Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-15

ct itis term Of The legislature. oom.
m n"ing Of course with our council
III q:
c. r. MIDDLETON.
G. r. Middleton. OF Custer county,
was horn In Washington county, Min
n-s"ta. Jan. 81 1853 was raised on 0
farm, educated 10 the district school,
and in The ~. Crolx valley academy,
10 where he grsdu ted In 1874. Hs
father enlisted In the war oftbe rebel
lion In 1884. and died 10 the service at
Memphis, Tenn, one year later, and
~ the subject Of this sketch was the
only son in family Of four. at the age
VI l3 years he took charge Of bis faith
ere farm and worked IL until he was
sdmittsd 10 the bar In 1881. In 1879
he commenced the study Of Law. In
the ofilce Of jas. Smith, Jr.. In St.
Paul. and 10 the winter Of 1877 and
1873 took the first course of lectures IN
the law department at the University
Of Michigan. For two years thereafter
he worked on bis mothers farm In
the summer and taught school In the
winter, and In the fell Of 1880 returned
10 Ann Arbor and completed bis
course Ia the law department. In
1851 be was admitted TO the bar In
Minnesota. In 1882 he located In st.
Paul and commenced the practice of
law, where he remained for six
months. after which he ~ ent TO Still :
water, Minn., and became . member
Of the noted law firm of J. N. 4 /. w
Castle, where he remained until July,
1884, ct which time he came tn Mlles
City. Since that time he has been
engaged In the active practice Of the
Law ~ Miles City. On the 9Th day ol
May 1884, he was married to Ida Ruth
Castle, Q sister of J. N. and /. w. Ca.-
tls. In Miles City be wss . partner
Of Andrew F. Burleigh. up TO the tim.
M. Burleigh removed from Mil--
City TO Helena, In June. 1887. Hi'
politics are demo ,ratic, and be 10 po--
sssssd Of great orAtorical power.
lH. JOHNSON.
Eugere Henry johnson. member
from Custer county, 10 general,
known among friends and spoken oi
In print q "Scus" johnson. He was
born in Clarksville, Ark, In ls46. Al
the age Of o years he went with bis
parents TO ssn Antonio. Tex, ai
which city and Gonzales, 10 the came
state, he lived until 1859. He was ed
ucated principally at Consoles college.
During the last two ysars OF the civil
var he bore arms In the Texas milits
q . private in Faulkrod's cadets and
In Scott Anderson's regiment. Hin
service was confined to the state and
be participated In no important bat
ties. From 1869 10 1874 he drove cat
tie on the Texas trail. and In the lat
ter year went into the cattle business
In Wyoming. with headquarters q
Cheyenne, being interested will
SHELBY Bros. In the early years o
the Black Hills excitement he sup
piled that district with beef AND
had several sharp skirmishes with In
dians In getting over the trail with hi
men and herds. In 1881 he came u
Custer county. Montana, and engage,
In stock growing - chief part
nes and manager Of the Arm q
johnson q Graham, He was . msm
Der Of the Fifteenth assembly. ii
was married In Denver to Miss Fsnni
Greene, and hes one child. . dau III
ter. Mr.. Johnson was elected -
democrat.
LoRINa n. REA.
Loring B. Rea, Of Custer county. th
third on the republican ticket, w
born In North Andover, Mass q
1850. He was educated In the publ
schools Of the town, and finished hi
education at johnson high school .
North Andover. Az the age Of 81 b
engaged In the wood and lumber busi
ne~s, and iu fev years IVES IN condi
ton ,oeogage In the farming and dasFl
business on large scale. 10 1855 h'
accepted the nomlnatlon OF selsctmsz
Of his native town and out Of . tots
vote Of es8 be received ga. Soon sfte
the expiration Of bic term OF once h'
removed 10 Montana, arriving here II
1884, and At once going Into the cat'l
buslns-s. the nrm bsIng Rec q Barker
In she fall Of thea year Mr.. Rea sol'