Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-23
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In the district court Tuesday the first
case was ,that of the State VS.. Chas. Lee
roy charged with grand larceny. The
jury brought in a verdict of guilty after
a short elaboration. Leroy is the man
who about two months ago went to Will
Hams livery stable at Horr and hired a
team and buggy and as he did not re-
turn in a reasonable time Mr.. Williams
suspected something was wrong and
started out after him. He traced him to
Livingston where Leroy was arrested
while trying to dispose of the outfit.
Judge Henry wild sentence him next Fri
day.
In the suit Of AL Lee VS.. Sheriff Young
the jury again brought i'm a verdict for
the plaintiff. This is the third time this
case has been tried and each time a ver-
dict was returned for the plaintiff The
dispute arose over the sale of a BARRIERS
outfit in a shop run by Fred Rider. The
outfit was sold by the sheriff ON attach
ment proceedings for rent due C. S. Hef-
ferlin. Lee alleged the outfit belonged
to him and brought suit to recover the
value of the property. The court adjourn
ed Tuesday afternoon until the 23rd.
Deputy Sheriff BelNar came down from
Jardine Saturday having in custody a
man named Robert Roth who has been
freighting between Cinnabar and Jardane
for the past three months under the
name of Maxwell. Roth is wanted in
Be~averhead county for stealing ore from
the Hecla mine while employed as a
frebghter. Roth skipped out while wait
ing trial and left his bondsmen in the
lurch. Sheriff Pyle came over from Dill
lon Sunday morning and took his man
back with him. 8Lr
Sheriff Young went over to Deer Lodge
Sunday with VIM. Mcclure sentenced to
one year for b: rglary. On Monday morn
ing he took over VIM. Mitchell who
and Vincent Conohan sentenced to one
year for horse stealing.
Dave Rhodes of Fort Yellowstone, chief
packer of the Abercrombie Exploring ex-
pedution which sails from Seattle on the
9th for Valdez, Alaska, will start Friday
morning with his outfit to join Capt.
Abercrombie at Seattle.
L. K. Thompson, temporary agent for
the Northern Pacific at Cinnabar depart
ed this morning for Lombard as relief
agent for two weeks. w. G.. Killian,
cashier at the freight office in this city
has been appointed permanent agent at
Cinnabar.
AT a special meeting of the city council
Saturday evening for the purpose of TAX
ing action in the matter of building a
stone wall dyke along the river east Of
Main street. definite action wal postpon-
ed until the next regular meeting.
Hon. T. M. Swindlehurst, assignee of
the III. Bush property ait Jardine, spent
Monday and Tuesday at that camp on
business.
W. ]. Anderson, formerly of his city,
has joined the English force and is now
serving in South Africa against the Beers.
Mr.. Anderson is owner of the Livingston
Water Works plant and also owns Wav-
erly Abbey one of themost historic points
in England.
Judge Frank Henry went to Big Tim
Der Monday to court in that city.
He returned Tuesday morning.
Willie Fitzgerald, the 1~6-year-old son Of
Mrs. Laura Fitzgerald, died at Gardiner
this morning of spinal meningitis after a
short illness. The funeral will occur at
that place tomorrow. Rev. Michel of this
city will officiate.
Ware B. Gay. mana ger of the Montana
Coal & Coke Co., at Horn will depart to-
morrow for the east to arrange for the
lection of one hundred additional coke
ovens at Horr. TN plant is already one
of the largest in the west but still they
are unable to supply the demand. Mr.
Gay expects to be absent about a month.
Miss Chambers entertained the laden of
the Candy Cub aturday evening al
cards. Progressive eucnre was the anus
ing feature OF the even. ng, the head prize
going to Miss Mortimer and the booby to
Mrs. Mccue. Delicious refreshments
We're served.
WISE INVESTMENTS.
Gold bonds " 80 ner cent cor.