The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-22
HAMILTON HAPPENINGS.

Hamilton. Nov. 21.-The DAILY palace
stock car Hattie D left here by spe-
cial to Missoula yesterday for the
East. Ont the car were three Election
eer trotting mares and the thorough
bred stations Tammany and Imp In
verness. the stations going to Milton
Young,s McGrathiana breeding farm in
Kentucky, where they will remain for
| a while before returning to their Bitter
Root home. DR.. Haygard went in
charge of the horses.
Intelligence has reached this city of
the death, at his home in Seymour,
Mo-, of DR.. A. j. Watts, uncle of AS
SCISSOR Watts of this county, and who
visited in this valley for several months
this summer. He was a sufferer from
Bright's disease and his health failed
rapidly this fall warning him to get
home before the end came. He reached
home just five days before his death.
Nels Peterson. convicted of the muir
der of Andrew Nelson at the last term
of court, sentenced to hang, and who
has been respited for 60 days by Gov
nor Smith in order that motion for a
new trial may be perfected, seems to
have changed his mind about refusing
to eat and now complains that he can
not get enough, although Jailer Mitchell
feeds the prisoners well. Peterson has
| developed an abnormal appetite, so
that the Jail cook says that If Nels is
each meal larger stove will have to
be provided.
J. H. Boyd and wife have sold their
residence in the Doran addition to Mr..
| Doran receiving therefor five acres Of
land on the Grantsdale road.
County Attorney Baker and Attorney
McCulloch We're transacting legal bust
| ness in Darby yesterday.
| Score another for the Bitter Root
| horse. Bathos, winner Of the s1,2O0
| Stanford stakes at San Francisco, halls
from the Daily stock farm.
| Ed Smith and family will commence
moving to-day to their new residence
| on the farm across the river.
| A new building is being erected by
| r. H. Drinkenberg on his lots on Main
| street near the Lockwood stables.
| Frank Cleary, connected with the
| Northern Pacific land department. and
| who is taking a holiday with his
brother, ex-Conductor Cleary at Victor,
was up with the latter yesterday, TAX
| ing in the sights of the Bitter Root
| metropolis.
| H. j. Kelly, former proprietor of the
| Times and now assistant foreman of
| the Butte Miner, returned to his du-
ties yesterday, feeling much improved
| in health for his outing in the valley.
Mrs. Kelly and Baby Helen remain for
the winter with the lady's parents here.
Nothing but good reports come from
|
| new locations are constantly being
made
Nothing new or definite is being
made known in regard to the extension
Of the Bitter Root branch, except that
the surveyors are at work selecting a
| route. ."
Attorney General Nolan has filed a
| brief in behalf of the state in the case
| of the state VS.. Horrigan and McClel-
Ian, now before the supreme court on
appeal from motion for new trial and
from the judgment in the district court.
Mr.. Sherman, the Fort Dodge, Iowa,
newspaper man, who has been here
for some 10 days. and who has been ne
gotiating for the Times with the pur-
pose of making it a democratic paper.
seems to have given up that idea, and
left yesterday for Anaconda and
in new plant, and by the first of the
year will launch new democratic
journal on the troubled journalistic
seas of the beautiful Bitter Root.
A number of Hamilton people re-
manned up nearly all night few even
ings ago to see the promised display OF
meteors, but all the stars or meteors
they observed were in glass-turned
| upside down.
E, c. Langford, Boston, is a guest al
the Ravall
V. H. Scott. wife and mother, came
in last night from Hudson Mich, and
are at the Hamilton.
w. S. Fortner. engineer of the arid
land commission, a former resident and
still property owner in the valley
came over from Helena last night and
| will remain several days.
l. II. S. Page went to Missoula this
morning on some land business.
Quite a number of Hamilton young
people We're dancing at Grantsdale last
| night.