The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-11

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sembled in any one place in Madison !
county to do honor TO that day. The
day opened bright and clear as a mar
riage bell. and the people from every
section of the county began to arrive
early. The hotels and private houses
were taxed to their utmost capacity.
while hundreds of people took advan-
tage of the large shady cottonwood
trees and spread their lunch or the
foliage and picknieked In that manner
The executive committee had the sher-
if OF the county deputize three men TO
look after the welfare of the people.
but the deputies had nothing TO DO.
Remarks were heard on all sides
speaking about the ~peaceableness of
the gathering. The car of state. led by
the Sheridan and Twin Bridges bands. |
formed the head OF the parade thaJ
started from lower Main street and lei
off to River street ana from there TO
one OF the finest groves in the state.
The speakers stand was decorated
with bunting and shaded by the grove.
Two bands. Sheridan and Twin
Bridges-Rochester. furnished patriotic
music at Intervals. President ID. r..
Sanders of the state normal was orator
of the day. Very appropriate remarks
were made by Rev. Smith OF Sheridan
and others. Edwin BeaIl of Waterloo
detained I'm Memory of the Maine
and the throng engaged in singing
America" The races were quite spir-
tied. but zone but local horses were
entered. Fred Counters horses cap
tured some OF the prizes and George
Scales Yellow Hammer was in evil
dence in the half-mile heat. as he took
first money. Dug ellis. a local man,
easily took first money i'm the 100-yard
foot race. A good deal of interest CEN
tered i'm the tug-of-war match
- - a. IALa
1t was thought by many that the wire
stretchers would have no trouble in
capturing the purse. as they were do
ing that kind of work every day. but
the home team pulled them without
much trouble. The ball game between
the Gagnon nine of Butte and the Twin
Bridges nine excited considerable In
terest. The game was full OF errors by
both teams. although some pretty
work was visible. AT the first half OF
the seventh inning. when Twin Bridges
was at the bat, Moffit undertook to cut
first base, but was detected by a Butte
boy. The dispute that followed re-
suited in the Gagnon team refusing 10
play and the purse was given to them
and the game to the home team. The
score at this stage of the game was:
Butte ...... ......6 0 3 l l LII
Twin Bridges I'll 0 3 o 6-l3
A Mr.. Mclean from Virginia City
was umpire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowman. their
daughter Mary and Miss Emma Salt
mer came over from Bannack to cele-
brate the Fourth in Twin Bridges AMI
TO visit with relatives. Mr.. Bowman
is one OF the old timers OF the state,
having come 10 Bannack early In 81,
and many is the story he can tell OF
vigilante days in old Bannack. He
; states the town presents a fair appear
ance this season. largely on account of
= the four gold dredges that are work
: ing the creek. The F. l.. Graves A.. v.
= Greater and Maggie A. Gibson have
. been working steadily all season. The
= Bon Accord dredge, three miles below
, the town. was recently launched ana IL
reported as doing good work. This Is
4 the largest dredge on the stream nj
the present. and while differing =
= some respects with the others the
working principle il the same. The
work is under the supervision OF A. ii
e Rail of England. Mr.. Bowman sayi
e that what is known as the George Cop'
placer ground will be soon worked By
: the same method as the ground above
n that is by a dredge. Machinery OF al
y kinds is being hauled from Dillon q
the Cope mines and the work OF build
: ing the gold machine is moving alonf
rapidly. The mines are on the Grass
hopper. about 10 miles below Bannack
e The quartz mining in that part o
d Beaverhead is rather quiet this year
The only steady producer on the creei
is the Excelsior, which is being WORKED
l. under a lease by Edwards and Curl
n from the Western Enterprise Mininl
company of Butte. A recent strike Il
Ie the lower workings exposed a body -
ID ore from FIVE feet to seven feet thicR
IA and has an average assay value of 81
" per ton. The ore will be treated In tn
4 Golden Leaf mill, which Is near by
n At the head of the creek Fred Mort
re and Robert Kuhnie have built a con
% contractor and are treating their ow
~ ore successfully. The Polaris mill an
mine are idle. pending a settlement be
$ tween the parties interested. Mr.. Bow
is man is of the opinion that there ar
n some good quartz mines in that dis
re trict, but owing to facilities for hand
r ling and the low price of silver the
Sc cannot be worked to advantage. ii
10 left for Bannack Wednesday.
A very pretty but Informal weddin
ar was witnessed by relatives last We
ar nesday at the home of .irs. A. v
III Kirby, near Iron Rod. The high cor
10 tracing parties were Miss Gertruo
by Kirbv and George Graham. The GER
mony was performed by Rev. s. 4
oliver. pastor of the VI. f. churc
or here. MIR. and Mrs. HARRISON will r
at side I'm the Edghil residence, whi6
the groom purchased a few weeks b
ee fore the event.
IN. The stage lines changed hands q
ne first OF the month. l.. c. Edwards
le- sheridan is the proprietor of the III
Tor from here to Virginia City. Mr.. r.
OF wards will retain the big four-hor
lg- coach. The line from whitehall v
IN Twin Bridges to Dillon viii be ma
Ia aged by a Bozeman party who h
de' pulled off the coaches and replac
OIL them with spring wagons. The peoI
In already have started to complain abo
rs the Whitehall line, saying I
WI stock is poor and accommodation III
tied.
Du- Mrs. Henry Cayley is over fr.
Tor Butte visiting with her sister. Mrs.
Stark.
I'm Editors Cheely and Frank Conway
N,ad,snnian and The Paper,