The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
MONTANA NEWS BRIEELETS.
A Budget of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the tate.

Various Parts Of the State.
BILLINGS, Sept. Is. One Of the
largest watermelons ever grown in
this part Of the state was brought to
the city this morning. II was raised
by j. w. Webb, a farmer residing on
the Billings bench, about three miles
northeast Of the city. It is a fine
looking specimen and weighs over s.
pounds.
GLASGOW, Sept. lS.-Fred Johnson.
car foreman in the Great Northern
shops here. was crushed Monday while
helping clear away a wrecked locomo.
tive and instantly killed. The trucks
were being raised by a derrick. when
they fell upon him. He leaves a wife
and several children here. and had
been working for .he road a number
of years.
BoZEMAN, Sept. lS.-A pioneer of
the Gailatin valley, j.. p. Carolus,
9ied a, the home of his son, Jacob
C~arolu>, Sunday night. The deceased
came 20 this valley in 1865, and he
was - years old. He was a German
by birth, aud engaged in mercantile
business at Radersburg for years,
afterwards ranching a, Horseshoe
Bend. His wife died many years ago,
aud he had lived with his son for
years. Another son. George CarOlus,
lives a. Lewistown, ana a number Of
grandchildren survive him.
BOULDER, Sept. l9.-The Boulder
Publishing company changed owner
ship yesterday. the stock of the con.
Germ being sold by +. Z. Cornish TO
Boulder business men, who will con.
due. the Age.Sentinel as a democratic
paper, there being two republican
papers in the county and no demo.
cratic paper.
HELENA. Sept. l9.-United States
Judge Hunt today denied the applica-
ton Of Roy Spencer for a writ of ha-
beas corpus and ordered his extradi-
ton to Canada for trial. Spencer, it
will be remembered, "a wanted at
Calgary, N. w. T., for the alleged
thief: Of personal property from a
guest at the hotel where Spencer was
employed as clerk. Spencer vas cap.
tured in Montana and brought here
for a preliminary examination before
Commissioner Thompson. He sought
release on a writ OF habeas corpus.
MILES CITY, Sept. 19.-Chief Dep.
uty United States Marshal Upshur
was here recently and took into Gus
tody John Moore, who had been ar'
raigned in Justice Kennels court or
the charge OF selling liquor to a In
dian and held by the justice for dis
trict court here. The case being prop
erly a federal case, Moore vas taker
by the marshal before United States
. Commissioner Kreidler, aud his hear
. ing set for September %, at Miles City
Bail was fixed a. $50 aud was furn
. ished by bondsmen.
+. BILLINGS, Sept. l9.-With a feeling
of genuine disappointment the people
of Billings will learn that the splendit
collection of paintings that has grace(
J. the walls of the Billings club durint
the present summer is 20 be shipped
immediately. J II. Sharp, the artist
= accompanied by Mrs. Sharp, arrived
yesterday from a trip through New
Mexico and Arizona, where Mr.. Sharl
has been .ketching Indians and thei>
surroundings. The collection will b.
" taken down at once and shipped to tn
, least. where an exhibition will be hell
e in New York and Washington.
; HELENA, Sept. l9.-St. Peters Epis
Z copal church was the scene Of a bril-
liant society event yesterday after
g noon when Miss Elizabeth Il. Hunt
daughter OF Judge W. a. Hunt, of tn
> federal bench, and George w. Thomp
son, IF the New York stock exchang
' We're united in marriage. Bishop J.
! T.. Brewer and Rev. +. Il. Batemal
otiiciated at the wedding. and tn
church wa, crowded with r lative
) and frieud. Of the happy pair. \ re
= ception at The home OF the bride
r parents followed the wedding, and tn
young couple will our the Pacifi
coa=, during their honeymoon, ate
u which they viii live ia New York
u Mrs. Thompson vas Dorn at For
u Benton, educated at Helena aud u
east. and ma, been prominent ia -
t cletN.