The Ravalli Republican., 1898-07-20

l1ClClId, WIN Will HIS Vile IS Uiklup
an outing in this valley, drove down
Monday from Hamilton on visit to
friends here. They drove back again
yesterday morning.
A. L. Stone Of the Standard came
through this morning on his wheel
from Hamilton, where he had been
making a business visit OF a few
days. He left Hamilton at 6:3O and
arrived here at S:15, and would be in
Missoula about 1870.
Missouaa has it that W. @. Ranft,
receiver OF the land office, who is
now in the east, will return to Mis-
soula next week with a bride, who is
now Miss Florence Burke, lady who
visited Mrs. George T. Baggs Of this
place some months ago.
Unless the war lasts longer than
is now expected. it is probable that
GrigsbYs rough riders. now at Chick
amauga, and to which the Stevens
vile boys belong, will not see active
fighting at all, the use Of cavalry not
being very practical in Porto Rico.
Religious Services next Sunday
July 24, Preaching II Il. m. Sun
day school 10 a. m. Senior league :
p. M; subject--''Thc Discomfort Of
Worldliness, The Junior League
will have charge Of the evening SER
vice. Victor 3 ?. m. 2. W. Haynes,
pastor.
DR.. T. Fl. Hanbridge and O. e.
Flowers came up from Missoula last
Sunday and spent a few hours here.
The doctor is we'll known by our peo-
pie and met many friends here. Mr..
Flowers is manager OF the shoe de-
partment OF the Missoula Mercantile
company.
Tom Hathaway and Claude Rails,
the crack bicycle riders of Missoula,
went through On their wheels yester-,
day afternoon and say they are going
as far as Lake Como. The two have
chaleged the Hamilton riders to a
race, but the boys up there seem to
be afraid OF them.
Advices from Mssoula say that the
family Of Paul Mccormick, who as a
boy was we'll known here, are some
what alarmed at not hearing from
him. The last letter received from
Paul stated that he had Joined the
Cuban army, months ago, and no
word has come since.
The building on Mrs. Wells lot
next to the Smalley drug store was
sold to Joe Little and has been re-
moved to the hotel to be used for a
refrigerator for keeping meats. The
refrigerator portion had been built
in the first place for u butcher shop
and comes in just right.
General McKibbcn, we'll known as
late major Of the 25th infantry at
Fort Mssoua, is now military gov
ernor at Santiago. The general
went to the war as lieutenant colonel
Of the lst, and fer galIantry IN the
field was recommended by General
Shafter for promotion to a brigadier
general.
S. G. p. Jones, Milesburg, Pa,
Writes:--;.I have used DeWitt's Lit
tie Early Risers ever since they were
| introduced here and must say | have
never used any pills in my family
during forty years Of house keeping
chat gave such satisfactory results as
laxative or cathartic"-J. d. Miser
& Co.
Fl. e. Cleveland, the former agent
for the Northern Pacific at Hrmilton
! who has been at deaths door for sew
eral months, finally succumbed last
Saturday. the funeral taking place
Monday afternoon. Several knights
OF pythias from here attended, one
Of them, Rev. j. d. Wass0n. ot1iciat-
! ing at the services. When "Cleve"
died Il good man and a good friend
was taken away.
A man who was too mean to adver-
tise land he wanted to sell put a
written notice in one Of the hotels
A man who was inQuirng for a small
farm was referred to the written
notice, when he rcmarked: 81 can't
buy land at a fair price from man
who does his advertising that way.
He would steal the fence, the pump
handle and the barn doors before he
gave up possession.'
The county commissioners were in
session Monday and Tuesday, and
looked over the assessors work on
the valuations Of property as d board
OF equalization. A number Of peo-
pie appeared with complaints about
their assessment being too high, but
after seeing for themselves that they
had been used as fairly as neighbors
who made no kick most Of them went
home satisfied. The few alterations
made will not change the total valua-
tion Of the county more than a few
hundred dollars.
Living in Raval]i county now is I.
ii. Duncan, a farmer: who in 1871
was a boiler maker on the Bcrnica,
gunboat in the Asiatic squadron.
Commodore Schley was then a lieu
tenant on the Bernicia and distng-
uished himself in an assault upon 4
Corean fort, which was captured on
the Blue river. Mr.. Duncan says
Schley was then noted as martinez.
insisting upon strict discipline. and,
consequently was not popular, but no
one doubted his courage. Mr.. Dun
|'can is a warm admircr of Schley, but