The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-06-01
MONTANA NEWS.

A patent was issued Tuesday to How
ard Heacock of Montana for saw mill
feed works.
Judge Thomas G. Bach is to be mar
ried at St. Peters Church, Helena, on
Wednesday next, to Miss Kathryn Child,
of that city.
| LARA Finley, half breed, was arrest
ed at Sun River last week for murder
recently committed on the Flathead
reservation.
In the case Of Maggie Page accused Of
poisoning her husband, John Page, on
| trial at Butte, the jury returned YER
dict of not guilty.
The base ball game at Helena Sunday
between the Butte and Marysville teams
resulted in victory for the latter club
by score of to 2.
Charles Taylor has been appointed
postmaster at Great Falls to succeed
the present incumbent, the Office having
become presidential.
Engineer Dewar and party left Bill
lings on the 23d to survey line for the
proposed branch of the Northern Pacific
from that place to Benton.
| A man named Peterson was run over
and killed by the cars on the Bitter
Root Branch of the Northern Pacific,
Tuesday, at the station of Riverside.
H. r. Hammer, dry goods merchant
of Boulder, has made an assignment.
His assets are placed at $4,000, with lia-
bilities somewhat in excess of that
amount.
In saloon quarrel at Elkhorn Satur-
day John Anderson, Swede, was
stabbed in the breast by another Swede
named Benson, who was promptly ar
rested and jailed. Anderson's wound is
serious but not fatal.
David Collard who shot and killed
Chas. Campbell at Noxon last week, has
been held without bail to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury. The evidence
against him is strong, Notwithstanding
his story at the time of unintentional
killing.
e. w. Mcknight, who broke Jail at
Billings in company with Joe. Golding
in April lats, was recaptured in that city
on Monday. He was held on highway
robbery and will now answer to the adj
ditional charge of Jail breaking.
Troops of the First cavalry. stationed
at Fort Assinaboine, recently captured a
herd of twenty -one horses that had been
stolen by band of renegade Bloods,
supposedly in the southern part of the
territory Parties proving property can
recover the same by applying to the post
authorities.
Governor White on Monday issued
pardons to Lewis johnson and John
Wilkinson, confined in the territorial
penitentiary. The former was sent from
Lewis and Clarke county for forgery,
and the latter was serving a term of two
and one half years for larceny commit
ted in Silver Bow county.
Articles of incorporation for the
Eureka mining company, OF Mlssoula
county, were filed with the territorial
secretary Wednesday. Objects, to con
duct general mining, milling and smelt-
ing business. Incorporators: John F.
Delany, John Mcdonald. G. j. Stone
burg and Thomas c. Marshall. Capital
stock, s5OO,0OO in 81 shares.
! William Keefe was convicted of bur
elary in the district court at Butte Mon
dav and sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary. This is the case which
occurred in October, 1887, when the
; William Tell house in Butte was robbed
of a quantity of clothing. The defend
ant when caught attempted to escape b.
shooting several times at one OF his pur
suers. About year ago he PLEADED
guilty to the charge of shooting and was
sentenced to one year at Deer Lodge
which time he served.
, The Home Insurance company OF Hell
ena has filed its certificate of incorpora
, tion with the territorial auditor, and thu
same has been examined and approved
The incorporators are Louis Hershtield
, Samuel +. Hauser, A. C. Clark, E. w
knight. H. M. Parchen, John w. Thomp
son. j. B. Wilson, r. c. Wallace, L. H
Carter. A. j. Davidson, EbeneZer Sharpe
H. T. Galen, NJ. H. Keefe, Peter Larson
J. T. Murphy, w. A. Chessman, j. W
Kinsley. The capital stock is 100000
, divided into 1900 shares of S1OO each.
. A fire at Walkerville Saturday morn
, ing destroyed five frame buildings in thu
! business portion Of the town. The prin
l cipal losers arc: George Crawford, VIII,
! estimates his loss at about $1,000, will
t insurance of $1,000; Dan Coohey, los
. 81 500, no insurance.; Chinese restaurant
1 loss about LOCO, insured; Charles Blais
dell and John Cameron, $4,000, no insur
t ance; John Sweeney, $500, no insur
r ance. The fire is supposed to have beel
OF incendiary origin, as the building il