The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24
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horses, from his Brook Nook farm IN
Madison county Wednesday. which
were shipped to an Eastern market.
Among the lot were some fine single
drivers and several matched t.ams.
The best among the double teams ere
Ashleaf n Allowleaf, by Allen. dam
by Commodore Belmont. They stand
IL hands high and will go in three min
utes. This lot Of horses is considered
the best that have ever left the Brook
Nook farm and will certainly d to
Montana's reputation as a great horse
breeding state.
DIR. M. A. Birge, who left for the East
last week, has sprung a surprise upon
his Dillon friends. 1t Is announced that
the doctor was married Thursday in
Chicago. The bride is a Miss Florence
l. Rice OF the above city. DIR. and Mrs.
Birge are expected 20 reach Dillon some
time the first of the week. when they
Will receive the hearty welcome OF his
many friends
Applicants for teachers certificates
who took the regular examination last
week before the county superintend-
emf OF schools, seem to have struck
some questions which did not agree
with their idea OF the proper character
OF questions to be Used in these exami-
nations. The n which caused the
most complaint was question No. 10 in
American literature, being a quotation
from some poet whose writings evil
IDENTIFY are not well known by h ma
Jority Of the applicants. None of them
were able to answer the question cor
rectly, consequently the state superin-
tendent was roundly scored. +
A. c. Hammond. present deputy as
SCISSOR. was appointed stock inspector
for Beaverhead and Madison counties
by the board of live stock commission
ers at its annual meeting held in Hell
ena last week..
Ex-County Treasurer J. G.. Shannon
has purchased the interest. of r. T.
Wing in the Dart Hardware company
and has been installed as ~bookkeeper
in that establishment. Mr.. Wing has
been connected with the company for
a number of years. but will now retire
from active business and spend most of
his time globe trotting. He left 'ust
Tuesday for California to spend the
summer.
Rev. o. c. Weller has returned from
Missoula. where he attended the meet
his regular pulpit Sunday as usual.
Phil H. Poindexter is attending a
meeting of the Montana Stock Growers
association at Miles City.
Arthur Sullivan and son Harvey have
leased and bonded their group of mines
on Bloody Dick creek to william Berns
and brother of Butte. 1t Is understood
the moun is $35. 900.
j. F. Bishop is building a three-room
cottage on Bannack street. below the
art gallery. DIR. j. w. Hodgens will DC
it when completed.
= Ten boy. chief of the Bannack In
dams at Fort Lemhi. accompanied by
several of his braves was telling his
troubles to his pale-faced Dillon friends
last week. 1t is hard to get the straight
of his grievances. but the gist is that
the present agent at Fort Lemhi does
not suit and il is his scalp more than
his presence that is wanted.
The funeral of the late DIR. ]. A. Lea
son was conducted from the st. James
church Saturday at 2 p. m,
Rev. S. d. Hooker preaching the
funeral sermon The floral tributes
from the lodges of which the deceased
was an honored member and from
were profuse and in keeping
with the feelings of the givers. A large
number of friends followed the remains
to their last resting place in Mountain
View cemetery.