The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-07-14
MONTANA NEWS.

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:: About 600 head of sheep were killed
for E. B. Wierick of Miles City by las
f: weeks storm.
, The Northern Pacific coal sheds Al
Helena, together with about 200 tons o
, coal, were burned Monday afternoon.
At the vote in Deer Lodge for and
against incorporation Monday, the propo-
sition to incorporate was carried by vote
of 49 fer to Al against.
On Monday the citizens Of Helena voted
on a proposition to issue bonds to the
amount of $15O,0O0 for sewer purposes,
which was carried by vote of 213 to 43
Nelson Anderson, a laborer on the Mon
tana Central railroad, was struck by d
freight train on the Northern Pacific at
Helena Tuesday evening and received in
jurics that may prove fatal.
The fifth annual meeting of the Mon
tana Wool Growers association has been
in session at Fort Benton this week. A
large number of the fockmasters of the
territory were in attendance.
At the races ut Helena last week Daniel
B., 6, year-old belonging to the stables
of Morchouse, Bivins & Co. in that city,
broke the record for three-eighths of a
mile, making the distance in 34i seconds.
Owing to prevalence of small pox ut
Deer Lodge the Fair and Racing assoca-
tion of that place have postponed their
meeting which was advertised for Jul.
! 18th to 21st to August 14tE to 18th ln-
elusive.
| The Montana Central road was COM
pleted to Butte Thursday. The driving
of the last spike was witnessed Ly Prcsi-
dent Broadwater and the other company
officials and several prominent personagcs
| from the east, among whom were II. B..
Clafin Jr. and Jay Gould's son George.
J.J. Cooper, an engineer on the Mon
tana Central who was in charge OF the
construction train near Basin, dropped
dead on Friday of last week while on
duty in the locomotive cab. Heart dis
ease is supposed to be the cause. Cooper
was man 35 years of age and came re-
Gently from Oil City, Pennsylvania.
Sun River Sum- A Frcnchman by the
name of August Para was drowned while
crossing the North fork of Sun river last
Saturday. He lost his horses, harness
and wagon in the rapid stream. The
body oi the drowned man was recovered
Sunday some three miles below where the
accident occurred and was taken to Au-
gusta for intcrment.
On Wednesday Henry Waggoner, an
employe at the works at Anaconda, was
caught 10y belt and carried to the pull
ley, where he was crushed SO badly that
lie died shortly after being removed. A
coroner's jury rendered verdict Of acci-
dental death through carelessness and ex-
oaeratea tho company ~neoensed leaves
wife and three children, who reside at
Red Jacket, Michigan.
Monday evening while A. E. Rich,
wealthy stockman of West Union, Iowa,
was looking after a carload of imported
stock IN the yards in Missoula he became
bewildered in the confusion around him
and stepping upon wrong track was
run over by the cars and terribly mutt
lated, dying from the effects of his inju-
ries the following day. Deceased was 55
years of age and leaves wife and two
children.
In shot gun tournament at Missoula
last week r. A. Eddy of that city and A.
J. Fisk of Helena tied with the highest
score. The contest was for Hight s Fair
fields champion medal for trap shooting.
In the shoot off of the tie Eddy was VIC
torious, making score of 38 birds out of
possible so to Fisk SO. Frank Conley,
one of Deer Lodges crack shots, has chal-
within thirty days.
A Fort Shaw special says: A man
from the South Fork of Sun river brings
news of horrible and fiendish rape COM
mittcd on the night of the 4th inst. by
Mike Turevllle, popularly known as
"Frenchie," on the 7-year-old daughter
of William Converse. "Frenchle" has
skipped the country, but large party of
indignant citlzent are on his trail and he
will surely be lynched if ovcrtaken The
COAuAlIOu VI llC OiIlAu 10 uuhuONu Ii HCIC.
Major Baldwin, the agent of the Pie
gans, writes to the editor of the Benton
Press that there must be some mistake
about the reported killing of three of that
tribe by band of Crows for attempting
to steal horses from them, or else the In
dians slain were Piegans from the North
west territory, as not one Of the young
bucks or warriors has been absent from
the agency this summer. The head chief
of the Piegan tribe also makes the same
statement.
Smallpox has made its appearance IN
Deer Lodge and one death has occurred
from the disease, the victim being Lucien
Voolfolk. His sister had a slight attack
of the disease first, but recovered De-
ceased was brother of Mrs. S. E. LARA
bic and was young man about 25 years
old. He leaves mother and three sis
tcrs, one of whom is the vocal teacher at
the college of Montana. Two more cases
of the disease are now reported. One lsa
child of Mrs. 5. E. Larabie and the other
is Mrs. H. r. WhitehilI, wife of the attor-
ney. Every prccaution will he taken to
prevent the further spread Of the disease.
A Bold Break for Liberty.
One of the most daring Jail deliveries
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