Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-06
News of the StRte.


Dan Cullen. the cook for the North
ern Pacific railroad bridge crew, who
was run over in the yards at Billings
| and had both feet cut Off, died at the
hospital at Billings.
Judge Loud OF Miles City sentenced
edgar Fowler, the young man who stol,
the state reform shool buggy and dis
posed of 1t to Forsyth men for $35. to a
year in the penitentiary.
Adrian Greenbush, a sheep herder for
Joseph Sims, living near Lavina, was
shot by the accidental discharge of his
rifle while hunting wolves. He was
brought to Billings for medical attend
ance, but died the next day
Louis Goldstein of Butte has institute
ed divorce proceedings against his wife,
Mrs. Minnie Coldstein. Her charges
Mrs. GOldstein with having been GRIM
inaly intimate with j. w. Sullivan, and
names places and dates of their meet
ings.
The Overland club Of Butte, at -
largely ATTENDED meeting, decided to
hold q street fair durding the latter
part of July. The executive committee
of the club was instructed to enter into
contract with George Jabout & Co. OF
Portland Or.
Ralph Jarrett, a prominent stOckman
iiving a few miles from Big Timber, had
two valuable mares and colt struck
by lightning during a recent storm.
The same day he lost a fine cow by
poisoning. The animal had eaten soma
poisonous weeds
James Bowden, an employe Of the
I he, mill brought n n
Missoula hospital with injuries which
may prove fatal, but will, In any case.
cost the sight of an eye. A splinter
torn loose from a log passing under the
haw was thrown with great force, hit
ting BoWden in the forehead.
A band of sheep shearers arrived at
Miles City from Harris ranch recently.
They sheared $4,000 head and estimate
the average fleece on ewes at eight
pounds and on yearlings at six pounds
They will proceed to Ferry, where REM
Bros Charles Krug and the Cabin
Creek Sheep company have 10000 head
"eady TO shear.
The fire department quenched an in,
cipient blaze at Butte, in the Silver
Bow Block, close to the Bee Hive store.
The loss will amount to about $400. The
fire started in the engine room of the
building and was working it's way to-
wards the top of the structure when the
fire department arrived and put a
speedy end to the flames.
r. L. Polk & Co has just issued tha
annual city directory. 1t estimates the
population of Butte at $1,000. This es-
innate is somewhat at variance with
the official returns, which give the pop
ulation of Butte at 30,470. The direct
DRY contains nearly 1000 more names
than this figure, and nearly 1000 more
names than were contained in the dl-
rectory of last year.
A contract has been let by the North
ern Pacific Railway company to ma
terially enlarge their yard facilities at
Horr, put in new side tracks, and build
a long lead track TO the new coke ovens
which the Montana Coke ana Coal COM
pany have now under construction. The
work is now going forward. and 1t Is
expected to have it finished in the early
part of the summer.
The Northern Pacific Railroad CONF
pany is making good the losses to diff
ferent parties who were losers by the
burning of the wool house at Miles city
last year. La Valley Bros. have re-
ceived $4,000; Mrs. Harm, $500, ana
other losers will also be remunerated.
These are cases where there was no H..
surance. The insurance made all losses
good at the time, where there was any
insurance