Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-20
Adolf Penttila Asks The Court
For a Change,
BUTTE SAMPLING WORKS
Says GuidOni Did Not Own the Ore
For the Value of Which
He Sued.

court today to be allowed to change his
name to Adolf E.. Bentley. In his petit
ton he says he is 20 years old, was born
in Finland, and that he obtained his nat
uralization papers in the United States
circuit court on the 9th of September,
1894; that the papers We're by mistake
made out in the name of Adolf E. Pent-
tia, when the name should nave been
Adolf e. Bentley. Because of the mis-
taxi he says he has trouble with his
mail and his business transactions.
The Butte Sampling works filed an an
swer today to the suit brought against
it by Pasquelli Guidoni to recover judg-
ment for $543.43 for 1915 pounds of ore
and matte sold it by Guidoni on July 26.
The company admits that 1t bought the
ore, but says it was of no greater value
than 1881. IA. 1t denies that plaintiff was
ever the owner of the property; admits
that it refused to pay for the ore for the
reason that on information and belief
the plaintiff was not the owner; that on
August Z the Boston & Montana com
pany notified it hat it claimed to be the
owner of the ore and matte and for the
defendant not to purchase or pay plain
tiff for 1t and to hold it until the owner
ship was determined.
In Judge Lindsay'S court today Jo-
hanna Bradshaw was granted a decree
Of divorce from John N. Bradshaw on
the alleged ground Of desertion and non
support.
In the suit Of Maggie Brogan vs..
Daniel Doherty the latter filed in court
today an affidavit stating that his wages
as a miner, working in the St. Lawrence
mine, had been attached to satisfy a
portion Of a claim of the plaintiff, but
In view Of the fact hat he was married
and needed the money for the support
or his family he would be compelled to
claim half Of it as exempt. The money.
he further alleges. is in the hands of
the D. j. Hennessy Mercantile COMPANY.
lie winds up the by saying he
does not owe the plaintiff any money
whatever.
Inventories in the following estates
were filed today: H. D. Macleod. Angus
Mcleod and Frank E.. Parker, all by
the public administrator. In the former
the value of the estate is placed at 500.
1t is cash. In the second $1,473. 10 in
cash, of which all save 1852 IS, due from
the Anaconda is in bank.
Parker's estate is valued at $495. 25 in
cash.
Louis Schul has petitioned the dis
trlct court to be appointed guardian Of
his -four minor children. The matter will
be heard by Judge Lindsay on Decen1-
Der 2.
Judge Lindsay failed to finish hearing
his motion docket Saturday and resumed
today where he then ceased.
The matter of taxing the costs in the
suit of A. Saner VS.. Betsy Hartman, won
by the plaintiff, was argued and taken
under Amusement.
The next matter considered was the
order to show cause in the diverse suit
of Emma Courtenay VS.. William Courte-
nay. The plaintiff asked for alimony.
Courtenay testified that he had a house
in Centerville, but he could place no
value on 1t. as no one would live in it.
The street in front of it had been raised
eight feet and he could neither sell nor
rent the house. Title to the ground was
in dispute, and the roof of the house was
covered with rocks. He had no other
property, and the only way he had of
earning a living was by peddling candy.
Last week he had taken in a total of
s3.45. Once he had opened a place in
Butte to try to make a living, but bows
burglarized the store and broke him IN
in business. He believed he could not
get $50 for all he owned.
Mrs. Courtenay said that after Courte-
nay and herself had separated he had
been offered 5000 for the C%enterville prom