The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-15
. FUSION N MADISON
The Populists Indorss Metsel for
Senator.
ORCHARD is PULLED OFF
Other Changes Asde In the Tickets.
Sheriff Hainss After Cattle Thieves.
They Are Held In Fremont
County. Idaho.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Sheridan. Oct. 1~3.-Judge Arch Nc
Gown. one OF the popuiist leaders of the
county. was in town Monday to consult
with the chairman of the county popu-
list central committee. stephenMulIi-
nix. As a result of his visit. the popu-
list candidate for state senator. c. w.
Birchard. resigned and was given a
place on the ticket as a candidate .or
representative. Alex MetzeI, silver re-
publican candidate for state senator,
was then Endorsed and his name now
heads the populist ticket. John Kyle
ana Miss Janet Davis, silver republican
candidates for sheriff and su%perintend-
ent of schools, were also n1orsed by
the populists.
Nearly every candidate on the four
different tickets in nomination in this
county have been in town during the
past week 5ollying the voters.
Sheriff Haines passed through town
Saturday morning on his way to Hell
after requisition papers for the cat
tie thieves whose exploits in stealing
cattle from the residents of the Cen
tennial valley and their escape In
Idaho were told in these columns a
few weeks ago. The men are held in
Fremont county, Idaho, awaiting the
arrival of the sheriff.
J. III. Dickey. who for the past six
months has been bookkeeper for H..
Filing & Co.. has resigned and accepted
a similar position with the Anaconda
Copper Mining company. He will leave
Sheridan within a few weeks and re-
move to Belt. where he will be stationed
for the present.
Miss Elizabeth Carey of Adobetown
is visiting this week at the home of her
aunt. Mrs. John Mcdonald.
Arthur Cromley preSidapf of tho
Dart Hardware company Of Dillon, is
in town this week putting a steam
heating plant in the new business block
of H. Filing & Co. Will Stevenson, a
former Virginia City resident. is assist
ing him.
Howard G. Vinson. superintendent of
c. Y. Larabie's Brook Nook stock farm.
was in town Saturday. the guest of
L. C. Edwards.
Joe Allen, a brother OF townsman,
j.. w. Allen, arrived from Thompson
Falls last week and will reside here
after in this vicinity.
Matt Carey of Butte came over on
Sundays excursion to the Bridges, and
missing the train, was compelled to
wait until Tuesday before he could re-
turn home. The time was pleasantly
passed in visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Orlie Il. Tilton of Butte was over on
Sundays excursion and came up to
Sheridan to pay his grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. o. Il. Barber. a visit.
Eugene Cheeley. Jessie Hall and Whit
Herndon formed a party of Virginians
who stopped in Sheridan Saturday
evening while on their way to the
fair.
Charles Mcdonald. who is in the m
ploy of Lynch a. Mcdonald of Butte.
has been visiting with his parents near
this point for the past week.
Misses Katie Naughten and Bessie
Lawler and Ed Naughten of Melrose
spent several days of last week in Sher-
idan. the guests of Mrs. George Row
A. +. Greater of Bannack was in this
section this week looking at some ranch
property with a view of purchasing.
DR.. ]. III. Miller. assisted by his
father, DIR. j. ii. Miller. sr., and DIR.
c.. w. R~ightenour. performed ar oper-
alton on NJ. Maier Monday and re-
moved n cystic tumor from his left side.
At present the patient is resting easy
with a good chance for a speedy re-
Twins were born to Mrs. William
Schneider Sunday night. one dying
within a short time after its birth.
NJ. III. Quirk is engaged to-day IN set
ting the poles for the electric light
plant and says hat the plant will b.
in operation by the first OF the month.
Walter Lord of Butte. representing
Hight & Fairfield. Butte jewelers.. is in
this section his week.
DR.. F. F. Ellis. Virginia's dentist, is
spending the week in Sheridan.
Mrs. James Mitchell and daughter
dow from Virginia City Wednes-
day. n are the guests of Mrs. Geo,
Rowe.
Lou and Ed. Planalp are in town to-
day ard are arranging to lease a
promising prospect from Arch Hynd-
man. situated near the Montana group
on Wisconsin creek.
DIR. Fred +. Ellis was down from Vir-
ginia City during the week and says
he has an excellent looking prospect
near Three Mile creek. a
tributary of Alder Gulch. In a
25-foot tunnel he has three feet of ore.
assays of which run as high as 800 TO
the ton. He has named the prospect
the Iron Mask.
Orlie Tilton, who Is over from Butte
this week. is looking for a concentrate
proposition. being interested in a
new process of concentration, which is
the invention Of Charles Renshaw. an
other Butte boy. Copper bearing veins
are the ones for which he is particu-
larly looking.
IL Is reported that the leasers on the
Banner, Messrs. Peterson and Lindfors.
uncovered an excellent body Of
tellurium ore. The Banner is situated
IN upper Indian creek. and i'm its work.
ngs. some three years ago. three men
we're killed by an accidental discharge
" giant powder.
Gus Lueck tarried a few days in town
his week before returning to work on
MS lease On the Navahoe mir near
City. The ore recently shipped
that mine to the Colorado smell
'er gave a return OF about $40 per ton.
John Vickery recently shipped two
ons OF ore from the Gladstone, a prop
'rty situated on Wisconsin creek. a
hort distance from the Montana group,
which yielded nearly $50 to the ton.
John Lindfors and Dora Havilan are
a prospect known as the
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