The river press., 1914-11-18
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE

ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened In Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days
Butte, Nov. 12.-French and British
horse buyers are making contracts In
Montana for purchase of about 5000
head of horses. One contract alone
made with the firm of Conley and Nc
Tague of Deer Lodge, calling for the
delivery of 1000 horses, is to start
within two weeks. Two agents of the
French are now in Butte buying horses
right and left.
Plentywood. Nov. 12.-The fact
that the county commissioners of
Sheridan county recently denied the
petition for the creation of Shaw coun-
ty, which would contain a large por-
ton of the south end of Sheridan
county, does not seem to discourage
the people in that end of the county, as
arrangements are still being put forth
to create the county, and the matter
will soon be brought before the courts.
Butte, Nov. 12.-Getting out of his
bed at O'Clock this morning, and seat
himself on a chair, J. p. CosgrOve,
aged 60, pioneer miner, prospector
and leaser, and well known mining
man, killed himself by firing bullet
from a 80 calibre revolver into his left
side. That financial troubles did not
worry Cosgrove is evidenced by the
fact that $3.50 was found in the pock
cts of his clothing, which fairly bulg
ed with bills of small denomination.
Helena, Nov. 9.-Congressman John
NJ Evans is the first state candidate
to file his expense account with the
secretary of state. The total expenses
were $S24.65, the largest single item
of which was contribution of $3.50 to
the state central committee. The re-
mainder of the money went for print
ing, postage and like expenses. The
democratic state campaign fund was
contributed by 20 democrats two years
ago. This year half as much money
was raised and it came from over 200
democrats.
Butte, Nov. 12.-Siami Hoffree was
awarded $3.50 damages by the jury in
Judge ]. H. Lynch's department of the
district court which heard the testi-
mony in her suit against DR.. E. ].
Rinkel, we'll known dentist of Butte,
who she claimed used force to remove
some new teeth which he had just
fitted into her mouth, and then forci-
bly, grabbed $50 of her coin. The wo-
man, through an interpreter, told the
court that DR.. Rinckel agreed to fix
her teeth for $25, but that when the
work was done and in place in her
mouth he demanded $50 more, which
she refused to hand over. Then, she
claimed, he threw her back into the
dental chair, forcibly removed the
teeth. and also the $50. She asked for
$4,000 damages.
Butte. Nov 13.-Mrs. Philip Morgan
was probably fatally injured at her
home tonight when the kitchen stove
exploded shortly after she put in
stick of wood, in which apparently a
stick of dynamite had been placed.
Her skull is fractured, and her con-
dition is so critical that little hope
for her recovery is held out.
Giendive. Nov. I'D r. Meade,
senior member of the firm Douglas,
Meade & Co., and one of the best
known business men in eastern Mon
tana. dropped dead last night shortly
after mindnight. His demise is attrib-
uted to heart failure. Mr.. Meade. who
was 67 years of age, formerly was
mayor of Glendive, and he had been a
resident of Glendive for more than
80 years, being identified with it's
growth.
Helena, Nov. 1.-two candidates
are announced for speaker of the
house. One is DIR. A. d. Mcdonald of
Flathead county, who was the speak
er Of the house two years ago, and
the other is George l.. Ramsey of this
city. Mr.. Ramsey was member of
the Fifth legislative assembly from
Gallatin county and democratic floor
leader at that session.
Butte. Nov. 13.-Jennie Bartovich
is suing Nick Peris, saloonkeeper,
for $1,000 as damages for supplying
her husband with liquor after she had
warned him not to, and she also is
asking $4,000 as damages from Peris
for alternating her husbands affec-
tions. In the second cause of action
Mrs. Bartovich claims that Peris was
responsible for her husband seeking
divorce from her, and for this she
asks $4,000 damages and $4,000 as en-
emplary damages.
Lewistown, Nov. 13.-The prelim-
mary hearing in the case of James
w. Zachary, the former preacher of
Moore, who last Saturday shot and
killed Matt Hill, a Finlander. was
held this afternoon. The testimony
showed conclusively that Zachary
fired the fatal shot ONLY after Hill had