Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-05
Friday Was a Very Busy Day
For Judge Woody
MANY IMPORTANT CASES
Came up For Trial--ClOsing Exercises
in all the Grades in the Public
SchOOl--TeacherS' Vacation.

Hamilton, June 4.-Friday was a busy
day in the district court. In the matter
of the demurrer to the information in the
case of the state VS.. Daniel Horigan,
heretofore taken under a~dvisement, the
court sustained the same, and ordered
defendant remanded to the custody of the
sheriff in order to permit the county at
torney- to prefer another charge.
The case of DR.. S. w. Minshall VS.. RAJ
valli county occupied the greater part
of the day. The complaint contained two
causes of action, one for medical SER
vices furnished a county charge and an
other for services to a diphtheria patient
while ouarantined by the board of health.
Plaintiffs claim was duly presented to
the board Of county commissioners ana
by them rejected, for the reason that the
claim was not a legal charge against the
county. This action was then brought
in the district court to recover SEQ for
services rendered. Attorney r. L. Nc
Culloch represented the plaintiff and the
county attorney appeared for the defend
ant. A jury consisting of J. w. Simpson,
Isaac Bergman, H. Mcneil, Arthur
Click, w. A. McLaren, l.. A.. Harris, Fred
Beaubien, John Applebury, J. B. Laws,
+. j.. Robbins, M. M. Williams and p.
w. Waddell was chosen to try the action.
Several witnesses were examined on both
sides. and the jury returned a verdict FOR
defendant with costs.
Closing exercises were held in all the
grades Of the public schools below the
high school Friday afternoon. and
each room had a large number of visit
ors. Several of the teachers will leave
the city within a few days. Superintend-
ent Ewing does not intend to teach next
year, but will take a well earned rest.
beginning with the summe vacation.
Miss Howard of the high school Will
teach during the summer in the Sears
district. near this city. Miss Harland,
also Of the high school corps, will spend
the summer at Como. Miss Million will
rusticate at her home near Stevensvilie
with a trip to Yellowstone park some
time during the summer by way of di-
version. Miss O'Hara will spend the va
cation at her home in Minnesota. Mss
Anna Bono will pass the summer at her
home in Victor. The other teachers are
still to be heard from as to their plans.
The hoard of education expected to have
a meeting last night and it was rumored
that the teachers for the ensuing year
would be selected. 1t will be a relief to
the teachers to lave the election over.
as they have been on the anxious seat
for some time.
Mrs. Hattie E. Lawrence, residing near
S~tevensville, and we'll and favorably
known. died at her home last Thursday
from spotted fever. Mrs. Lawrence had
been in Montana for II years, residing in
Butte until last March, when she came
to this valley to escape the smoke. She
was the only sister of the we'll known
Metcalf brothers, whom she leaves with
her husband and little son to mourn her
death. The funeral services were held on
Friday afternoon, Rev. Cruger of the
Baptist church officiating, and the inter-
ment being in Maplewood cemetery.
The band gave the first of it's series of
oDen air concerts last evening, and a
large crowd turned out to listen to the
music. Hamilton has an excellent band,
and when the band begins to play the
people turn an appreciative ear in that
direction. After the concert was over
last evening the band adjourned to the
opera house, where a meeting of citizens
was in progress to consider the subject
of a Fourth of July celebration, and ia
vored those present with several selec-
tons of music.
The mass meeting to decide the all
important question of whether we will
celebrate the Fourth or not was we'll at
tended. The meeting was called to order
with D. ]. Donahue presiding and f. M.
Murray acting as secretary. 1t was de-
cided to have a celebration, and the nee
essary committees We're appointed. It is
expected that there will be much salts
faction over the result of the meeting,
and that every one will take hold and
make the celebration a grand success.
W. B. Faulds, secretary of the Supply
Ditch company, is attending court as a
witness. Mr.. Faulds is enthusiastic over
the completion of the big ditch, which
will permanently settle the irrigation
question in the neighborhood of Stevens
vile. The ditch has been constructed ex-
clusively by the farmers of the communi-
tv at a cost of more than SIS, 900, is over
20 miles long and will carry 10000 inches
OF water.
The case Of Mcknight VS.. Supply Ditch
company was called in the afternoon and
the trial is now in progress, with Attor-
news OHara and Myers for plaintiff and
c. p. Calkins and r.. l.. McCulloch for
defendants. A jury was selected and the
trial is now in rogress. with good pros
pect of its consuming the entire day. The
action is for 5000 for services rendered
n breach of contract.
Reconnaissance Mayhem of Eight
Mile. was in the city yesterday as a wit
ness in the case of Mcknight VS.. Ravalli
county. Mr.. Mayhem says the farming
industries of the county were never in a
more f1%ourishing condition han at pres
ent and that his fruit trees are bloom
ing most profusely. and there is every
prospect of a heavy fruit crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert May drove up from
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