Thi'firstsession of the district court of
1joins mid ^ larke county was HM d y^ Mi r-^duy at ID o'clock a. m. As it is quite a^memorable event to have the honor of being^first in action in the different deput-^ments of state the first cause bef ^re^the first district judge in the first judicial^district court of Montana is w uthy of rec^^ord. The first business transacted was the^^wearing in of Dr. W. L. Steele and Cor^^nelius Hedges as witnesses iu hearing u pe^^tition for letters of administration in the^estate of I'lnebe Hand, deceased, the peti^^tion being from Mos s M rris, |.uirii n of^the heirs. The court ordered that letters of^administration issue. Judge Hedges has^figured (list in several events. He whs the^first man to register under the new law and^was among the first to oongratulule Gov.^Tool*i was the first witness to be sworn by^Judge Hunt, and will he the first state sen^^ator from Lewis und Clarke county.
JudgeHunt announced yesterday thst^district court will convene Monday at 11^o'clock in the district court room.
Ix-eWord, the genial clerk of the su^^preme court, was busy putting bis office^in shape for Mr. (lope, bis successor. In a^few days all the stab- and county officers^will be located iu their new quarters, und^business will continue just the same as it^^l:d under territorial rale, with the excep^^tion of the judiciary department.
withclerks of abstract companies and^sons looking up and copying record*^Tookcr has added a line of high de
CommcBdable.
Allclaims not consistent with the high^^harscter of Syrup of Pigs are purposely^avoided by the California Fi^ Syrup com^^pany. It acts gently on the kidneys, liver^and bowels, cleansing the system effectually,^but it is not a oure-all an J makes no pre^^tensions that every bottle will not sub^stunt late.
