The river press., 1902-12-31
CITY AND STATE.

From Saturdays Daily.
Born, on Christmas eve, to the wife
Of j. Orville Patterson, a daughter.
The dance that was to have been
given by the Ladies' Guild on New
Years eve has been postponed to
February 22d.
Dr.. Geo. H. Taylor returned from
Chinook yesterday afternoon and may
be found at his home dental Office un.
til further notice.
Mrs. c. w. Ayres and daughter
will leave tomorrow morning for
Michigan, where they will visit for
two months with relatives.
In the district court an order was
made in the matter of the estate of
Jesse Bingham, deceased, approving
the sale Of certain personal property.
Ray Mcdonald arrived this morn
ing from Butte, where he has been for
the past several months, and will visit
for week with his cousin, Frank Nc.
Donald, of this city.
D. G. Lockwood, county treasurer,
is n aking visit to several places in
the Milk river country, to interview
few citizens who have forgotten to
pay their licenses and taxes.
A new postot1ice has been establish
ea at Greenwood, Gallatin county.
Montana. 1t is reported that w. L.
Miller. recently of this city and now
manager of Power Bros. new store
at that place, is the postmaster.
Georgie Bryant, landlady of one of
the resorts of this city, was arraigned
il Judge Sullivan's court yesterday
afternoon on a complaint made by
lvette Montague, OF selling liquor
without a license. After number of
witnesses had testified, the case went
to the jury, who returned verdict of
not guilty.
Great Falls Leader: Barney Leh
feldt, the young man sued for $500
because of alleged compile ations by a
young woman of Chinook, has filed
answer to the young lady's woeful
tale in the district court. Lehfedt,
through Attorney O'Leary, says it
never happened and denies each and
every allegat contained in the COM
plant.
The convention Of the State Teach.
e:s' association will be held at BoZe-
man next week, and an interesting
programme has been arranged for the
occasion. The leading educational
men of the state will be present to take
part, and in addition there will be
professors from the colleges of other
states. The convention will open
Thursday morning and will last
through three days.
Great Falls Tribune: Harry Boyer,
until recently in the employ of c. B.
Toole, a rancher in the Sweet Grass
country, pleaded guilty to the charge
of forgery in the district court yester.
day afternoon and was sentenced to
serve one year in the state peniten-
tiary- In order to secure funds with
which to continue his spree he forged
G. B. Toole's name to number of
checks and succeeded in cashinr three
Of them.
From Mondays Daily
Stephen Boyce, Of Warrick, is re.
ported to have purchased the Palace
hotel property in Havre, for a cor.
sidera,ion of about 81 600.
y marriage license has been issued
by the clerk of the district court to
Chas. Ramlock, of New York, and
Lou Ella Thompson, of Havre.
1t is announced that Rev. A. Cars
wall, who comes from the east, will
succeed Rev. II. E. Robbins as rector
Of St. Paul's Episcopal church in this
city.
A. D. Schwab, who has been in the
Lockwood jewelry department for the
past year, departed yesterday for
Billings. He has purchased jewelry
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future home there
1t is reported that several cases Of
smallpox have been discovered among
half breeds in the Bear Paw country.
and the county health authorities are
taking measures to quarantine those
found to be affected with the disease
The marriage of Ira Brown and
Ninifred E. Monahan took place at
Gold Butte on Tuesday last, Judge
Mcdowell performing the ceremony.
The wedding was followed by ban.
quet that was attended by several in
vited guests, who Joined in hearty
good wishes to the newly married
couple.
Advices from Havre report the dis