The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-07-31
The Miles City Dressed Meat com

pany has about thirty men at work re
building their slaughtering and refrigerat
Ing establishments which were burnet
some time since. The company expect
to commence slaughtering on large scal
about the first of September Stock
growers Journal.
Billings Gazette: Major Maginnis say
the rival interests to the railway bill sen
a New York administration editor and
Boston philanthrophist to the Presiden
and they loaded him with Indian senti
ment. Granville Stuart ought to go dowr
to Washington and load him with his In
dian sentiments, which, by the way, art
sentiments that command the reason OF
every we'll informed western man.
A terrible storm struck Fort Assina
boine Monday, the gale reaching We
locity of seventy-two miles an hour. The
large quartermaster store yielded to the
fury of the element. The stock was
widely scattered, and exclusive of the
salvage on material in the building and
the stock the loss will reach $4,000
Other buildings were but slightly dam
aged.
A band of Cheyennes fired grass on the
ranges in the vicinity of the Rosebud, max
ing wholesale destruction of it, giving as
the reason for so doing that they wanted
good grass next spring. The fire extend
ed entirely through the divide between
the Rosebud and the Tongue rivers, and
ruined majority of the pine timber
throughout all that region, known as the
old diamond r" logging camps. Cattle
are nearly starving
A literary club has been organized at
Butte with the name of the ''Red Ribbon
Club 1t meets every Friday evening
One of the members has written a play
in which giant swallows ten children.
1t was considered quite success off the
stage by all who read the play, but it is
nevertheless failure. 1t was found out
at late hour in the game that the So
ciety had no cannibal with digestive
organs ample for the consumption of such
a large quantity of humanity.
First-Lieutenant William H. Moore, of
the fifteenth infantry, died at Fort Asslna-
boine on Saturday. He was last seen
alive about l o'clock in the morning and
was apparently in usual health. AT
about o'clock he was found sitting in
a chair in bis room in the officers quar-
ters, dead. 1t is not definitely known to
what cause his death is attributed, aud
opinion is divided between heart disease
and an overdose of a poisonous drug taken
as medicine. His father IS in Chicago
and was advised of the sad fate of his son
by telegram.
Nelson Story, the Bozeman banker,
miller and stockgrower Of the great Gal
latin, was interviewed by the Independent
as to the great industries in which he is
interested. He said that money was easy
in his section, that the stock business was
fairly prosperous, that there will be a
shortage cf wheat in the Gallatin and
throughout the territory, falling far short
of supplying the home demand. He has
at his mill some 10000 bushels of wheat
yet to be milled. Last year he had ship
ped some flower to Duluth and Chicago.
but this year thought he would find
home market for all the products of his
mill.
An old man was discovered digging in
the fiat beyond Meaderville, two miles
east of Butte, and as there are no mines
in that vicinity, several inquisitive persons
went out to see what he was digging for
and found him gathering up gold nuggets
from the bottom Of six-foot hole. When
done he had cigar box almost full, worth
several thousand dollars. The old man
explained that he had buried the gold
there about twenty years ago and had
been out Of the territory ever since. He
did not make known his identity, but he
is supposed to be one of the early day
road agents and that is his share of some
treasure box capture.
L. Frendenstein's residence on West
Galena street, Butte, near the Catholic
church, was struck by lightning about
noon on Saturday and Mrs. Frendenstein
badly hurt. She was on the porch at the
time, scrubbing the floor. The lightning
struck the chimney, tore off portion OF
the shingles on the roof, passed down
into the parlor, tearing off the plastering
and breaking the furniture and bric-a-
brac, thence passed on to the porch,
where the woman was, the wet floor act
ing as good conductor. Mrs. Frenden-
stein was knocked senseless. Her shoes
we're ripped and torn off by the lightning
and her limbs paralyzed. She is black
and blue below the waist. Four child
rem in the kitchen and a lady in the other
part of the house were stunned by the
shock, but not seriously hurt.
Ed. Gleason, who was arrested short
time ago near Helena, for stealing DR..
Monroe's horse, had his preliminary hear
ing Tuesday at Bozeman, and in view of
the lack of evidence for the defense, he
was bound over to await the action of the
grand jury. Gleason is straightforward
young man, who, not long ago. worked for
Vreeland. On leaving his employ he
took horse for his wages. Then he
came to Bozeman and entered the employ
If D. W. Hoyt. A short time afterward
ne sold his horse to James Ponsford of
Bozeman, Monroe claiming the horse.
Ponsford brought suit and when his case
came up every attorney was engaged.
Gleason accordingly could not obtain
counsel. The citizens of Bozeman are
very much worked up over the matter.
They say that Gleason is innocent and
hat the horse was sold to him in bona
ide manner.