Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-04

The governor yesterday pardoned Joseph
Grau. who Is serving a sentence of three
months in the county jail Of Valley county
for disturbing the peace. The pardon was
made upon the petition Of County Attorney
Kerr, Sheriff Kyle and tho justice OF the
peace who sentenced Grau. They repre-
scented that he had probably been suff1-
GENTLY punished. and that his wife and four
children dependent upon him for support
are in hard circumstances.
Kalispell Inter AXE: Seven years ago at
this time Demersville was in process of
being hauled bodily to Kalispell, and big
preparations were being made for the cele-
bration to occur on the list of January,
when the rails We're laid into town. In an
other seven years very few of the buildings
that were brought from DemerSville, and
which have given Kalispell something of a
shantytown appearance in places, will be
left standing. And the next seven years
will not only change the appearance of
Kalispell greatly, but they will also add
considerably more to the population than
the past seven have.
Great Falls Tribune: A few days ago a
man giving his name as Howard. was ar
rested in Gallatin county on a charge of at
tempting to defraud by obtaining bounties
on wolf and coyote hides that had been
shipped from Chicago, Salt Lake and else
! where. He had operated extensively in
Yellowstone and Sweet Grass counties. but
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clerk Of Gallatin county, that official caused
his arrest. He claimed to be a resident of
Deertield, Fergus county, and gave his true
name as w. H.. Russell. 1t was found that
he did not live at Deerfield. and it now de-
velops that he is none other than the cow
boy of Malta. Valley county, who, a few
weeks ago, led two prominent citizens or
Chicago on a wild goose chase to Great
Falls. He visited them in Chicago, made
them think that he was a wealthy cattle
man, and invited them to visit his ranch.
When they notified him that they were
coming, he, it is claimed, stole a team at
Malta and drove to Great Falls. From that
city he had an accomplice write that he had
been injured and could not receive MS
friends and they should not come. They
came, however, and when they got mere
they found that Russell had gone to Lewis
town. They then realized that they had
been duped and they returned to Chicago.
| Great Falls Tribune: The Big Seven
mine paid off Thursday. giving every man
his pay to date. This is the earliest they
nave ever paid, although they have seldom
been later than the End of the month with
their checks. There are today 81 men on
the payroll of this mine. The Big Seven
mine has paid $77,0G0 in dividends within a
period Of three months.
Red Lodge Picket: The Red Lodge COR
respondent of the Gebo paper, having
! united A. M. Peters of Billings in mar
riage with Mrs. Jessie Thoburn OF THIS clty'
without the knowledge or consent OF the
parties. it will be in order for the said corr
respondent to make the "amende horrible
by instituting divorce proceedings IN the
next issue of the Gebo Conclusion Jumper.
That reliable publication says the co1 1ith
were united in marriage Sunday, the lStn
inst, by w. H. Watson,' but IN view OF
the fact that the ceremony hasn't yet peeh
performed, it may be as We'll to again ad-
lure the Gebo paper that it were better 10
know a little than SO blamed much that
isn't so,