The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-06-29
MONTANA NEWS.

MONTANA NEWS.
Forest fires have done considerable
damage in Jefferson county this week.
J. B. Trearthen has been appointed
deputy inspector of mines by Governor
White.
Frank Leinhardt, carpenter at Ana
conda, suicided Wednesday by shooting
himself through the brain.
ThaFesidence of Mrs Martha Noble
of Butte was burned Tuesday afternoon
Loss $500; insurance $3.50.
The frequency of burglaries in Helena
has induced the city to offer a reward OF
$500 for the capture of any burglar,
dead or alive
A postoffice has been established at
Clear Water, Deer Lodge county, seven
miles southwest of Sunset and fifteen
miles east OF Qrando,
Governor White has appointed Hon.
Decius S. Wade code commissioner. to
till the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton Of Judge Mcconnell.
Governor White has offered a reward
of $500 for the capture of Perry, the man
who murdered Mccoy at Silver Lake.
near Anaconda, on the 10th inst.
In the district court at Butte Tuesday
Judge peWolf sentenced Harry Roberts,
who murdered Crawford last month, to
be hanged on the 10th of August.
A match game of Ball was played at
Helena Sunday between the Helena and
Boulder teams and resulted in walk
away for the former by a score of % to 3.
Sheriff Moore of Deer Lodge county
has offered reward of 500 for informa-
tion as to the whereabouts of Perry, the
murderer of Mccoy, at Silver Lake on
the 10th.
The jury in the case of Fitzpatrick, On
trial at Butte for the murder of his part
ner, Healy, in quarrel over their settle
ment, failed to agree, and new trial
will be ordered.
Tuesday Willie Hogan and Edward
Bastian, aged 10 and II years respect
lively, got beyond their depth in an arti-
fetal lake, near the Parrot smelter at
Butte, and we're drowned.
VIM. Rice and Albert r. Allen. who
were arrested as accessories in the mur-
der of Mccoy, at Silver Lake, had their
preliminary examination in the probate
court at Deer Lodge Monday and were
discharged.
The magnificent new hotel at Anacon-
da, costing in the neighborhood. of $780,
600, will be opened July and christened
"Pride of Montana" Excursion trains
will be run from Helena and Butte to
accommodate invited guests
A triple collision of freight trains oc-
CURED near Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on
Wednesday morning, demolishing thirty
cars, and killing fifteen or twenty per
sons, mostly trainmen. Four unknown
tramps were among the killed.
Isaac NJ. Smally died at Butte on the
Goth, from the effects Of blood poison,
the result of a wound in the foot by a
pick while excavating for cellar. He
was As years of age, and former resi-
dent of Plymouth, O., where he has two
children living and to which place his
body was sent for interment.
An unknown man, presumably tramp,
who was stealing a ride on a train of the
Utah & Northern road, was run over and
killed near Feeley Station Sunday. In
travelled on brake beam from Pocatello,
trainmen. At Feeley his companions
again succeeded in swinging themselves
upon the brake beam, but the unfortu-
nate victim fell under the wheels. His
body was taken to Butte and buried.
Gazette: A man by the name of
Thompson, owner of a small band Of
sheep in the vicinity of Big Coulee, COM
mitted suicide in his tent on the range
some ten days ago. Thompson's remains
were found last Saturday in somewhat
decomposed condition and wound from
a Winchester rifle, which was found
lying by his side, told the story. The
supposition is that the mans mind was
somewhat deranged. His remains we're
found
Bitter Root Bugle: The forest fires in
the mountains are filling the air with
smoke and destroying much valuable
timber. A conflagratior opposite town
on the west side of the river last week
was about four miles long, covering an
area of many acres. Several cabins be
longing to claimants were destroyed.
The country is SO dry that the soil seems
to catch on fire. Fire in patches on the
mountain side indicate that it is the
work of human firebugs and they should
be looked after.
Governor Foraker was renominated
Wednesday by the republicans of Ohio
on the third ballot by the convention.
John J. Brown was nominated for state
fOu 10 IL
of the supreme court. The following
nominations were also made: ID. K.
Watson, attorney general; Jno. Hancock,
school commissioner; William Hahn, for
board Of public works; F. j. Dickman of
Cleveland, renominated for supreme
Judge; E. L. Lampson of Ashtabula
for lieutenant governor on the
first ballot.
Theodore A. F. Schmalse, the 13 year
old son of Jacob Schmalse of Miles City,
was drowned in the Yellowstone on the
21st. In company with other boys he
was preparing to spread seine, when
Eugene Turner, a colored lad, got into
the water beyond his depth and being
unable to swim, young Schmalse went
to his relief. Turner threw his arms
around Schmalse, preventing his swim
ming, and both went down together. |
James Clifford, another of the party,
drove horse and buggy into the water
and succeeded in rescuing Turner, but
body was not recovered until
life was extinct,
Miner: It is now announced that the
Montana Central is to be extended as far
as Anaconda. and that too during the
present season, and that the presence of
the Manitoba and Montana Central Of
ficials in this neighborhood during the
past few days has been for no other pur-
pose than to look over the ground. To
give color to the report Miner reporter
was informed by couple of well known
and prominent business men that sur
veyor had informed them that he would
begin at once to run line from this city
to Anaconda for the Montana Central,
which company would begin to build as
soon as route had been established.
Sunday night several Of the business
men Of Billings, becoming annoyed by
the number of tramps infesting the town,
begging and doing petty thieving, con-
cluded to put stop to it, and made
through ali the empty build
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