The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-01-20
c. f. Trescott, Publisher.
Local and State News.

are on sale now The ball, which
is to be held Oh February 22nd,
will be an enjoyable affair if ener-
getic work of the various commit.
tees can make it So The tickets
admit two and are being sold at
one dollar apiece.
Row Brown was, in town to-day
and lden tilted saddle as his that
had been lett with J. W. McKnigh,
as security by man named Nor
ris. He had been working on the
Brown ranch and came to town
with the saddle, where he soaked
1t and then lit out for pastures new
on foot.
P. F. ST. Denis this week receiv-
ed letter containing the sad intel
ligence that bis mother was dead.
The particulars were not given,
but it seems that she died rather
suddenly. She was at her home in
Montreal, Canada. Pete has the
sympathy of large circle of
friends in his sad bereavement.
Frank Dean and P. D. Berglund
expect to leave here in few DAYS
for the gold fields of Alaska. They
will probably outfit on the coast,
and will be we'll prepared to under
take the journey, and withstand
the hardships of year or two in
the frozen north: We hope they
will strike it rlch, and return to
Mon tana at an early Gate.
The following iurors were sum
moned from .this1end of the coun ty
and are in attendance at Choteau
this week Messrs. T. Cowell,
Buckley, Davlin, Dan Miller, Chase,
Hughes and Hlger A summons
was also issued for S. J. Bean but
as he was lying sick at the Dear
born and the paper was not served.
A summons was also issued for
Henry Weimer and he being on
the reservation the summons was
not served.
Last Friday night a message
came over the telephone to the
deputy sheriff that prisoner had
escaped from the county jail, l.
was Jess Tanner who was confined
on a charge OF roo5lng a sheep
camp. 1t seems that the prisoner
was allowed to 60 out to get pall
of water, which he had frequently
been allowed to do before. The
night was dark and he got over the
fence and took to the brush and got
away. The sheriff and two OF
thl ee deputies went in pursuit but
failed to capture the runaway.
Charles &. Parsen is lying in
bed in the Dupuyer hotel suffering
from bullet wound in the inner
side Of the thigh. On Tuesday
evening he was walking across the
| street in front rof the Dupuyer
hotel and put his hand into The
pocket where his pistol was. BY
some .means the pistol was dis
charged and the bullet entered his
leg, barely missing the femoral
artery, coming out near the knee.
He was taken to q room and DR.
Titus was summoned The wound
was dressed and the patient j.
doing as we'll as can be expected
under the circumstances.
When you read in some eastern
paper that you will get q golt
watch AID pair of rubber boot
for ten cents in stamps to pay the
freight don't think the mille1ium
has arrived, 1t is only the advanc,
agent OF the foolkiller who is com
ing your way. I'D when you
oldest girl sends ten subscribers
and 80 cents to pay for packing t.
a paper way down in the east fo
the promise Of a handsome velve
outer garment and you bring her
pair OF overgrown ear muffs frou
the postoffice don't think that
should be warning to you
spend your money at home. @
course not. Your home merchant
are IN business for their health
and besides you get larger stoc
to select from in the '"annual cata
loguc. Livingstone Herald