The Anaconda standard., 1899-06-10
HAMILTON HAPPENINGS.

j. j. HOWiey is having an audltlOn
built on his South street residence.
Hon. Henry Chambers of Grantsdale
was in Hamilton to-day renewing ac-
quaintance with our people.
The COW elk which arrived here Mon
day evening from Idaho for the Bitter
Root stock farm park, died suddenly
yesterday morning.
Sam Lucas has a large flag flying
from the handsome brick stable on the
hill, and has named the stable Tam
many Castle, in honor of Montanas S
creates race horse.
Mrs. John Whitesitt of Willow creek,
mention of whose illness was made in
a previous letter, died at / o'clock this
afternoon, and will be buried on Fri
day at Corvallis. Mrs. Whitesitt was
married last September, coming from
Red Field, Kansas, to join her be-
trothed husband here.
Joseph Wagner and Hugh Mcneil
were up from Stevensville to-day.
James Warren one of the enterpris-
ing farmers of the valley, was in town
to-day.
Alice S. Blythe two lots in StevensVllie
for $780,
Newt. Whitesitt of Corvallis was do
ing business in town to-day.
Sam Chaffin, the jolly Corvallis ranch
er, was transacting business at the
county seat to-day
John Dowling, ex-treasurer of this
county, and J. F. Borough of the Amos
Buck Mercantile Company of Stevens
Vile, were visitors in town to-day, do
ing business with the commissioners.
Hon. George T. Baggs and Charles
Buck, of the firm of Henry-Buck & Co..
drove up from Stevensvill e this morn
ing on business, returning this even
ing.
Marriage licenses We're issued yeSter-
day to w Fl. Buckridge and Dora N.
Van Blarieom, both of Victor; w. j.
Eddy and Rettie M. Roll both of Vic
tor; Albert Luther of Corvallis and
Kate NJ. Higgins of Stevensville
0. E. Peppard is up from Missoula,
presumably to be on the ground if the
commissioners desire any information
about bridge construction while they
are in session.
Mrs. Jacob Beck of Butte came in
| on this evenings train and will spend
a couple of weeks visiting her sister
here, Mrs. George Butler
Judge and Mrs. w. H. Dewitt came
over from Butte to-day and will make
one of their yearly visits with friends
| in this section, They are at present
| domiciled at the Ravalli.
Judge G.. w, Stapleton, the able Butte
attorney, came in from the smoky city
| this morning. He has some legal busi-
ness here.
I. H. Duncan is in town to-day from
| Corvallis. He has some very prom
ising copper prospects in Ross Hole
which he will start work on the first
of the week.
A force of so men are at work or
the river drive, which is now down at
| far as the Grantsdale bridge, and II
the water is favorable the river will
be clean in few days.
Mrs. C. NJ Talbot of Detroit, Mich.
mother of George Talbot, head of the
shoe department of the A. c. M. Com.
| pany, is in Hamilton and will spend thf
summer in the valley.
Mayor McCrackin has received E
| handsomely engraved invitation to the
| musical graduating exercises of the
| Iowa Wesleyan university of Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa. Among the graduates is Mis-:
Margaret McCrackin, niece of oul
worthy mayor, who spent last summer
in Hamilton as the guest of her uncle
and aunt.
The county commissioners to-day
| granted permission to Allen E. Shap
pee, clerk of the district court, to leave
the state for SO days. They alst
granted the same privilege to S. Sedg
/ wick, justice of the peace in Stevens
township.
| Constable AL Ewart of Stevensvill'
is in town from the valley town to
| day.