The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-21
Business In Court-An Insanity Case-Thi
Years Assessment.

Business In Court-An Insanity Case-This
Years Assessment.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Boulder, July 2O.-Very little business
has been done in court but a jury has
been summoned to appear July % at . a.
m. Those drawn for jury service are: q.
A. Douglas, jr., William Stewart, James
Bailey, Edward O'Rourke and Monroe
Dunks of Boulder; H.. O. Hickman, ID. T..
Mccall. Henry Schmidt. r.. T.. Lawrence.
X. T. Common and NJ. l.. Tuttel of White
hall; Gus Daniels, j. Il. Sullivan, II. Lid
gate. l.. Osborne and John Merrigan of
Basin; William Timby, II. T.. Woliston
and J. NJ. Wallace of Elkhorn; T. O. Cor
don, ID. Nj. kelleher. G. Denbow and
George Siebel of Wickes; NJ. Brown and
>. u. VanWart of Woodville; j. $.
sheeseman of %Ssppington: J. w. Hall of
Three Forks; @. F.. Green of Lump; w. G..
McDonough of Cold Springs: Thomas
Pierce of Pipestone Springs.
Cases are set as follows: j. L. Faux
ner VS.. A. A. Marsh. July %: II. L. Sher-
lock VS.. =. N. Harper. July Is; Bradley
a Metcalf VS.. II. l.. Sherlock. July 26: c..
r.. Newell ct al. VS.. II. l.. Sherlock. July
q; Lanpher. Finch ct al. VS.. n. Gener-
eaux, July 2S.
Three of the above cases grow out of
the Connick failure i'm Basin.
+. J. Langan had a hearing i'm court
during the week. He was charged with
collecting more than his legal fees as
justice of the peace at Basin. on the in
PRODUCTION of testimony the information
was not sustained and he was discharged.
An insanity case was examined i'm court
before "A medical jury composed of Drs.
Leighton and Vawtcr. About two months
ago Mrs. Sofa korVa was brought ftom
Basin on account Of her peculiar actions
and was then examined as to her sanity,
but her condition was such that IL was
not deemed best to send her to the asy-
lum. and she was detained at the county
hospital. About six weeks ago she gave
birth 10 a child, hut her mental condition
did not improve, and as a result of the ex-
animation last week she was committed
to the asylum. She was a native of Fin
land, about rs years of age, and besides
the infant, which is in the care of the
matron of the poor farm, leaves a hus-
band and young daughter at Basin.
Friday evening the order of Pendo had
n public meeting and installed the follow
ing officers: j. T.. Wild. councillor: s.. NJ.
Wade, vice councillor, J. II. Murphy, sec
rotary; Mamie Taylor. treasurer; Mrs. G.
l.. Thompson, chaplain; Mrs. f.. 1. Fletch-
er. sentinel; &. l.. Thompson. warden. a
number of visitors were present from Ba-
sin and there was luncheon and social
converse after the installation ceremo-
MES.
The footings of the county assessors
shows the assessment of jefferson county
to be less than last year. Real estate and
improvements amount to 81 $50, 234; per-
sonal property, sSii.9S3. The railroad as
sessment Is expected to be $500. 600. making
a total of about three millions. Some OF
the items i'm the personal property list
appear small, for instance, according TO
the books there are hut 2S2 watches in
the county. only l7 musical instruments
and y libraries; the valuation of mer-
i'm the county is only s10l. S3l: fur
and fixtures of stores. saloons and
q offices only amount to $500; there are
only 10 thoroughbred horses and but ASH
of any kind; of cattle there were l0.0Si;
cash. credits and bank deposits figure up
TO $50 $50. and the net proceeds of the
mines OF Jefferson county aggregated but
s36. so.
There are i'm the county I.3lI men sub
ject to military duty between the ages of
Is and a. years.
Recent. work OF the county road depart
ment has been the making of a new road
from Whitehall to Pipestone and the cut
ting of grades between Boulder and Ber-
nice.
The Society of Ready Workers will
nave a social at the HON of Rev. G. ".
CRUDE Friday evening.
County Commissioners Fergus. Smith
and Monahan are sitting this week as a
board OF equalization examining the tax
books OF the county and listening to
of erroneous assessments.