The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-12-10
LOCAL LAYOUT.

James leighton expects his wire
ONE from her eastern trip in
bout a week.
Freight in small loads is coming
u from Pondera and yesterday
Dave Lutz sent a four horse team
o that station, thinking they
;ould get through all right.
Lewis aud Clarke county boasts
If two successful candidates who
did not sper d cert for their
election. They were the surveyor
and public administrator.
The northern and eastern news
paper mail that got in Tuesday
night consisted of five sacks,
There was none yesterday o will
there be any today.
There IS rumor that n of the
attractions in this section early in
the new year will be a prize fight
between two local men who think
they know considerable about tie
art of f%lsticuffs
Patrick Ryan, general superln>
tendent of the Montana kalispeil
division of the Great Northern,
died last week very suddenly at
k~aiispell. HIS death was caused
by inflammation of the bowels.
During the storm Choteau had a
wood and coal famine. Dupuyer
haa not much of an extra supply
TO brag about, but there was nc
actuai want. Our proximity &c
The coal mines help TO keep the
supply pretty well up.
Reports from the north brought
in by the stage driver say thai
the snow north of Badger creek
lies three feet deep on the ground,
the chinook having not apparently
struck there. This leaves the roaC
to Blackfoot in a baG condition yet
A great deal of INCONVENIENCE il
experienced by the merchants here
through their inability to get thei'
goods tlom the stations. Much o
their Christmas stock is there anC
their assortment of holiday good;
is dwindling very low.
The Christmas edition of til,
Anaconda Standard is going t.
contain 70 pages, ~profusely illus
.ratea and contributed to by tn
BEST writer's OF The east and west
The Standard is nothing if NJ
enterprIslng, and all Montana i
proud Of tnelr big daily. r
Range cattle have increased j
value two or three hundred pc
cent. within the last week. .
week ago they could have bee
purchased on the range for yer
little money, but the gentle CHR
ook has changed conditions. Ca
tie are safe aud the average stoc
man is naughty and independer
once more.
A private letter from J.
Nichol, the all round good fello
and sport who did big betting {
election day here, says he arrive
in Montreal, Canada, all right al
is having IA high old time. T
says be is coming back here agai
where several friends he ma
during his sojourn will welcor
him.
A great dealof water ran throus
the town during ARGENT thaw tn
could hare been avoided by SHIT
ting down the headgates of I
e irrl CATION bitches. There is
necessity for bitches to be runnil
at this season of the year and it
very inconvenient for the citize
to have to wade ankle deep
water to get from one house
another. .
All a fellow has to do to run
newspaper is to be able to write
poem, discuss the tariff, umpire
baseball game, report a weddin
saw wood, beat a lawyer, desert
a fire SO that the readers will sh
their wraps, make a dollar do I
work of ten, shine at s%oiree, abu
the liquor habit, test whisky, su
scribe to charity, go without mea
attack free silver. defend blmeti
ism. sneer at snobbery, YEA di
monds, smile at the young ladi'
N i vent advertisements, overlo
scandal. nraise babies. deliy