Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-07
COURT BUSINESS
SETTLING UP A GREAT AMOUNT
OF LITIGATION.
PROJECTED NEW POST0FFICE.
Getting Ready For Spring Election
''Red" Sowash, the Noted Miner,
Is Dead.
Livingston, Mont, March I. 1901.

rather unproductive session at the city
hail last Monday evening. Mayor
Smith was in the chair, and the fol-
lowing aldermen answered To their
names when City Clerk Savage called
the roll: Doonan, Harvey, McCaw,
JONES' Robinson. Alderman Jackson
was absent The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved. as
were the reports of the marshal, the
treasurer the police magistrate and the
first nightwatchman.
Certain fines, assessed against the
residents of the house OF Belle Lewis
on lower 3 street. were allowed to
stand unpaid for the month OF Febru-
airy, because of the place being under
quarantine during that time.
A communication was received from
Arthur w. Miles. asking permission to
remove certain frame buildings from
lots on the southerly side of Calendar
street, between Main and second streets.
The council granted permission, upon
the condition that the buildings be not
moved to place in the fire limits.
The communication gives rise to the
idea that Mr.. Miles has been awarded
the contract for furnishing quarters for
the postoffice for the next five years.
Although nothing is known hele from
an authoritative source of information.
it is scarcely to be doubted that the
contract has been awarded to Mr..
Miles. His success in this instance
means the erection of a handsome
building on the lots mentioned. His
bid for the pcstofIice involved the erec-
ton of this building. The structure will
be of brick and will be equipped with
all modern conveniences, such as steam
heat. etc. The placing of the postoffice
on Calendar street is opposed by some
Of the leading business men OF the
city, who think that the transferring of
the location of the pOstOffice VIII tend
to throw he business of the town away
from Main street and around on Calen-
dar. This view. however, is not con-
CURED in by anything like majority
Of the people Of the city. 1t is thought
taht any advance in the buildings of
the city will prove lasting benefit to
all parts of the city, and cannot by any
manner of means injure business. This
building and the one which the Post
Publishing company will erect will give
that portion of Calendar street border
ing on Main a very respectable appear
ance.
A number of bills for smallpox nurs-
ing, damages, etc, were laid on the
table until such time as the liza bility
Of the city shall have beeen settled.
Alderman Robinson asked the opinion
of the council as to whether or not he
would be entitled to retain his seat as
a member from the Third ward having
removed from that division of The city
The council, as at present constituted,
will last but one more meeting, and i
= -l,4
with propriety retain his seat until that
time.
The mayor announced the appoint
ment of second nightwatch. The APP
pointment was confirmed, Mr.. Harvey
opposing. This gentleman thought one
man was enough, but the remainder of
the council did not concur in this belief.
Horace Bartlett was the lucky man to
land the job.
A number of bills We're audited and
allowed. The city clerk was authorized
to advertise for bids for the construc-
tions of 80 feet of riprapping along the
westerly end of the dyke along the
north bank of the Yellowstone river.
Harvey opposed this project as we'll.
but was in decided, minority.
The following men We're appointed to
act as clerks and judges of election at
the coming election, to be held on April
Fools day: First ward-Judges, James
Maloney, George Berky, Peter Wendell.
Charles Schustrum, H. G. Bartlett:
clerks, T. j. Sevals. VIM. GraIbow.
Second ward-Judges, w. r. Thomp-
son, V. F. Clark, J. A. Bailey. J, r.
Ferte, George Potter; clerks, Si!as Mar
shall. Maurice Roth.
Third ward-Judges, A. NJ. Anderson.
John Hogan, Charles Pennicott Sam
Nye, John Everett; clerks, Roll Rich
mond, Sam Wilson.
On motion the council adjourned to
meet next Saturday night.
District court has been grinding
steadily the past few days. The case
of King against Armstrong, a sum-
mary of which was printed in Tuesdays
Inter Mountain, was given to the jury
Monday afternoon. The jury deliber-
ated but short time. bringing in
verdict for the plaintiff and respondent
in the sum of $62.1s. Interest at 8 per
cent per annum from November, 1897.
was also allowed. Frank Holm was the
jury foreman. The defense endeavored
to prove the existence of special con-
tract to the effect that the seed wheat
for the price of which the action was
brought, should not be paid for unless
the mill was built. according to the rep
resent ations made to the defense by
the plaintiffs. In this cndeavor they
failed, as the verdict of the jury would
indicate.
At the afternoon session Monday,
Marian Miller was granted a divorce
from Fred E. Miller. Default of the de-
PENDANT was entered for want of an
swer, and proof was made before the
court. The plaintiff was granted the
custody of Anna L. Miller, a minor
child.
In the case of f. B. Weirick against
the Bear Gulch Mining company, the
defendants withdrew their demurrer to
the complaint and We're given twenty
days in which to file their answer.