The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-14
HAMILTON HAPPENINGS.

Hamilton, Sept. 13-District court so
| far this week has been taken up with
securing a jury and trying the case OF
| the state VS.. Millard F. Sheriff. for kill
| ing a steer. the property of Marcus
DAILY. The states witnesses were all
examined yesterday and the defense
will be through this morning and the
case will probably be in the hands Of
the jury this afternoon. The next case
on will be the trial of Nels Peterson
for the murder of Andrew Nelson, and a
number of witnesses came up from
Stevensville last night on this case. :,
Hon. George T. Baggs, wife and
daughter, and Miss Mary Towers, sis
ter OF Mrs. Baggs, drove UP from Ste
vensville yesterday, the ladies visiting
friends while the 'Parson" attended
court.
Mrs. John r. Williams. wife Of one Of
the M. NJ Co. bookkeepers, who Is Wis
iting friends in Stevensville, drove up
from there yesterday with Miss Grace
Anderson, and the two ladies are spend
ing a couple Of days with friends here.
Mrs. Williams was former resident
of this place and many old friends are
glad to meet her again.
John Howe has bought 40 acres IT
land near Corvallis from Milton Moore
for 81, $50.
A daughter arrived at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Farron, in the Hart
addition, yesterday. Mr.. Farron IS one
of the pleasant young men who wait
on customers in the A. c. NJ Co. gro
cery department -
Miss Eta Landram and Miss Vida
williams are two of the popular young
ladies' of StevensviIle who are visiting
at present with friends in Hamilton.
Wallace Markle has gone to St. Regis
to take a position in the rev mills
there.
Attorneys Webster and Stiff " the
Missoula bar are on opposite sldes of
the Sheriff. case.
Mrs. Lock and daughter of Nashville,
Tenn, who have been spending the
summer, with their daughter and sister,
Mrs. Tyler, have started on heir return
home.
Word was received last night by the
Ravalli Republican from Captain
Detchmendy, the recruiting officer III
charge of the work of recruiting in
Montana, to the effect that ne had re-
ceived so many communications from
this section from men who wished TO
enlist, some to re-enlist, .hat he had
requested the war department to send
him a lieutenant to assist him; that
his request would probably be COM
piled with and if so the lieutenant
would come up this valley and would
be in Stevensville one day, ABOUT lie
21st. and Hamilton one day, about tie
22nd, of this month, to examine all
those who desired to enlist for the win
ter campaign in the Philippines.
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Pease of
Missoula visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Eastman over Sunday.
County Clerk Moran of Silver Bow
county, together with his family, are
spending a week n this city and are
guests at the Ravilli
Trainer Joe Rea, who drove Mttrick
in the great 3-year-old race at DrhuQue,
came home Monday night ana was
about the city yesterday. The trotters
of the Bitter Root stock farm are at
Louisville in charge of Pat McAvoy,
who will yet be heard from at that
meeting.
Laura and Pearl Cox, whose mother.
the wife of a colorad man wanted to
have sent to the reform school, success
fully proved to Judge Woody that they
were good little girls, and they have,
with their mothers consent, been turn
ed over to Miss Dowden, who will find
homes for them.
1t is reported that Superintendent
Totman Of the lumber department Of
the A. C. M. Co. will nave the general
superntendency of all the lumber In
terests of the company, with headquar-
ters at Bonner.