The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-06
Wagon Wheels Grind Fred Smith
to Death.
SHERIDAN SMALL TALK
Bits of Interesting Gossip Concerning
the Doings of People in the Madi-
son County City-Per-
sonal Mention

| last Saturday afternoon whereby Fred
Smith. one of the teamsters employed
| in hauling the timbers from Twin
Bridges to the ground owned by the
Conrey Placer company, lost his life.
Mr. Smith was one of the three team
sters engaged in hauling the heavy
timbers to be used in the reconstruct
ton of the Mollie Gibson dredge, he
driving the rear team. When he passed
through town it was noticed that he
had been drinking more than was good
for him, but it was thought that he
could handle his team all right. When
he had reached point about two miles
from town, near the Filing & Co. pow
der house, the wagon ran over some
obstruction, throwing Smith Off and
both wheels on one side running over
his abdomen, crushing him to insensi
| bility. Within a short time Louis Ro-
mey of Virginia City passed by and
found the unfortunate man barely con-
| scious. Mr.. Smith was removed to town
and DR.. Miller was summoned to attend
his injuries. The doctor saw at a glance
that the hours of the injured man We're
numbered to a very short span and he
advised the summonlng of the injured
mans wife. This was done, but she ar
rived too late to see her husband alive
as. after suffering awful agony for
about four hours, he died a few min
| utes after Z o'clock that evening. J.
M. Smith, brother Of the deceased,
was summoned from Butte and he
promptly came over and looked after
the burial of the deceased, which event
occurred Tuesday afternoon the ser
vices being conducted by the Rev. r. p.
| Smith of the M. E. church. Mr.. Smith
had been resident of this section for
about four years and during that time
had followed the occupation of a team
| ster. About three years ago he was
! married to Butte lady and his wife
and two small children survive him,
they being in almost destitute circum-
stances. The deceased was about 80
years of age.
Sheriff Summers was in the Mayflow-
er country Saturday to serve some pa
pers in regard to litigation over some
mining claims of that section.
| There has been change in the editor
| ship and management of the Sheridan
Paper this week. Frank Conway re-
firing and Frank Linderman and George
M. High assuming charge of the sheet.
About the only change the new pro-
prietors intend to make is to come out
as an independent Sheet inste3d of a
democratic one as it has BEEN under
| the management of Mr.. Conway.
| Charles CHASER and Ed Wright have
secured the contract for the erection of
new frame buildings adjoining the
! Paper office which is being erected by
| the Odd Fellows lodge. Upon its COM
pletion it will be occupied as a barber
shop by Mayor Glen. Messrs. CHASER
and Wright began work on the building
| Wednesday morning.
Last week DR.. J. H. Miller moved into
the new building on Main street which
| he has built and fitted up as an office
| building. 1t has four rooms reception
room. an operating room and two prl-
| vate consultation rooms, making it one
of the neatest rooms of its class in the
| county.
| DR.. E. I. Fletcher, who last week
started for Boulder, was forced to re-
| turn to Sheridan without reaching his
| objective point on account of the depth
| of snow encountered on the range be-
tween Whitehall and Boulder.
| Tom Butler. at one time circulator for
the Anaconda Standard. came over from
Butte Saturday and after spending a
| few days in the county seat, visited
| Sheridan yesterday and to-day.
R. M. Funk. the liveryman from Vir-
| ginia City was in town Thursday on
| business visit.
| Mrs. Oscar Fenner, accompanied by
her aunt. Miss Lizzie Steffins, passed
through town Saturday en- route to the
Bridges, where they are visiting rela-
4! tives
T. j. Farrell, one of the principal
! horse growers of this county, passed
| through town Saturday on his way to
Dillon. where, after paying his daugh-
| ter, Miss Bessie, visit, he took up his
| journey to the East. where he goes to
look after market for the product Of
| his ranges.
The report comes from the Madison
valley from reliable sources that range
horses are dying like sheep. The
| ranges in that section are very poor
this year the grass crop having proved
failure last year. Consequently the
grass has all been eaten off and the
recent cold weather found the horses
poverty stricken and in no condition
to withstand the terrible blizzards that
have ragged up the valley of the Madi-
son. The same report says that cattle
and sheep. for whose protection feed
and shelter had been provided. are win
tering in good shape and the loss in
that class of stock will be reduced to
the minimum.
Steve Trendic and Arne Olson have
leased their mine, situated in Georgia
gulch, to some Butte parties. The new
leasers of the property intend to soon
install steam pump and will other
wise push it's development
Fifer. Mcdonald & Co. are running a
tunnel from the Ola Cslef smart, on the
Bullion mine. situated at Brandon, to
catch a shute of ore that had been
stopped down from the surface for dis
lance of about 20 feet. The ore is re-
ported to be of a high grade and good
strike is looked for in the near future.
Ed McGovern and Joe Bush, who are
leasing on the Atlanta mine, situated
near Browns gulch are taking out
shipment of ore of high grade and
have a good showing for another ship
ment ahead of them.
+ Marion Baker and Dennis Dullea have
out carload or two of ore from the st.
| Lawrence mine, in Browns gulch,
which they expect will pay them more
than wages for their winters work. A
shipment will be made within the next
| few weeks.
Tom Gibbons, Lou Moore and Ed
| Reed. who are leasing on the Filing &
| Mckay ground at Nobleville. have dis
| continued work for short time on ac-
| count of trouble with water. In the
near future they will resume work in a