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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1893
Page
3
The Dillon Examiner lists advertising rates with business locals priced at 0 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents per line for subsequent insertions. Rates for standing advertisements may be altered on application. Correspondence to editorial or business management should be addressed to the Dillon Examiner.
A jumble of items from Dell, Red Rock, Dillon, and Twin Bridges covers locals like Mortet, Mrs Alt Crawford, and Mayor Bite. Mentions of rail cars, dances, military drills, sheep ranches, and travel to Chicago, Ontario, and Medora populate the rounded, disjointed local column.
Early Monday a Horse Prairie man fled through Montana street in only undergarments after an alleged knife threat from a man at his cabin. Local clerks watched as Anderson Bros livery aided his retreat, later he described a confrontation with two butcher knives and a shaken night at the saloons.
The report details a perplexing death at a rowhouse with a dying message and a suspect strapger. Coroners and officers found a photograph and an address list on the victim, but no clear witness to the fatal event. The case remains unsolved as investigators pursue leads.
A 26 year old man shot himself with a revolver in what appears to be a suicide in Cedar Express vicinity. He had worked for John Flosiman since last July and left no known close relatives locally. A coroner’s inquest on Monday produced a verdict of suicide.
William Flynn, a noted local robber confined at Warm Springs asylum, escaped last week while unloading turkeys. He wandered to Poindexter’s and then to his brothers Teddy and Tom, showing signs of madness. Teddy urged confinement. Flynn fled but was later subdued and jailed in the county for safekeeping.
The Anaconda Statelard reports the death of James Austin an employee in a belting room accident at the Wilcox flour mill. A coroner jury found his death caused by his own carelessness amid a dangerous work environment and ongoing development work at the site.
Notice to creditors. The estate of unnamed individual requires claims for debts and medical costs. Deadline and filing details appear in the local office. The notice cites possible addresses and dates, urging timely submission to the administrator.
The piece lists leading Montana figures including Hon. Thomas B. Carter, Hon. Wri H Pe Witto, Hon. AL Botkin and many others who pledge articles on the referendum issue. It notes Boulder and Helena as centers for upcoming December through winter publication efforts featuring prominent citizens and church and civic leaders.
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