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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
AWFUL
A Big Rock Slide at Virgin Couleo
Comes Near Burying a Montana
Central Train.

When Wednesdays incoming train
ging creek, it was brought to Il stand by
an immense mass of rocks which had
been deposited on the track from the
adjacent bluff. Some of the stones
were of prodigious size, being as large
us an ordinary four roomed cottage or an
overgrown haystack. The slide had oc-
CURED but Il few minutes before the
train reached the place, as could he de-
;ected by the short distance the creek
water, muddied by the slide, had had
time to run. If the train had been UNI
der this mass of limestone, nobody
would have lived to tell how the play
came up. Everything but Tommy
Hodges desiccated sandwiches and II.
l.. Robinson's petritied smile would
have been crushed into a mass of irrec-
ognizability. Or, it is barely possible
that Tom Richardson's life would have
been spared through the merits of that
rabbitfoot.
By the application of Armstrong ma
chimes, drills and dynamite, the debris,
pronounced 'da-bree," with the accent
on the 'bree") was all removed by
three o'clock thursday morning and the
train sped on, arriving at Neihart about
7 a. M. The passengers had slept well
as far as the accommodations would al
low, but the yearning felt in the anterior
portion of their backs was big enough
to consume a bale of hay with the bale
wire for a chaser.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Ferris VS.. Ma tthews.

Attorneys for the defendant in the
case of Joseph Ferris VS.. James Mat
thews, an action to recover S340 held by
the defendant on deposit, and which
was taken from his safe on the night of
Feb. 4 last, when the defendants's sa-
loon was robbed, Monday argued Il mo-
ton for a new trial. At the June jury
term of the district court Il verdict for
the plaintiff was returned.
Matthews, who owns the largest sa-
loon in Neihart, has for years acted as a
banker for several Of the miners. At
the time his place was robbed he had on
deposit about 5000 belonging to differ
ent men. The plaintiff charges that
through negligence, Matthews, on the
night of the robbery, failed to lock the
door of his safe, which made the rob
berry possible. On the final outcome de-
ponds the collection of the entire ac-
count then held in trust in the safe.
The motion includes that the attorney
for the plaintiff, by his manner of Ques-
tioning, prejudiced the minds Of the ju-
ry and influenced the verdict obtained.
The matter has been taken under adj
visement.-Great Falls Correspondent
to the Anaconda Standard.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Cloak and Suit Department.

Values that will make our store,
as usual, the liveliest trading spot in
the city.
LADIES' TAILoR-MADE JACKETS.-
We have a large assortment ready
for inspection, in kerser, Boucle, lr-
ish ~frieze, and Beaver, in all the pop
ular colors. 81, $3.50, $50, $40,
$3.50, SIS and $50.
CHuDREN's JACKErs.--We show
an endless variety of styles and
cloths, in empire backs, REFER fronts,
fancy and high storm collars, from 4
to II years, at $3.50, $3.50, $4.75,
and $6.
WRAPPER DEpARTMENT.-Sh Shows
some of the best values ever shown
in prints, hannelets, and eider-down
from SOC to $3.50
. MILLINERY DEPARrMENT.-A Wis
it will well repay you as we are
showing the latest in Sailor, Dakota.
walking and trimmed hats.
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Resolutions.

Whereas it has pleased Almighty God
to remove from our midst our late
brother Simon p. Farquharson,
And whereas the intimate relations
long held by our deceased brother with
the members of this Union render it
proper and fitting that we record our
appreciation of his services as ii union
man,
Therefore, be it resolved by Belt
Mountain Union No. 7, w. f. Of NJ,
that while we bow in humble submiss-
ion to the will of the Most High, yet we
mourn the loss of our brother who has
been called from labor to rest.
Resolved that in the death of Simon
P. Farquharson this Union loses a broth
er who was always active in his work
for the Union. Ever ready to help the
needy and distressed, prompt to advance
the interests of the order, devoted to its
welfare and prosperity. He was wise in
council and peerless in action. An hon
est, upright man whose virtues endeared
him not alone to the brothers of the or
der, but to all his fellow citizens.
Resolved, that this Union tender its
HEARTFELT sympathy to the family and
relatives of our deceased brother in their
sad afiliction.
Resolved that these resolutions be en-
tered upon the minutes of this lodge,
that a copy of them be sent to the fam
lily and relatives of the deceased, and al
so that a copy be given to the press.
NJ. +. BOLAND.
Committee ( CHAs. BONNER.
III. T. ROsGARD.
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a Physician's Pigeons.

The carrier pigeon has been put to a
new use by a doctor in Scotland who
has a large ami scattered practice. Says
the London Globe:
When he goes on long rounds, he car
ries a number of pigeons with him. If
he finds that some of his patients re-
quire medicine at once, he writes out
prescriptions, and by means OF the pi-
geons forwards them to his surgery Here
an assistant gets the messages, prepares
the prescriptions and dispatches the
medicine.
If, after visiting a patient, the doctor
thinks he will be required later in the
day, he simply leaves a pigeon, which
Is employed to summon him if necessary.
To this enterprising physician the keep.
ing of carrier pigeons means a saving Of
time. expense and labor.
The "copper""
1t is not uncommon to find the epithet
"dopper" applied to a Boer, as ii the
terms were Synonymous. The lame
''dopper" is really derived from the
Dutch word for an extinguisher, and it
is properly applied only to the members
Of a religious sect which is DESTROYS of
extinguishing all theological opinions
Of a later date than the famous synod
of bort.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
The Finest Train in the World.

The Finest Train in the World
The finest train IN the world is the
"New North Western Limited which
leaves Minneapolis and St. Paul every
night for Chicago, via the Northwestern
line. This magnificent train, from the
mammoth engine, patterned after the ia
nous "009,' to the last car in the train,
is brand new, and represents the latest
and best ideas for absolute comfort and
luxury while travelling.
Besides the splendid buffet library car
really IA clubroom on wheels, there is II
magnificent private compartment sleep
ing car, just the thing for ladies, famil-
les or those desiring privacy, luxuriousiy
appointed standard sleeping cars and the
most comfortable and w~ell-equippcd day
coaches ever offered the travelling public.
This "New Limited train is admitted
by the press as well as by thousands of
people of Minnesota and states west who
have inspected it, and also by many
others of this western country who have
recently rode On it, as being without any
question the finest tram in the world,
and no extra charge is made for any class
of passengers for its superior accommo-
dations.
Tickets via this popular line may be
secured from agents of the Northern Pa
citic railway, who will also make sleep
ing car reservations; or, apply to Capt.
NJ. NJ. Wheeler, travelling passenger agt.,
Miles city, Mont, or to +. w. Teasdalc,
- " ~
&. =. A., st. Paul, MINI.
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Frisco Opera House.

There is IA rare treat in store for the
theatre gOers of Neihart on the occasion
of the visit of Mr.. Frank Linden and an
excellent company Of players. On No
vember lst and end they will appear in
the plays of "Monte Cristo,' and "Flirt-
alton, or Love ut Long Branch re-
spectively.
Mr.. Linden has been praised by both
the press and public for his artistic rem
dition of the character of "Monte Girls
to" and it is beyond a doubt that he
will do the same here in Neihart. AS
this is the opening of the new "Opera
House" Electrically, doubtless a full
house will greet this grand company.
Prices will range from % cents to -
cents only. Tickets are now on sale at
G. S. Bailey's.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

ERASMUS R~UGGLRsoN DID 0 SCREAM.
ness and half the farm, the wrathful
agriculturist said if he heard one more
word of such nonsense-just another
word-he would lay that farm waste
with physical havoc and blight it's win
ter wheat with the salt tears of his only
child, and that was the kind of father
in-law he was inclined to be.
Naturally the young people deter
mined to fly. Their plans were laid,
the night was set. So was the ladder.
AT it's foot waited the ardent Erasmus
Ruggleson, gazing at the window for
the appearance of his love. Presently
the window opened softly, and a face
he loved appeared.
'Rasmus!'
"Florencel'
eyes, dearest. Shall I drop my
things right down."
Eyes, love. | will catch them. Let
the bundles fall"
The glittering starlight of the clear
March night fell on Erasmus glad and
upturned face. So did a trunk 4 feet
high, 4 feet wide and about s feet long.
1t weighed about 1900 pounds. 1t con
tanned a few ''thing7' that no woman
could be expected to travel without, and
Florence had spent three weeks packing
that trunk for her elopement.
Erasmus Ruggleson did not scream.
He did not moan. He couldn't. He had
no show. Florence came down the lad
der, having first, with ~maidenly sense
of propriety, requested her lover to turn
his back and look at the barn. He was
busily engaged in looking at the bot
tom of that trunk and thinking how
like all creation he would yell if he ever
got his mouth outdoors again.
Florence reached the foot of the lad
der. "Did you get my trunk, Eras,
mus?'sh said, looking around for him.
"Oh, yes" said a hoarse, knocking
voice at her elbow. "Oh, yes, he got it
got it bad too!'
She turned, knew her papa, shrieked
once, twice, again and once more for
the boys and tainted away.
Il never worried about it a minute, u
the heartless old man told his neigh
bors the next day, Though | knowed
well enough what was goin on all the
time. I've been married twice, an I've
married off four daughters and two sons,
al if I don't know what baggage Il
woman carries when she travels by this
time, I'm too old to learn"
And Erasmus Ruggleson! The jury
brought in a verdict that he came to
his death by habitual drunkenness, and
the temperance papers didn't talk about
anything else for the next six weeks
Robert J. Burdette.
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THE OLD HUMORISTS.
WHEN FLORENCE AND ERASMUS At
TEMPTED TO ELOPE.

She Had to Take Her Things Along and
This Fact Caused Trouble-The Adven-
lures of Poor sockery when He Tried
to Set a Hen.
Erasmus L. Ruggleson, a young man
of Saxon lineage, worked OH a farm out
here in Yellow Spring township. He
was not rich, but he was industrious
and just too pretty for anything. So
was the daughter of the farmer for
whom he worked. She was weather.
than Erasmus, but she was not proud.
When the chores were done in the Win
ter evenings, she went with him to the
singing school, and she walked by his
side TO church. She loved him. She had
rather sit at her easement in the gloam-
ing and hear him heller ''poo-oo-syr in
long drawn, mellow cadences at the
hour Of the feeding of the swine than
hear Campanini sing "Macaroni del
Vermicelli" from "Handorgzanhandi in
Venezuela" And he-he was clean
gone on her, mashed past all surgery.
When they foolishly let the old man
into their plans for each others happi-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
The November Number.

"The First Thanksgiving Dinner"
"Lillian Bells First Days in London
and "When DIR. Whitman Added Three
Stars to our Flag" are among the lead
ing features of the November Ladies'
Home Journal. The first tells of the
most historically important dinner in
America, at which Indian chiefs were
guests, and at which oysters were first
eaten by white men. Miss Bell finds
much in London to inspire her pen to
its smartest activity, and the descript-
ions of her sightseeing tours, her i'm
pressions and her experiences fairly
sparkles with wit. DR.. Whitman's ser
vice to the United States in saving Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho from the
British are acknowledged in an article
which follows the first woman across the
continent, and the first whites over the
Rocky Mountains. Magician Keller
writes on "How I Do My Tricks" show
ing how simple is their solution when it
is known.
The second article on ''Inside OF a
Hundred Homes" is more attractive and
rich in suggestions on furnishing and fit
ting up a home than was the excellent
inaugural n of the series. 1t presents
fifteen views. Edward W. Box advises
young married people against living in
a hotel or boarding house, points out
the beauties of the small courtesies OF
life, and expresses hearty approval OF
the renewed interest in sewing-wo
mans truest accomplishment. Alice
Wellington Rollins introduces a new
and charming character in fiction in the
first of her Philippe sketches-'The
Mistakes of Phillippa"-and Clara f.
Laughlin contributes 'sThe Revelation
of Christopher" a story of strong hui
man interest.
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Z. ~. AHRENs.

Examine those eyes.
I'm filled with surprise
Taxidermists should pass
Off on you such poor glass.
So unnatural they seem
They'd make Audubon scream,
And John Burroughs laugh
To encounter such chaff.
Do take that bird down.
Have him stuffed again, Browni"
And the barber kept on shavin-.
with some sawdust and bark
l would stuff in the dark
An owl better than that.
| could make an old hat
Look more like an owl
Than that horrid fowl,
Stuck up there 80 stiff like n side Of coarse
leather.
In fact, about him there's not one natural
feather"
just then, with Il wink and "A sly normal lurcl
The owl, very gravely, got down from hi
perch,
Walked round and regarded his fault finding
critic
who thought he was sturedl with a glance
analytic,
And then fairly hooted, as if he should say:
"Your learning's Mt fault this time anyway.
Don't waste it again on "A live bird, / pray.
Pm an owl. You're another. Sir Critic, good.
day"
And the barber kept ON shaving.
james I. Fields.
Mean.
Daisy-Oh, Dolly, l have had such
a nasty, spiteful anonymous letter.!
Dolly-Whom was it from}
Daisy-I don't know. Can you
guess The wicked creature says
am a vain, silly, frivolous, chatter.
ing, ov~erdressed, empty headed Hirt.
Dolly-I really can't imagine,
but"-refecting-''I think it must
be some one who knows you quite
we'll, dearest. London Fun.
Should Have Been Satisfied.
A Michigan statesman has introduced
a bill at Lansing requiring that all no
tel bills of fare shall be printed in Eng
lish. This is a matter which Michigan
and Indiana may safely be left to fight
out for themselves, but the 'cause
thereunto moving" in Michigan de.
serves a word Of comment. The Mich
gan solon says he recently came to Chi
cago, registered from the state of Pin
gree and a he wanted a square meal.
He entered the hotel dining room, or
dered five dishes from the French bill of
fare and was given five different kinds
of potatoes. The ground Of this visitors
objection does not appear to be tenable.
Five different kinds of potatoes at one
meal certainly ought to be enough to
satisfy even a Michigan man .-Chicago
Times-Herald
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The Owl Critic.

IA lesson to fault finders.
who stuffed that white owl?' No one spoke
in the shop.
The barber was busy, and he couldn't stop.
The customers, waiting their turns, were all
reading
The Daily, The Herald, The Post, little needing
The young man who blurted out such Il blunt
question.
Not one raised a head, or even made a sugges
ton,
And the barber kept on shaving.
Don't you see, Mr.. Brown"
Cried the youth, with a frown,
How wrong the whole thing is,
How preposterous each wing is,
How fiattened the head Is,
How damned down the neck is.
In short, the whole owl, what an ignorant
wreck it's!
] make no apology.
I've learned owleology.
I've passed days and nights in a hundred col
l~ections,
And cannot be blinded to any reflections
Arising from unskillful fingers that fail
To stuff a bird right, from his beak to his tail.
Mr.. Brown! Mr.. Brown!
Do take that bird down,
Or you'll soon be the laughing stock all over
town.
And the barber kept on shaving.
l. VIC eIluleu on S
And other night fowls,
And ! tell you =
What l know to be true:
An owl cannot roost
With his limbs so Embossed.
No owl in this world
Ever had his claws curled, 1
Ever had his legs slanted,
Ever had his bill c8uteJ, 49,
Ever had his neck screwed
Into that attitude.
He can't do 1t, because
'Tis against all bird laws. ~
Anatomy teaches,
Ornithology breaches T
An owl has a toe
That can't turn out so!
I've made the white owl my study for years,
And to see such a job almost moves me to tears
Mr.. Brown, I'm amazed
You should be so gone crazed
As to put up a bird
In that posture absurd
To look at that owl really brings on a dizziness
The man who stuffed him done half know hi
business"
And the barber kept on shaving.
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At Washineton's Tomb,

There are times when bathos is
showered only upon the dead. T. f.
Silleck says hat on one of his holiday
excursions he visited Mount Vernon
and there, in the grounds, he came upon
a middle aged lady, kneeling before a
building at some distance from the
monument. She was bathed in tears.
MI. Silleck walked up to her and asked
if she were in trouble.
"No, sir" said she, THANK you very
much. | am not in trouble, but my pa
triotic feelings overcome me when ]
gaze upon the tomb Of the Father Of Hi
Country"
81 quite understand, said Mr.. Sill
leck gently, "but, my dear madam, you
have made a mistake. This is not tbs
tomb of Washington. 1t is over yonder
This is the icehouse."
And, drying her tears, the lady moved
quietly away.-Youth's Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Boston Culture.

She had just returned from a visit to
Boston.
us it true" asked an acquaintance,
THAT there is an air of culture and ed
ucational refinement plainly noticeable
in the speech of Boston residents?"
my dear, she replied impressively,
'even the owls around Boston hoot TIC
whom instead of To whoo,' as they
do in the west. Chicago Times Her,
aid
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Had Considered.

"Another picnic, Johnny? Seems to
me you don't want to do anything but
go to picnics. 1t is needful to do soms
work, my hoy. We can't all be drones.
60 to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider
her ways and be wise.'"
Eyes, but, Uncle George, l never
went to a picnic where the ants wasn',
havin a better time than anybody else
was. Chicago Tribune.
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Clothing Department.

SUITS AND OVERCoATS.-All the
latest cloth and styles, are shown
here, at prices that we can o dupli-
cate. Our stock was all bought very
early, and at the old prices. A
splendid suit of clothes made by un-
ion labor, for the small sum of So.
Something handsome for a so
bill.
Mems night gowns, fine flannel,
good extra size and length, 81 each.
Mems suspenders, special quality,
elastic web, fancy embroidered,
double stitched, bargain, % cents
each.
MEN's Observation-Disclosures fine
matted, fleeced shiats and drawers in
gray mixture, all fiat seams and
pearl buttons, for - cents each.
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Notice to Co-Owners.

To Michael Murphy and Thomas Dwycr. their
heirs and assigns: You are hereby notified that
your W r. II Malloney, has in accord
ance with the provisions Of section 234, revised
statutes OF the United States. expended in labor
and improvements upon the Elizabeth quartz
lode mining claim, situated in Montana muorg-
anized) mining district. III Cascade county. for
merry in Meagher county where the location no.
tiCe was recorded. in the state of Montana. the
sum Of two hundred dollars tS200.0W on said
quartz lode mining claim for the purpose of
holding and representing said quartz lode min
ing claim according to law for the years 1895 and
1886: and unless you and each of you contribute
your portions OF said expenditure with interest
and cost OF this advertisement to the under,
signed within ninety days after service of this
notice on you by publication, your interest In
SAID quartz lode mining claim will become for.
feited. aud become the property of the under
signed as provided in section 1874 of the revised
statutes Of the United States of America.
Il. II. Malloney.
First publication July "a. 1897.
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Workingmen For Bryan.

Mark Hanna's gang of hoboes have
been hauled down to Canton as miners,
glassworkers, tinplate men and almost
every other class of laboring men, but
still the true workingmen stand united.
~ for Bryan. kansas City Times
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ib1A tChNNlAtRN q ihAbS w NNiaitA wv
nesday.
f. ]. Holden, advance agent of the
Monte Cristo company, is in Neihart
this week.
Rev. J. II. Little of Augusta will as
sist Rev. Hooking in the church service
tomorrow.
Peter Moran is back from the Fort
Steele country, and YOU ought to hear
him "knock."
Dan Lenny, superintendent of the
Florence mines went to the Springs on
business Tuesday.
The Neihart Meat Company carries
the best and largest line of meats to be
found in the town.
Donald Simpson has returned to the
banana belt from the land of chilblains
and natural ice cream.
Matthew McIlveen has bought the G..
L. McGibbon PROPERTY in French fiat
and has moved his family thither. Mat
thew will make a good citizen.
VIM. Hagstrom and Forston Vaughn
of Sand Coulee were in Neihart yester-
day looking after contracts to supply
the Sand Coulee coal company with
props and poles.
Chas. Maynard and Harry Clifford arc
in Neihart once more, having spent the
past year working their gold prospect at
Wisdom, Beaverhead county, in what is
known as the Big Hole country. Lew
Maynard remains at the mines this whit
err. N. P. Dwight is interested in these
mines.
An excessive infusion of the elixir of
life caused John Doe to break into the
house of a friend last Sunday afternoon
and make the place look like the thor
oughfare of a North Dakota cyclone.
He was pulled and bottled and later
pleaded guilty and paid his fine of $40
and costs. And they didn't do a thing
to him.
J. II. Farmer of Helena was here
Wednesday doing the town in his own
characteristic style. 1t has long been
known that Helena is a great farming
country somewhere to the westward, but
when she sends out such samples of
agricultural grace and whiskers as the
above j. H. Farmer we tip our hats to
her superior culture, b'gosh
from the Bad Lands of Fergus county,
where they have spent about 10 day. in
hunting. They brought back $50 chick
en-, "A jackrabbit, three red deer, and
about six antelope. They saw several
elephant in the vicinity of the judith
river, and promise to give them a chase
as soon as the open season commences.
Miss Josephine Hamilton arrived in
camp Wednesday from Salt Lake where
she has spent the past three months.
She attended the jubilee celebration in
tina. city, which is made doubly interest
ing by the fact that her parents are pio-
neers of that proud state. She was on
the train which was delayed by a land
slide, but securing a conveyance at Mon
arch, she reached Neihart ahead of the
clumsy iron horse.
A head-end collision occurred on the
G. N. Tuesday morning just east of
Hinsdale, Valley county, whereby n
double head freight, running west in q
deep cut plunged INTO an east bound
stock train. Each train was running
20 or 25 miles an hour. The engineers
had no warning. Two are killed, but u
third, riding the rear engine of the doub-
lie header is unhurt. Three of the crew
are uninjured. The blame rests upon the
train dispatcher at Havre, who pulled
his own freight as 0 as he heard of
the collision.