The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-03
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, Dec. 25.-Wm. j.. Nc
Curmick, within an hour of complet.
Ing his contract and job, clipped in
the shaft of the St. Larence mine aod
fell 300 feet to his death. He was an
electrician, 80 years old and unmar-
ried.
BUTTE, Dec. 26.-James Kelly.
proprietor of the saloon in connection
with Pipestone Springs, has brought
suit against the Miner Publishing
company to recover $4,000 damages
for defamation Of character in'connec-
tion with bis arrest al the time of the
murder of two men IN August last at
the Springs during the holdup.
HELENA, Dec. 26.-The total number
Of births in Montana during Novem.
Der was GA, and the total number Of
deaths 279, leaving the excess of births
over deaths at 372 according to the
monthly report Of DR.. T. D. futile.
More males we're born during Novem-
Der than females, 1926 males and 319
females.
GREAT FALLS, Dec. 25.-Although
the inquest over the body Of Joseph
White, who was shot to death in q
lodging house Saturday night, has
not been completed and Coroner Vidal
declines to give out the result of the
autopsy, the fact that the coroner this
evening caused the arrest of Stella
Tirogalas, wife OF the man held for
the shooting, leads to the belief pre-
viously expressed that White was I'm.
armed at the time of his shooting, and
that the shooting was not in self de-
tense as has been claimed.
BUTTE, Dec. 27.-Two unmarked
highwaymen early last evening held
up Mrs. Susan Doris and daughter,
while they we're trundling along with q
child in a baby carriage on the street
several blocks from the center of the
city, and took from them a handbag,
containing eight dollars. The rob-
bers apparently experienced consider
able difficulty finding the handbag,
and one of them kept remarking,
(which one has the money!"
MIsSOULA, Dec. 26.-James Nc.
Carthy, aged about 60 years, and we'll
known about the lumber camps of
western Montana, but who has been
employed on a ranch six miles up the
Rationale valley from Missoula,
was found dead in his wagon this
morning. His horse had stopped in
the road about half way home, the
body having fallen from the seat.
Alcoholism was undoubtedly the caus
of death.
GLENDIvE. Dec. 27.-Her two babies
alone in the house, crying in vain for
their grandmother, who lay dead in
the e room, was the shocking con.
dition that confronted Mrs. w. S.
Mcintyre, wife of a we'll known rail-
road man, on her return from Billings
Christmas day. Mr.. Mcintyre, a
Northern Pacific engineer, was on his
run to Dickinson and Mrs. Mcintyre
had gone to Billings for a brief visit,
returning with gifts for the two little
ones.
TWIN BRIDGES. Dec. 26.-Telegrams
from St. Paul today announce the
winning by Madison county of the l..
w. Hill cup offered for the best indi-
vidual display of potatoes on exhibi.
ton at the Northwestern Land show.
The display was made by Hon. Patrick
Carney of Waterloo, who had charge
of Maidstone display at St. Paul,
who also o q cup at the Montana
state fair last fall for the best individ.
usl display. As the prize was won in
close competition with the entire
northwest, MIR. Carney is naturally
much elated.
GREAT FALLS, Dec. 28.-W. G.
Winton, formerly one of the receivers
OF the Conrad Land & Water COM
pany, has fled a petition in the dis.
trict court asking for q salary of $500
per month during the period between
July 20, 1910, and August 2, 1911,
while he was connected with the com
pany. Mr.. Winton states in his petit
ton that he received q salary of that
amount while secretary and treasurer
of the company.
New Railroad In Fergus County.
LEWISTOWN, Dec. 27.-This city