The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-06-09
MONTANA NEWS.

heV. b. r. OCuarr mas Deen appO1heC
superintendent of schools for Yellowstone
county, vice J. E. Hendry, resigned.
The Custer county commissioners art
kicking over a 81 300 bill for hardware
alleged to have been furnished by T. B
Burleigh for the Miles City poor house.
= The Hecla Consolidated Mining Com
pany of Glendale paid its monthly divi-
dend for May of $4,000, making $75,.
600 in dividends since the 1st of January
As an instance Of the commercial pros.
perity OF this territory, it may be men
toned that Bradstreet's has only recorded
one business failure in Montana since the
beginning OF the current year.
Three Butte miners left for the Wood
River district last Friday. The livery
stable keeper who hired them team to
visit Pipestone Springs has a lively inter
est in their future welfare.
Schoolhouses are to be built this sum-
mer in Livingston, Missoula, Dillon,
Miles City, Glendive, Jefferson City and
probably Helena and Billings. Montana
towns are not going to remain behind their
sisters of the east in the matter of educa-
tional facilities.
Three gentlemen have applied to Col.
Wheeler for the privilege Of going with
him, by river, to visit the Great Falls of
the Missouri, and to visit the magnificent
scenery through the canyons. If three
more apply the party will leave on Mon
day next. The boat is completed and is
o model craft
A prize fight ACQUIRED in the opera
house in Helena last Wednesday night
between a man named Mcdonald and
another called Rowell. The stakes were
$500 in cash and the championship of
Montana. One hundred and nineteen
:oun6 were fought, and Mcdonald won
every round in the contest.
Two or three evenings since, some
coundrel attempted to fire the town of
Helena CsiSziasass sspaper and kindlings
we're found in three different places
round buildings in the town! 1t is sup
'osed that the incendiary's object was to
aise fire and draw people from their
ouses, leaving them unprotected from
he incursions of robbers.
The Helena Herald says high water in
he Missouri having weakened the Bed
ord bridge, q force of men are at work |
dding to the protection of the structure |
y dumping rock about the base of the
lie bents. Rails and other material are |
a sufficient quantity west of the river to |
eep the construction force employed un-
/ trains are safe in crossing with more.
Upon the completion of the Northern |
'acifc to Helena and Butte, and the OPEN
,g of through travel from those places to
t. Paul, the first ticket between the !
cities and the Minnesota me-
'opolis will be sold to the highest bidder,
nd it is expected that Helena and Butte
ill contend nightly for the empty honor
possessing that bit Of pasteboard,
1ough it is as stated "being prepared in
ne highest style of art
The London Post of May 18th says:
We understand that an interesting attrac-
on at the Amsterdam exhibition is q val |
able collection of minerals from the prin-
ipal mines in Utah, Montana and Idaho,
1 charge of Mr.. A. Zeehandelaar. The |
value of from 800 to 400 mines
re represented, each mineral bearing the
ssay value in different metals. The col
ection is representative, among others, of
le Ontario, with total output upt date
$12,O0O,OO0; the Horn Silver mine,
rith 81, SOC, 900 dividends in six months
n Utah); the Lexington, paying regular
lonthly dividends Of $4,000; the Par-
It, with $4,000 monthly clearings, and
!, 900, 900 in sight, and other important
3ecimens from Montana and Idaho.
A Lively Circus.
CHICAGO, June There was quite q