The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

Fldnlgdn, VINO are accused or horse
stealing, occupied the attention of the
court yesterday. State Senator Hurd
OF Valley county was the prosecuting
witness. The men were in his employ
last summer rounding up some horses
which he had purchased on Medical
Lodge. While in his employ it is al
legged that they appropriated to their
own use certain, mavericks and brand
ed them for themselves. The men con-
tended that they did not do any brand
ing, that they did the roping and
throwing and If any colts were branded
illegally, they did not do it, The case
went to the jury about o'clock and
after being out four hours the jury re-
turned verdict of guilty and fixed the
punishment at one year in the peni-
tertiary 1t is understood that the ball
lot was ten to two throughout the vot-
ing.
Saturday evening a marriage license
was issued to Nicholas Stages, aged 81,
and Miss Ruby Sage, aged 16, both resi-
dents of the Big Hole basin. Tuesday a
license was issued to Robert o. X.
Pense, aged 80. of Bowen. Mont, and
Miss Laura Hanson, aged 81, resident
of Wisdom, Mont,
Prof. J. E, Monroe. while splitting
wood at his home last Saturday, had
stick of wood fly up and hit him in the
forehead, cutting a deep cash, which
necessitated the taking of few
stitches.
staudaher & Deputy shipped seven
carloads of beef cattle from the Dillon
yards last Saturday to Omaha In the
same train were two loads of cattle and
one Of horses, shipped by the Ajax Live
Stock company, and two cars of horses
owned by Anderson Bros. of this city.
Anderson Bros. also sent cut two cars
of horses to st. Joseph, Mo-. yesterday
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railroad depot Saturday morning to at
tend to a man upon whose head one of
the heavy doors of the baggage room
had fallen. The man was quite badly
hurt and was dazed for while. The
doctor thinks the blow dented the skull
Of the man TIE thing that worried the
stranger more than anything else was
the fact tilat his stiff hat was ruined,
and he told the agent that he thought
ne was emitted to q new hat at any
rate. The agent gave him an order for
the best hat he could find in Butte and
he went on his way rejoicing.
There was slight accident on the
Short Line Tuesday on Feeley Hill. A
freight engine found short rail-" and
several rods Of track were tern up as
consequence
one of the new engines of the 7c0
class was put on this division of the
Short Line and is attracting a great
dea! or attention. The weight of the
engine is about 80 tons
The passengers on the northbound
train We're disguised Wednesday night
by the actions of burly quarter-breed
negro who had with him a handsome
white girl, of about 20 wears of age,
who was evidently clipping with him.
The actions of the pair was spoony in
the extreme and the girl acted as if she
loved her honey very much indeed
nf Tvs
lor, who was on the train, was called
to them, and he was asked to keep a
watch upon the precious pair if they
stopped in Dillon and see what they
were out for. They did stop at Dillon
and the darby registered at the Me lien
as Walter Williams and wife and they
were assigned to room IS. The stock in
spector proceeded to investigate and
met the darby coming out of the room
on his way to get drink. He held him
up and Intercepted him as to what
he was doing with the girl. The coon
maintained that he and she had been
married for five years. Then the girl
was called out by one of the lady en-
ployes of the hotel When put on tia
rack she claimed at first to be married
to the coon, but could not remember
the town or state she was married in.
Finally she admitted that she had lied
and the colored gentleman was not her
husband. but that she was going to
Butte with him. Then the coon was
locked up in jail on general principles.
On searching him rs cents was all of
the money found on him. Telegraph
advices from Market Lake. Idaho, show
that she was hasher and he cook and
that they were more or less infatuated
with one another and had left that
town together. When this was learned
and 1T was found that no case could be
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African descent was given his liberty
after passing the night in Jail instead
of in the arms of his white companion.
The girls parents live at Storm Lake,
Idaho.
Guy Stapleton was down from Butte
this week on business before the dis
trict court.
Jesse B. Root was in town from Butte
this week as an attorney in a mining
suit.
Governor Robert B. Smith is in town
as an attorney in a water right suit.