The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-03-04
MONTANA NEWS.

An appeal has been fled in the SUI
preme court from Custer county in
the last of the State VS.. Samuel
Russell, for the murder of Henry B.
Turner who died May 20. 1892.
Russell wants a new trial.
A. j. Mccarthy, a printer who
left Helena during the recent cold
snap for Townsend, came neal feez-
ing to death. Last week his fingers
and part of the hands and all the toes
n foot and a toe on the other
were aputated.
At Miles City on the 18th Deputy
United States Marshal II. G.. Smith,
of Wyoming, arrested August Ritter,
alias Matt Fleurry, wanted in New
Orleans for the murder of a widow.
Mrs. Lyman, in 1889. The chase
has been since January, There is a
reward for him.
A magnificent gold and platinum
holder and pen was given to Govern
or Richards on the 18th, with which
to sign the bill establishing the state
university at Missoula. A commit
tee representing Missoula, composed
of Senator Mats, Hon. Z. NJ. Crutch-
field and Sergeant-at-arms Readon
made the presentation and were
present when the governor signed
the bill.
The Silver Bow Trades and Labor
assembly held injecting Wednesday
night to consider senate bill No. 40,
known as the anti-scalpers bill, and
condemned it, and unanimously
voted that the bill should not pass, as
it was gotten up in the interest of
railroad corporations and against the
public interests of Montana. The
bill was we'll discussed, and some
bitter speeches made against it by
the laboring men.
H. c. Yerger, who had an exam
%ination as to his sanity before Judge
Buck at Helena last week was
discharged owing to disagreement of
the iury-Ex- Governor Leslie not
concurring in the findings Of the two
other members. Judge Hunt
promptly issued a bench warrant and
had Yeager brought into his court to
answer to indictments brought again
st him for malfeasance in Offices.
while administrator of several
estates.
James Haining a prominent and
hitherto respected ranchman living
near Dillon has been arrested on a
charge of rape, committed on the
person of Nancy Oliver, a daughter
of William Oliver, of Birch creek
The girl who is e~nciente, is terribly
deformed and almost an imbecile
Feeling in the n~eighborhood where
the crime was committed is very
bitter. He was put under S75C
bonds to appear before the district
court next month.
Jerry Quick, an old Montana
prospector, now at fancy, Idaho.
proposes a trip to the Worlds Fair
by water. His idea is to voyage by
small boat, starting from the foot OF
the Great Falls, and navigate tc
Chicago, down the Missouri anc
Mississippi rivers, up the Illinois tc
La Sale, and thence through the
canal to Lake Michigan. Mr. Quick's
purpose is to start on the voyage il
April. He has ordered the con
struction of the boat with wheel and
crank attachment of a Helena build
er.
Ed Hill, a logger at Donnigan',
camp on the Black Foot, was killed
by falling logs on the 10Th. He and
DOMINICAN were loading logs from
a skidway on to a sleigh. Hill wen
up to loosen some of the logs tina
were stuck at the end of the skid
way. The second blow of his ak,
started them flying down the steel
hillside. He was knocked down b,
one before he could get out of the
way. He was struck bysevreal others
which passed over him. Mr.. Don
nigan summoned assistance, but all
efforts to revive Hill weae fruitless.