The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-07
HE LOST HIS FRIEND
A Crazy Shsephsrder's Dog VamOoseS
the Dlggings.
THE MAN is IN THE ASYLUM
Road Supervisors Appointed-The
Cruel Mexican Teamster Dis
charged From Custody OF
the Law-Not

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Big Timber, March 1.-THE Northern
Pacific agent at Springdale on last
Tuesday morning telegraphed the un-
der sheriff of Sweet Grass county. Sam
jackson. to be at the depot in this city
that morning to meet an insane
Frenchman of the name of Messieux.
lie had been in the employ of w. ID.
Ellis up to a few days before his ar
rival in this city as sheepherder. but
the foreman of the outfit. having no
ticed his demented condition. paid him
off and brought him to Springdale
Monday night. The fellow and dog
took up their lodging in the waiting
! room of the depot that night. with the
intention of being on hand to catch the
east bound express the next morning.
but along about midnight he imagined
his sheep were gone, and taking his
| dog left the depot and started out over
| the prairie to look for them. The night
was extremely cold and when he re-
| turned the next morning about o'clock
his hands and feet were badly frozen
and his dog had left him.
| He related his nights experience to
the agent. and after listening to his
story and seeing the condition of the
man, he came to the conclusion he was
| y.
| graphed the officer to meet him. Mr..
Jackson was on hand when the train
pulled in and experienced no difficulty
| in locating his man, for no sooner had
he disembarked from the train than he
started up town, all the time calling to
his dog, which he had lost the night
| before when he came near freezing to
/ death, to round 'em up" The under
| sheriff. however. Immediately took
| charge of him and took him up to his
office and DIR. J. ii. Morris was sum-
moned TO examine the frozen members
who concluded after examination that
/ IL would be necessary to amputate
some fingers and toes. He was given
the best of care by the officers until
the arrival of Judge Frank Henry, who
had been telegraphed for, and came
| down to hold an examination as to his
sanity. During the examination he
| told several stories about himself which
would not bear reproduction, which
| alone would have established his in
| sanity, and II was also discovered that
he had i'm his possession a certificate
| of deposit in the National Park bank
of Livingston which showed that he
had $500 in that concern. The fellow
had no friends or relations near here,
so Sheriff DeHart, in company with
him. departed Wednesday evening for
Warm Springs.
The county commissioners have been
holding their regular quarterly meeting
| in this city during this week, and on
sons as supervisors for the various
| road districts in the county:
Thomas Ryan. No. 2. Big Timber; W.
j. Mayborn. No. 3. Springdale: Hans
Budd, No. T. Big Timber; Thomas Shift
ton, No. 5, Mcleod; F. +. Baker. No. s,
Cliff; ]. Lyons. No. s. Nye City: A. For
sythe, No 8. HOWE; John Hoff. No. 10.
| Melville; Ben Urner. No. IL, Melville;
Theo Oleson. No. IL. Big Timber; An
drew Berg, No. 10. Melville; Thomas
Flanagan. No. IL, Absarokee. The
board also created district No. Is,
which is composed of all the territory
east of the White Beaver creek and
| appointed Henry Miller as supervisor.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Bliss returned
| the last of the week from a two
months visit with friends and relatives
in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Mr.. Bliss
| Is one of Big Timber's most substantial
business men. having been engaged in
the lumber business in this city for
number of years, and his trip east was
principally for the purpose OF purchas-
ing a stock of hardware which he will
put in this spring and run in connec-
ton with his lumber business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann Uttermohl
came in from Lower Sweet Grass the
in the city and take in the social dance
given in Thanks hall. Friday evening.
Fernando Portfolio. the Mexican
teamster who was arrested last week
for cruelty to animals and brought TO
town to stand trial for chopping a horse
! partially to pieces with an Az, was ar
raigned before Judge Lee on Monday
and discharged by that officer upon his
promise TO kill the animal The circum-
stances surrounding the case were told
I'm last Saturdays Standard. and do
not need repetition. and are sickenlng
Commissioner A. c. Toyan came
down from his SpringdaIe ranch Mon
day to attend the regular quarterly
meeting OF the board.
Governor Richards has appointed S.
NJ. Hatch. formerly OF this city. as del
egate-at-large to the immigration con-
vention which viii meet In Helena
March TO- Mr.. Hatch is at present in
Oregon studying law and II is not like
~ he will leave his studies to attend
the convention. Three county delegates
composed OF A. C. Logan. chairman.
Henry Bliss and w. G. Hellar and four
of the Big Timber clubs delegates COM
posed OF Sydney Fox. i. o. Clark. J. A.
Hall and c. F. Busha have been ap-
pointed 10 attend the convention.
Miss Ecke. who has been spending the
past few days visiting friends IA the
Lower Sweet Grass, returned TO Big
Timber the last of the week.
stat. Ftovsr.