The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-23
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of tho State.

FTom various PartS Of the State |
MALTA. July A--William Hull was
stabbed in q eating aifray 10 q local
saloon on Sunday but will recover
The officers fa.led &C Locate the man !
who did the cutting, and have wired
outside officers TO look out for him. !
Both men we're Employed 90 the ditch.
JUDITH GAP, July A-Dcanis j.
Lynch, q rsncher living three miles
south of here, was kicked to death
this evening by one OF bis horses. He
had just flushed his days work In the
field and was embarrassing one of the
horses when he was kicked >in the
head. and then trampled upon. caus-
Ing his death almost instantly.
BIG TIMBER, July 14.-During .
heavy electric storm on the upper
Boulder, A. j. Drummond Of 1llinois
was killed BY . stroke OF lightning on
the Primus Bruffey ranch, near the
natural bridge, together with the team
Of horses be was working. The body
WAS brought to Big Timber in the
evening and . search for relatives Of
the dead man 10 under way.
DILLON. July Is. - A cold wave
struck this section Sunday night, and
this morning frost was seen in several
sections of the valley. Although 10
was cold enough to discolor the potato
vines and other tender vegetables, no
damage was done to the grain crops.
HELENA, July ia verdict for
. l 500 in favor of the plaintiff was re-
turned by . jury In the federal court
today In the suit of Charles Hartman
against the Great Northern Railway
company. Hartman was struck by 90
engine near Basin, Nov. %. 1912, and
sued to recover s10, 300.
HELENA, July 15.-Because facts
have come TO light since the trial in
dicating his crime was not a. aggravat.
Cd % 1t then appeared, Governor Stew.
art today granted . diminution of sen.
tencs from rs to 10 years In tho case
Of Cove Morgan, convicted of rape In
Flsthesd county, June "a, 1908. The
diminution is conditional upon tho
promise OF Morgan that be forever
abstain from liquor.
BUTTE, July 15.-The snowdrifts
have MOI yet disappeared from the
highlands and until they have gone,
the old timers cay, Butte ear expect
cold nights. Yesterday morning made
the shivers chase each other up and
down the spinal columns of the early
risers. Out At Columbia gardens there
we're coatings OF ice on the pals and
tubs Of water that stood outdoors
through the night.
MIssOULA, July 15,-J. W. Hicklip,
former county treasurer, was taken to
Deer Lodge this afternoon, where he
begins serving & q year sentence for
embezzling county funds. He a re-
moved from Office several months ago
: after 9 shortage OF over s., 600 had
been discovered. He was sentenced
at noon today. Before he entered
politics he was cashier of q local
bank. The defense It his trial was
that he had become insane through
drinking.
HELENA, July 16.-I. A. Stub, ad-
ministrstor of the estate of Charles
Larson, brought suit in the distric,
court today against the Butte, Ana.
conds & Pacific Railway company for
S25. 900 for the death Of Larson August
o. 1912. The complaint alleees thu,
Larson val directed by the foreman
to 60 to . spot where some blssts had
been placed. One blsst was late In
exploding and Larson reached the
scene in time to receive injuries tina,
caused his death.
HELENA, July 16 Mayor Purcell
has discovered . mesns whereby the
necessary money may be obtained to
repair the road leading to the Chess
man reservoir, and repair the reser.
voir. The big lake which contains
200 acres of water, and is forty feet
deep, 10 teeming with trout. It is pro-
posed by the mayor to seine the lake
and put the 6sh on the local market.
Mares Bros. have consented to take q
ton or more of fsh, and it is expected
that other meat merchants will want
some as soon as they learn they may
be obtained.
JUDITH GAP, July 18.-Deunis j.
Lynch, Q rancher, NET his death by
blows upon the head from q blunt in.
strument in the hands of q party IN.
known to the c%oroner's jury, was the
verdict OF the jury empaneled by Cor.
oner Perkins of Meagher county. Re-
ports were sent to the newspapers
Monday night that he met his death
by being kicked to death by one of
his " horses. This theory was dis.