The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09
Inc celebration Of The olor,o,,.
Fourth.
1ui account of the Tragedy on
Peterson Greek.
Otner Interesting News and
Gossip.
ocular Correspondence ofthe MINER

himself. His effort Is conceded to be the fine
ever heard in this section of the country, H
whole soul seemed to be thrown into the or
ton and he won the admiration and plaudits
all. W. F. Shanly read the declaration in
llaln, forcfble manner and received the a.
plause Of the people. The Rev. Mr. Wood
course performed his part admirably.
The exercises over at the hall, the larger DO
tlon of the people repaired to the race course t
witness the races. The town apparently We
deserted for the afternoon. The race GROUND
were covered with people and vehicles, an
much animation was visible. The first race wa
q trotting match betwee" Evans e. Mi chell's
8. Moslem and Lodge & Beanmont's Efe.
Time-First heat, Efie 2:59; second. hea
Moslem. 800; Third heat. Efie. PSI,
In the fourth heat Moslem was declared di
tanced, and one of his tugs coming loose tn
driver made no effort to push him through
Efie of course was de- Jared winner to the chs
grin of Moslem's friends who thought the hea
should be run over. But the Judge declare,
otherwise and the crowd acquiessed
On the 5th the races were as follows:
GREEN RACE.
Entries-TOm ward b. g.. Fred Ward: G. H
Ward b m, Lizzie H., c. sawtell b. M, Girl o
the Period, c.. H. Beilenberg b. g., johnny B.
w B. Miller b. r. s.. Robert H.
First heat-Lizze H., s:2l; second heat
Robert H., $40; third heat, Robert H 3:16.
RACE.
Half mile DASHED Cox b. I. Pride Of the Dell
A. H. Mitchell c. +. Rosebud, E Dashields b. h
Regent Jr., VIC Perryman b. h, Headlight Jr
John Beilenberg b. b. Lilly of the West. Regent
won; time 50 seconds.
This ended the days races. A great many
assembled on the track and betting was spir
tied. No little money changed hands N the
result.
A sad mishap occurred on the 4th during the
races. Dan Boisford. deputy sheriff and night
Waterman, while attempting to rescue a little
child from being run over in the running race
was himself knocked down by of the horses,
and for q time life was despaired of. He was at
once picked up and placed in a coach and
brought to the city hotel, DR.. Owings m a few
friends accompanying him. Here he remained
for a few hours and met with some relief from
the Doctor. Sheriff McMasters, learning of the
accident, Immediately went to the hotel and
had the sufferer removed to a nicer room in the
second story Of the jail. Sheriff McMasters says
he allows no one working for him to go untreat-
ed in the best of style in case he gets hurt. and
he proposes to see for himselfthat his employees
are properly taken care Of This is a commend
able spirit and he will lose nothing by his pains,
although Dan would have had the kindest
treatment at the City Hotel. am glad to state,
however, that he is on the mend, and should no
backset occur, he will be out again soon. This
was the only accident of note that occurred
during the 4th festivities.
To summarize, we can boast of havinga grand
old fashioned Fourth of July. The town was
gaily attired in evergreen, and flags and bunting
were visible on every hand. Everybody ap-
peared happy and 1 guess they ~were-except
perhaps those who got onthe wrong horse at the
race track.
SHOOTING TRAGEDY.
Last Saturday night a most shocking tragedy
occurred about four miles from Deer Lodge OF
Peterson Creek. by which Mrs. Alphonse Boyer
lost her life. 1t appears that the couple who
were married last January in Canada, lived IN
happily together. Last Monday, a week ago to-
day, the father of the young husband, whose
name is also Alfred Boyer, bought a ranch on
Creek especially for his children, and
placed them on it, paying therefor $1,000 Those
who knew of the circumstance and saw the
father, son, and daughter-inlaw on the ranch
after the purchase. thought all was serene and
happy. The young wife went to work with a
and cleaned the house and windows and
made the place look neat and nice No trouble
seemed to be anticipated from any quarter.
The old gentleman lived with them. The
house contained only two rooms, one OF these
being occupied as a bedroom by the young |
rouple. while the other was used as a sitting |
room and kitchen. In the latter tn Old gentle |
man had his bed made down on the floor with
head near the font door. About O'Clock
Saturday night tn father was startled from hi
} umbers by the cries Of his daught 'r-inl W., =
who came rushing int his room In her night /,
clothes He got up at once t. see what the
was. She by this time had passed his
and taken a seal at a wind w on the oppo-
ute side of the room. She said her husband
was going to shoot her. The rather at once
vent into the bedroom t. strike a light. TIL"
1oung wife followed close behind him for pro
ection. No sooner was the light made than the
crack of a .istol was heard and the young wife i
ell heavily upon the flo n. The terrified father
eft for tow tn give the alarm. Here reports
litter; It Is stated that the father after he saw
had happened, tn d the boy to shoot him,
90, as he had noting to live for, and that t re
10Y said: "No, father, you have been too good
o me" Another report is that the old man fed
premises to prevent being shot. The f,r-
ner, however. is perhaps c'rrect. Anyway.
Sheriff McMaster, together with under sheriff
dcTague and deputy Courtway. Immediately
vent to the scene of the difficulty. Reaching
he house all was darkness. The sheriff
Knocked at 1.-THE door but no response being made,
,e opened 1t and threw the light from his lamp
nto the rom. To his surprise he saw the
Dung man lying on his back on his fathers
,allet, Almost in an arms reach Of the dead
,ody of his wife. His hand was on his pistol in
he hin pocket, and the sheriff at once seized it
caring that he would attempt to kill himself
rhe sheriff and aid, took charge Of the prisoner
nd placed the corpse in the hands of a neigh
MI whom they woke up and took along with
hem on the way. The officers returned to the
all with the prisoner, also his father, who was
,eld as a witness. A coroner's inquest was held
~ the body, and Sunday deceased was buried
n the Deer Lodge cemetery, being followed
here by quite a number OF sympathizing friends.
fter the sheriff took charge of the prisoner he
danced around the house to see what could be
ound IN connection with the tragedy. Upon
table in the room was foun l a note written by
he prisoner after the father left the house for
own, M before the light was extinguished.
he contents of the note l am not Ut liberty to
two. s,,fico II IN CAV the father was Acquitted |
f all blame.
At o'clock today the preliminary examina-
lon was held. or rather at that hour. the pris-
ner, through his at orney, MI. Whitehill.
waived examination and was remanded to the
ustody of the sheriff. The father. who mas also
'een detained in the jail as q witness. was re-
uired to give a bond Of $1,000 for his appear
nee as witness. t this writing the bail had
been gwen Dir. Glass held an autopsy on
he body and found that he ball entered the
pt breast between the filth and ST. tn ribs, en-.
trating the heart. Whether she fell instantly
lo.,,,nh CO thu oll nor<l-or