The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-08-24
MONTANA NEWS.

Lucinda Higgins has been appointed
postmistress at Rancher, Custer county,
and I. H. Spratt at York, Meagher
county.
The ear house and two ears OF the
Butte street railway company were des-
troyed by fire Sunday night The loss
is $1,000.
The civil service examination Of appii-
cants for railway mail service will be
held at Miles City and Helena on Sep
tember Sd,
Pat McCauley, on oiler in the North
ern Pacific yards at Missoula, was run
over by switch engine on the 18th and
instantly killed. McCauley was an Odd
Fellow and was buried by that order.
He leaves a wife and two children.
Governor White on Saturday pardon
ed Michael O'Rrien, who was serving a
sentence at Deer Lodge for manslaugh-
ter. O'Brien was sent to the peniten-
tiary from Deer Lodge in 1887 and his
term would have expired November 23
Fitzsimmons, the crazy soldier at Fort
Keogh who recently tore his eyes out,
has been taken to Washington under
guard of Steward Lambertson and four
men. He was chained and wore boxing
gloves to prevent further injury to him
self.
Harry Roberts, the man who shot and
killed Crawford at Butte last June and
who was sentenced to hang on the 10th,
was respited for one week by Governor
White. The respite was granted to give
the governor time to look more fully in
to the case.
Chronicles: The stage driver on Mon
day night brought in the news of Alex
Simpsons death , by his own hand at
Virginia City. Simpson is assessor of
Madison county and for the past month
has been drinking heavily and spending
large sums of money, which fact is
assumed to be the primary cause of his
death.
A car of the United States fish com
mission has arrived at Great Falls. in
charge of Conrad c. Lewis. Mr. Lewis
has about 5000 fish, which will be dis
tributed to Montana streams from Great
Falls. There are ring and sun perch,
cat, black bass and pickerel from two to
six inches long. Mr. Lewis headquar-
ters are at Quincy, ILL.,, but the fish
we're caught at Medosha, Ill, from the
Illinois river.
Dave Nagle, the deputy United States
marshal who shot Judge Terry at La
throp, California, was former resident
of Anaconda He lived there in 1885,
and was wood contractor. He is we'll
and favorably known, and was one of
the first men to start contracting wood
for delivery to the Anaconda company
on Mill creek. He sold out afterwards
to W. McCune and returned with his
family to California.
County Commissioner Lambert of
Jefferson county, about whose mysterl-
Gus disappearance for the past three
weeks there has been SO much comment,
including report that he had eloped
from his home at Placer, has been heard
from His letter is dated at Portland,
Oregon, and denies all the reports con-
cerning him, and says he will return at
once and visit condign punishment upon
the heads of the circulators Of the sto-
ries derogatory to his character.
Three buildings at South Butte, be-
longing to Gunderson Bros. of Meader
vile, were burned at 2:3O Saturday
morning. Loss, $1,000 on buildings; in
surance, s1,5OO. They were three one
story wooden buildings at the corner of
Front and Utah streets. They were oc-
cupied by Burns saloon, the Mohawk
restaurant and the Oyster Bay restaur
ant. The railroad company furnished
hose, and there was a good head OF
water, which prevented the destruction
of South Butte.
The body of an unknown man was
found in the river about four miles be-