The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-02-11
MONTANA NEWS.

estimated at 5,771 pounds.
A movement is on foot at Helena to es-
tablish Working Woman's Home in that
city.
The Yellowstone Journal reports the
discovery of burning coal mine near
that place.
The department encampment of the G.
A. r. for Montana will be held at Miles
City April 10th, next.
Small pox is prevalent at Butte, nine
cases being reported on Wednesday. Sew
eral cases are also reported at Mandan.
The Granite Mountain Mining company
has declared a dividend of fifty cents per
share, or 100000, payable yesterday in
St. Louis.
Two runaway cars loaded with salt,
jumped the track at Butte Saturday, mar
rowly missing two small houses. Fortu-
nately no one was injured.
A fire at Walkerville on Monday night
destroyed the boarding house of John H.
Wall, and the residence of Evan Reese
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
At meeting of the Helena Typograph-
ical Union held on Sunday resolution
was adopted prohibiting the use of plate
matter in any Office in that city.
w. G. SWEET, prominent stockgrower
whose ranch is near Chestnut, Meagher
county, died at St. Paul on the Sd inst.
aftea very brief illness. His remains
were taken to Helena for interment.
The Hope mine at Butte shut down Sat
urday last and all hands discharged except
two, who keep the pumps running. The
Miner attributes the shutdown to mis-
management by parties in the east who, 1t
claims, are ignorant of mining matters.
Chas. Pierce who had his feet frozen
while going from Maple creek to Fort AS
slnaboine in the early part of January,
subjected himself himself to surgical
operation, in which both feet were ampu
tated near the ankle.
A trial trip of the steam motor over the
street railroad from Butte to Meaderville
was made on Wednesday. Fifty guests
of the company were transported easily
over the line in eleven minutes. distance
of two and one half miles.
Thomas II. Becbe, at one time sheriff Of
Mlssoula and afterwards deputy sheriff Of
Silver Bow county, died from A coagest-
I've chill at Wynnc's drug store in Butte,
Sunday evening. He was one of the old
timers of the territory, having come 70
Montana in 1862.
A miner named Grant was taken TO
Townsend last week with his hands and
feet so badly frozen that the amputation
of both hands was necessary, and it is
thought he cannot recover. He had been
out on lonely prospecting tour in the
Boulder range and was caught in the
blizzard of last month.
A telegram from Washington states
that the president has nominated Quarter
master-Scrgeant G. A. Detchmanly. at
present ON duty at Fort Shaw, to be second
lieutenant of the Sixth infantry, the regi-
ment commanded by Col. McCook. The
company to which Lieutenant Detchman-
DIV has been assigned is stationed at High
wood, Ills.
Oscar Carlson, a timer, while working
on the new smelter building at Anaconda
Tuesday, fell from platform to the roof,
striking upon his head. He slid down
the roof head foremost, distance of sew
entv-five feet. and from there fell head
long to the ground, thirty feet below. He
sustained conclusion OF the brain which
resulted in his death the following day.
Independent: A colored man named
Ward who stole a ride on some freight
train from Billings to Helena day or
two ago reached here with badly frozen
feet and not having proper attention when
they were thawcd out he was in such a
condition that he Was taken to the county
hospital. where County Physician Carmi-
chael amputated part of both feet, leaving
some stumps for him to get through life
| with. This was rather dear ride.
The body of Gus Sanders, who was lost
several weeks since by his companions on
hunting excursion, has been found near
the foot of Flint creek falls, close to the
spot to which he was tracked the day af-
ter he was lost. 1t was found that he had
tried to build fire, but failing in this the
unfortunate man was frozen to death, and
was covered up by the drifting snow. A
ceroner's jury rendered verdict in ac-
cordance with the above facts.
Phillipsburg Mail: The first annual
meeting of the Montana Mining company
was held IN Granite last Monday. 1t is
composed of seven of our leading citizens,
David Pritchard being elected president.