Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03
BIG LAND SALES
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES
FOR SHEEP PASTURE.
SUIT FOR HEAVY DAMAGES,
An Unlucky Boy-Billings May u
nish Brick for New Govern
ment Post.
Billings, Mont,

Lee Eisenberg has filed papers in the
district clerks office asking damage IN
the sum of SIS, 26O against the Donovan
Mccormick company. In his petition
he states that prior to august "a, l9Oo'
he was in ~peaceable possession or the
building en- lot 2, block 10S, in this city;
that on the oath the defendants, with
violence and force, entered eJecteu
plaintiff, broke the doors open, tore out
and destroyed the front of said building
and the side walls, rendering it unten-
able; that by the tearing out OF said
walls and front his stock of goods was
so damaged, as were also his furniture
and fixtures, that he could not dispose
of them at their full value. He further
states thai the Donovan-McCormick
mpa by force and threats of vio-
lence, unlawfully hold and keep possess
sion Of said building, and by their forci-
BILE detainure of said building he is pre-
vented from carrying on business, and
thai his business has been ruined. Fred
III. Hawthorn Of this city and Clayberg
& Gum of Helena are Eisenberg's at
tOrneys
MI. and Mrs. Paul Mccormick gave
a delightful party last Thursday even
ing to a large number Of guests in their
Daniel Boone cabin, in honor of the ar
rival of their son Paul, jr., from "a trip
abroad and also his departure for Salt
Lake City to resume his college work.
The cabin was profusely decorated with
flags and bunting, which were artistic
ally grouped and draped upon the walls
and the rafters overhead. The polished
hardwood floor is an ideal one for dane
Ing, and exceptionally fine music was
rendered. Refreshments Of sandwiches,
doughnuts and coffee were served at
midnight. The napkins used were min
AZURE flags, thus carrying out the color
nffnnf Thn prnr{S vx,nNO. Nf~~~ca --l
Mesdames w. H.. Morse, H. M. Allen,
Fl. W. Rowley, Mesdames Womack and
Carlton OF st. Louis. Misses Toole, Rix-
on, Sleeper, Delfor, Anna Delfor, Martin,
Platt, Lyle, Church, Towne, Reed, Hays,
Gordon, Mccormick, Alice Mccormick,
Mary Mccormick. Gruwell, Draper, Cal
win. Ramsey, Nord. Edwards, Mae Ed
wards, Hayden Bennington, Lamar
tine. Fagaly, Mickey, Leggett and Dean
of st. Louis, Messrs. Smith. Chapple,
Rixon. Fraser. Ed Fraser. Plat. Young,
Mickey. Purvis. Whitney, Wilbur, Me-
Cormick, Seaman, Names, Will McCor-
mick, Rob Mccormick, Babcock, st.
John, Daniels Collins. Curry, O'Kelly,
Ballenger, Murphy, Ed Mccormick,
Renwick. DIETRICH. Toole. Colvin, Evans,
Chas. Whitney, Buckley, Roche and
Hamilton of Butte.
J.,V. Pennel1, a miner from the Bridger
Coal Who brought his 6-year-
Old son to Billings to receive treatment
TOR an eye injured by a pick, left yester-
Gay for Helena, where the little fellow
will be under the care of DR.. Scbulin
The lad was playing with some children,
VINO We're handling a pick, when it
glanced, striking the bali of the eve,
scratching but not breaking it. The lit
tie fellow seems to be a victim of circum-
stances, only last year having been Sc
verely scalded in a tub of boiling water
at Meeteetse, Wyo., where his father
was running a hotel.
The Gazette's voting contest for a 800
gold watch and chain, to be given to the
young lady receiving the largest number
of votes, closed last night, Miss Marie
Sleeper being the winner. There was
great activity among the friends of sew
eral OF the contestants. yesterday after
noon about $4,000 votes being cast. The
fotal number of votes east was 16, 765,
The four contestants receiving the high
est number of votes were as follows:
Miss Marie Sleeper, 5,916: Miss Lola
Tomlinson. 1856; Miss Anna Delfor, {, 36S.
and Miss Minnie Nord, 1,677.
More than 100, 600 acres of fine grazing
land have been sold within the last
month by Karl Simmons, sales agent of
the Northern Pacific land department for
Montana. 1t is in the Lake Basin coun-
{ try, west and northwest of Billings, and
is being fenced in. mostly for sheep pas
ture. 1t was bought in separate blocks
by Cabot Thomas, Alfred Thomas, John
| Cardwell, Bud O'Donnell and David
T Frat. Another tract of $1,000 acres of
5 grazing land On Hensley creek, east OF
} Columbus, has been sold to Herman
Wilt.
) W. J. Youmans disposed of his large
: lumber business in this city Thursday
to Walton & Davis of Dickinson, N. D.,
2 possession to be given at once. The
! exact price of the deal is not known.
but it is thought to be about SIS. 900.
j. F. Davis of the new firm attended
to the purchase and will be the resident
manager. Walton & Davis are old lum-
Der dealers, having been engaged in it
for a number of years at Dickinson.
where they have large business inter-
ests. Mr.. and Mrs. Youmans will leave
: shortly to spend the winter in Cali
fornia.
$ Thomas Fl. O'Neill. a contractor al
t Kansas City. was a Billings visitor SAT-.
urday, figuring with the brick firms or
: a big order OF brick. Mr.. O'Neill will be
one of the bidders on the new fort build.
ings which are to be constructed at SHEER.
, idan, and which are to be entirely Of
. brick. Something like LOO, 600 brick vii
|. be used in their construction. The con.
. tract is to be Let at Denver, Colo, on Oc-
tober 5.
The Independent democrats of Yellow.
: stone county met Saturday and selectes
!. the following delegates to the state con.
: vention to be held in Butte tomorrow
Fat Lavelle, j. D. Matheson. c. F. Bur.
: ton, H. X. Fish, C. O'Donnell, J. B. Her.
ford, A. II. Lavelle, p. B. Merrill and S
W. Porter.
w. A. Mcknight of Jefferson, Iowa
and Mrs Gaarpa NeNanpbt Of n,,rho~
I Ark. arrived In the city yesterday morn.
: ing for a visit with reIa tiyes The for.