The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-02

highest fence on earth?" has become an
ordinary thing on the streets. Usually
the person accosted has not yet seen
the fence, and walks three blocks up
Broadway from Main and regards the
huge structure in silent wonder. Right
next to it rises a building of three stories,
but the fence has kept pace with
the brick lodging house and ends on a
level with the roof. 1t is solidly put to-
gether of timber by inches, upon
which have been nailed "A heavy plank
ing. The base has been sunk several
feet into the earth, and altogether it has
a look about as substantial as the bat
tlement of Norman castle. 1t has in
fact the appearance of being put there
TO stay, and this turns out to be the in
tention of the builder Miss Greene.
The lady who has thus suddenly
stepped into fame is a familiar figure in
Butte for the reason that she is always
accompanied by two noble looking St
Bernard dogs that have taken many a
prize at bench shows. She was found
by reporter for the Miner at her resi-
dence the other evening, and asked to
explain the fence for the sake of the pub
! lies curiosity.
Miss Greene is a very quiet, determined
little woman, in whose veins flows the
blood of Gen. Nathaniel Greene and
to this circumstance Miss Greene, in a
measure, attributes the building of the
fence, for she says that she was a Greene
and has never yet seen the Greene who
would allow themselves to be trampled
upon. she spoke of annoyances which
she had endured for some years and be-
lieves that she has the right under the
law to protect herself. One reason for
her rather extraordinary method of de-
Tense is that Miss Greene is alone in the
| world, and depends upon herself for sup
! port. With the idea of deriving an in
! come from her property on Broadway,
| she has recently been engaged in enlarg-
| ing the residence to accommodate room
| ers, and the fence followed as natural
sequence, because she desired that her
| tenants should receive protection and
| Miss Greene is perfectly free to admit that
| she is not on the best of terms with her
next door neighbors, who are tenants of
! John Bordeaux
The Bordeaux premises are situated
upon the corner of Washington and
| Broadway, and are intended for use as
! mats. a large number of families occupy
| them, and three tiers of windows which
formerly had the fun vista afforded by
! Miss Greene'S rear yard are now closed
in by the fence, so that in order to see
| the sky one is forced to stick a head out
Of the window against the fence and
gaze upward through the small canyon
made by the wall of the house and the
| fence. The space is so limited that one
may easily step from the roof of the Bor-
deaux house to the top of the Greene
/ fence.
While the fence was in process Of
building, Mr.. Bordeaux was in Salt Lake
| City, but upon his return to Butte he
! heard of the fence and visited the place.
] AAlNNliStu at WHAT he terms an ODStruC~
ton, he invoked the majesty of the law
TO have it torn down, but the city au-
thorities have rather shrugged their
shoulders at the idea of trespassing up-
on private. property for such purpose,
for the fence, it may be explained
stands upon Miss Greene's ground
Miss Greene says that the difficulty be-
tween herself and Mr.. Bordeaux extends
back for some time, and although she
refused to state the nature of the trou-
bic, she was willing to make the state
ment that Mr.. Bordeaux had very much
decreased the value of her property by
| building two large lodging houses which
had completely closed in her own ground
Mr. Bordeaux had made her an offer Tor
! her property at a very reduced figure ar
ter he had built, but Miss Greene consid-
cred this in the light of adding insult to
injury.
1t is quite probable. in the light Of
/ these differences of opinion, that the
fence viii be carried into court. ana
other elements of trouble aired to the
satisfaction ofNoth parties, including los
of kitchen refuse which the neighbors saw
has found its way into Miss Greene's
yard