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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03

The annual conference of the Ep-
worth league of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South, was begun in the
Grand Street Methodist church last
Wednesday IN Helena with about forty
delegates present, including numerous
members of the local Epworth league.
Three boys, William Smith, Quincy
Wilson and Joe Pierson of Butte, con-
cluded that they are bad men and get
hold of four center fire revolvers and
buy rim fire cartridges. They are
now looking through the bars of the
county Jail won iering how it hap
pened.
A feature of the state fair this year
will be the department of Montana
manufactures. There are twenty
three distinct lines of manufactures
in Montana and in the one department
of brewing there are twenty-one
breweries. In the home manufacture
ing department it is already certain
that the exhibit will be surprise to
the average citizen. This division of
the fair has been placed in charge of
c. N. Kessler and w. G. Conrad, both
of whom are interested in the home
industry Improvement. Mr.. Conrad is
president of the State Home Industry
association.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03
New Idea WOman's MAGAZINE.

The women who clamor for advice
how to turn their time and talents to ac-
count-will receive many valuable hints
from the series of articles entitled
"Prohtable Industries for Women, -
which is begun in the September num-
ber of the New Idea Woman's Maga-
zine under the heading of "Poultry
raising,' from the pen of Sarah E..
Slater. The new department of "Cor-
rect Dress for Men," also begun in the
September issue and contributed by
Hawthore, d well-known authority in
haber dashery, bids fair to be of para
mount Importance in this periodical,
because many women do much of the
shopping for the men of their families
and are glad to have suggestions.
Every item in the September number,
either technical of fictional, is of more
than passing interest.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03
Owes his Life to IL Neighbours X indnes

Mr.. d. p. Daugherty, we'll known
throughout Mercer and Summer coun-
to the kindness of a neighbor. He was
almost hopelessly afflicted with diar-
rhoea; was attended by two physicians
when a neighbor learning of his seri-
Gus conditihn, brought him a bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy, which cured him in
less than twenty -four hours. For sale
by Forsyth Drug Co.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03

Receipts were as follows: Received
from licenses, S261.50; county officers
fees, $119.35; other resources $500.
Total, $41S.85.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03
Treasurers Report Shows a Balance of
Over Fifteen Thousand Dollars.

The report of County Treasurer
Longley for the month of August has
been filed with County Clerk McRae.
It shows there is in the treasury the
sum of $14, 1862. There was received
during the month the sum of $41S.S5.
The amount to the credit of the various
accounts is as follows:
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03
Three Men Boarded Train Near Malta
and Started Toward Engineer, But
are Held Back by a Detective With
a Gun.
KID CURRY THOUGHT TO Be LEADER

What is supposed to have been an
attempt to hold up the west bound
flyer occurred last Friday night near
Malta, soon after the train had left the
Malta water tank, and was only frus-
trated by detective who was riding
on the engine. Three suspicious look
ing characters boarded the train and
two started to climb over the tender
when they were discovered by the de-
tectiye, covered with gun and ordered
off. They promptly slid off the side
OF the tender, disappearing under cover
Of the night.
For some time the train crews, mail
clerks and express agents on passen-
ger trains between Glasgow and Havre
have been armed to the teeth and a
score of Pinkerton detectives and spec
ial Great Northern men have been rid
ing up and down the line anticipating
a hold-up.
The company received inside inform
alton some time ago that Kid Curry
was back in the country and would at
tempt hold.up. Whether Curry is in
this section or not is not known, but
the character of the information given
the company officials at Havre was Of
such nature that it was established
that hold-up was planned and would
take place within a day or two.
The entire special detective force of
the Great Northern has been working
on the case, dozen or more Pinl<erton
men have been pressed into service,
and the prominent officials of the rail-
way mail service have been riding,
up and down the line for several days.
The three men who boarded the train
at Malta are known to have been armed
The third man who boarded one of the
coaches disappeared soon after the
train left the water tank and nothing
more was heard OF him. The water
tank is but short distance from Wag-
ner, the point where the Great North
ern hold-up occurred on July I, two
years ago.
1t was reported that Kid Curry was
seen in Malta last week, and that he
IS back III the country and has organ
lied gang of his old-time friends to
turn another trick. Detectives have
been stationed. at Malta and other
points along the line and every precau-
ton IS taken to discover the rendezvous
of the outlaws.
There are many who doubt seriously
If Kid Curry returned to Montana
when he escaped from prison at Knox
willie. 1t is regarded as almost certain
if he did that he made for his old
stamping ground in the Little Rockies
just south of Malta, where he would
be safer from capture than perhaps
anywhere else, but the old timers doubt
if he would have the hardihood to at
tempt anything SO soon after his escape.
A company official has later stated
that the detectives were positive that
Curry had no hand in the expected
hold-up. The men implicated were
known, two of them being located near
Malta. When the investigation was
started two packages of dynamite were
found near Malta and the hold-up was
supposed to have taken place on the
2Sth. For more than a week cash
shipments by express have b n
suspended.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03
THE LATEST BEAR STORY.
Come From Big Horn Country Where Bruin
is Made to Work.

Cody Enterprise: Quite a trans
formation has occurred with the con-
duct of the bears since the new law
prohibiting their killing has gone into
effect. The furry animal, as is we'll
known, especially by hunters and
trappers, is possessed of very acute
instincts, and experienced bear slay-
ers believe they have reasoning power
far greater than any other animal,
either wild or domestic. Very soon
after the preseut law, providing for
their protection went into operation,
it was noticeable that bruin began to
get less timid when people were about
and finally by degrees began to visit
the ranches of the people living up the
river. They would come to the back
doors and rear upon their hind legs
and uttering a peculiar grunt would
point, with one front paw, to their
wide open mouth, indicating very
clearly their want of food.
And so they continued to get more
familiar as their voracious appetites
were satisfied. A happy thought oc-
Cured TO one of our citizens, Mr.. John
r. Davis, who has a ranch few miles
above Valley. and he proceeded to put
it into execution. For several morn
ings upon their appearance he petted
and played with couple of big ones
until they become very docile. In the
meantime he rugged up a double har-
ness suitable for them and few days
afterward he slipped the harness on
his four-footed friends and by little
manipulation fastened them to his
moving machine.
Now this was something not looked
for and altogether new occupation
with the animals and for an hour or
two there was something doing by
both John and the bears. But in the
end Davis, by persuasion and kind
ness, got them going and forthwith
guided them to his standing field of
alfalfa. Not without some trouble
however, as the bears manifested
strong disposition to buck now and
then and also indulge in some high
jumps. However, John finally got
them in working order and they work
ed like trojans, fairly making the hay
fall like a summer shower of hail.
All day they worked and by night
they were so tired that Davis had no
trouble in driving them to the barn,
giving them plenty to eat and the next
morning they not only submitted to
being harnessed but as a matter of
fact backed up to the pole to be fast
ened in position and Mr.. Davis de-
clares he would not exchange them
for the best pair of horses on the river.
Seeing the success their neighbor
met with several of Johns neighbors
have the animals at work. Mr. O. D.
Marx has arranged tread mill board
and has Il big fellow working on the
endless affair, doing all the churning
and once a week he has the family
washing done by bruin, hooking him
to the washing machine.
Other citizens will follow the same
course and Mr.. Guss Thompson de-
clares he will abandon the work of
breaking bronchos and turn his at
tention to roping and breaking bears.
New Idea WOman's Magazine
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
toif it fails cure. E. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. Twenty five
cents.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03

For 4 bilious attack take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and a quick cure is certain. For sale by
Forsyth Drug Co.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03

Stops the Cough. Works Off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No Cure, No
Pay. Price Is cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-14

routes. Situated twenty-five miles
from the Fertilization at the nearest
mouth OF the Cape Fear, IL was yet
only about six miles from points on
the coast, where a landing might be
effected. Assailable not only here, n
at tie mouth of the river by way Of
Oak Island, below Fort Caswell, n
an expedition Via Southport, or by
march from Kinston or Newtern, the
enemy's calvary having occupied the
line as far as New Hope, in Onslov,
or, again, by attack upon Caswell or
Fort Fisher. Its preservation was =
source of deep anxiety.
It was in fact, the second capital o.
the C~onfederacy. Here the wharves
were lined with the swift, narrow,
smoke-coeered, blockade running steam
ships taking away cotton and bringing
supplies. Men Of all Municipalities were
upou these, and possibly spies. The
beautiful snow-white ensign Of the
South, with the baxtle-fag Of the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-14

sword from his Massachusetts home,
INC Colonel Lamb feeling said to the
old soldiers: Here it is. You all
ought to love it and reverence it," Gap
plause.) Il can't show you my. sword
or cave it to my children remarked
Colonel Lamb. He then went on to say
that he had a beautiful sword and
handsome belt, but after he was laid
low with Spencer rifle ball in his hip,
Captain Dudley, of Wilmington, came
by and taking the sword said, NO d-n
Yankee shall ever have this sword"
and thereupon he three it out into the
Atlantic ocean. (Applause). Colonel
Lamb related that when he first came
to Wilmington he was quartermaster
on General Anderson's staff. SOo af-
forwards the officers of the 36th North
Carolina artillery came to him and
told him they wanted him to be colo
ne. Of their regiment. He said he was
taken by surprise but finally consented,
an election was ordered and he was
elected olonel. For some reason, how
ever. Governor Clark refused to send
him a commission, promptly because
they did not want any more of those
blank Virginians in command of North
Carolina troops. Nevertheless the mat
l- was OICiICo "a "a - III
here came a commission making him
colonel in the provisional army of the
Confederate States and appointing him
To the command of Fort Fisher. He
tolG how coldly the soldiers received
him at first but later he was honored
by having Camp Lamb" called for
hinl. and Dan Russell, lately Governor
Russell organized a company and ALL
ed the Lamb Artillery
! Colonel Lamb stated that when he took
command Of Fort Fisher, he supplanted
Major John j. Hedrick, one of the most
: gallant men he ever knew. He then
went on to say how he began to con-
st; Ect the Notifications, and gain the
! support of the men in the fort. The
fiist thing that turned the tide in his
ave with the men was when he saw
n Of the ~blockading vessels standing
IN about a mile IND a quarter off, h
went to the mound battery and asked
why they did not fire upon the intruder.
as she was within range. He received
reply that orders had been given not
) to fire upon the ships unless they were
fired upon. Saying that he had received
no such orders, he ordered a gun to be
fred at the vessel. The shell passed
through the ships masts and she lost
no time in getting out of the way fol-
Iced by three shots. Afterwards no war
vessels were allowed to come within
range without being fired upon. From
that time on the men in the fort stood
describing the battle and the move
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-14

token Of gratitude and esteem for the
victory won at the Christmas bonn
bardment-
The crowd was brought over in two
trips Of the train, both made in a
great downpour of rain.
Mr.. Henry c. Mcqueen, who acted as
master Of ceremonies, introduced Eu-
gene ,. Martin, Esq, of Wilmington,
who made the first address. Mr.. Mar
tin said the committee regretted that
the elements were so ~unfavorable that
the programme had - be changed and
his address, which was to have been
delivered at Fort Fisher, would have
to be condensed. He was proud to
have been invited to make the speech
ard rejoice in the cOmmemoratiOn of
Fort Fisher n was glad that the men
ard women of the country had come to-
gether to honor its heroic deeds. The
heroic manhood and magnificent cour-
age of those who defended Fisher was
entitled to glory. He said a high trib-
ute to the great conflict and to the men
who defended the Fort. The heroic
courage of the senior officer of the force
Oh shore. which landed from the Fed
erGl ships, Captain James Parker, when
he plunged into the jaws of death, was
wonderful. 1 am pleased to think that
all bitterness is swept and away and
you join hands and arms as brothers.
There is no more magnificent page in
history h your struggle for liberty.
The lessons taught by the civil war
are not lost and ever will they exert an
influence that will control the destinies
OF the world. We have burst asunder
our former bounds and the united coun-
f-Nr can ra1y 1nnD hpr millions of SON
north and south. All is not lost, even
to us of the Confederacy. The past is
at least secure. Your brilliant example
will inspire to deeds of nobleness. The
gallant deeds will lot pass away but
live in song and story.
Governor Charles 3. Aycock was the
next speaker. He said: The master of
ceremonies made a mistake. 1 didn't
come here to speak but to look into
the faces of gallant men whose deeds
are behind them. I came to see the
old Confederate and Federal soldiers
keeping step side by side to newer
music of the Union Forever" The
governor then went on and made one of
his splendid speeches.
Captain James Parker was next intro
duced n he spoke as follows: After
the two eloquent speeches l have just
heard L feel that any attempt of mine
at oratory will be in vain. The same
thoughts are in my mind. There are
two lessons from Fort Fisher and the
struggle. We can be proud of the ear
nestness, zeal, patriotism and courage
displayed by the north and south, lack
for he believed to be right. Sec
Ond in Gods good providence it was
necessary in order to wake up to a
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fering of the killed and wounded. Four
hundred of the flower of the American
navy We're killed within 80 minutes
and We made them 90 as they had
never done before or since. retire in
diSorderly retreat. What was the his
tory of my 1900 men? Three hundred
and fifty South Carolina troops arrived
as the assault was being made. They
had run from Battery Buchanan TO
Fort Fisher. and they were democrat
lied. At the critical moment l order
ed them to go to the left and al except
about 30 refused - obey the order. The
few men on the left could not man the
ramparts and the gallant hero. General
Curtis, took advantage of the weak
ness of that point and planted a flag
on it and fired or my men.
Col. Lamb hen spoke at length Of
the incidents of the battle and his
speech was loudly and great
ly appreciated.
The steamer returned to the c~ityNwith
the veterans at $50. p. m.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE BATTLE.
Last night at $50 o'clock the members
o. Cape Fear Camp, No. 254. United
Confederate Veterans, gave the cid
soldiers an informal reception at the
armory of the Wilmington Light In
fentry. The auditorium was rowded
with the grizzled old soldiers.
Colonel w. j. Woodward, commander
of cane Fear Camp presided and brief
" welcomed the survivors n Veter-
ans. He then called upo Colonel
Lamb, commander of Fort Fisher, 10
give some "reminiscences of the fort,
the and the great battle OF
January 18th, 1865.
Colonel Lamb was greeted with aD-
u!ause by his old soldiers. In a deeply
thrilling and interesting manner Colo
nel Lamb gave some of his recollec-
lions OF war life at Fort Fisher and
gave a. graphic account of the blockade
running. the terrific bombardment, and
the final battle when the United States
land forces and marines made the as
sault, over Whelmed and captured the
fer. and the garrison. Before MIN on
the table was a rusty old sword, which
he said was the sword surrendered at
the fort by Majir James Reilly to Cap
tain E. Leis Moore, Of Massachusetts.
He then went on to pay a glowing trlb-
ute to Major Reilly, who after Colonel
Lamb had been wounded, took COM
mand and heroically kept up the fight.
He related that with great bravery and
determination Major Reilly fought the
enemy from traVerSe to traverse and
kept up the stubborn resistance till every
cartridge in the possession Of the Con-
federates had been exhausted. 1t was
only then that Major Reilly surrendered
his sword after fighting hand to hand
TIL about $50 o'clock on that eventful
Sunday night. Holding the sword up,
Colonel Lamb told how that in 1893,
Captain Moore sent Major Reilly his
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-14
WHO PLANNED FORT FISHER
Some Official Record Showing
Light Upon the SubJect-HOnOr to
Whom Honor is Due-GeneraE
Writings Estimate of Col. Lamb.

With reference to the matter of who
planned and supervised the construc-
ton of Fort Fisher, we are per-
mitted. to make the following Y
tract from an address delivered: in
Raleigh. n. c.. by Captain c. B.
benson on Memorial day, May
10th, 1895, On Major General William
Henry Chase Whiting Of the Confed-
crate States Army:
The Importance of Wilmington, the
only port practicable for use by confed-
crates, it is impossible to set forth to
hose unacQuainted with the straits of
the Confederacy. 1t vas the mouth of
the Confederate States, and when it
was closed, arms, ammunition, food,
clothing, medicines, machinery and
supplies of every character were cut
off. To lose it was to receiye a fatal
blow-a wound which must. endanger
the life of Lees army.
1t was difficult of defence-easy to
attack by m or more of a number of
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Troops for it's union. fiuttered from the
and ordnance for b mosc
Instant points were landed upon the
WharVes, and sent away, ven when
eht eager eyes of those whose safety
was UP with Wilningtonss de-
fence saw 1t leaving the spot where it
was most needed.
strange 10 say, never was~tEe vast.
Importance of this last harb1t OF C
cess from the rest of Christeudam ap-
preciated. until the die was cast and
all was over
General Whiting vas orde-ed there
In November. 1862, the place, having
been thought comparatively safe from
attack during the fall of tina wear.
while an epidemic Of yellow fever
avaged the city and cost the ives Of
many noble men,
1t was no longer a question of bat
teries strong enough for Resistance
against a few vessels, but as port af-
ter port was closed, and many taken,
the day came when h effective force
of the flower of the whole American
navy was to be brought to bear. APP
preciating this. the general gave him
self his every thought and effort to
the gigantic task before him
Ably seconded by the brave and
vigorous efforts of Col. William Lamb,
commanding the Thlrty-sixth North
Carolina "a regiment of heavy artll-
Iery). he encouraged the exertions OF
Lamb in building and strengthing the
huge Mound Battery and a l!he Of de-
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of fighting people who fight from prin-
ciple that as soon as the fighting is over
they do ali they can to relieve the Suf-
fe1ings of their fellow man. (Applause).
He said he married\a Norfolk lady and
that Colonel Lambs father and his
Captain Parker's) father-in-law were
close friends n when he found Colo
mel Lamb so terribly wounded he a
insisted that he be sent to the hospital.
81 don't know whether 1 saved Colo
mel Lambs life or not" he exclaimed,
but I thank God 1 had it in my heart
to do what I did. ~(Applause).
Captain Parker hen went on to tell
Of the battle from the Federal side.
He said he had no doubt when that
magnificent fleet appeared before Fort
Fisher it must have made the heart Of
the Confederates sink within them. No
such fleet in all the history Of the
world has ever attacked a fort and
probably never will. He said in the
first battle, December Oath, 25th, 1864,
Ben Butler had been sent with his ar
my to aid the fleet but after a terrific
bombardment and an attempt by But
Ter to attack by land he called off his
troops and abandoned the navy. He said
Butler failed conspicuously. like he did
in every other expedition which he had
undertaken. He then alluded to sew
eral of Buffers failures and especially
to his being bottled up" at Bermuda
Hundreds. He said it was not intend
ed to send Butler to Fort Fisher, but
part of his brigade vas ordered there
n some how or other he interjected
himself into the expedition of which he
again made an failure. He remarked
that if Butler was good for anything
it was to treat women as he did at
New Orleans and manage to get hold
of cotton or something else Spoons.
yelled a Confederate) like he did at
New Orleans. The TACT is. he said. IL
has been stated that Butler was large
ly interested in cotton Speculations and
he did not want Fort Fisher captured.
That had been charged against him.
At any rate he failed at Fort She
and sailed away and left the navy.
Then Gen. Terry was sent and the fort
was captured January Is, 1865. after
three lays terrible bombardmsnt and
a land attack by the army and the
marines and sailors. He wondered
how under such an awful lombard
ment the confederates stood it. lew
pumped shot and shell into the fort for
three days. and we had great admira-
ton for men who would stand such a
terrific bombardment. especially when
none of h missiles Were hardly less
than nine inches in circumference.
Never did men do their duty more
faithfully and bravely than did the
defenders of Fort Bisher. (Applause.l
Captain Parker hen went on to tell
about the land attack by the army
and the marines and sailors, the latter
commanded by himself. The sailors
and marines numbered about 2.aN0 and