The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-05

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reservation from an attack of appen-
dicitis, and was buried on Monday, the
End inst. Mr.. Samples was about 80
years of age and the personifcstion of
health and strength SO that his death
will be a surprise to his many friends,
and acquaintance. He was a son of A..
p. Samples, the old time cattle king of
Fort Benton.
We understand that one of our mer-
chants contemplates the erection of a
high board fence around his windmill,
to protect it from further injury at the
hands of Old Boreas. We have often
wondered at the carelessnes displayed in
leaving these mills out of doors. Even
a saw mill is supposed to have a roof
over it.
Thos. B. Magee has purchased the
drug bust ness from G. M. tanning g. Co,
and will endeavor to supply the wants of
our citizens in that line. MIR. tanning
viii probably leave for Michigan next
week, and Mr.. and Mrs. Thorpe will bid
their friends good bye next Saturday.
MI. Thorpe is an expert in his line, and
his handiwork will be missed by all who
have found it necessary to call upon him
in the past.
While engaged in hauling logs last
week, Mr.. Charles Richardson was badly
bruised. He had a heavy load of logs
placed n end on a sled, and the
other dragging behinh, and in going
down a steep mountain side, put on but
one rough lock, where two at least were
necessary. In descending, the load
crowded the team, and MIR. Richardson
fell underneath, his head being caught
under the trailing logs. Fortunately
the ground was icy and did not offer
sufficient resistance to seriously iniure
him, before the team was stopped.
Chairman Perkins went to Choteau
Sunday, to be present at a specia! meet
ing of the county commissioners, called
for the purpose of letting contracts for a
bridge across the Teton near Collins.
and for the removal of the bridge across
the Muddy. MI. Perkins returned
home Tuesday, and from him we learn
that both contracts were let to s.. Y.
Penrod, who was the only bidder. Mr..
Penrod will receive 1870 for building
the Teton bridge, and $3.50, for the re-
moval of the M uddy bridge.
The campaign has started, and next
Saturday all male citizens of the United
States, who have resided in Montana for
n year, and thirty days in the road dis
trict, will have the privilege of express
ing a choice for road supervisor. So far
as we have learned the Dupuyer dlstr let
will have three candidates, G. D. Phem-
lister, Louis Lenoir and John M. Laugh
lin. All of these candidates are good
men, and the unsuccessful ones will be
comforted by the knowledge that they
were beaten by a good man. We are in
for med that Jacob Lauffer will be reel
ected in the Birch Greek district. without
opposition. A better selection could not
be made.
AS to the Pepo case, we have been un-
able to learn whether the governor has
finally decided upon the action he will
take in regard to the petition for COM
mutation, but the probabilities are that
the condemned man will pay the penalty
next Saturday morning, between the
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point nothing should remain but to x 9
cute the Judgment, and any action by the
governor would be an act of clemency,
rather than an admission of n legal
right of the defendant. Judge Smith in
passing sentence, advised the condemned
man to give up all hope of further inter
ference in his behalf, and prepare for
death.
Pepo passes his time stoically, playing
whist and conversing with the death
watch and will probably meet his death,
bravely. On hearing his guards speak
of Hurst's confessi on, he said that Hurst
was foolish to make it, so it is to be pre-
sumed that the real secret of julius
Plath's death will be forever locked in
his breast.
A school trustee will be elected next
Saturday, to succeed William Cowgirl,
who declined a denomination. w. D.
Jones and William Gordon have been
nominated by their friends, and have
with some reluctance consented to serve