The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-11-02
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

a Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
BUTTE, Oct. 24.-Sufering injuries
that it is feared may prove fatal, Mrs.
Atlanta Knight is at St. Anus hos.
pital as the result of an automobile
accident. While the outcome OF her
injuries cannot be definitely determ.
ined before some time tod ay, accord
ing to the hospital attend ants, con.
cussion of the brain lie evident, and 1t
is probable that the skull is severely
fractured.
BUTTE, Oct. 24.-What promises to
be the most sensational divorce case
ever tried In Butte has been started
by Mrs. Patrick Wall, asking $500, 600
as permanent alimony; $25 900 for her
attorneys: $1,000 per month as ali.
mony pending the hearing of the case.
and 5000 az cult money. Acts of
unfaithfulness to marriage VOWS are
the grounds for divorce. In the CON-.
plant it Is alleged that Wall IL worth
approximately 100000 in stocks,
bonds, real estate and personal prop
erty.
LEw1sTowN, Oct. 24.-Friends of
CIV. Drinkard ,one OF the we'll known
citizens of Lewistown, were deeply
shocked last night when it became
known that he had been killed in an
accident near Fores. Grove. He had
been out visiting his daughter, Mrs.
Emery Stowell and was returning from
q church entertainment with the family
when the driver lost the road and in
getting back IN it, run over q cut
bank. All Of the occupants we're
pitched out and Mr.. Drinkard fell
under q wheel, which passed over his
neck, causing death within q short
time.
HELENA, Oct. 23.-An unidentified
man, whose total u we're Q
nickel, months ago sought q narrow
gulch q mile west of the Broadwater
hotel and hanged himself to q small
tree with q common clothesline. The
tree was on q steep incline, and though
1t must have bent with the weight OF
the man, the body swung free of the
ground. There was nothing on the
body by which the victim could be
identified. A pocketbook containing
q nickel, q billbook with two Chinese
laundry tickets, a dollar watch and a
pair of gold-rimmed glasses were
found on the body or in the vicinity.
A pair of apparently new working
shoes were on the feet.
BUTTE. Oct. 25.-Clergymen and of.
icers of local charities must IN future
pay full fares on the Northern Pacific
railway, according to a dispatch re-
ceived at the local Office from St. Paul.
M1ssoULA, Oct. 25.-For the death
of her husband, who was killed in q
sewer ditch in September, Mrs. Thomas
Comerford has brought suit agains,
the city for %thirty-six thousand dol.
lars. Comerford was working in q
ditch twenty feet deep and was instant.
ly killed when the cribbing gave way
before al avalanche of soil. The
claim is made that the cribbing used
was not OF standard quality. The city
and contr actors we're exouerated BY
the coroner's jury.
BUTTE, Oct. 25.-Butte uses l,5O(
head Of cattle each month all of which
are slaughtered either here or in An.
aconda: some of the Anaconda beeves
being shipped to Butte. There are no
union stocky ards In this state, such as
there are in the east, and the cattle
are bought by the piece. Cows bring
about OBS and steers about CAS-. Tha,
so head of cattle are slaughtered every
day In Silver Bow county surprises
many who have heard of eastern beei
and who imagine that the Omaha beei
and eastern beef was the favorite with
connoisseurs.
BUTTE, Oct. 26.-The bookmakers
in Butte have begun to offer wseers
: on the election In Montana this year,
and they are offering three to one tina,
Pray, Morley and Athey will be elect.
ed. The same odds are given on the
legislative result, three to one, tina,
on joint ballot the assembly will be
republican. Notwithstanding the odds
there has been little or no betting.
LEWISTOWN, Oct. 26.-Ben Iowa
and Bill Stewart, W horse thieves
wanted here for over a year for run.
ming q lot OF fine horses belonging to
Chan Cook out of the country, are re.
ported to be under arrest in Nevada,
Loyal has pleaded guilty to horse
stealing in that state, but Stewart is
making a fight aud If be gets free be
will be brought back here.