The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-02
HAMILTON HAPPENINGS.

| Hamilton. June Professor Sharp
| of the Stevensville schools, who
has been re-engaged for his fifth term.
| is in town to-day. Miss Flora Lewis,
| one of the other teachers there, has de-
| clined another engagement and her
| place has not been filled yet. Miss
| Mabel Corley, the other will most like
| ly be re-engaged.
W. H. Drew, who recently purchased
! the Dave Haacke place on Burnt Fork,
! is preparing ito build a new residence
on the place. He has a very pretty
spot to build on, and the new house will
be a six-room cottage. The foundation
is now being laid.
| D. L. Stewart, son-in-law of John
Mckinley of the Burnt Fork, who in
jured his hand in a Butte mine some 10
| days ago, is now in the valley with his
wife and little ones and will probably
remain during the summer, the injury
| preventing him working for some
| time.
| Russ Downing, who has filed on a
| timber claim in the upper country, mas
returned from a visit to the same. He
| reports plenty of snow in the hills.
| Frank Burns, who has nice resi-
| dence on his 60-foot lot on Fourth
street, is having fresh earth hauled on
| the place to level the plat up and will
| have pretty lawn when he gets every
| thing finished.
D. v. Bean, who has a sawmill on
Skalkaho, is in town to-day after sup
plies for the camp, and reports that
! lumber is being turned out at merry
clip.
| W. H. Yerrick, while here this morn
ing, went out to the AL Brown ranch,
near Grantsdale, and made arrange
ments whereby he will secure deed
to the place as soon as it can be drawn
up and signed by Brown, who is in the
| ~ :, Ynf1f cd
people of this section will welcome MIR.
Yerrick as property owner in the val
ley and a possible successful exhibitor
| at their fairs.
| Court Stenographer Frank Woody,
who is in attendance at the present
term of court informs your correspond
! ent that next Monday Mrs. Woody and
eral months visit to her old home in
Ontario-that is, if she can get the Icy
to leave his grandmother.
The horse belonging to the Second
street baker took a notion to-day that
he is a sprinter and started on dash
just as the baker got into the wagon.
| He threw the man of bread and cakes
to the ground, skinning his face little
and then made for the open country, but
| was taken in before going far.
The boys at the ranch are talking a
| little over the fact that on Monday last,
at Gravesend, three of the Bitter Root
bred colts, Sadducee, Montanic and In
ishfree, took first, second ana third in a
race there 1t is something seldom or
ever seen that three horses bred at the
same place and by the same party take
the whole money in the same race. End
it shows how evenly the Bitter Root
| colts are running.
The Ravalli County Abstract COM
! pany to-day sold to w. S. Jones the
| y,Ia in Viptn
and formerly owned by doc" Thomp-
| son.
Mrs. H. J. Kelly and little daughter
left this afternoon for a short visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. See, at Sleep
ing Child Springs, some 10 miles from
here. Harry is boarding out.
A project is on foot to put ferry In
the place of the washed away bridge at
this place. 1t is proposed that the bust
ness men take the matter in hand and
put up the necessary cost, making he
ferry a free one. 1t may be, however,
that at the meeting next week the COM
missioners will do something of the
kind to tide over the time until a bridge
can be put in after the low water has
arrived.
The Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany lumber department. lost a valu-
able team of horses this evening at The
breakwater by the mill. They wore
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somehow slipped off the bank into the
deep water, and before anything could
be done for them they were carried
down by the current and drowned.
B. F. See, proprietor of the Sleeping
Child Springs was in town to-day. He
has just completed some needed I'M
provements the road to this popular
pleasure and health resort.
James H. Cowan, the Corvallis capt.
talist, was in Hamilton to-day. Mr.
Cowan, who had such hard tussle fol
life a. couple of years ago, is looking
we'll and apparently feeling well.
N. Roulan, S. Roulan and Remi Roll'
Ian of Helena are registered at The
Hamilton hotel this evening.
c. E. Gillen and wife of Bonner have
been in town to-day. the former being
a witness in the Poole case.
H. Bridenthal of Helena is guest o
the Ravalli this evening.