Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
NEWS
Livingston, February IA, 1900.


In the district court here Monday the
first jury trial for this term was the case
of Vincent Comedian. charged with steal
ing a horse from Samuel Titus, near
Chico. He was found guilty of grand
larceny and sentenced to one yea in the
penitentiary. The next case was that of
William Mcclure, one of the men who
burglarized Sax & McCue's store about
two weeks ago. He pleaded guilty to the
charge and was Also sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary. In the case Of
the State VS.. Charles Shively. charged
with stealing a gold watch from Henry
DietZ, ON appeal from the justice court.
was dismissed, the appellant having
failed to file an appeal bond. He was
sentenced in the justice court to eleven
months imprisonment in the county jail.
On Tuesday the first case on the docket
was that of the State VS.. William Mitch
ell, charged with highway robbery.
Mitchell is a discharged soldier from Fort
Yellowstone. He held up two men at the
! point of a pistol, on the road between
Cinnabar and Gardiner, about a month
| AGO., and secured $50. He was arrested
while blowing the money in at Gardiner.
The jury returned a verdict Of guilty as
charged. The prisoner will be sentenced
on the 18th instant.
The blowing of whistles at Aldridge
yesterday afternoon announced that a
big strike had been made in No. 4 seam.
This is the new shaft that vas started
by the Montana o & Coke company
about five months ago at the Aldridge
mine to tap the fourth vein Of coal. 1t
was a guess whether they would strike
this vein or not, but the company spent
many thousands of dollars on their judy
ment that they would strike it and were
yesterday awarded by the exposure of a
fve-fOot vein of good fuel coal. All the
new work contemplated at Horr and
Aldridge depended on this strike, and
there is general rejoicing throughout the
camp.
Miss BERTHE Stevenson very prettily en-
tertained a number of her friends las
evening in honor of Mr.. Claude Herein,
who is visiting in this city. The amuse-
ment of the evening was progressive eu-
chre, the prizes going to Miss Relcher
and H. S. Masters. An elegant lunch was
served at the conclusion of the card
games. Those present We're: Mr.. and
Mrs. McCue. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie, Mr.. and
Mrs. Masters, Mr.. and Mrs. McLaren,
Ion, Comley. Mortimer and Adelaide and
Alice Chambers; Messrs. Swindlehurst,
O'Brien. Herein, Elliott n Pampel.
Mrs. E. Fl. Talcott, assisted by Mrs. =
H. Grace, entertained a few of their lady
friends Tuesday afternoon. The ladies
brought their needle work and spent a
very pleasant afternoon. A reading by
Mrs. Grace was much appreciated. De-
licious refreshments Were served. Those
present were: Mesdames Smith, Henry,
Crippen. McCaw. Villas, Gray. Wetzstein
%Leslie, Voyce. Horn. Potter. Masters;
Misses Belcher and Ballinger.
Fay Wilson, a hired mar in the EN-.
ploy of Chas. b. Scott. Of Gardiner skip.
ped out a few days ago with two valuable
horses belonging to Mr.. Scott. Wilson. was
engaged to look after a band of horses or
the range and it was not known until sew.
eral days afterwards that he had gone
Mr.. Scott has offered a reward of $1O9 for
his arrest.
A. O. Newton OF the Butte & Yellow.
stoAe Coal and Coke at Horr
has arranged to build Is or 20 additional
coke ovens at that plant. Work has al
ready begun on a large frame shed which
will v the ovens. Material for the
ovens is arriving daily, and it is expected
they will be in operation by April 1.
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The wife of Henry Alkire died at hel
home in this city this morning of infam.
nation of the bowels, after a short ill.
ness. Her remains will be taken to Gil.
liam, Mo-, for burial. The deceased was
a young woman about rs years of age
and leaves a 2-year-old child.
George o. Freeman has resigned as as
signee of the Bush properties at .Jardins
, which includes the Revenue mine ant
; mill. Today Judge Henry appointed r
l M. Swindlehurst to fill the vacancy.
/ Mrs. CrimsOnbeak-"Do you believ
l that death ends all, JOhn?"
I MI. Crimsonbeak-"Well, no; there
the fight over the will, you Know
> YUnkers Statesman.