The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-12-21
MONTANA NEWS.

4 Butte has adopted the Gayaor system
Of fire alarm. The price paid IS $4,000.
| At Missoula, Philip, an Indian, was
convicted Of murder in the first degree in
the district court On Saturday.
{; .. Humphrey, an old timer at
Butte, while going to examine 4 mine
Sunday, became lost in dense foe. fell
into a railroad cut and was killed
In a seventeen-round contest between
Arthur simpkins and Dick Bur.erine 1t
Butte Friday night, the former won. The
fight was for $25 and gate receipts
Judge Hamilton OF Butte was held up
on the streets by two masked highway
men on the night Of the 18th and relieved
of $3.50. HIS gold watch, 500 in money
and his certificate OF election from the
state canvassng board we're not taken,
having been overlooked by the robbers.
4 report was received Saturday morn
ing at Fort naeinnis that the house Of Il
ranchman named Mckeon thirty-tive
miles from Rocky Point, in the Little
Rocky mountains, was accidentally blown
up by a keg Of powder Friday night, |
killing a little girl and seriously injuring
Mrs. Mckeon.
The commissioner Of the general land
office has recommended Capt i. A. Krie-
dler of Miles City for chief Of the pre-
cmption division Of the general land of
flee. Captain Kriedler was formerly chief
OF this division, and was afterwards a |
land officer at Miles City. Representative
Garter has been working in Captain
kricdler's behalf.
! A man by the name Of Van Valet sus-
tanned serious injuries about the face and |
shoulders by falling from 4 bridge On the
Coeur d'Alene branch Of tie Northern
Pacific railroad. He fell distance Of
fifteen feet and struck on a cross-cut saw
which was hanging from post Of the
bridge. HIS face was badly lacerated
and the wounds were very painful He
was taken to Mssoula for treatment
Fire broke out Saturday night in
small building IN the rear Of the opera
house at Butte, which was used as store
room by Mrs. Mary \. Butler The op-
era house was filled, Minnie Madlern's
company playing '.Featherbrain. The
audience stampeded on the alarm Of fire
but no one was hurt. The fire was speed
ily extinguished with a loss Of about
800.
Another prize fight took place at Cfys-
tai Springs, d suburb Of Butte, yesterday
morning. Tic contest was between Ward
and Gallagher and was brutal in the ex-
treme. One hundred and five rounds
We're fought ard both men terribly pun
ished. In the forty eighth round Gala
gher broke his arm but kept on fighting
and succeeded in knocking out his antag- {
onist. Ward was still unconscious last 8
evening from the effects of the knock out !
blow.
Glendive Independent: James Brown !
was arrested Gu the 11th inst. for killing
deer for speculative purposes, and had an ),
examination on the 18th before Justice
Ray. There being sufficient evidence, he
was held for his appearance at the next a
term OF the district court, giving bonds '
in the sum Of $500. This may prove
warning to others that the law against !,
pot hunting is not dead letter, but will >
be enforced.
The Denver News, upon the authority :
Of Thell's Detective agency, states that a
on the part Of certain Helena :
coal dealers and employees Of the North 2
ern Pacific has been uncarthed. by which y
the company has for a long time past a
been Systematically robbed Of coal by
the wholesale. Ed Rennell, former r.
switclman at Helena, now saloonkeeper s.
at Pueblo, Colorado, has been arrested and
many other arrests will follow Sensa- !,
tional Developments are promised :
Yellowstone Journal: John Darcy and
Pat Schaill called at the journal office
asst night and stated that they had made =
/ match for S400 for fight to a finish St
With two-ounce gloves between Mike
Iarrity and Mike O'Ncill, to take place tt
It the Rink on Saturday evening, Drcem- a
oer 21 Darcy backs Garrity and SchaiIl Il
n like manner befriends O'Neill. The
men are both employees Of the Northern :.
Pacific railroad and are com paratively :,
veil known here, having faced each other =
Ward has been agreed upon as referee. Al
Herald: The Herald is indebted to q
Jnited States Assayer Braden for copy
# the report Of die director of the mint te
or the year 1899. The gold and silver Il
deposits in the Helena assay office for W
he fiscal year was Sl,04a ,06084. The O,
deposits at the Helena office exceed all i
thers except that at New York The :.
'roduct Of the precious metals from the - ;"
mines of the United States during the :.
alendar year 1858 was estimated to have
een as follows: Gold, $33, 49, 900;
liver, commercial value. $43,020,00O; Va
liver, coinage value, $50, f95, 900, Of at
Fhich amount Montana produced ST. ST
90, 900 in silver and $4,000, 900 in gold y,
independent Yesterday the Rocky f.
fountain Telephone company made III
with Spokane Falls. and a !.
umber of Helena people availed them =
elves Of the opportunity to talk with the III
pokanites. The distance is about 400
lilies and the WIRE passes over two ranges IN
mountains. At this end of the line it in
as easy to distinguish every word, but bl
the other end there was some com tn
laint of not being able to hear distinctly. 90
'nder favorable circumstances audible q,
ounds have been transmitted from Bos- - =,
IN to New York, distance Of about 700 -
lilies. But from Spokane to Helena is u
ie longest recorded in the western an
0untry.
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