The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-10


clerk of Park county for a number of
years and has made host of friends
who will be sorry to see him leave
Mr.. Smith himself is 10th to leave the
place where he has spent SO many
years, and says he would rather stay
in Livingston than to live in any place
in the west, were it not for the fact
that business matters compel him 10
leave the Gateway City. Mr.. Smith
is one of the best accountants to be
found anywhere, thorough gentleman
and prince of good fellows. The well
wishes of legion of friends go with
him to his new field, and if the So
licitude of old-time admirers can have
anything to with the way fortune treats
him, Mr. Smith will be as prosperous
as any one. Mrs. Smith will join her
husband in Salt Lake in a short time.
A castle of Royal Highlanders was
organized in this city Friday evening
by F. r. Pettitt, the organizer for the
order. The new lodge starts off with
good membership and will no doubt
prove a substantial addition to the fra
ternal organZa tons of the city.
John A. Stuff has resigned his posi-
ton as editor of the Livingston Enter
prise, and the place is temporarily filled
by jerome Williams. Mr.. Stuff will re-
main in Livingston for time before
seeking new location. The resigna-
ton of Mr.. Stuff deprives the journal
istic profession of this part of the
state of one of its brightest and most
capable members. The gentleman has
been here for a number of years and
his work has always been of an ex-
cellent quality. During his long resi-
dence in this city Mr.. Stuff has made
many friends, who will be sincerely
sorry at his departure.
Colonel S. r. Shrake and family, ac-
companied by Mrs. Schrake's aged
mother, came over from Ravalli coun-
ty by team last week and expect to be-
come residents of this city again, at
least during the coming winter. They
will be welcomed by a host Of friends,
and especially by all old-timers of the
city and county. The colonels health
is not very good, a fact which will be
deeply regretted by his numerous
friends. The change from Ravalli to
Park county, it is hoped, may prove
highly beneficial to Mr.. Shrakes health
]. H. Wolcott and family legt Tues
day morning for Minnesota. expecting
to remain there permanently. Mr.
Wolcott has been in poor health for the
past two months and the change to a
lower altitude is made in the hope that
1t may prove beneficial.
Miss Matte Chapman passed through
the city last Monday en- route to Boze-
man, where she has accepted a posi-
tion as one of the teachers in the pub
lie schools of the Gallatin county me-
tropolis. Miss Chapman is another one
| of Montana's best educators, who grad
uated as such in Park county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Williams of Car
bonado were in the city Saturday visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Elmer
for a day while en- route for a trip to
the park. Mrs. Elmer is a daughter
of Mr.. Williams. The latter is one of
the most prominent stock growers in
Eastern Montana, and is as genial a
gentleman as ever threw open the doors
of hospitality to a friend. He was re-
Gently married in Billings to Miss Ger
tie Edwards, and congratulations have
been pouring in upon the couple ever
since. Mr.. Williams is a gentleman
who counts all who know him as his
friends, and those who know him best
are his warmest admirers. His bride
is a most accomplished lady They
will make their home on the groom's
stock ranch in Carbon county, to which
place they will return after touring
Wonderland. -
The preliminary hearing of B. A.
Moule, charged with mayhem, alleged
to have been committed on the Fourth
of July on the person of A. w. Slos-
son, was held Thursday morning before
Justice Wilson. The court decided that
there was not sufficient evidence pro-
duced on which to bind the defen-
Moule was accordingly turned loose.
Carl Lenk was taken into custody
Tuesday and incarcerated in the city
Jail, where he remained pending an
examination as to his sanity. He has
been acting queerly for some time, and
finally became so violent it was
thought best to put him where he could
do no harm. His peculiar variety of
dementia causes him to break all
the windows he can get rock through,
and he apparently does not realize that
he is committing any offense by his
destruction of property Lenk was
| given an examination Wednesday be-
| fore Judge Henry and Drs. Campbell
| and Pampel and was declared insane
| and taken to Warm Springs infirmary.
| 1t is hoped that his affliction may prove
| only of a temporary nature and that
| he may soon be discharged as cured.
Wednesday morning Coroner Leard
was notified that man had been found
dead in field above Hopper's station,
nine miles west of town, and that his
services would be required to deter
mine the cause of death. Arriving at
the scene Coroner Leard impaneled the
following jury: G. B. Joslyn, II. A.
Crossen, Ernest Speith, w. H Williams,
Pete Mooney and w. B. Stevenson.
From the testimony produced at the
inquest the fact was developed that
the dead man, whose name is Fritz
Water, and who was a brother of e. b.
Water of Cokedale, had not been in
good health for some time and thai on
the day of his death he was overseeing
the cutting of a field of grain. At noon
the men who were working under Water
unhitched their horses and started to
dinner Water remarked that he did
not believe he wanted any dinner and
started over toward temporary
shack, where it is supposed he was 60
ing to rest during the noon hour. Be-
fore reaching the house, however, he
became exhausted and lay down under
a tree When the men returned from
dinner they went over to awaken Va
ter, but found him cold in death. They
Immediately notified the coroner and
Mr.. Leard went out to the place. He
is of the opinion that death was due to
a dropsical condition, affecting the
liver, kidneys and heart. The dead
man was buried Wednesday afternoon
in private cemetery near Hopper's
station. Water was about As years of
age and unmarried.