The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-17
Condition Of Business in the Cow
Counties During the Past
Season,
Judge Milburn Charges the Grand
Jury to Investigate the
July Lynching.
Investigating Allotmsnts to Indians
n.nocrats of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
Dilon-College Of Montana.

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iiately after the holiday season business IN
the towns in the COW counties pract1cally
ceases. and our merchants have little TO DO
except supply the wants OF the oitizens'
During the past year our merchants nave
transacted an unprecedentedly large ousl-
ness and are in prosperous circumstances
AZ the present time stocks are low ana
business il exceedingly quiet. winter IS
full upon us and snow covers the face OF
the earth. Stookmen are not at all alarmed
10 far over the severity of the winter.
claiminp that cattle are in such good condl-
ton that they can stand hard weather, and
that the winter is coming this year at the
right time, as it is much better Tor stocA 10
have it hard now than in March.
District court opened ond ana on
Thursday a grand jury was empansilea.
Judge Milburn, in delivering hls charge 20
the grand jury. said that it had been sum
moned on his own motion, and while ne
felt confident tina the business and money
affairs of the county had been faithfully
and efficiently managed, he thought the
neople had a right to inspect the several 81
fees st certain intervals. After charging
the iury as required by law to investigate
any violations of the statutes respecting
the protection of fish and game, carrying
concealed weapons and harborinR children
IN saloons. etc. his honor tackled the
lvnchinp Of the tramp who murdered zoe
CLANCY last July. He strictly charged them
to RICHLY investigate the lynching OF the
man who was taken from the Jail of the
county by "a mob, and hanged IN the city OF
Billings; that such lynching was MURDER ~
the first degree and should be punished.
II was also enjoined upon the grand jury
to indict such parties for murder, ana Also
for the destruction of county property. line
iury ia composed principally of ranchmen'
and ia expected to do its best to discover
the people who hanged the tramp.
Overn, Hosick q Co.. a wool commission
firm. recovered a verdict Of $3.50 against
:Tohn Rosean. a woclgrower, being the
amount alleged to have been advanced on
h;s wool clip in excess of the price realized
on IL. Rosean was absent when the case
triad. and will endervor to get q new trial.
Jennie Deegan was granted q dNorce
from James j. Deegan, on the ground OF
desertion.
Considerable CONSERVATION was created
in railway circles by the determination OF
the new superintendent to cut down the
force hare. After mature dellberatlon,
however, superintendent dorsey cohciuoeu
% leave the men pretty much as they were.
Special Agent Leonard. Of the Indian
department. at Washington, is al the Grow
agency investigating the allotments to
Indians and breeds on the ceded portion.
This work had previously been thoroughly
gone into by Maj. Duncan, who was sent
here last summer by the land department:
Mr.. Iuncan found that about lo7 out OF
3%S7 allotments were fraudulent. 1t IS sur
missed that his report was too radical TO
suit the Indian department:
The following are the officers OF Yellow
stone assembly, X. of L.: John Connors,
M. W.; Theo. Adams, w. f.; Frank u.
Mann, U. X; Hans Thomson, ". l.; i.
Moriartz. r. s.; Peter Ovren. +. s.; 3.
Schneider, treasurer.
Charles w. Barney, having sold has sheep
to a stock company. with his wife and child
left for the Pacific coast to enjoy a ml!der
climate. Hs expects to return IN the spring.
Rev. A. H. Sproul has returned from a
visit to his family at Brookings, s. d.
Rev. s. A. Wallace has departed Tor DIS
new field at Faribault, Mimi.
Mrs. p. M. Gallaher has gone to Los An
geles for the winter to visit her parents.
La grippe has been prevalent for some
weeks, but fortunately with no fatal re-
suits. In consequence OF SO many feeling
under the weather, the society people have
not made much of a show this week.