The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-10-05
MONTANA NEWS.

Several miners were seriously iniure,
; by premature explosion of blast a
the Sand Coulee coal mine Monday.
William Wakefield, of Butte, has be
gun suit against that city for damage.
, sustained by falling through an un
guarded sewer.
Rufus |. Eckerson of Montana. clerk
OF the third-class in the office of the sec
ond assistant postmaster general, has
been appointed assistant superintendent
OF the railway mail service.
j. Delong. delirious from fever at the
Hospital of the Sacred Heart. at Spo-
kane Falls, broke goblet, and with a
piece of glass deliberately cut his throat
lnf1icting frightful cash and severing
the lUgular vein. The flow of blood was
slight, but he died in a few minutes
from exhaustion.
In Sand Coulee Saturday afternoon
an accident occurred in the coal mine.
Two men put in charge of explosives,
and In withdrawing the tamping needle,
struck sulphur ball in the coal. caus-
ing the charge to explode. Four men
were injured. Alexander Bell loses an
eye, John Blum and Michael Gouhy
were severely hurt and a Finlander was
badly burned. This is the first serious
accident at the mines.
Two bars OF silver bullion were stolen
FROM the express Office at Phillipsbure
Friday night. They were valued at
$1,000 The agent was in his office about
IL p. NV at which time the bullion was
there. Several horses and saddles have
recently been stolen from in and around
Phillipsburg, and storm is brewing
that means violent punishment to the
offenders if caught, It was evidently
the same gang that secured the bullion.
Hfffgent search is being made so far
without results,
New Northwest: Two bars of silver
bullion, valued at $1,000, were stolen
from the express office at Philipsbnrg
Friday night. The agent closed up the
office at II p. M, at which time the bull
ION was intact Search was immedi
ately lnshgated for the thieves, but no
trace OF them could be discovered. Sew
eral horses and saddles have been stolen
lately, and an organized effort will be
made to run dowa the offenders in this
case, in the hope of administering sal
utary lesson to criminals in general.
On Saturday evening the mangled re-
mains of Oscar Nelson, aged L., and an
other boy about the same age were
found on the hillside near Elkhera, JEFF
ferson county, by miner The head of
the Nelsoh. boy Was blown to atoms,
any traces of it being found;
his arms and limbs were blown off. The
other boy was terribly shattered by the
force Of the explosive. About two hours
previous sharp report was heard in
the time, the people pres..ning it to be
blast or gHA44sh gHA44shot. It is supposed the
!oyeys found some giant powder left from
last Fourth of July's celebration and in
satno way caused it's premature explo-
sion.
Herald: The sad news is flashed from
Chicago Of The death at his home in
that city OF Colonel Wiley S. Scribner.
Colonel Scribner was formerly a resi-
dent OF Montana, coming to the terri
tory in 1866, and was n citizen Of Helena
uD to 1914, when he returned to Wiscon-
Sin and soon afterward located in Chi
cago. In the early days OF the Herald
Colonel Scrlbner was for time it's city
and associate editor, and afterward was
territorial secretary, serving in that ca
pacity four years, from 1868 to 1872, by
of President Grant. Here
in Montana he made an enyiable record
in private and public life and gained a
host OF friends. Wherever he lived and
formed acguasl4tances hls personal pop
utlarfty never waned. He was fluent
and always happy public speaker, and
in the city by the lake he quickly ac-
quired fame in political circles. He was
twice elected on the republican ticket
recorder of Cooke county, Ill, serving one
term of four years in that ca
pacity, with the first Year of his second
tenure compllat~d at the time he was
called away.