The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-16


Bush, the moving spirit of the Bear
Gulch Mining company, said on his re-
turn from the East that he had secured
the funds to go ahead and build smell
ter and the citizens here estimate the
loss to the county as amounting to sew
eral hundred thousand if the mines and
mills at Bear Gulch close permanently.
So many industries in Park county
have been tied up by litigation just at
the time when everything was auspl-
cious for their development that people
are tired of the constant strife in the
courts over valuable property. which
lies idle while the mills of the law grind
slowly. Daniel Sheahey of Butte is the
man who located the townsite of Jar
dine and is attempting to make his
claim to the property good. He says
he is an ex-chief of police of Butte and
has come prepared to hold his own and
considers his title to the Bear Gulch
property as good as anybody's.
Boom in Building.
Something of building boom is Wis
ible in the city of Livingston and
great deal of work is being done in
the way of fixing UP residence property
and arranging lawns and residence
surroundings to comport with the i'm
proved appearance the city will have
when the new sewer, now nearly fin
work outlined by the committees of the
city council is completed. e. F. Con-
farr, one of the prominent business men
of the place, is having his residence on
Third street supplied with a bay Win
dow, porch and other improvements.
Purdys South Second street residence
is being improved by the addition of
an annex, and the work on this struc-
ture is being rapidly pushed to compile
ton. The Van Horne residence at the
corner of Fifth and Clark streets is be-
ing thoroughly overhauled and repaired
and the front yard put in shape for
the cultivation of grass for a neat
lawn. A force Of men are at work on
fence around the residence of Horace
G. Bartlett of the First ward. City
water is being put in at this place as
well as several other places in the
ward, and neat lawns and gardens Will
be the result. The residence of N. But
Ter, already one of the neatest pieces
of residence property in the town, is
being improved by the addition of an
awning. The lots around the residence
of M. Morrison on Fifth street are be-
ing graded and fence constructed,
which will materially improve the ap-
pearance of the place. On the west side
Mayor John T. Smith has added a new
sidewalk to his lots on Geyser street,
and Miss Josie Duke, who owns lots
duJdCeHl, las Hdu ID neat VAIN ldlu III
front of her property. A lawn and neat
yard fence will be made on the prop
erty of Engineer Manzur on the west
side. The work of grading has already
been completed and two additional lots
have been purchased by Mr.. Manzur to
make a beautiful lawn on the place.
w. A. Kerns is doing nice work grading
and planting trees on his property at
Chinook and Main streets. The sound
of the hammer and the saw is seldom
silent in the city of Livingston nova
days, and this summer will witness
more work done along the line of i'm
provement than in all the past five
years of the city's life.
Painful Accident.
man named Martin Rivers was
brought to this city Friday from the
Grannis ranch north of town suffering
from a broken leg, and the injured man
has been domicied at the Park res
taurant until he RECEIVERS from his in
juries which are severe He was lead
ing a horse from the saddle of another
horse the day before he was brought
ill., and in attempting to dismount his
foot caught in the .heavN1J saddle stir
rup, and during the .miXup which fol-
lowed he was dragged and, kicked by
the saddle horse and his leg broken be-
low the knee His shoe had a heavy
half-sole and refused to be wrenched
loose from the s'tirrup without strug-
gle and it is a wonder the man was
not killed. Both bones of his leg were
broken and he was bruised up consider
ably besides. DR.. CogsWell was sum-
moned to attend the injured man, and
after reducing the fracture advised his
removal to this city, where he could
have more frequent medical attention.
A Hard Nut,
A man named A. III. Gray jumped
the town the latter part of last week
and left numerous mementoes of his
stay here in the way of bills unpaid
and promises broken. He had wife
and he worked at the trade of machln-
list for while, and then complained of
having the rheumatism and quit work.
After that his wife hustled for the fam
lily living and Gray lived on the hope
of something turning up. Something
did turn up finally. He told his tale
of woe to his wife's employer and laid
particular stress on an unpaid board
bill which he said worried him a great
DEAL and on the strength of this story
he negotiated a loan of. $50 and that
evening jumped the town. leaving his
wife well rid of him and his creditors
poorer by the loss of the various sums