The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-09-07
MONTANl NEWS.


Monday. The main Edna mine W;
damaged to the extent of $1,000.
President Harrison on Monday r,
fused to grant a pardon in the case {
Thos. Sheldon of Montana, sentenced I
ten years in 1883 for mail robbery.
Davis i Co.'S livery stable at Butt
was destroyed by fire on the 29th an
thirty or forty head of horses crematet
The total loss is unknown. The builC
ing was insured for 5000.
A Montana stockman named Frankli
fell under the cars at Knapp Station
Wisconsin, on Monday and had his righ
leg crushed, necessitating amputatio
OF the limb below the knee.
The Silver Bank of Phillipsbur
closed It's doors Tuesday. The concerl
was about two years old. The liabilitie
are not yet known. The failure was
surprise to the community.
The following fourth class postmaster
IN Montana were appointed the pas
week: Glendive, Dawson county, Chas
Little; Lewistown, Fergus county, J. w
Gray; Race Track, Deer Lodge county
James Carson.
tuesday morning the warehouse ant
beer bottling works of H. L. Frank a
South Butte were destroyed by fire. Tht
fire is supposed to be of incendiary ori
GIN. The loss is placed at $1,000 with
insurance of $3.50.
James Morwell, section foreman a,
Sanders, q pumping station near For
sythe, was SO severely scalded by the ex
plosion of boiler that he died from the
effects of his injury after being taken tc
Billings on Sunday.
Albert Rrazier, who killed Harry Brown
on Sowden river in Custer county in
July last, and escaped to Canada on a
stolen horse, has been returned to Miles
City. Billy Cathey, an ex-cowboy, trailed
him from the scene of the murder and
effected his capture.
In fight between two Cinnamon en-
ployed IN restaurant at Helena, on the
25th ult., Tyang Sam On was cut IN the
neck by butchers cleaver, receiving
injuries from which he died on Satur-
day last. sed Sing, who inflicted the
fatal blow, has been placed under arrest
to await examination.
The Montana Pioneers association in
session at Helena last week closed its
annual meeting Saturday night by a
banquet at the Broadwater hotel. Old
timers rallied around the festive board,
telling tales of early hardships and re
newing memories of pioneer days, About
100 sat down to the banquet.
Governor White Monday made the
following appointments: A. E. Veazie
as captain of cavalry in the national
guard of Montana; VIM. Zastrow, of
Helena, first Lietenant Of cavalry, and
Simon Hauswirth. Of Butte, as sec
ond lieutenant of infantry. Secretary
Walker was instructed to issue com
missions to the new officers,
Fires in the vicinity of Phillipsbury
have done immense damage to timber
and destroyed the camp of Black Pine.
Black Pine is the seat of operations of
the Combination Mining and Milling
company. There was a ten stamp mill
with f'rue concentrators, assay offices,
bunk houses and other buildings, beside
a collection of miners log cabins, about
twenty in number.
Eldredge Fox, the watchman at
Laurel, was shot on Monday last and
died Sunday noon from the wound
Healy, his assailant, was supposed to
have shot him accidently. but arrested
while nursing him, and an examination
is now pending in the probate court
which points to his being committed
for murder. An autopsy this afternoon
revealed a hole through the scull on the
right side, the undoubted result of the
bullet entering the brain.
Hector Demers was killed at Arlee at
ll:3Q Saturday night. He was standing
on the steps of one freight, when an
other freight switched in on the same
track. A coupling pin broke. letting the
cars against the caboose on which De-
mers was standing with such force as to
crush his body into the end of the car,
requiring the aid of axes to release him.
He was taken out dead. The coroner's
jury did not censure the company. The
night was very dark and it was impossi-
BILE for Demers to see the approaching
cars in time. Demers leaves wife and
three children.
The prohibitionists of Montana met in
convention at Good Templars' hall in
Helena, at 9:3O a. m. August 80, 1889.
Owing to the lack of time to complete a
thorough organization of the territory,
it was decided not to place state ticket
in the field this fall A state central
committee was elected also state ex-
ecutive committee consisting of M. j.
Hall as chairman, and E. M. Gardner of
Bozeman and w. F. Cummins of Helena.
County tickets will be placed in the
field wherever practicable. The plat
form of the national prohibition party
was endorsed.
Herald: The first mica mining com
pany ever formed in Montana was organ
lied Friday. Articles OF incorporation
for the Montana Mica Mining company
were filed with the secretary of the ter
ritory, Mrs G. Pine, H. d. Glassner and
George M. Smedley as incorporators.
The capital stock is S1,OOO,0OO, divided
into 100000 shares at 81 par value. The
object of the company is to work, de-
velop and explore for mica, and to ship,
sell and manufacture the same into
merchantable articles. The principal
place of business shall be in Dillon, in
Beaverhead county.
The republicans of Yellowstone county
held their convention on Tuesday and
nominated the following ticket: A. L.
Babcock, senator; w. H. Norton, repre-
sentative; w. A. Boots, Lucius Nutting
and Charles Spear, commissioners. AT
ter twenty three ballots had been taken
John Ramsey was declared the choice of
the convention for sheriff by majority
of two John Tinker, clerk of the dis
trict court; Fred HI. Foster, clerk and
recorder; S. X. Deverill, assessor; l.,
Whitney, treasurer; Charles E. Barney,
public administrator; Mrs. Champion,
superintendent OF schools: DR.. r. Fl,
Rinehart, coroner; John A. L. Snyder,
surveyor.
James A. Murray of Butte has signi-
fed his intention to bring suit against
the Blue Bird Mining company of that
city for 100000. Murray is the owner
of the Little Darling and Darling claims,
which lie south and adjoining the Blue
Bird mine. He claims that for the past
two years the Blue Bird has been work
ing his ground and that the Little Oar
ling has been completely worked out.
The Blue Bird claims to have merely
followed it's own vein, which pitches out
at an angle OF 45 degrees, and to have
complied strictly with the law of the
apex. Competent judges believe that
the Blue Bird company has the best OF