Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-05
MISSOULA BRIEFS.

Tuesday evening the board of trustees
OF the Presbyterian church held q meet.
ing to elect trustees to fill vacancies re.
Gently caused by the resignation of Con.
Rawlins and j. Wilson Moore, George
wilcox and Ralph Moore were chosen.
At the Missoula United States land
office the hearing of testimony of the
Clinton townsite case is still continuing.
The testimony Of Dave Lewis has occu-
pied two days of the proceedings, with
out disclosing what points the case will
assume. 1t is likely four days must be
taken to complete the trial.
There is at present a man at the coun.
ty jail, whom the officers would like
to know something about, as he seems
to be strangely out of his head. He looks
IKE workingman and was found on. the
streets Wednesday, causing the officers
considerable effort to land him in a place
of safe keeping. before he had commit
ted any mischief. His mania is homicide
al. He became very angry at his ar
rest and further than giving his name as
E. Cook he would have nothing else to
say In answer to questions put to him.,
N. p. Christensen has sold to Martha
Henry, for consideration of $500. two
lots, and residence in Mr.. Whirk's adj
the real estate agency Of George F.
Brooks.
Mrs. B. G. Nesmith met with painful
accident Wednesday morning while slc-
ing potatoes on patent slicer, cutting
off the tip of one Of her fingers ON
her right hand, leaving a most awkward
and painful wound.
Miss Emma Hoover comes to Missoula
for a few days from the public schools
at Boulder, where she is employed as
teacher, on a tour of investigation to the
schools here, also looking into the sys-
tenn as used by County Superintendent
Miss Shelley.
Clerk of Court r. w. Kemp. accom-
panied by his wife and two children, de.
parted Wednesday evening for Gallon,
Indiana, on visit to relatives Of Mrs.
Kemp, expecting to be gone a month or
| six weeks.
| The March report of County Clerk and
Recorder Wilkinson, shows collection
of fees by his office for the month
amounting to $291.50.
Postmaster c. A. Russell of Clinton is
in the city attending hearing in re-
| gard to the Clinton townsite at the Unit.
| ed States land Office.
The siding at Jocko station has been
extended by the Northern Pacific Rail.
way company owing to an increase in
business there, to permit of the handling
| of greater traffic.
Walter NJ. Bickford visited friends and
relatives in the city yesterday. coming
from Butte.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Hanratty, of tho
Hanratty camp. near DeSmet, were in
the city Wednesday.
Ben Pugh, alias Peter Mock, was ar
Tested Wednesday by Sheriff Prescott,
en- charge of larceny dating back three
months. and was today given a hearing
! accused of stealing suit of clothes at
the time mentioned A man named
Grant, living in the Rattlesnake district
IVES burglarized and suit of clothes
stolen. Pugh was at once suspected as
at different times he had been a visitor
at Grants place, and a warrant for his
arrest was Immediately secured. For a
long time diligent search was kept up
by the sheriff's officers and other sher-
ms in various localities until he was
traced to North Dakota town, but the
Charge being 80 slight 1t was deemed
advisable to drop the case at that time
On account of the expense attached
thereto in bringing him here. A few
days ago he returned to Missoula and ere
long sheriff Prescott had secured his ar
rest
Joseph Wagner comes from his -anch,
near Florence. to receive care and medi-
cal treatment for q bad attack of rheu.
matism-