The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1891-09-18


on. the river above the Three Bar by
unknown parties. I. As near as could
be assertained the Thompson outfit
were running what was supposed to
be a maverick" herd, using a"T--
4" iron, which was supposed to have
been made by adding q crossbar to
the 81" in the Ell" brand, hence
the lynching.
Several attempts have been made
to destroy the Blue creek ferry ..over
the Yellowstone near Billings, owned
by MI. Austin. 1t has been set
aAoat al, least once, and the. other
day five or six dynamite cartridges in
an old rubber boot were found under
it. Attached to the cartridges was a
fuse and cap. The fuse had been
ignited, but the fire had been in some
way extinguished so that it failed to
do its devilish work. This a matter
of investigation, and the guilty part
les should be promptly brought to
justice.
"A fire at Fort Shaw on the Sd inst,
burned two warehouses, a restaurant,
the po~st-ofice and. store buildings,
the property Of j. w. Mcknight,
the post trader Loss, $4,000; in
surance, 5000. The fire originated
by Mr.. Meningitis little daughter,
aged 5 years, dropping a lighted
match into a can of lard. Owing to
the dry condition and: the scarcity of
water and help, the flames gained
rapidly and we're soon beyond con-
troll With the exception of a few
articles saved from the store, every
thing was completely destroyed.
A great part Of the papers pertaining
the post-ofice were burned.
The preliminary hearing of Deem
ey, Hickey and Kelly, accused of
the murder of w. J. Penrose, was
resumed at Butte Tuesday. Eight
witnesses we're examined and the de-
Tense resorted entirely to efforts to
impeach the testimoney Of witnesses
for the prosecution. All the ques-
tons asked were with a view, of i'm
peaching the testimoney of Mrs.
Hennessy and Dan O'Donnell.. Sew.
eral witnesses testified that at the
hour Mrs. Hennessy alleges she Jay
a man pick up a mask near her house
Kelley and Deeney at work in
the Acquisition mine. Wednesday
an attempt vas made: to impeach the
testimoney of Joy, who wore he saw
Hickey in the rear Of a store on East
Perk street on the night of the MUIR
der. The defense says: the examin-
alton will close about the 10Th.
Gazette: Maj. W. P. wyman,
United States Indian agent, arrived
from the o agency yesterday and
went up on the Rock Fork road to
protect the contractors who have the
job of blowing the fire brake along
that Northern Pacific branch line,
the Crow Indians, so rumored, hav-
ing expressed their determination to
shoot the men when they cam with
the plows to run the range along the
railroad track upon which their
ponies Craze. The major does not
anticipate any trouble but thinks it
advisable to be on hand for a time
and prevent any disturbance or out
break. He says he will probably
put Crow Davis on the first pillow and
see that he does good work. A gang
of Indian policemen are already or
the ground and blowing will begir
to day or something will drop.
Charles Snyder, a restaurant cook
has for some months been devoted r.
Lily Dunkley, recently pastry cool
at the Mcqueen house, Miles City
but now doing house work at thu
house Of Judge Milburn. He pro
posed a few days. ago, but was re
fused. He persisted, and as he wa
kind and attentive his frequent visits
were allowed. For several days h.
had been expecting to 60 east ON
cattle train, but each day had failet
to be taken as one of the hands. HI
called upon Lily Saturday evening
walked across he'.'strset from tn
Judges residence and was seated Oh
the front steps Of vacant building
In I. fit of jealously, upon being re
fused he whipped out a butcher knife
making a terrible cut across the bach