Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-01-09
News In Brief.

The Broadway boarding house az
Twin Bridges together with years
supply. was totally destroyed by fire.
The property is near Silver Star, ana IS
owned by r. r. Merk.
Mrs Letitia Weber has brought suit
at Butte against Thomas Weber for
divorce. She SKIS for the custody of a
minor child. Mrs. Weber alleges dc.
sertion and failure to provide.
John Doyle and John Altman. who
we're brought to Butte from Melrose by
Sheriff Furey, are charged with others
VINO have recently returned from the
Oregon Short Line Railroad company.
Richard H. Wright returned to Great
Falls from visit to his sheep ranch,
thirty miles north Of that city. He re-
ports the ranges to be in splendid con-
dition, feed plenty and the indications
for wintering most favorable.
The work of laying the pipes on tn.
sewer system at BOzeman has been
completed The manholes and flush
tanks have yet to be completed, and It
will be a week before the entire system
is ready. The cost will be about U.s.
100.
David Thompson, who was brought
to the hospital at Fort Benton suffering
with typhoid fever, became violently
insane and had to be put In a straight
Jacket He afterwards died. Thomp-
son was a mine machinist, and mad no
family. His father lives in Malvern,
Ont.
Tom Lemack, a fugitive murderer
upon whose head price has been set
by the Canadian government, was ar
rested in Butte recently by Detective
Jerry Murphy. LemacA is a half breed
Indian. He is wanted across the Dor
der for killing his father-in-law and
TWO other men.
Roy Sage, the only remaining patient
IN the count hospital for contagious
diseases at Billings. has been dis
charged. and the hospital is now with
out an occupant save nr. Free and the
cook, who are packing up their effects,
preparatory to moving. The county
officers hope that no other case Will
develop.
Charles Mikesell Northern Pacific
fireman who runs between Billings ana
Livingston, met with a serious acct
dent at Greycliff, sixtyfive miles west
of Billings. Passenger Train No. IL
was several hours late, and stopped
there to take coal. In handling the
dump boxes Mikesell was thrown or
the tank, breaking his right leg and In
flicting a serious wound. He was TAX"
on to his home in Livingston.
Frank Lawler and Tom Cooney, two
feftoyers from Christmas, were before
the police judge at Billings on the
charge Of vagrancy. They did not deny
the charge, and were each given SEN
tence of five days work on the streets.
The police, in addition to the above
named men. arrested six or eight va
grants recently. who, after being kept
In Jail for few hours, were taken TO
the city limits and told to depart.
The iron girders across the second
story of the new postoffice block at Liv-
ingston were found to be sagging re-
Gently, and a large steel column had to
be placed in the room occupied by tn"
news stand Of Bingham 4 Hinman and
the room used for he postoffice. to help
sustain the enormous weight. The plas-
tering in the Office rooms on the second
floor also suffered to some extent. bur
the damage will not amount to much.
The biggest Law suit ever instituted
IN Kalispell was begun by James A.
Coram, who sues the Butte K Montana
Commercial company for $4,000 for
notes Of that company sold to the Globe
National Bank of Boston. which were
bought by him from that institution.
He also asks for interest on the notes.
Attachment papers are in the hands of
the sheriff, who will attach all the saw
mill property, farm and timber land
and town lots owned by the compsny
in the county.
The breach of promise suit brought
by Miss Title Nelson against AleXan-
Ger QuarfOrth at DeadwOod. is to be
retired. 1t was tried by Jury in the
circuit court there two months ago, and
a verdict of $4,000 awarded the plant
iii. she asked for $50 900. Quarforth
is foreman Of the Homcstake black.
smith shops at Lead.
In a drunken brawl at Burbank, Joe
Coyne was struck in the face with a
board by Sid Clifford, and his lips We're
erightfully lacerated. He will recover.
The Hearst Mercantile company is
finishing a three-story brick and stone
building in Lead. which will be used as
the furniture department Of the cOEl-
pany's store.