The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-09
IN SHERIDAN.
Regular session Of the Town Ceuscti-The
Troops Leave.

Regular session Of the Town Ceunct1-The
Troops Leave.
Special Correspondence Of the Standard
Sheridan, May 6.-The town council
met in regular session Tuesday even
ing. Present.: Mayor Rightenour, Al
Deyarmon. AS this was the last meet
ing of the old council. and the end OF
a quarter as well. the reports OF the
various oficials were gone over. Po-
lice Magistrate Boutwell, reported that
he had tried two c~ases-plain drunks-
during the past quarter and had coll
lected $50 as fines. Marshal Copp re-
ported that he had collected $12.5 so from
the bad lands denixens as fines during
the quarter. Town Treasurer Brown
reported hat he had collected S1S1.50
as licenses, and that there a been a
balance of 1855 on hand at the be-
ginning OF the quarter. The following
bills were allowed n warrants or
dered drawn on the general fund In
payment thereof: George Copp. mar
shall, salary and boarding prisoners.
ISL. so: Charles CHASER. registry agent.
fees. SIS; @. w. R~ightenour, lumber
furnished, SO. IS; George w. Brown. sal
airy as treasurer. S45: clerks and
judges of election. so. 80: Sheridan Pa
per. stationery furnished and printing
official election notices. 399. SO. After a
short speech by the retiring mayor the
old board adjourned and the new board
was sworn In by Town Clerk Brown.
The newly elected officers are: Mayor,
J. z. Glenn. Aldermen: First ward, X.
]. Ogden. w. Raymond: Second ward,
VIII Shaffer, Joe Haggenberger; Third
ward. f. ID. Marsh, Alfred Halee. In
the choice, by lot. for the long term
Ogden. Shaffer and Marsh drew the
lucky tickets. After effecting an Or
..e...t~. al nnnAtn0 thu nrAa-
ent incumbents to the various city Of
fees. the council adjourned.
Company ID, NJ. n. c.. passed through
town yesterday en- route to Helena for
service as volunteers. The company
n been recruited up to h full quota,
In fact. more than 81 men were in line,
as. providing some of the present COM
pany are rejected by the recruiting off,
Ger, IL Ia desired to have q full company
of Madison county men. Sunday a
courier passed through town with a
call from the officers for volunteers.
Immediately 10 young men volunteered
and left for Virginia. where they were
mustered in the same evening. Dele
cations also joined from Pony and
Twin Bridges. S~heridan's silver cornet
band met the boys in blue at the town
limits. and. escorted by the G.. A. X.
veterans and every school child In
town, as well as by a delegation Of citi-
zens, the recruits were marched into
town. Under an immense banner. upon
which was inscribed In glowing letters,
Remember the Maine the recruits
were halted. and each one was present
| ed by the school children with an ele-
| CANT bouquet. Dinner had been pro-
| vided for them. and after they a all
! peer fed the band escorted them out
| of town. Large was the crowd that
| assembled to see them of and many
! were the cheers that were given as the
| boys disappeared to the strains of
martial music. The town had been
most tastefully decorated, and each in
dividual did his best To give the boys
a send-off that was a credit to our
town.
Dennis Sullivan. who lives a few
| miles from town. had his right leg
\ broker in I'VE places above the ankle
| Tuesday forenoon. He was getting on
a horse. As he went to swing into the
saddle the animal plunged and threw
him. As he fell Mr.. S~ullivan's leg
struck a wagon tongue. breaking the
limb in the n stated. DIR. Miller
was called and reduced the fracture.
Mr.. Sullivan is an old over so,
and the injury may prove to be . Sc
we're one.
Charles Welsh left town Sunday
morning for the klondike. He Joined
two brothers at Tacoma and sailed on
the steamer Queen Wednesday evening
for Skaguay.
Lou and Ed Planlspp. Ed East. Har-
ry Shaner and Link Glenn became i'm
bibed with the war fever while Com
pany u was here and followed Ii 10
Helena in the hope that. II some OF
the recruits were rejected by the mus.
tering oficer. they would be given ar
opportunity to take h places Of the
rejected ones.
The leasers Of the Keynote mine In
Georgia gulch. McDougsl Bros. have
about 500 sacks of high grade Gaoens
ore on the dump which will be shipped
to the Omaha q Grant smelter at Oma'
ha In a few days.
Dick Herhold recently put two mer
at work on The Tallack lode. a pros
pect which has heretofore been con
sidered worthless. A day or two age
the miners broke into two and one
half feet OF gold ore. assays on which
show a value OF over 500 to the ton
The Ruby placer company. which
owns a large tract OF ground on Uppel
Wisconsin creek. has finished Its pre-
liminary work. and as soon a. the firs
rush of water comes they Will be a
work. The company has q complet'
electric lighting plant. and during tn
season work is rushed by night az wei
as by day.
". II. Herhold is shipping a carload
of ore from the Ontario mine on Mil
creek this week to the East Helen;
smelter. The Ontario IL q high grad
gold proposition n has been worked
steadily during the past winter. 4
grab" sample Of the shipment beinl
made is said to have assayed - ounces
in gold to the ton.
c. F.. Estes Is at present operatin,
the concentration at Brandon on or
from his mine the Nellie Dairy. Tn
ore is galena. and he Is concentrating
Il down so II assays IS per cent lea,
and one-half an ounce of silver to tn
per cent of lead TO the ton Frankly
Brothers have hauled one load of con
centrates TO the railroad. anai Mr.. Es