The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-06-25

will probably be opened the latter part Of
the week.
The horse ridden by Parker Allison,
a Helena freighter, fell upon him and
broke his leg.
NJ. S. Halpin, ferryman across the
Missoula river, was precipitated off his
boat and drowned.
McCone s. Williamson have secured the
mail contract from Maginnis Mining dis
trict to junction City.
After the close of court at Bozeman,
Judge Wade will go east to spend a
month or two in visiting friends.
The smallpox cases in Butte are con-
fined to two persons. The reported new
cases were measles, so say the local papers.
The Drum Lummon Co., having Or
dered fifty stamp California mill for
their mine, the machinery will be trans
ferred from cars to wagons OF Deer Lodge.
VIM. Lawrence attempted to cut his
way out of the Deer Lodge Penitentiary
by removing brick from the top of his
cell with case knife But he was dis
covered.
Mary Jane Parsons, of Lake Park,
Becker county, Minnesota, wants informa-
ton of the whereabouts of her son, Ed
ward Parsons, who came to Montana
three years ago.
Owing to Uncle Sans boys in blue be-
ing detailed to fill Government contracts,
desertions are numerous at both Buford
and Poplar, there having been seven since
pay day, 18th inst.
Hank Brown, Benton cowboy, was
thrown and kicked by his horse, sustain
ing severe fracture of the hip The ac-
cident happened on the prairie, and he lay
without assistance nearly twentyfour
hours.
A. Beamer, superintendent of the Moore
Mining and Smelling Co. Of Colorado, is
to have charge of the reduction works
now being erected on the Collar mine in
Maiden At last accounts there were
twelve men at work in the mine, and the
shaft was down 175 feet.
Glendive urchins get in their work on
the unsophisticated tourists by going to
the trains and beguiling them into buy
ing coffee, pie and such. This is bad
enough, but there is far worse possi-
bility-th of deluding one or more of
these passengers into buying Glendive
whiskey. ...
Hans Hansen, a well-known stock
grower of the Musselshell, committed
suicide by cutting his throat few days
since He had long labored under the
strange delusion that his neighbors wanted
to get him into trouble, and to get him
into the penitentiary, and continually
haunted by this outcome of a disordered
fancy, he took his life.
The Butte Miner in its report of the
late stage robbery stated that John B.
Read, city editor of the Inter- mountain,
who was one of the passengers, gave up
81 so but saved $4,000 that was in an in
side pocket. Ye gods, what an insult. A
newspaper man and travelling with only
paltry $4,000 on his clothes.
The Independent says: The treasure
box of the robbed Boulder coach was
brought into Helena on last evenings
COACH The lock had been shot off, as.re-
ported by the passengers. A few letters
and papers in the box had been carefully
opened, and when found to contain moth
ing of value had been carefully returned
to the box. The robbers seem to have
been very considerate couple of fellows.
AS soon as the Northern Pacific is
turned over to the operating department
from Livingston west to Helena (which
will probably be done the 1st Of JULY
there will not only be shortening up of
time, but trains will also come in from
the east earlier in the evening and leave
later in the morning, the difference being
about two hours from the present time of
arrival and departure. 1t will be much
more convenient to the public. c.--Inde-
pendent.
Two Butteites just returned from a fish
ing excursion in the Big Hole country
tell of the fall of an aerolite or meteoric
stone, which buried itself in the earth
close to the cabin in which they were
The stone fell about 2 p. m.
and its appearance was accompanied by
terrific noise as Of thunder. 1t weighed
from 500 to 600 pounds, but according to
the story only went into the soil about
three feet. AS the story comes from
Butte, and has elements of improbability,
it may be taken cum grano sails.
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