ]. Sewell of
| Sand Coulee were married this morning
at the parlors of the Grand Central
| hotel.
The instruments for the boy orchestra
formed by Professor Ryner arrived to-
day, and the little fellows will proceed
| to make life a burden to near residents
| for the next few weeks.
Professor Swain, superintendent of
schools of Cascade county, says that
the new law governing the issuing of
| certificates to would-be school teachers
will make a radical difference in a few
| years in the class of teachers employed
| in Montana. The new law provides
| that after twice getting a third grade
| certificate, which is only good for one
| year, a teacher, in the third examina-
| ton, must advance a grade or drop out
| of the profession of teaching in public
| schools entirely. The salaries paid
| teachers in Montana is larger than that
paid in any of the adjoining western
| states, and as a natural consequence
the teachers should be of the best class