Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-29

! Henry GriersOn was in from Pease
Bottom Monday.
John Mcvay was visitor from Bill
lings Thursday.
w. w. D. Terrett and wife visited
Miles City Sunday.
Thos. KeOwn was in from the Froze-
to- Death district Monday.
Martin Selbo was a business visitor
from the north side Saturday.
John Rapstead of Big Timber was a
Forsyth business visitor Saturday.
M. L. Wentworth of Red Lodge was
transacting business in FORSYTH Fri
day.
We are prepared to do all kinds of
tirst-class tailoring, both ladies and
gents. Jolly & Lonen.
John P. Smith of Helena arrived in
town on No. this morning and con-
Quoted the sale of public lands.
At the euchre party given by Mrs.
Harry H. Fletcher Thursday night
Mrs. ]. E. Choisser secured first prize
and Mrs. Jas. Eckels second. A very
pleasant evening is reported.
Yard and a half samples are the
kind to choose your fall suit from.
Hopes g. Potter have them.
A. S. Shannon, M. Parker and E.
b. Robinson came down from Billings
this morning to be in attendance at the
public land sale which took place at
the court house at eleven o'clock.
H. w. Barton Of Terry was a visitor
last Thursday. He informs us that
the citizens of that little burg have
again settled down to their former
routine, which was slightly disturbed
sometime ago by the killing of Smith,
member of the tribe of wanderers
commonly called the genius hobo.
Ben Siebert, who shipped horses
from this point a few days ago to tie
state of New Jersey, was killed at
Fine, Indiana, yesterday. Mr.. Siebert
was looking after his stock at Pine.
when, in some manner which is as vet
unknown TO us, he was caught bv
train of cars and crushed, death fol-
lowed almost instantly.
H. G. Wright of Forsyth, who is
travelling special agent of the Germ; =
n a Life Insurance company, was he1 e
Saturday, He has been to Sentinel
Butte, N. D., fixing up the death loss
OF Louis A. Gilbert who was accident
ally killed there few weeks ago. Gill
bert is brother of H. II. Gilbert.
train dispatcher at Glendive. He was
insured for $500 last April Miles
City Independent.
The Denver Post opines it would be
simply awful to think of what might
happen if Mr.. Rockefeller were a sinner
instead of a saint who works under the
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religion. And how awful it would
have been last winter, and would be
THIS winter, were not Divine Right |
baer a pious soul, burdened with the
moral esponsibilities of his earthly
STEWARDSHIP PIX.
In the case of the State of Montana.
plaintiff, against Jacob Kessel, Ed |
ward Weston, Lee Cass and Geotleob
Mills, defendants which came up be-
lore Justice Thompson Tuesday, in
which VIM. Cholsser made COMPLAINT
against the defendants for interfering
with his sheep, the court rendered the
following decision. ''In this case.
after carefully considering and weigh
ing the evidence the court is of the
opinion that the state has failed to sus-
tain the allegations of the complaint,
by failing to show that either the
sheep in question or the wagon were
upon their accustomed range, or even
lpon the pubic domain. From the de-
evidence the court is of the
opinion that the defendant, Weston,
moved the wagon of the complainant
rom the lands to which the defendant.
Weston, at least believed and had rea-
son to believe he was entitled to the
possession and control of, and that he
and the others with him went to COM
claimants camp with no other intent
han to move the wagon from this nron-