The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-18
MISSOULA NEWS.
HAMILTON NOTES.


Hamilton, June 17-Mrs. w. A. Burns
arrived in Hamilton last evening from
La Crosse, Wis, and is the guest of
Mrs. D. J. Donohue. 1t will be remem-
bered that w. A. Burns, the lady's hus-
band, was for some time manager OF
the grocery department of the A. c. NJ.
company here. He died last March at
La Crosse from a cancer with which he
was affected while here. Mrs Burns
health began to fail after her husbands
death, and her physician advised her
to come West. She has many friends
at Hamilton, who are extending her a
hearty welcome.
The last few warm days have caused
the river to rise again. This time it is
rising more slowly but if the present
hot weather continues for five or six
days the water will be much higher
than at any time this year. There is
yet much snow in the mountains, and
the danger of a flood is by no means
past. Yesterday the water raised about
eight inches, and it will exceed that to-
morrow.
John McGrath of Darby returned yes
terday from Missoula, where he was
proving up on a piece of Uncle Sans
domain.
j. w Sherwood of Great Falls is
spending a few days in Hamilton.
F. H. Cooney Of Butte is a guest of
the RavalH. '-''
E. Louis Hansborough of New York
is autographed at the Ravalli.
Mrs. f. Powell of Livingston, sis
ter of Rev. Mr. Martin of this city, is
visiting her brother.
Messrs. Cook and Franks, the Stand
ard circulators. started in Thursday
evening, and last night had added an
| even 40 subscribers to the list of that
"A. IL.
| Hamilton correspondence is a great
help to them in their work
| Ex-Congressman Hartman will de-
liver the Fourth Of July Grafton in
| Hamilton. the committee having
ceived his acceptance of their invita-
/ ton Senator Pettigrew of North Da-
| kota will come with Mr.. Hartman and
| participate in Hamilton's celebration.
John B. Powers, a railroad engineer
who formerly lived in Missoula and who
| enlisted at Salt Lake in the I'd volun-
| teer engineers, who have recently re-
| turned from Honolulu and been mus
| tered out at San Francisco, writes to
/ his sister Mrs James e. Stevens of
| this place, that he will leave Frisco
about the Gath of this month and go to
Alaska with Major Ray who is to take
charge of the department of Alaska and
| will establish government posts at
| three points on the Yukon Major Ray
| will take along a large force of arti-
sans and Mr.. Powers will have charge
of the sawmills and engines necessary
| for the work, at a first-cass salary.
| From the heat of Honolulu to the cold
| of Alaska is quite a change.
| w. G. Stuart rode up on his wheel
! yesterday from Stevensville. He came
| up primarily to do some work on the
| Corvallis bridge, but found when he
arrived there that no help had been
| provided, and so came on to this place.
| Deputy Sheriff Mitchell was down to
stevensville yesterday rounding up
some of his horses He reports that
| How. Lancaster, who has been mining
| up the Burnt Fork with the Franklin
| Brothers, came in from there this
morning with a broken toe.
The Seventh Day Adventists of Ste
vensville are about to build a church
| there. This will make the sixth
church in that little village of about
| 400 inha bitants.
There We're shipped from Stevensville
/ 10 cars of produce last month, and so
far this month So cars of farm products
have been taken from that place.
Miss Mabel Corley and Miss Flor
| ence Chapman will assist Principal
| Sharp in the Stevensville schools this
| fall. - 8aS HfN
The family of Superintendent Tott-
man of the mill department will leave
| La Crosse, Wis, to-day for Chicago,
where they will visit for a time be-
fore starting for this place. They are
expected to arrive here about July l.
| Commissioner Z. A. Johnson has been
| in Deer Lodge this week being called
| there by the death of Mr. Johnson's
| father, respected citizen of that sec
| ton.
Superintendent Tottman is hearty in
| praise of some of his head men, and in