The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-17
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HAMILTON NOTES.

There arrived here Saturday night
three English riding saddles, which DR..
Haygard purchased while across the
pond Two of them are big boys and
will be used by Sam Lucas. The other
is for the doctors own use.
George Solleder, the United States
commissioner at Darby, was in town
too day on some legal business.
Sheriff Chaffin went up to Sleeping
Child Springs yesterday and brought
down a man named James Law, who
is said to be mentally "off." People at
jump up all at once and exclaim: you
b., you killed that child, you know
you did," evidently dwelling on some
tragedy of his past. He will have an
examination tomorrow afternoon.
Sheepmen in this valley are prepar-
ing for shearing. The May Bros. of
Stevensville, the largest flock masters
of the valley, will begin this week If
the weather turns out warm.
There has been considerable joking
among the boys about here this spring
over the fact that all the children born
to republicans this year have been
boys, while all born to democrats have
been girls and the Western News had
an editorial on the subject several
weeks ago, to the effect that the repub-
licans We're attempting to gerrymander
the county. But the spell has been
broken by ex-City Marshal Bill Bren-
nan, whose wife presented him with
| fine boy last week, and the democrats
are more hopeful now.
Don't fly your kite too high" has no
| terrors for Mayor McCrackin, as was
| shown yesterday by the kite-fying ex-
periments he was making with his son.
| And he was successful, too.
Before Justice Fitzgerald to-day a
familiar character known as Shirt
Collar Bill'' was tried on the charge Of
attempting to shoot James Haaf, the
| quilted
Mrs. Charles Buck of Stevensville,
who came up to visit her sister and to
attend the closing exercises of the Bust
ness college, returned home on Satur-
day mornings train.
Rush Burroughs, one of the gradu-
ates of the Business college here, is out
with a petition to Ex-Governor Rick
ards for an appointment as census
enumerator and is getting number OF
signatures. o. ]. Reimel is also said to
be after an appointment. Mr. Reimel
is an old soldier and will no doubt get
one Of the jobs
A man rode up from Missoula tC
Stevensville last Sunday on horseback
claiming to be going to Darby. He
tried to sell the horse and saddle to jim
Lancaster, in charge of the livery barr
in Stevensville, saying that he had paid
$75 for the outfit and would sell it fol-
$40, afterwards dropping down to $25
Jim became suspicious and telephoneo
to the officials at Missoula, when il
was found that the man had hired the
horse at the livery barn of Hayes &
Haverfeld. An officer from there drove
up Sunday and took the fellow back tt
explain matters to the court
Rev. P. w. Haynes of Stevensville is
down with spotted fever.
MI and Mrs. Lou Crutchfield of thi:
place visited friends at Stevensvillt
yesterday.
Miss Eta Landrim of Stevensville
who has been a student at the Bust
ness college here, returned to her hom'
yesterday. She was accompanied b!
Frank Cone and Miss Sophia Evans
and Oscar Hanscomb the three latte
returning the same evening.
While handling 22-caliber rifle las
Sunday. little son of G. F, Whitesit
of Stevensville managed to shoot him
: self, the bullet passing through tn
cheek and ear. The wound is not dan
gerous
A son was born this morning to tn
: wife of Ed Doran of this place. MI
!, Doran is the popular beekkeeper TO
| Lee Perkins