The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-03
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
DILLON. Jan. 2S.-John Lowell
shipped 1900 head of fine mutton
wethers from the local stocky ards
here to the Cudahy company in Los
Angeles yesterday, the shipment be.
ing one of the finest that ever left these
yards.
BILLINGS, Jan. 2S.-James A.
Thompson, q coal miner, was in.
stantly killed at Laurel late last
night. as the result Of falling under q
freight train while he was beating his
way to Billings. Thompson was at.
tempting to get out Of the box car
through the end door; when the train
started suddenly he was thrown on the
tracks and dragged to death.
BUTTE, Jan. 2S.- Michael A.
Hickey. noted pioneer OF Montana,
locator of the famous Anaconda mine,
who afterward disposed of his in.
terest to the late Marcus DAILY, died
today after an illness of three days.
The deceased was 73 years OF age. and
the cause of death was stomao
trouble. Besides being locator of the
Anaconda mine and one of the best
known prospectors in the state, he
was q veteran of the Civil war, serv.
ing in the Sixtieth New York.
HELENA, Jan. 28.- c. K. Wells, q
pioneer and we'll known throughout
the state. died this morning at 1:3O
O'Clock at Alhambra, after an illness
of number of years. He became
seriously sick month ago, and in
the hope that he might recover, moved
to Alhambra, but obtained only
relief. Mr.. Wells is sur
vived by wife and one son.
KALIsPELL, Jan. 28.-The little
d daughter of Thomas A. Boorman died
last night on train en- route to
Spokane to undergo an operation for
the removal of peanut hull which
had lodged in the throat. The child,
who was years old, had been eating
peanuts and portion of shell became
stuck in the windpipe. She was
brought to Kalispell yesterday for
treatment but on advice of local |
physician that an oper alton could not
be performed here safely, the parents
started for Spokane.
LEWISTOWN, Jan. 28.-Sheep Com.
missioner Joseph Ash hbridge has com.
ple,ed his annual report, which will
be sent to Helena this week. It shows
hat in addition to 100000 lambs
locked in Fergus county last year,
The industry brought into the county
round million dollars. OF this
5000, 900 came from the sale of wool and
1918. 900 from the sale of sheep to out.
'ide parties, 1000. head having been
shipped out during the year. Five
thousand sheep and lambs were killed
Turing the year by coyotes and wolves
representing loss of about Sl5, 900.
Mr.. Ashbridge finds that the average
'ost of running sheep In Fergus was
'bout 81 IS per head.
HELENA, Jan. 30. Charles E.
Woods, of Livingston, pleaded guilty
o stealing two registered packages
rom the mail and was sentenced to
erve IL months In the county Jail.
Fhe boy is II years old and has q
mother and grandmother at Livings-
on. Judge Hunt admonished him to
race up and act the part of a man
'hen he was released.
HELENA, Jan 30.-Joseph Little.
tone, the Flathead Indian who has {
een on trial in the federal court on
be charge of murder for the staying
t Alexander Pluff, Feb. 26, 1908, was t
ound guilty in the federal court of l
lanslaughter, and was recommended
the mercy of the court. milestone
as tried here q year ago, but the I
Try disagreed. He killed Pluff after \
luff had killed the chief of the tribe. {
BELGRADE, Jan. 3O.-Louis Seifert,
farmer living six miles north of here
shot and fatally wounded
is wife, while delirious from typhoid
'ver. The woman, with baby in
or arms, was trying to escape from
le room at the time, when Seifert .
red three shots from q repea ating
,otgun, all OF which stuck his wife in
le back. The baby received q mum. q
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