The Livingston enterprise., 1892-12-17
NJ ONTANA N EWS

Butte Miner, died at his home in Butte
on the 10th inst.
The Northern Pacific roundhouse at
Ellston, frame building of four engine
capacity, was destroyed by fire Sunday.
The dry house of J. A. Hedges mill at
Riverside, together with 500 worth of
dry lumber was destroyed by fire on
the Sth.
Moger a. Co, fruit dealers of Boze-
man. have been closed upon attachments
aggregating S1.7S5.45, in favor of J. E.
Oppenheimer of Butte and Herbert
Nicholson & Co., of Helena.
Thomas Brown, residing near Deer
Lodge, was found dead on the floor of
his cabin Tuesday with a bullet through
his temple. A coroner's jury found that
he had committed suicide while tenn
porarily insane.
The boiler of Montana Central loco
motive exploded Sunday near Shields, a
small station twenty miles from
Helena. The fireman and engineer
David Bell and Robert Kutzlet, were
both blown from the cab and severely
injured.
In the district court of Custer county
Saturday Judge Milburn sentenced
Charles A. Baker, alias John Conley,
the murderer of Sergeant Austin Nc
Donald, to be hanged at Miles City on
Wednesday, February l, next. An ap-
peal to the supreme court will be taken.
Colonel j. O. Harvey of the Monta ma
worlds fair commission, says concerning
the model for Montana's silver statue:
ut is true we considered the claims of
some % women, some Of whom were ac-
tresses. to pose as models. We have de-
cided unanimously on Ada Rehan and
she has accepted She is the only per-
son offered the position"
United States Marshal Furay arrest
ed Richard G. Forman, alias Norman, at
MlssL ula Monday, on a charge of com
plicity with Garrity in robbing the
of acting as fence for Garrity in dis
posing of valuable articles taken from
the mails. Forman fled from Butte up
on Garrity's arrest.
A Chicago dispatch of the 9th says
A man who said his name was Charles
Freeberg, stockman, his home at Fort
direct him to the Polk street depot to
night. She conducted him to ALL Har
mon court. enticed him inside and tool
his pocket book containing check fo
$500 and $40 in cash. Freeberg mott
fled the police, and they arrested tn,
Bryant woman. The money and checl
were, however, missing and she refuse
to account for them. The woman vii
,, be prosecuted.
The residence of Mrs. M. J. Allison a
Hamilton was burned Saturday. Som
= of the furniture was saved, but abou
3 $1,000 worth burned including valu
: able library and an outfit of assayer'
tools belonging to Frank Drinkenbure
+ The total loss is about $500, with n
insurance. Drinkenburg was injured
= while trying to save some of the valu
! ables and is now in serious condition
E A drunken carpenter, Dan Martin, wa
e the sole occupant of the building whe
the fire broke out, and is supposed t
. have kindled it,
+ At Butte Saturday Charles Guard
:. miner employed in the Silver Bow min
No. ?, Of the Butte & Boston company
fell 300 feet and was instantly killed
Needing nail, Guard wanted to eros
: the shaft to get one. He came out {
/ the drift to the station and signalle
!, the engineer to lower the cage. After
!, short delay it came down and the Gag
9 man inquired what was wanted, bu
d a Guard was not to be seen. A few hour
, afterwards his body was found in tn
i sump at the 7OO-foot level. 1t is SUI
= posed he had grown impatient waitin
I for the cage and had tried to jump acros
e the shaft.
o In 1873, in Lafayette, Ind, ma
= named William Fritz courted youn
!, girl, deserted her and fled to Chicago
Il He was arrested in Chicago, taken bac
;. to Indiana and forced to marry the gil
:, or go to Jail. He married her but 500
r deserted her and came to Butte. l
% 1884 Fritz married again in Butte an
it is believed he was never divorce
: from his first wife. Friz died at Butt
e recently worth $4,000, of which sl2,OC
!, is in cash. 1t is believed his first viii
n still lives in Indiana, and has a chill
It who was born shortly after he deserte
= her. The estate is now in the possess
d ion of MrsFritz No. who lives in Blu IT.
d 1t is reported that the Indiana woma
n claims that there has been no divoro
Al and that she is coming on to claim th