The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13

A letter received this morning By
she clerk a. the district court is tai.
IN by thai gentleman as evideree
that fees have been abolished in tie
courts Of OH M.s souri,. The writer IT
the letter modeatly requests informa-
ton involving q search of the pro-
bate records Of the court for the past
20 years and in payment volunteers
his advance thanks for the trouble.
The slight favor the gentleman asks
may be granted, but it will be SOME
day when the force of the clerks Of
flee is not as busy as usual.
Joe Dixon, alias Joe Brown, who
was arrested in this county in 1898
and against whom four informations
were filed in the district court, as
sault with a deadly weapon, assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to
commit great bodily harm, aiding a
prisoner to escape and destroying Jail
property, and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for one year on the last
charge, is again in trouble. He is
under arrest at Missoula on some
charge and his attorney has written
to the clerk of the district court of
this county for a transcript of all
the proceedings against his client
in the local courts.
Tonight the big Five" and the
team that defeated Bozeman will try
conclusions on the bowling alley. The
first is made up of Calhoun, Salisbury,
Hook, Gainsfortl, Sherman, Barth and
Godske. "The Paralyzing-Jim-Dan
dies" are Daniels, Brother, Babcock,
| Ovren, Smith, Tschudy and Whitney.
Five names will be selected from eao<
team and they will be the playobem
two lowest will be dropped and the
two left from the drawing will he sub
| stituted in the second game. Again
the two low men will be dropped and
the first two will play in the third and
deciding game.
Notwithstanding his W strenuous
efforts in that direction and the as
| sistance rendered him by his wit
nesses, James Kimble could not con
vince the jury that tried him in Judge
Fraser's court yesterday afternoon
that he was guiltless of an assault on
Cyrus Venting or that Venting al
the aggressor. The bias manifested
was too apparent and averdict of gull
ty was returned, leaving the matter
of sentence with the court. A fine of
$40 and costs was imposed, amounting
in all to about $40. Kimble did not
happen to have that amount with
him and he was remanded into the
custody of the sheriff. ~
/Sam Fisher, who lives in the "Ten
lAcre addition" lost a valuable team
| of horses last evening by lightning,
while he himself had a very narrow
escape from death through the same
agency. He was engaged in blowing
when the storm occurred and had
temporarily left his team to drive out
a COW that had entered the field.
| While on his way back to the pillow
and when within a short distance of
the horses the bolt descended that
| killed them and also knocked Mr..
/ Fisher down and stunned him for sew
eral moments. This morning he was
still complaining of pains in his head
Is a result of the shock.
- Acting on the advice of the state
veterinarian, the Sun River Roundup
association has decided to make a
roundup of all horseS within the jur-
isdiction of the assd4k iation and dip
any that may be four4S affected with
scab. DIR. Knowles Mound many
horses in the neighooAiood of Flow
erree that had the diseAse and advis-
ed the association that only by Dip
ring could it be hoped tderadicate it.
The territory which wilNSbe worked
over extends from the Aiot of the
Roc mountains to Fort 1enton and
from Sun river to the TetoaA Twenty
rider: win be employed andft is ex-
pected hat it will require a\week to
finish the work. VI
H. B. .,egur, general agent\of the
Burlington, has returned from\ m of.
fetal visit to Cody, Wyo., anAA the
country contiguous thereto. DAsing
his absence he interviewed many Of
the stockmen of that, section who will
become shippers over the Burlington
silce that company has extended its
line into northern Wyoming. The
wool clip for the region visited by
Mr.. Segur will amount to 5000, 900
pounds this season and will be load
ed board the cars at Cody and Gar.