The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-10
AFFAIRS N SHERIDAN
A Literary Society Organized at
Duncan.
HURT IN AN EXPLOSION
DR.. Robertson Injured While Fixing .
Leak In an AcetyieEe Ca Tank-A
Little Girl Sets Fire
To o Store.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Sheridan, Dec. 6-The residents of the
Duncan school house organized their
literary society last Saturday night Ly
the election OF the following officers:
President. ID. T. Sandbridge: v~ice-presi-
dent, Lewis Builerdick:
Charles Baril: secretary. May Jones.
After the election of officers was over.
a literary programme vas rendered. the
leading topic being a debate on the sub
ject OF the annexation of the Philip
pine islands. the society deciding that
they should be annexed to the United
States. The name decided upon for
the organization Is The Citizens club
OF School District No. %"
There came very near being a serious
fire Saturday in the millinery store Of
Mrs. r. A. Goodyear. situated in odd
Fellows block. A little girl overturn-
ed a lighted lamp upon some dress
goods. setting fire to them. A passer-by
saw the blaze. and calling help. smoth-
cred the fire In its incipiency. The
town is awfully in need Of means Of
fighting fire and should ever a fire gain
Roadway. the entire business part of
the town would be at its mercy.
Saturday. while DR.. Robertson Of
Boulder was attempting to solder a leak
in the acetylene Gas tank. with which
his dental car is equipped. the dead ga.
In he tank exploded. injuring the doc
tors seriously. fragments of the tank
cutting a cash in his forehead which
necessftated the taking of a half dozen
stitches in order to draw the wound to-
gether.
w. G.. Conrad of Great Falls. who Is
an aspirant FOR Senator Lee Nantes
seat. was in the county during the
week.. getting acquainted with Madi-
Sheridan Monday.
Representatives. Elect O'Brien, who
has been in Butte looking after a ear
load OF ore shipped from his mine. the
Roby. on Quartz Hill, returned home
Tuesday. Mrs. O'Brien and daughter
accompanied him.
w. Hilhouse Raymond Of Belmont
Park was in town Monday night with
two carloads of standard bred trotting
geldings. Tuesday they were driven 10
Twin Bridges. from where they were
shipped that day. One carload goes Ia
Chicago n the other to New York
city.
Lon Moore returned from Butte
Thursday. where he had been with a
carload or ore. extracted from the But
terfiy mine. situated at the foot OF Sky
High. The best grade averaged slo1
per ton.
Fred Walker, Charles Lane and
James Tull moved up to the head al
Transform gulch Tuesday to represent
the Bedford group of mines.
r. III. Drinkenberg last week pur-
chased the o~ne-quarter interest owned
by Leu Daems in the Iron Mark, a
promising prospect. owned by the Ellis
Brothers & Co.. and situated on Three
Mile creek, n tributary to Alder gulch.
w. II. Shea and T.. II. Leary OF Basin
arrived in town Tuesday and are look.
ing at some OF the prospects in this
vicinity with a view OF leasing.
Tom Gibbons and Lon Zoo have
secured a lease on a part OF the Ellinl
& Mckay ground at Nobleville. and
moved up there Wednesday.
p. J. Cooney. G. r. Comstock. ]. J
McGettinger and W. NJ. Ford ar,
among the Butte people in town thi.
week.
Peter Gibbons. a young man who ha'
beer In this vicinity for the past few
years. left for Minnesota Saturday q
spend Christmas with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Edwards visited
the county seat Monday.
Sleighing between here m Aide