Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-07-28
BONDS OF WEDLOCK
Divorce Case at spfague At
tracts Attention.
TESTING PRINTING CONTRAC7
4 Long Chase After a Thief--Sew Demos
it's of Golden Sand--Politics,
Weather and Crops.

SPRAGUE. Wash, July 23.-The di
vorce case of w. E. Grisham vs.. Lii,
Grisham is on trial today in the su
per'or court before Judge Mount. The
case is attracting considerable atte niiou
owing to the prominence of the parties
interested. Mr.. Grlsham is a wealthy
farmer living at Grisham, a few miles
east of here, and he married his wife,
who is many years his Junior, only Il
short time ago. The conrl lint alleges
| desertion.
Mrs. Grisham has filed counter
complaint. asking for 81, coo damages
Tor alleged defamation Of character.
Mt. Grisham having claimed in let
ter to friend that she was formerly
the mistress of another man and that
she still kept up criminal relations with
! him after her marriage.
A County Printing Suit.
The plaintiffs demurrer to defend
ants answer in the case OF +. Nj. Win
ship against the commissioners of Lin
coin couaty. was overru!ed today by
Judge Mount. The case is one that
has evoked considerable interest mas
much as ii Involves the question as to
whether or not the printing of the de-
lin1uent tax list is to be considered as
coming under the contract for county
printing. MIR. Ninship. proprietor Of
tue Sprague Herald, published the de-
lln4ucht tax list and charged the
! county 81, $50 or 80 cents per descrp-
ton, the maximum price allowed by
law. The commissions IS cut the bill
| to sos, WI ich they claim to he the con-
tract price. Mr.. Winship brought suit
to recover the full amount claimed and
by the overruling Of his demurrer the
case will now come up before Jury in
the September term OF court.
\ LONG CHASE AFTER A. THIEF
An Eliensburgh Youth Pluckily Ran
Down His Man.
EILENsBURGH, July 23. - Last
Thursday night horse was stolen
here. Friday morning Thomas Evans,
youth OF 20. started III pursuit. After
riding 800 miles with cnly an hour
End forty minutes sleep, he captured
his man at kiona Sunday evening. In
u struggle with the thief he was shot
then rode five miles for Win chester,
resumed the chase and after another
ride OF Is miles, finally secured the
t|:iel and arrived here this morning
with the man aud hcrse.
Peter Costello this afternoon filed a
bond as contractor OF the Middle Kitti-
las irrigation district in the sum of
SlS5, 900, after which the contract was
signed. Work will begin about
August l,
BIG CEOrs NEAR K itTTLE FALLS.
\ Heavy Rain Las: Week of Inestima-
bic Eenen.
KETTLE FALLS, July pa heavy
rain last week proved Of great benefit
to all crops. a few farmers who had
begun haying had small quantities Of
hay wet. Tie rain came from the
northwest and was accompanied by
sonlo wind and thunder.
Farmers report the best crop of tim
othy in several years. All kinds OF
grain are looking we'll. Potatoes are
large aud many are being shipped 10y
every train to the north.
Cherries and currants are in plentiful
supply and follow closely uron the
raspberry crop, which, is nearly all
picked. Prices for fruit Of all kinds
are high and everyone is preparing to
plant more vines and bushes in the
fall. The fields of sorghum Gu the
lands adjoining town look well. Corn
is we'll ;asseled out and green corn
Will be in market next week.
A large number of fine young cattle
have been sold by farmers along the
river, and they find that stock-rasing
pays well.
A New Stage Route.
ID. Mrkellar has established new
stage route from this place to Midway,
Il. &. TIE line goes by way of Boss-
burg, crossing the Columbia by ferry at
that poi..t. Considcrabl, freight goes
to various points on Boundary crte&.
Rock creek and Kettle river, and busi-
ness appears to be reviving along. the
line. The demand for good roads is te-
ing made in the interest Of coming set
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