The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-08-12

grocery firm of Wagner & Askew, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself.
The trial of the men charged with be-
ing principals in the notorious opera
house rio in Colorado Springs in Sep
TENDER last began in the district court
on the 21st and they were acquitted.
A tornado visited Akron, Colorado,
on the 21st, and wrecked the dwellings,
barns and sheds on Dole & Gillette's
sheep ranch six miles northeast of Ak
ron. Charles H. Abbott, who was
working at the ranch, was killed by
lightning while milking.
Caterpillars are destroying all the
foliage on the Pecos Valley forest re-
serve, especially on the quaking aspen
trees. %Shovelfuls of the caterpillars
are picked up every morning by the
rangers and burned, but the plague is
increasing, and makes it very disagree
able for visitors, who find themselves
and their horses literally covered with
the caterpillars after a few miles of
travel.
Mrs. Josiah Dunn of Arvada has left
with Secretary Shute of the hOrticult.
ural board in the state house, twelve
strawberries which filled a quart cup.
Many of them were over four inches in
circumference. They are of the Je-
cunda variety. The secretary will at
tempt to preserve them so that they
may be displayed at the coming State
Fair.
The body of the ~4-year-old daughter
of Lewis Ferjauchich of Russell gulcE,
was found in Clear creek, about n
mile below where she was last seen.
The head and legs were considerably
bruised, which in all probability was
caused by coming in contact with the
rocks in the creek. Coroner Boyer has
ordered a post norton examination
which will be followed by an inquest.
Foul play is suspected.
John Haines, oldest son of M. S.
Haines, was killed in the Mitchell
mine at Lafayette, Colorado, on the
21st, while pulling top coal, a large
amount of coal and rock falling and
burying him completely. The miners
uncovered his head and found him to
be alive and able to talk, but more
coal and rock fell and a large force
of men was put at work to rescue him,
which took about an hour, when he
was found to be dead.
The story that Marcus DAILY intends
leaving Montana and taking up his res
idence in Colorado, where he is to build
a Smelter and go into the stock raising
business, is, according to Mr.. Days
most intimate friends and associates,
without any truth. Mr.. DAILY is at
present in New York, but only a few
days before leaving he stated, as he
had frequently done before, that Mon
tana would always be his home and
that he expected to spend the remain
der of his life here and in the harness.
81 am here to stay and to work harder
than ever" he said Oh his return from
the East after his election as president
of the New A~malgamated Company.
Five pounds of giant powder were
exploded by Cripple Creek people On
the side of Big Bull mountain for the
purpose of ascertaiping the quantity
that can be safely used in the big
earthquake on the Fourth of July. The
test was entirely satisfactory. The
earth and smoke were forced into the
air for hundreds of feet. The COM
mittee in charge of the earthquake
scene will now go ahead and make
complete arrangements as originally
Dldllltu. Lie ScucIdl COlHllllllce lOI
the big celebration have adopted plans
for a big pavilion to be erected on
Second and Victor The pavil-
ion will be the largest ever erected in
this city. Around the four sides will
be appraised seats with a capacity for
seating LOO people.
Assignee Chapman of the failed State
Bank of Monte Vista has just made
public the following statement of as
sets and liabilities of the bank and it's
two branches, the Miners Bank Of
Creole and the Farmers Bank of
Hooper. Liabilities: Open deposits,
$40, 903 $50; certificates of deposit, Sill
1864; due First National Bank of
Denver, 1924, 991.14; unpaid taxes,
$7SO.56. Total, $SO,651.64. Assets:
Overdrafts, good, {, 740.27; real es-
tate and fixtures, $14,5OO; Chase Ma
tional Bank, New York, $106.1 9 loans
and discounts, considered good. $4S.-
533. 26; cash and cash items, $732.T0;
rents, ETC., due, $215.65. Total, $780,
S2S.O7. The assignee is hopeful OF
making an early dividend. This happy
result will depend upon his ability to
turn the Overdrafts, real estate and
loans into cash.
Governor Richards vas advised by
the War Department on the 10Th that
the troops at Fort Washable, in the
Shoshone reservation, and Yellowstone.
in the National Park, have beer placed
at the disposal of the civil authorities
to aid in pursuing the Union Pacific
robbers. Deputy Marshal Morrison,
with foul Yellowstone scouts. cap
tured three men at Riverside station.
neal the west line of the park, who an
swer the description of Curry and the
Roberts brothers. Morrison will reach
Mammoth Hot Springs with his prison
ers Tuesday, when they will be ex.
amined before Commissioner Medium.
Should these men lot prove to be the
hold-ups, the chase will be kept up
with vigor until the robbers are run
down and captured. The robbers We're
supplied by a rustler friend near e.
X. Mountain, in the Hole-in-the-Wa
country, with fine riding horses and
two pack animals, plenty of food and a
camp outfit.
A telegram has been received at
Trinidad to the effect that one of the
gang of safe blowers who cracked the
safes of the Colorado & Southern and
Santa Fe offices in that city on the
night of the 18th, had been arrested
at Albuquerque, N. NJ. Cashier Fred
ericy of the Colorado & Southern fur
nished the clue that led to the arrest.
Some time ago, among the money TIA
ken in by him in the course of bust
mes was a So bill issued in 1862. On
placing it in the bank it was discov-
cred that the signature of the United
Statac traa Surpr r n Simmer bo1