The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-07

district court for two days was conclud.
ed yesterday afternson by the Jury re-
turning a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff for $1,000 damages for Injuries re-
ceived in a collision between a switch
engine and the freight train on which
the plaintiff was a brakeman. The ac-
cident occurred Nov. ., 1862. on the
West side. He claimed $1,000 damages.
Sheriff Hamilton and County Attor-
ney Freeman returned from Kibbey last
evening and brought in three prisoners
committed to the county Jail by Justice
Lee of Kibbey. The prisoners, Robert
and Oscar English and Dewitt Watson,
are charged with stealing and killing
cattle belonging to ranchers. For two
years cattle have been missed from the
ranges and no trace of them could be
found, but at last a trail was struck and
followed up which led to the arrest of
the above-named persons. The evidence
against them is strong and unless they
procure bail of $1,000 each they will
board with Sheriff Hamilton until the
June term of the district court. They
are all farmers.
The citizens meeting at the court
''e> '"'' NN'biis tllDIDll1nIl us
cussed the question Of purchasing the
waer works, but took no action re-
garding the proposition. A comprchen
slve address was made by John l.
Harris who brought out some strong
arguments against the purchase. and al
the close OF the meeting il was clear
that "A majority favored the building of
a new plant rather than the purchase of
ina Nlrl<E nnNt ~ t1nn IF.I II.
chairman, James Barnes IT., and others
hell that "a better plant than the present
IAN be constructed for 100000. Mr..
Phelps offered to sell the works of his
company on certain conditions. but
there was an evident feeling against the
purchase.
The mining exhibit from Montana at
the worlds fair will be one of the lie d.
ing attractions and in der that the dis.
play from Northern Montana may be
made instructive to the thousands OF
visitors, the executive commit, g in
charge OF the Montana exhibit have is
sued instructions to the entertainment
committee, Of which l.. w. Curtiss of
thus city IS Il member. 70 procure photo
graphs of the many mining camps with
IN the state and all other Information
which VIII enable tenn to properly de
scribe the mines, the kind aud quality of
the ores taken from them, and any other
p rtlculdrs necessary to assist them in
impartln@ facts TO the visitors. 1t is
highly important that the owners of
mines attend to this request for photo
graphs and information at once. Mr..
Curtiss will leave foI Chicago in a short
time.
John Sinclair has received the follow
ing letter from G. Il. Wernecke, dated
Columbia Falls: yesterday we had some
excitement here, when five Indians were
arrested for killing elk. They have
killed several Of one of my herds and
sold the heads here. The elk had come
within six miles of town. The Judge
sent the Indians up for sixty days. We
have got to keep the Indians out of these
mountains to protect the game, and some
white men will be the next to catch it.
The snow has just begun to 90 of.
Slush and snow a most knee deep. The
deer are very poor and a great many will
die. Any kind OF Il dog can catch one
now. The trout are. beginning 10 nib
the fly. No bears have been seen. Some
hunters are out preparing to trap them.