Show BUTTE PIONEER DROPS DEAD head of the hennessee mercantile company falls dead in the street butte mont D J hennessy pres ident of the hennessy mercantile company a pioneer of mantana and the richest merchant in the dropped dead on the street at 8 clock monday morning of heart dis ease he was born at fredericktown Frederick town N B in 1854 A widow and three children survive mr air hennessy came to montana in 1879 and engaged in business in hel ena with E L bonner co a pio neer firm three years later he es a store in butte then a small camp this place was burned out in 1889 but out of the ruins grew the present store the largest between st paul and portland mr air Henneb sy was many times a millionaire |