The river press., 1903-11-11
CITY AND STATE.

Maryland. This will be Mr.. Lepper':
first visit in IS years and he ex
poets to be gone about six weeks.
A mutton outfit of about ,, 700 heac
was brought in today for shipment
from the Benton stocky ards. 1t is
owned by Knerr Bros, of Stanford,
and other parties in that section.
Professor Cunningham today re-
ceived notification of his appointment,
on the auxiliary committee of the edu-
cational exhibit at the St. Louis ex-
position, in place Of John A. Largent,
resigned.
The November term Of district court
will open tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock, when the calendar will be
called and jury drawn. The Grim
inal business of the term is said to be
unusually light.
"A real estate deal was closed today
by which F. E. Stranahan becomes
the owner of the H. S. Boyle residence
property on upper Front street. Mr..
Stranahan and family will make their
home there at an early date.
The state board of health has in
structed its clerk to bring suits against
physicians and others who have failed
to report births and deaths to county
clerks, as required by law The Of
tenders are subject to minimum fine
Of fifty dollars.
Several Invitations have been re-
ceived by young men in this city to
attend dance at the Hotel Havre on
Nov. 5, which will be the first of a
series of club dances that will be Civ
en- at that place this winter. A ban.
Quet will follow each dance.
|. p. Sanseviere of the Fort Shaw
Indian school arrived here yesterday
on search for three boys who made
their escape from that institution. The
boys are all about l3 years old and
so far notrace of them has been found.
1t is believed they have gone further
east on freight train.
A Lewistown dispatch reports that
James Pirrie, a ssheepman living in
the southern part of Fergus county,
was stabbed in the back few days
ago by an employe named Mitchell
Flurd during a quarrel about wages.
Flurd has been arrested and will be
tried before the district court.
1t is announced that Senator Paris
Gibson will endcavor to have de-
partment of the federal court estab-
lished at Great Falls. The local legal
fraternity favors the proposition and
the Cascade county commissioners
have agreed to rent part of the court
house for the accommoda alton of fed
eral court officials.
Surgeon S. M. DeLotfrey and Lieut.
"A. A. Parker OF the Twenty fourth in
fantry at Fort Assinniboinc, exam
ined four applicants for recruits last
evening at the Grand Union hotel
The young men who passed the in
spection and physical examination
were T.. w. Isbill, w alter Thompson,
a. D. Williams and w. A. Buston,
and will be assigned to the Third cav
airy at Fort Assinniboine.
l.. H. Drew, of Great Falls, was in
town today circulating petition in
which Governor Toole is requested to
call Il special session of the legisla.
ture for the purpose of enacting laws
desired by mining interests that allege
unfair treatment in the courts of Sill
yer Bow county. The general i'm
preston seems to be that the governor
knows more about the situation than
the average citizen, and will do what
he considers best for the welfare Of
the general community.
County Attorney Pray is in receipt
of adviccs from Maple Creek to the
effect that Fred Dudley, who is wanted
here on charge Of horse stealing
and who escaped from the Maple Creek
jail several weeks ago, has not vet
been recaptured. Bert Lewis, who
was arrested with Dudley, is being
held on a charge of taking stolen
property into Northwest Territory and
will be tried in the Canadian court at
Maple creek on November II. Testi-
mOny against the accused will be yiv-
en- by witnesses from Big Sandy.
From Thursday's Daily.
Henry Hagen departed today for the
John Muir ranch, where he has the
contract for the erection of a new resi-
dence.
E. l.. Dunno arrived yesterday after
noon from Medicine Hat, and will re-
main several days attending to bust
ness interests in this vicinity.
In the district court today, final
citizenship papers were granted to
Henry Lawson, a native of Denmark.
and John Sch aItr formerly Df ,,r