The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-19
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE MEYERS.
An Amusing Triai--A Fistic Encounter.
Teaching school In Iowa.

An Amusing Triai--A Fistic Encounter.
Teaching school i'm Iowa.
Missoula. Feb. 1S.-There was an
amusing trial in the court room Of his
honor, n. J. Myers, justice Of the peace,
this week. The case on trial involved
the old Durrand-Geiger feud. and all
of the old ground was gone over by
the witnesses Geiger was placed on
the stand to tell how the play came
up and he started in his long Winded
way To tell all of his troubles for the
last few years At length he got down
to the case on trial and proceeded to
tell how, in his cobbler business, he
had gone to the Montana hotel to get
pair of boots that he was TO mend.
Dose poots.'' he said, was awful
hart, Dey was so schtiff dot / don'd
could pend dem. Dey was hart like
poart." At this stage Of the narrative,
the county attorney interrupted to tell
Geiger that the boots had nothing to
do with the case and that Geiger must
confine himself to the case III hand.
We'll, don'd you get quick, said Gel
ger. Next after dose. poots comes der
oder business" And he persisted in
telling all about he boots before he
would talk about the case on trial.
It was the day after the fistic en-
counter in the court room OF his honor,
the other day. that one of the court
officers said to him; Judge, they tell
me that YOU had quite a scrap up here
last night" His honor looked troubled.
Yes" he said, we did have a little
difficulty ! fined the boys for con-
tempt of this yere court. but / felt
very bad that il occurred, because
there was a lady in the room. | went
down to see her this morning to apollo
eize for the disturbance. She said that
it would be all right. but she asked
me if | was not afraid to rush in and
separate two men fighting as desper-
ately as those yere fellows was. She
said | was an old man and had but
one leg and she thought that fear
would have prevented me from inter-
fcring. Madam / said after she was
through Madam. | don't know the
meaning of that there word
His honor was busy with some court
documents which he was filling out.
He was writing busily. when he sud
denly stopped and turned to his court
officer. billy" he said, did | ever
tell you all about the time that | taught
school back in Iowa? Well ! took a
school there and the people all said
that / couldn't teach that there school
long because that school was q hard
school and the boys had run out the
last teacher which was a woman I
just told them to wait and look out and
/ took the school. you bet Things went
all right till one day ! saw the big
boys with their heads together and /
knew that something was coming.
That afternoon when books was called,
one Of the leaders of the bows came in
and put both his feet up on my desk
sitting down in my chair. John said
L. John, take them feet down John
said he didn't have to. Then / hit him
like this and | knocked him clean
across the school room. After that
there was no more trouble" His honor
had risen from his seat to illustrate
how lie had hit the big Buckeye lad
Then he sat down and filled out "A COM
mitment for 'Osker" Durrand
His honor has some very devoted
friends among the newspaper men of
the city. He is always willing to give
them any information that he can, and
he furnishes them with many a good
paragraph 1t is not to be wondered
at that among them he has some add
mirers who are urging him to add To
the honorS that an appreciative com
munity has placed upon him and to
make the run in the spring for the posi-
ton of police magistrate. His honor
has taken the matter under advise
ment and may consent to become
candidate.
log sailors has subsidized considerably
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