The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31
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HAMILTON ITEMS,

Hamilton, May 29.-Frank H. Drunken
berg returned to-day from 4 trip to
Hughes creek. He reports that most of
the miners there are troubled with too
much water for practical purposes, and
that some of them have had to suspend
work until the water goes down. the over
plus running all over the top of their
sluices so that it is impossible to save
the gold.
l.. ]. Knapp, editor of the Times, has
returned from Butte, where he secured
the position of Hamilton correspondent
for the Inter Mountain
John B. Haley, Dudley Norton, o. NJ.
Baldwin and Joseph Doyle are visitors in
town to-day from below Stevensville.
They are here after lumber from the A.
c. NJ. company for the new school house
which is to be erected in the Baldwin dis
trict on Three Mile.
Walter Pell, the brush artist, is engaged
this week and for some time to come in
repairing and repapering the interior of
the handsome residence of j. S. Dougher-
ty of Anaconda on the iatter's farm prop
erty, just a little below Corvallis Of
course good work is being done on the
job,
County Clerk Smart drove down to
Stevensville Sunday morning, returning
this morning. He visited places of interest
while away.
Henry Buck x Co. are erecting a large
new warehouse near the Stevensville de-
pot.
Earl Tanner. Bruce Wells and Will
Crush drove to Stevensville Sunday and
visited with Bruce's relatives and some
of the young ladies of that town, They
returned the same evening.
Mrs. Lawrence, living on a ranch on the
west side of the river a little north and
west of the Pine Grove farm, is reported
as dangerously i'll. Her husband is a
miner at Butte, who not long ago pur-
chased the farm.
Sheriff Chattin went down TO Florence
this morning to subpoena witnesses in the
arson case, against Poole. to come up be-
fore the district court this week He re-
turned Tonight
Forestry Supervisor Weber went to Mis-
soula this morning to meet Miss Weber
and younger brother. who had stopped off
on the way from the East to visit relatives
in the Gailatin valley. They all arrived
here this evening.
Mrs. Justice Morris was visiting friends
in Grantsdale to-day.
The cool weather of the past few days
| has lowered the water in the river sew
eral inches and the remainder of the drive
has been compelled to stop. A lot of the
river men are in town to-day waiting for
the water to rise again.
The Hamilton bridge has drifted little
| further down stream and as yet no steps
| have been taken to prevent it going off on
! a sail towards Missoula.
| Early June peas are on the Hamilton
| market-in the can.
| Miss Adeline Dow, the Hamilton music
| teacher went to Victor this morning to
meet with her classes there.
Earl Tanner left on his wheel to-day on
| a visit to Bonner.
John Bowling, the Stevensvile business
| man, who has been at the hospital in Mis-
soua, returned home about we'll
Massena Bullard of Helena will deliver
| the Fourth of July Grafton at Stevens
| vile.
Harry j. Kelly up TO last October edi-
| tor and publisher of the Hamilton Times
will on The LIST of June, next Thursday
| take a position with the RaValli Republi-
can, and will have charge of the Job work
and advertising. thus giving Mr.. Steven.
| the publisher, more time to attend to the
| paper. Mr.. Kelly is one of the finest
| printers in the state. and has hundreds OF
| friends in this section and all over tho
country, and his engagement is expected
| to prove an advantageous one to thu pa
| per.
Sam Lucas. the exceedingly popular
manager of the running stables at thu
| Bitter Root Stock farm, had an attacl
| of bleeding at the nose this afternoon
which stayed with him for some time, bu
was finally stopped. Sam says he is feel
ing better than ever since he got rid o
some supert1uous blood. and when las
seen was smoking his pipe in the creates
| of comfort.
Ed Upton concluded his visit to the cit,
| and stock farm last night and turk thi
mornings train for Anaconda. Mr. Tipto
bought quite number of the boode
breeding mares for Mr.. DAILY and it Wa