The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-27
JENNIE KIRBY'S SUIT
She Holds the Modest Claim of 1882
Against Robert Morrill,.
EMPLOYED IN THE KITCHEN
At Times the Testimony Bordered
on the Sensational-I he Jury
Gives Her Si2 SO-Other
Deer Lodge News.
Special Correspondence of the STANDARD.

Special Correspondents of the Standard
Deer Lodge, April 25.-The district
court was occupied since yesterday
evening in the trial of the case of Jen-
ME Kirby against Robert Morrill,. The
plaintiff in this suit is a colored wo-
man who was employed by the defend
ant, ait his iron mines, few miles
from the city of Anaconda, in the ca
pacity of cook and general housekeep-
er. She alleges in her complaint that
she was employed by the defendant in
1880 at monthly salary of s35, and
that az the time she. was discharged the
DEFENDANT owed her in wages the sum
OF 1882. The Testimony of the plaintiff
at one time threatened to become SEN
sational and amid loud objections from
u. Is. winston, counsel for the defend
ant the Objectionable evidence was
overruled as immaterial and irrelevant.
She then went on ITO say that she faith
fully performed the duties devolving
upon her up to the time she was no.
titled by defendant that her services
We're required no longer, and when she
threatened him with suit he politely
told her that a colored person had no
standing in court.
The defendant went on the stand and
testified that his agreement with the
plaintiff was that she should receive
$50, for each and every month that she
would stay in his employ, but admitted
owing her a small balance Of about S12
on the last months settlement Miss
Speaker and Shorty" Smith testified
that they had heard the plaintiff re-
mark that she was only receiving $40
a month for her services, and that her
employer was a good man to work for,
as she received her money regularly
The case reached the jury at noon,
but 1T was not until after five hours
wrangling in the jury room that they
al To.
which was in favor of the plaintiff for
$3.50
marriage license was issued to-
day to James Morris and Grace Doom
ey, both of the city of Anaconda. The
young lady's age was given at II, but
as the application was accompanied by
her parents consent, the license was |
procured without any trouble.
Two county patients were discharged |
from st. Joseph's hospital this week |
ana given transportation to their re- |
spective homes Andrew Murphy was |
ticketed to Great Falls and Barney |
Hughes returned to his home In Wash |
fngton gulch Several other patients |
will be sent to different parts of the |
country by the county auditor as soon |
as they are able TO travel
Thomas Kerns, who hassb engag- |
ed In mining In the Zosel district for |
the past few months. left on Friday |
for the Biackfoot river. in the northern
part of the county, to take some quartz /
mines for Willard Bennett of Helena
The Odd Fellows of Deer Lodge cele-
brated the nth anniversary of their or
ganiEation last evening. A splendid
programme of exercises was presented
at the court house and speeches were
made by such prominent men of the
order as A. ]. White. grand secretary;
II. S. Clark, Massena Billiard and ].
H. Wrinkle. The Deer Lodge brass
band, which made its initial bow to a
Deer Lodge audience, contributed
largely to the success of the entertain
ment and played some beautiful selec-
tions throughout the evening After
the entertainment at the court house
the visiting members and few invited
guests sat down ito a sumptuous re-
past at the Scott house, which was en-
Joyed until the midnight hour.