Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-18
NEWS
Hamilton, July 16, 1899.

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Hamilton, July 16, 1899.
Hon. George, Ward, manager of the
Wood Placer Mining operating
en- Hughes creek, a tributary of the west
q, fork of the Bitter Root river, states that
the prospects for the development of an
extensive placer mining camp IN the
head waters of the Bitter Root are most
fattering. Since the water subsidized suf-
rc."ntly for the men to work, develop
mehts have been pushed vigorously on
all the claims and the last clean UP of
the wood Placer company showed $40
per man per day for the last ten days.
Mr.. Ward states that the placer fields in
the upper Bitter Root extend over an
area OF four miles in width and twenty
hve miles in length, and the gold appears
70 come from an old river bed and it's
tributaries, the trend of which is almost
due east and west across the Bitter Root
mountains. But a small portion of this
district has been prospected, and colors
are plentiful from the grass roots down
wherever the ancient river bed has been
prOspected.
At the parsonage of St. Mary's church
IN the city of st. Paul. on July II, Mr.. w.
J. Eagleson Of Hamilton and Miss Eliza
beth Kelly of St. Paul were united in
marriage by Rev. Gibson. The bride and
groom arrived in Hamilton Saturday
evening and We're met at the depot by
a large company of friends. who ex-
tended m congratulations. Mr..
Eagleson, who couples a responsible po-
sition in the dry goods department of the
A. c. M. company's store, is one OF Ham
ilton's highly respected and most popular
young men. The bride is an attractive
young lady, who leaves many friends in
st. Paul and will be heartily welcomed
to Hamilton's best society. The happy
couple are at present domiciled at the
Ravalli. .
A picnic party, consisting of Frank
Wallen, Ole Sebreson and the Misses An
derson, met with quite a severe accident
yesterday while on their way to Lake
Como. The party We're driving a span
of spirited horses and a short distance
above Grantsdale the pole of the surrey
dropped down, frightening the horses so
that they became u~nmanageable, running
away, wrecking the surrey and throwing
the occupants to the ground. Miss Ada
Anderson received severe injuries and
Mr.. Sebreson was considerably bruised.
DR.. McGrath was called Immediately and
did everything possible to relieve the suf-
ferings of his patients.
The services at the Episcopal church
on Sunday were very interesting. Bishop
Brewer preached both morning and even
ing to large congregations. His morning
discourse was especially eloquent and
was followed by the rite of confirmation
administered to two candidates., and by
the communion service. both of which
were made very impressive. The church
was not consecra.ed at this visit of the
bishop. as was expected. owing to the
fact that there is still some Indebtedness
to be met. A special committee has been
appointed to solicit subscriptions. and it
is expected the debt will soon be lifted.
The bishop will remain in the city for
several days.
The annual statement of the assessor
of Ravalli county was filed with the sec
rotary of state on Saturday, and it shows
that the total value of real estate and
Improvements to be 81. SOL ,S73; total value
Of personal property, 1882 SO; total valu-
alton of all property IN the county, ST.
534, 543, an increase over the assessment
of 1898 of SIZE, 252. The stock interests of
the country are represented by 225 thor
oughbred horses, 1888 range horses and
2,C5S common horses; there are 1873 beef
CATTLE, 2,711 yearlings, 31 2-year-olds.
2.C32 COWS and 1904 stock cattle; 1925
stock sheep, 5,1S4 lambs and 1926 hogs.
The members of the Degree of Honor
met in regular session in their hall on
Thursday evening and elected and in
stalled the following new officers: c. of
H., Mrs. ]. E. Rawlins; Past G. OF H.,
Mrs .Storr; L. of c., Mrs. L. J. Knapp:
c. of c., Mrs. J. E. Stevens; receiver.
| Mrs. O'Hara; recorder, H. Grover; tinan-
cier, ]. F. Hendricks. At the close of the
session the member adjourned to Hell
wigs ice cream parlOr and enjoyed a
pleasant treat, rendered by Mesdames
OHara land Storr.
Rudolph Kissman, a blacksmith, en-
| ployed by H. S. Page, met with a very
painful accident on Friday evening while
shoeing a span of horses. While busily
engaged with one of the horses the other
| kicked him in the back. knocking him
down after which both horses ira
on his arms and body until he was one
| mass of bruises. He was rescued before
any bones We're broken, however, and is
being we'll cared for by order of his en-
ployer at the Hamilton house.
A party of quite distinguished persons
! came in on Saturday evenin's train and
We're entertained at the Ravaili over
ner of Missoula, Hon. Miles Finlen of
Butte, P. j. Brophy and family of Butte,
j. c. Coleman of New York, Hon. A. l..
Stone and family of Missoula, Hon. j.
NJ. Keith and family of Missoula. and Mr..
and Mrs. l.. Keith of New Brunswick.
The ladies and gentlemen were driven
over the stock farm and greatly enjoyed
the scenes and surroundings of the pref
test city in the state.
Rev. W.. F. Colder of the Methodist
Episcopal church. South. preached his
farewell sermon before going to cOnfer-