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The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28

The Northern Pacific finds the Union de-
| will Immediately commence the construc-
ton Of magnificent new depot on the
ground recently purchased by the compa-
ny.
The general land Office says that relin-
q,lishment of land entries should be re-
garded with distrust, as cmbOdying prima,
facie evidence of fraud, aud that settlers
buying them do so at their own risk, So far
as he land Office is co onccrncd.
i We will have to take the cyclones as they
come this year Congress failed to make
! any appropriation for the maintenance of
signal stations in the West Indies, and they
have been abandoned These stations were
used for the purpose of noting the approach
of cyclones.
The Metropolitan bank of New Orleans
was robbed on Sunday night and money
and deposited valuables to the amount Of
5000, 600 secured. The work was so articti-
cally performed it is believed to have been
done by burglars who stand at the head of
their profession.
Packer, the man eater, was indicted at
Lake CITY, Colorado, of murder in the first
degree on the 9th. The first Indictment
found against HIM was quashed on tcchni-
calities, but the second was properly drawn
up and if justice is done him at his trial he
will certainly be hanged.
Miss Cleveland, who talked Temperance
in Bismarck and other portions of Dakota,
is now practicing law at Pierre. She was
recently assigned to defend the keeper of a
bawdy house-a woman--for the illicit sale
of Intoxicating liquors, and did her work so
well that her client was acquitted. Now
some of the awful, awful good people of
Pierre censure Miss Cleveland for having
done her duty.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28
LOCAL NEWS.
From Saturdays Daily.
The first thunder storm of the season
visited us last evening.

From Saturdays Daily.
The first thunder storm of the season
visited us last evening.
The balcony in front of II. Clark 4
Cos store building is receiving coat of
paint.
Concord stages, drawn by four horses,
will run out Of Billings on the Benton
line on and after Monday next.
Babcock & Miles have on exhibition
in front Of their store one Of the Moline
wagons, for which they arc agents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John LoTett were Ii
town yesterday. They conduct the new
station called Antelope, Twenty-Five
miles from town, where the Benton
stages stop for dinner.
Mai. Armstrong, Indian agent at the
Crow agency, near Saltwater, was in
town to-day. lie, in connection with
Gen. Blake and Col Shcetz, the gov
ernment surveyors, and Gen. Hatch,
commandant at Fort Custer, will assist
in selecting the lands which are to be
apportioned in severalty for tho use Of
the Crows.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28
Miles City Correspondence.
MILES CITY, NJ. T.,
ADril 18th. 1883.

April 18th, 1883.
10. A. M.-The trial of Daniel
Leahy, for the murder of William
Preston, occupied all of yesterday,
and the case was given to the jury
shortly after 5 o'clock p. IN. During
the trial the defendant appeared
much depressed. His face was pal
lid and deeply melancholy. As he
was led up from the Jail and took
his place within the bar his ghostly
appearance gave the impression that
the way of the transgressor is hard
and full of trouble. The evidence
for the prosecution was so complete
in establishing the charge set forth
in the indictment that no place was
found for doubt. The only evidence
on the part Of the defense was rela-
tive to the intoxication of the de-
fendant at the time the homicide
occurred. The jury retired to de-
liberate on their verdict about $50
p. m. At s o'clock they returned
their verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree, and as charged in
the Indictment. The prisoner was
by the court remanded to Jail to
await his sentence, which the court
said would be passed Monday morn
ing, Dist, at 10 o'clock a. m. The
prisoners counsel gave notice Of
motion for new trial. Bailiffs
were with the prisoner up to II
o'clock in the evening, when he re-
turned. About 2 O'Clock a. m. he
was found in a dying condition.
Physicians were summoned, but it
was found that he could not be
brought out Of the stupor in which
he was sunk. He had been in the
habit Of using opium in small guam
titles, and taking larger dose has
caused his own death.
McArthur's trial is in progress.
Ii, first witness called was NJ. B.
Rademaker, who is still on the
stand. The case will be very close
ly contested:
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28
NEWS NOTES,

The buffalo gnat in Arkansas is killing
the cattle
Steamers are now leaving Bismarck daily
for Benton.
The Illinois legislature i. just now in Il
condition of deadlock.
Brady and kellogg. of the star route gang
have been again indicted.
Mrs. Hackett, wife of Ed. Hackctt, the
first mayor of Bismarck, is dead.
A revolution is in progress in the inde-
pendent West Indian island Hayti.
The Old Model Touring mill in Minncap-
oils was burned on the evening of the
18th inst
A Kentucky murderer sentenced to death
attamptcd to escape from Jail, and, failing
in that, committed suicide.
The steamer Grandln, left Fargo on the
18th for points down the Red river She ID
the first boat of the season.
George Phelps was arrested at DeadwoOd
yesterday for passing forged check for
$3.50 on the First National Bank of Dead
wood.s
Thos. knill, engineer in the Thompson
plow works ut BelOit, Wis, was torn in
fragments by falling on the engine drive
wheel.
The Dakota capital commission was not,
it seems, legally appointed, and therefore
have no authority to act under the eom-
mission bill.
1t is said that the Canadian Pacific vii.
be completed this year nearly to the Rocky
mountains, one thousand miles west 0:
Winnipeg.
Some charitable capitalists. with money
10 distribute for tue general good are about
to start another cheap morning paper in
Minneapolis.
The '-cyoiyc. ;scd by the notorious Dead.
wood Dick in 1875 when he killed Texas
Charlie was found while cleaning the streets
, of Deadwood a few days ago.
At Warsaw, Ind, two little girls, aged
respectively ten and twelve years. we're at
tackled i'm the woods by two ruf1ians, who
! chloroformcd and outraged them.
| Mr. Scguin, once q Minnesota Catholic
priest, boted at the doctrine of papal in
fallibility, and took wife. He is now Oh
bail at New York for getting drunk and
abusing her.
| The Russian authorities still continue to
arrest Nihilists. About fifty were taken
| into custody last week. They embrace
representatives of every class from tht
+, highest 10 the lowest.
| II is again announced that most vigor'
Gus campaign is to commence against tht
Apachcs. 1t is comforting to hear Of tho
announcement occasionally, although il
seems to mean uethiDs in particular.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Billiard and pool tables are being put
up in the Park hotel and saloon.
Capt T. W. Hathaway, quartermaster
at Fort Maginnis, is visiting Billings.
The first officers of Yellowstone
county received their certificates OF
election yesterday from the county COM
missioncrs.
Mrs. Leith and her daughter left town
Yesterday afternoon to take charge Of
the stage station ut 1.avina (Burke's
ranch) On the Musselshell.
Gen. Anderson viii arrive by special
train this evening. He is expected
about five o'clock, and will look over
the Benton branch survey.
Messrs. 7. S. and Phillip Wadsworth
and F. 3. Stoneman started yesterday
on fishing excursion up Pryor's creek.
They will he gone several days.
Jerry Cokely is now on trial for the
killing of Patrick Dwyer. The crime
was committed at the section house in
Billings on the eve of Christmas last.
Johnnie Burke has so far recovered
from his late illness that he was able to
take the train last evening for Miles
City, where he will remain for time.
A. II. Mackenzie, formerly Of Billings
but now of Emigrant Gulch, is spending
the day in town. He has been attending
court at Miles City in the capacity Of
witness.
T. w. Shriver and Frank Maxwell
have returned from a visit to the Bull
mountains and the Musselsheli. Mr..
Shriver is well pleased with what he
has seen of the country, and will invest
in ranch and become sheep-farmer.
An inquest over the remains Of Dan
Leahey was held on Saturday, with the
principal object of fascertaining, if possi-
Die. how he obtained the opium which
caused his death. The result We have
not yet learned.
HIr, II. \. Plat, an attorney FROM New
York state, who has good record for
ability and integrity, leaves this even
ing for Miles City to gain his admission
fo the bar. ne having decided to locate
and practice in Billings. We wish him
every success.
We understand that by the operation
of the new timetable just inaugurated,
mails will he carried over the Northern
Pacific every day of the week, including
Sunday. This will be a vast improve
lnent on the present system, by Which
mails lie over ull along the road on Sum
DAY.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28

The ladies of the Episcopal Guild in
tend to give Il May fair or festival on
the first day of May next. The arrange
ments which are being made for the en-
tertainment will be noticed in our col
umnS.
G. NJ Chafee has come from Grinnell,
Iowa, to Yellowstone county to engage
in farming, and will take up ranch in
the adjacent bottom or in the Mussel-
shell valley, according as he is best
suited.
While rain was fllling in the valley
last evening snow fell on the surround
ing hills in sufficient quantity to give
them wintry aspect. The slight diff
ference in altitude made the difference
in temperature.
McKecver and Edwards are two more
Jail birds, who were caught for crimes
committed in Billings, and are to be
tried at the term of court. They are the
men who "held-up" the railroad boys
Mclaughlin and Crumb last winter.
E. Goughnour, who operates a saw
mill and lumber yard near Livingston,
and is heavy Billings property owner;
Is spending the day in town. He says
Livingston is lively. but that Billings is
his choice first, last and all the time.
Articles of incorporation of the Mon
tana Artesian Well company were fled
this morning in Secretary McCutcheon's
Office. The company will operate in
Yellowstone county with headquarters
at Billings and will bore and dig wells.
The capital stock is $4,000. divided into
! 900 shares Of $40 ca ach, with power to
increase. The trustees are Frederick
Billings, John r. King, Geo. Z. Hulmc,
Fred II. Foster, Perry w. Meadow, II.
II. Nrund and Walter Matheson, who
will serve for the first three months.
The company is limited to 90 years.
Helena Herald. 18th.
Gen. Brisbin induced a colony from
near his former home in Pennsylvania
to come to Miles City with view Of To-
eating in that vicinity. They came. The
board Of trade held grand pow-wow
with them and sought to impress upon
their sceptical minds the idea that Miles
City is the center of the universe as well
as of political corruption and high taxes.
But it would not down. Of the disgust
cd colonists, the majority returned to
their homes, a few were employed by
Gen. Brisbin on his ranch, and the bal
ance came up the line and are settling
in Yellowstone county.
The first train under the new time
table, which takes effect tomorrow,
will leave ST. Paul tomorrow evening
and run as far as Mandan. The through
train will leave st. Paul on Monday
morning, and reach Billings for break
fast on Wednesday morning. There
will, we presume, be no train from the
east Tuesday evening. The new time
card has not been received at this sta
ton, but will reach here by this even
ing's train. Dnring next week dining
cars will run no farther west than Fargo,
owing to the fact that only one or two
Of the ten cars ordered from the Pull
man company are yet ready for the
road.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28
The Macarthur Case.
JURY CANNOT AGREE.
Lump Sentenced.
Especial to Herald ]

MILES CRY, April p, 1ss3.-The jury
in the Macarthur trial went out to con-
slider their verdict at II o'clock last
night, and returned this morning for
further instructions. They returned
later in the forenoon and said they
could not agree, but were sent out again
for further deliberation. 1t is rumorcd
that they stand eleven for acquittal to
one for conviction in some degree Of
murder.
Lump, who killed Mugglns Taylor,
and was found guilty Of murder in the
second degree, was sentenced this morn
ing to fifteen years imprisonment in the
penitentiary.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28

1t is highly gratifying to know
that active and systematic steps are
being taken looking toward the cul-
turc of trees throughout the town.
Under the encouragement and fos-
tering care of our Board of Trade
we hope to see the movement SO
actively pressed that every occupied
residence lot in town, if not many
more, will be ornamented by the
presence of row of thrifty trees.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28


! Thos. HanlOn has returned from Fort
| Custer, where he went to give evidence
ut the Fuller court Of inquiry. The hear
ing was still in progress when he left,
and the evidence so far taken clearly
tended to exOnerate Lieut.. Fuller from
the charges made against him by Col.
Merrill.
A colony of immigrants with several
car loads of household goods and stock
came into town Of Friday evening. They
came from Ohio and will locate up the
valley between Billings snd Park City.
Among their outfit were fourteen thor
oughbrcd Jersey heifers, destined for
dairy purposes.
Under the new time table the passen-
ger train from the east will arrive here
at 6 a. M, stop for breakfast, and depart
at 6:25. The train will arrive from the
west at 7:50 in the evening remain for
supper, and leaye for st. Paul at s:15.
The first train under the new arrange
ment left the depot for the east last
evening.
A petition is being circulated in Cook
City and throughout the Clark's Fork
mining district, asking for the establish
ment of mail service between that place
and Billings. This routewas authorized by
congress some time ago, though service
has not yet been ordered, but the peti-
ton will doubtless have the desired
effect, as the Clark's Fork region is with
out mail facilities, aud Billings is the
nearest peint of importance.
Custer county warrants are worth ff-
ty per cent. of their face value at pres
ent. Witnesses who attended the pres
ent sitting of court at Miles City and
chose to get their warrants for fees
cashed by spectators before leaving, re-
oeived just half the sum to which they
were by law entitled This indicates a
most deplosaLle financial condition and
one which Yellowstone should avoid if
it be a7oidsa,e, as 1t certainly is,
In the McArtLur case, on trial IN Miles
City, the jury failed to agree upon their
verdict, and we're discharged. 1t is
stated that no new trial will be ordered,
but that Macarthur will probably he re-
leased on bail to appear at any time he
may be required. This is said to be the
advice of Col. Johnson, prosecuting at
torney, who BELIEVES that no greater
crime than manslaughter can be proven
and that as it would be difficult to find
jury to agree upon verdict in the case,
it would not be wise to repeat so ex-
pensive trial.
One of McElrath's unmitigated lies:
"When the rainy season sets in few
weeks hence, Billings will possibly sink
wholly out of sight in the soft mud on
which it was floated last year. The
most energetic efforts have proven in
sufficient to sound to the bottom of that
mud, and it is believed to be unfathom-
able. Such portion of its upper surface
as dries in the summer becomes dust,
fine and impalpable, covering every
thing, filing everything, impeding the
breath and the sight, and rendering life
burden. How different are the con-
ditions.in Miles City"'
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28

The Crows are in town to-day in great
force. The defeat and loss of two ponies
and some cash, which they suffered in
the horse race few days ago. they
would not endure without SOME attempt
at retirement. SO to-day they appear
with cheap good" pony to matca
against the cayuse of the pale face for
any reasonable sum. The race is to be
run this afternoon.
Mr.. Pendleton and Ed. Sands armed
themselves with fishing tackle, a pound
of crackers and quart of whisky and
spent Sunday last along tho river in ang-
ling for the willy trout. They returned
with one small fish and the experience
that it is folly when on such an excur-.
sion to invest extravagently in crackers
and take along only meagre qnart of
whisky.
F.V. Sommers, who has acted in the
capacity of foreman at the Journal Office
for the past year, left yesterday foS Bill
lings, where he has accepted 4 position
on the HERALD. "Fay" is one who will
make and keep friends, and has that
most happy faculty of being liked by all
with whom he is thrown in contact. He
is first-class printer and a most reliable
man. II he suits the Herald as we'll al
he did the Journal, they will hesitate
greatly to part with him, when he gets
ready to make another start. Our best
wishes for his future prosperity 90 with
him. "May his shadow never grow
less. Miles City Journal.
Another Of the periodical Piegan
raids upon the Grow reservation occur
red last week. No depredations are re-
ported as having been committed except
the capture and running off Of about 200
Grow ponies. The locality raided upon
by the Piegans was in the vicinity Of
Rock Greek. a tributary of the Clarke's
Fork. Little is yet certainly known
about the matter, but we hope to learn
further particulars in day or two. A
military force has gone out from Fort
Ellis to intercept the raiders if possible.
The two car loads Of soldiers who went
westward by the passenger train on Sat
urday evening were not detailed for this
purpose as generally supposed. They
we're recruits destined for the 3d lafsa-
try at Forts Missoula and Shaw. They
we're in charge Of LieutGnanE Jones'
and Mcr0y.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28

BentOn's new court room is now ready
for use. It is fifty feet long aud twenty
feet vide.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-04-28

Herr Ward Beecher will be in Mon
tana ncXAAAsus. on lecturing tour.
An exchange says that Frank BOswOrtl
will manage II. W.'s lectures from "Bil-
lings to Portland" If the people of
Billings can manage to get him here
they will not care who manages the
lecture
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-09-19
Miss Edwards Address.

Miss Anna Edwards, of Cleveland, de-
livered an address in the Congregational
Church on the subject of temperance last
Sabbath evening to an audience of six or
seven hundred. Her argument in favor of
the Second Amendment was logical and
commended itself to the judgment Of her
hearers. She is in the employ of the w.
@. T. u, and is engaged to speak every
evening till election.
We were better pleased with the matter
of her discourse than the manner. There
are few women whose voices are well
adapted by nature to public speaking, the
higher register being often specially dis
agreeable when force and emphasis are
attempted. If Miss Edwards would con-
fine herself TO the conversational method
her speaking would be more pleasing and
effective. One other thing reminded us
unpleasantly of the fact that very few pub
lie speakers, men or women, especially
women, can use the arms gracefully. The
circumstances that will justify woman in
swinging or throwing her arms are very
rare, and she will err on the safe side, if at
all, by keeping her hands and arms in re-
pose about nine hundred and ninety-nine
times in thousand. Mankind seem slow
to learn that the curved line is the line of
grace and beauty.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-09-19
Police Notes.

Sunday, toward evening, Constable Hac-
kett arrested two suspicious looking
strangers who dropped off a freight train
at this station, having passed themselves
here in the complimentary" manner of
dead beats. They were not disposed to
speak of their business, but stoutly resisted
being given the hospitality of the city
They were quartered in the lookup till
Monday afternoon, when, by telephoning
to their references in Cleveland, portion
of their numerous stories was substantial
ed. They gave their names as VIM. Wal
ker and John Huntington, of Cleveland.
When washed up they looked very well,
and Mayor Herrick gave them some excel
lent hints how to avoid the inconvenience
of lodging in City Hotels with policeman
for clerk. They were escorted about the
town by its highest official, complimented
it as all strangers do, and then kept their
promise to get speedily out of it.
A young man who said he had been for
years employed in a Cincinnati wholesale
house dealing in shoes, but had spent his
good wages in riotous living, and through
big spree lately lost his situation, and,
crazed with drink, had boarded train
and gone until his money had given out,
had arrived here in the ragged condition
in which he was arrested Sunday night
and placed in the lookup. Monday it was
considered good economy to let him go,
but he declared; he was not going to walk
out of this town. He was re-arrested and
held until Tuesday morning, when his in
dependence had modified, and finding
that there was danger of his going to the
penitentiary for tramping, he shed tears
and offered to walk any distance to get
away; would go where he was known and
never wander or drink any more. Mayor
Herrick gave him a short sermon and he
went away.
An EDglishman, few months in this
country and working for c. F. West, was
up town a week ago Saturday night, and
as was his custom in England, went into a
saloon in response to an invitation to go in
and sip a bit of beer" On his way home
walking beside Jimmy Adams, he flung
out his hand to disengage drop of blood
from cut, when Adams resented 1t rs a
personal attack, and the conflict that en-
sued got both into the lookup. Mr.. Ad-
ans paid his fine, the foreigner earned it
first and brought his, but was believed to
be more sinned against than sinner. He
thinks this country not a good one TO go
out in evenings, and that hereafter he will
not venture up town nights.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-09-19
Notice to Teachers.


The State Teachers Association, held in
July last inaugurated what is known as
the Ohio Teachers Reading Club, said
club to be under the care and direction of
the State Association.
For the first year it prescribes course
of reading in Pedagogy, English Poetry
and American History. The Annual
Teachers Association of Lorain County,
held in August at Elyria, heartily endorsed
the action of the State Association and
took measures for Township Clubs to be
formed throughout the county. The time
appointed for the teachers of Wellington
Townships to meet and organize was Fri
day evening, Sept. 21st, at IL o'clock
promptly. As many of the teachers of the
village and Township as can meet on that
evening are expected to be present at the
High School room, in Wellington, for the
organization of a Teachers Reading Club
The movement appeals TO the interest and
enthusiasm of every teacher in the Town
ship, and large attendance is expected.
The first meeting will be a short one,
simply for organization, and will adjourn
in time for any who may wish to attend
the political meeting in the Town Hall on
the same evening R 81. KINNIsoN.