Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04


| their way, narrowly escaped with their
lives. After the wreck the engineer
offered to let them ride to Lima, but they
defined with thanks, saying that it was
a whole lot better to walk and not half
as dangerous.
"Chokecherry Chief" a we'll known
character about town, was released by
Judge Hirschman Friday having been
accused of grand larceny. Chokecherry
| has a weakness for hard liquor and
! few weeks ago he was in town on a
mild celebration, during which time he
sold his saddle horse and a pack horse
| to Clarence Cotton. Cotton left the horse
| stand on the street and the marshal
| recognizing the horse as the one ridden
by Chokecherry, rounded that gentle
| man up and made him take the nags
out of town. Chokecherry did so and
| Cotton had him arrested. The judge
concluded it was a case of a mistake all
| around and according turned the pris-
| oner loose
| little furry of excitement was raised
| Thursday morning among the officers
when ut was thought that James Me-
| Arthur, the Powell county murderer,
had been captured He greatly resem-
| bles the much wanted man, and the au.
thorties of Deer Lodge We're notified of
| 1.-THE capture. Druggist Ballinger of this
| city was at one time attached to the
corps at the peni Tertiary, and THE Deer
Lodge people requested Mr.. BalMnger to
idntify the man if possible. Mr.. Bal
linger decided that lit was not the man
wanted and he was given his liberty.
The suspected man greatly resembled
| McArthur. He had the scar on his head
and had lost his back teeth, as described
| in the printed descriptions of the man
wanted.
Invitations are out to a special meet
| ing of the DUSTY Rhodes Whist club,
! which is to take place in the parlors
| of the Metlen hotel this evening.
| 1t is said that the members have chal-
| lenged their wives to a prize contest,
| and as some Of the members are wife
| less, some lady friend has received the
invitation instead. The affair is being
kept somewhat of a secret from the
ladies, just enough to whet their Curl
| osity, but it has leaked out that it is
| to be the social event of the season.
! Dan Mcdonald, an Old-time section
! foreman, who had been a resident of
| this section ever since the Oregon Short
| line was built into Montana, died at the
| FitZharris place ON Tuesday night of
complications ensuing from an attack
of Ia grippe. He was first taken sick in
| Butte and was an inmate of a hospital
| there for several weeks, and came to
| Dillon as soon as he was able. He was
| a native of Ireland and about so years
| old.
rr11 rir1 ,1o
was formerly the newsgirl who handled
the Inter Mountains in this city, disap-
peared about two months ago from her
home in Dillon, and has not since been
| heard from. The family are now in
| Butte and are very anxious about the
| girl.
Revival services have been conducted
| in the Methodist church for the past
three weeks. and considerable interest
| has been manifested. Rev. Burton of
Lima is assisting Mr.. Smith, the local
| pastor, in the work.
A public entertainment, taken from
| Ernest Seton Thompson's book, wild
Animals I Have Known" will be pro-
duced in the Dillon theater next Friday
evening by the pupils in the lower
| grades.
| john Kernin, ait one time a quaran-
| tine s,llald is in Jail charged with petty
| larceny in the stealing of some shoes
and other articles of apparel from a
| former patient who he was guarding.
VIII d. Hustled, under sheriff for
! Madison county, was in town Thursday
on his way home fro mthe Centennial
valley, where he had been to serve some
legal papers.
Caprice" comedy drama, will be