The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
! In Sheridan.

chairman OF the. board of commission
| ers, was in town Friday Of last week on
his way to Virginia City, where he had
been called by Geographic message to
| attend an insanity commission. That
| evening the examination was held and
resulted in the commitment of James
| Gaylord, a resident of Norris, to the in
sane asylum. Sheriff Summers leaving
with him for that institution the fol-
| lowing day.
| A cowardly assault was attempted on
Mrs. James Govill Wednesday evening
of last week. While she was going to
| her mothers. who lives a few hundred
| yards away, she was run down by some
miscreant who, striking her with his
shoulder, hurled her to the ground and
then tried to throttle her. Her screams
| brought assistance to the scene and the
villain escaped in the darkness. There
| is no clue to the perpetrator of the
| cowardly assault.
F. M. Jacoby, circulator of the Stand
| ard, was in town for few days last
| week in the interest of his journal.
| S. S. Patterson, wholesale liquor
| dealer of Dillon, and Charles Herself
| man, who retails the same class of
goods, were in town Thursday and on
| the following day journeyed on up to
| the county seat.
| Ed BoWden and Emil Denis, both of
Meaderville, were in town for few
| days last week. Mr.. Bowden is the
| owner of livery stable in Meaderville
and he brought over a number of horses
! to be wintered in Mr.. Willis field, few
miles from town.
| Frank S. Metzel. eldest son of the
| late Alexander Metzel, was in town
Monday. Mr.. Metzel has been APP
| pointed administrator of his fathers
| estate and he was in search of parties
willing to go on his bond, which is quite
| a. heavy one, reaching nearly to the
| 100000 mark.
Howard C. Vinson, superintendent of
| c. x. Larabie's Brook Nook horse
| ranch was in town Saturday evening
| and says that the blue blooded horses
| on that ranch are withstanding the
| winter in fine shape; that there has not
been storm of any consequence in the
| valley this winter and nowhere in Mon
| tana can a healthier lot of horses be
| found than the ones on Brook Nook
ranch. a
| Miss Jessie May Baker and John P.
| Beardsley were united in marriage on
Tuesday of last week at the residence
| of Clerk of Court Walker in Virginia
City, Justice of the Peace N. D. John
| son performing the ceremony. Both the
young people are residents of Sheridan,
the bride being the daughter of Mr.. and
in Sheridan and it's immediate vicinity
all her life. The groom is a prosperous
young business man and he has many
warm friends among his associates. At
present the happy couple are domiciled
in their new residence on Mill creek,
few miles above town.
The worst storm that has visited this
section for years found US out Tuesday
morning. All day long Monday its roar
could be heard as it tore up the val
ley of the Jefferson, carrying suffering
and misery to the unprotected stock on
the ranges. AT II O'Clock Tuesday the
Virginia stage, bound for Twin Bridges,
left town. Behind it followed number
of rigs, all bound to make the Butte
train at Twin Bridges. Among them
was a rig containing Mrs. Denis and
her son Emil of Meaderyille, who have
been in this section looking for ranch
to rent. Before they had gone over two
miles they were compelled to turn back,
as their horses would not face the
storm. DR.. Miller and his father were
on their way to make a sick call and
younger doctor freezing his face and
both ears quite severely. When the
coach had gone three miles the driver
could not force the leaders to face the
storm and he was forced to return.
When he arrived in town he was
SpeeClleSS WITH cOlu anu nda nearly all
of his fingers badly frozen. All day
long Tuesday the blizzard ragged with
undated fury and the damage done to
stock on the ranges is inestimable. A
telephone dispatch from Virginia, in
quiring about the coach, says that the
storm is one of the worst ever expert
enced in the history of the town.
Under Sheriff Hill was in town from
the county seat Tuesday to serve some
summons in a suit renentlV instituted
by Fred Hermesmeyer.
Ira French, who last week journeyed
down to the land of the saints in search
of a business location, returned to Vir-
ginia City Wednesday.
John B. Griffith was in Virginia City
Tuesday and Wednesday on a. business
Grand
Sam Ogden is prospecting the springs
on the Ellinghouse place to see If suf-
ficient flow of water can be obtained
therefrom to supply the town for do
nestle purposes. If a sufficient flow can
be obtained he will put in water
works system.
Commodore Ike Boyer, Goodkind's
representative. was in town Sunday and
Monday looking after his wholesale
liquor and cigar trade.
Prof. H. H. Swain of the state nor
NAL, Dillon, lectured on Friday evening
at the Duncan school house and on the
following evening in the M. e. church,
Sheridan The subject for the first lee
ture was Territorial EXpa nsion,'' and
the second evening he spoke on 1.-THE
influence of the Frontier on American
History" Both subjects We're ably
handled and crowded house greeted
the professor on both occasions.
Capt. e. H. Trerise, superintendent
of the Leiteryi1e properties. after
spending week with his family in Hell
ena, returned to the mine on Wednes-
day
Alex Gray of Butte, one of the ow .lers
of the Blackstone mine on Sky High
mountain, arrived in town to-day, in
tending to make another inspection of
his property.
Dora Haviian and John Lndfors who
for the past few months have been
WORKING on prospect near Quartz
Hill, came down town Wednesday.
They have run tunnel in on the prop
erty for over 100 feet. Although they