The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-24
A FEW JIBLETS
The Moulton Hoist At Barker
About Ready to Be
Erected.
SQUIBS A LA MODE.
Roar Based Upon the Supposition
of a Bad Mail
Service.

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there was no Indian outbreak AS
An Ass;naboine Indian
named Big Mouth was shot dead by
IN unknown buck in a drunken
quarrel near the agency. The MUIR
lerer with some Of his friends had
fortified an old log cabin with the
of defying capture. Agent
with the Indian police,
started for the cabin to arrest the
but when in shooting
range the Indians in the cabin open
cd fire, killing one horse of the
police and wounding Agent Simons
in the leg. The attacking party
but the cabin is surround
ed and the beseiged will be starved
into submission, although they say
now they will not be taken alive.
At Butte Saturday Charles Guard
a miner employed in the Sill
yer Bow mine No. 9, of the Butte
and Boston company, fell 300 feet
and was instantly killed. Needing
a nail, Guard wanted to cross the
shaft to get one. He came out of
the drift to the station and signalled
the engineer to lower the cage. Af--
ter a short delay it came down and
the cage man inquired what was
wanted. but Guard was not to be
seen. A few hours afterwards his
body was found in the sump at the
700 foot level. 1t is supposed he
had grown impatient waiting for the
cage and had tried to jump across
the shaft.
The residence of Mrs. NJ. J. ALI
son at Hamilton was burned Satur-
day. Some of the furniture was
saved, but about 81 800 worth burn
ed including valuable library and
an outfit of assayer's tools belonging
to Brank Drinkenberg. The total
loss is about $4,000, with no insur
ance. Drinkenberg was injured
while trying to saye some of the val
uables and is now in a serious con-
dition. A drunken carpenter, Dan
Martin, was the sole occupant of the
building when the fire broke out,
and is supposed to have kindled it.
A Chicago dispatch of the 9th
says: A man who said his name
was Charles Freeberg, a stockman,
his home at Fort Benton, Mont,
asked Jessie Bryant to direct him to
the Polk street depot tonight. She
conducted him to Al Harmon court,
enticed him inside and took his
pocket book containing check for
$500 and $40 in cash. Freeberg
notified the police, and they arrested
the Bryant woman. The money and
check were, however, missing and
she refuses to account for them. The
woman will be prosecuted.
United States Marshal Suray ar
rested Richard G. Forman, alias
Norman, at Missoula Monday, on a
charge of completely with Garrity in
robbing the United States mails.
Foreman is accused of acting as a
fence for Farrity in disposing of val
liable articles taken from the mails.
Foreman fled from Butte upon Gar
rity's arrest.
Colonel J. O. Harvey of the Mon
tana Worlds fair commission, says
concerning the model of Montana's
silver statue: cit is true we consid-
cred the claims of some 2o women,
some of whom were actresses, to
pose as models. We have decided
unanimously on Ada Rehan and she
has accepted. She is the only per-
son offered the position"
In the district court of Custer
county Saturday Judge Milburn SEN
fenced Charles A. Baker, alias
John Conley, the murderer Of
Sergeant Austin Mcdonald, to be
hanged at Miles City on Wednesday
February l, next. An appeal to the
supreme court will be taken.
Moger & Co., fruit dealers of Boze
man, have been closed upon attach
ments aggregating 81, ,7S5.45 in favo1
of J. E. Openheimer of Butte ane
Herbert Nicholson & Co., of Helena
The Northern Pacific roundhoust
at Elliston, a frame building of fou
engine capacity, was destroyed BY