Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-18
HAMILTON NEWS

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Hamilton, Aug. II.
Yesterday a suit was begun in the dis
trict court, with Ravalli county as plain
tilt, against the A. c. M. Co. for dam
ages to the extent Of $4,000. which it is
claimed the county has suffered through
the destruction of the county bridge last
May. In constructing a breakwater and
makin q new channel for the river above
the bridge, the company are held respon-
s1ble for the washing out of the latter.
The county is represented in the case by
the county attorney. assisted by r. Lee
McCulloch. The defendants attorneys
have not yet appeared.
County Attorney Baker received a tele-
phone message yesterday from Attorney
j. G,iDenny of Missoula asking that a
warrant be issued for the arrest of EN-
met Simpson and a Mrs. Sitter, who left
Stevensville on Tuesday mornings train
with the evident intention of clipping. Mr..
Sitter the husband of the woman, fol-
lowed couple to Missoula, with the
intention Of in~tercepting them in that
city, but before a warrant was secured
they had left for parts unknown.
Hamilton is made musical these days by
the new Edison concert monograph, pur-
chased by Frank Cone, and on exhibition
at his place of business, where it attracts
large listening crowds. 1t can be heard
for half a mile n gives a perfect repro
duction of the human voice and the ac-
~companying music.
The funeral services Of Mrs. Robert
King, who died Tuesday at the home Of
ID L too- N-.- ~
yesterday. Mrs. King was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. 7. L. Randolph, n
had been i'll with consumption for a long
| time.
An intermittent spring of mineral
water, said to contain fine medicinal
qualities, was recently discovered on the
west fork Of the Bitter Root. An analysis
shows the principal mineral ingredients
to be iron, lime, magneSia and silica.
A camping party consisting of Mrs. AL
exander MARI and two sons Mrs. Stell,
Mrs. Hardy and daughter, and Herman
Osborne and John Richie, left on Tues
day for Hughes creek and the South Fork.
The sawmill belonging to Harper &
Baird will be removed from Bonita to
the Silverthore Spur, near ~Stevensville,
where the owners have a contract for
saving 10, 600, 900 feet of lumber.
w. Lundgren of the geological survey
will sell a number of his pack mules at
public auction today and will completely
reorganize his outfit before starting for
the Clearwater country.
The cases commenced on Tuesday in
the court of Justice Morris by Joe Bow
den of Corvallis against Glenn Ensign
and George Blume, for debt, have been
satisfactorily settled.
At it's recent session the board of COM
missioners rejected all bids for the con-
struction of roads on the west fork and
a readvertised for bids to be opened
| September 4.
! TheiHarvey Fisher ranch of 80 acres,
located near ~Stevensville, has been pur
chased by J. Dingle of Butte, who will
move, with his family, to the valley next
spring.
The StockgroWers' association has Of
fered a reward of $3.50 for the conviction
of any person of killing stock belonging
to any member of the association.
Mrs. G.. D. Fitzgerald and Mrs. E. L.
Thompson of Anaconda and j. ]. Nc
Gilligan and w. w. Wishon of Butte are
registered at the Ravalli.
A deed conveying one acre of land in
: the Hart addition from Robert Harris to
Belle Sturtevart was filed with the clerk
and recorder yesterday.
Commissioner Ed Johnson returned
from a three weeks trip through the
Lewiston and Idaho Clearwater country
on Tuesday.
Prominent ~adventists from different
parts of the state are in attendance at
the camp meeting now being held at
Woodside.
Services will be held at the Catholic
church next Sunday and the sermon will
be preached by Bishop Brondel.
D. r. Beck of Missoula was in Grants
dale Tuesday looking after his fruit farm
at that place.
Slight frosts are reported in different
sections of the valley this week.
fl. Rosenzweig and wife of Butte are
registered at the Hamilton.
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