The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-07-06

Oregon sheep.
It is reported that Charlie Taylor, an
old Montana stnge driver, was shot and
killed last week in the Maginnis country.
Thompson, who stole portion of Leigh
ton s. Jordan's horse herd near Miles
City, was captured last week on the reser-
vation, above Poplar creek.
Jerry Caliaghan, who was sent from
Billings to the railway hospital at Brain
erd for injuries received by railway ac-
cident east Of here, died on Sunday.
Gallatin county poultry raisers are try
ing to out-lie each other through the col
umns of the Courier about whose hen
hatched the most chickens out of the few
est eggs.
A herder employed on the Newman
range, up Tongue river, was found drown
Ell last Friday near Piper Dams ranch,
twenty-five miles above Miles City. His
| name was Stelle.
Northern Pacific typographical survey
party number one, :lnier ". A. Logue, is
now working a few les south of Helena.
They have examined Ger $4,000 acres OF
land so far this spring.
A geological surveying party is now Or
ganiz1ng in the east, and will work during
the season in this portion of Montana. A
on of Senator Dawes will be member of
the party.
A new mail route was started yesterday
morning between Miles City and Sadie, a
post station about twenty eight miles up
the Yellowstone on the north shore. The
mail is conveyed in buckboards twice a
week
Two thieves boldly entered a Benton
residence last Thursday and, picking up a
lady's trunk carried it out and put it in a
covered wagon which was standing on tie
levee, where they proceeded to examine
their prize. They were interrupted in
their investigation by the sheriff, who
marched them to jail.
The intense heat this week SO expanded
the rails at the Mullan siding AID Black
foot switches that they could not be
worked with the levers and had to lt
driven over with sledges after bending
the rails, Not anticipating so great ex-
pansion they were not cut down in time.
North West.
Samuel O. Hughes, of Wakerville, was
making a call on some friends last Sun
day light. Upon leaving the house in
the darkness, lie walked off raised path
way few fe;t high, and his arms being
pa,a,yzed, he fell upon his head and fra
tured his skull, causing death. He was
an old California forty miner.
On Sunday afternoon, on the Butte race
course, a boy named Louis Van Dorm,
hostler, was thrown by a high spirited
horse, which he was riding, and the an
NAL came down with both fore feet on
the boys breast, crushing him to death.
He was half breed, seventee years old,
but owing to an accident Ia his youth, no
larger than boy of twelve.
Mrs. Marion J. Ellis of Boise City,
Idaho, wants information of her adopted
son, John f. Ellis. His fathers name
was Augusta Jessie. The boy is II years
old, small of his age, and has dark hazel
eyes, long eye lashes.. and brown hair. It
is to his pecuniary interest to make his
whereabouts known. Montana papers
please copy.
Harper's Bazaar has the following to say
of the. French cattle king of the Little
Miss ouri: The Marquis ue MOres, stn Oh
the Duke of Vollombrossa, who married a
daughter OF Louis Won Hoffman, who has
been in America some months, has sent Il
challenge to the editor of the London
Truth, owing to accusations involving the
honor of his grandfather, published in
that journal.
Two men, one of whom was steward o.
Weeksville railroad hospital, quaireled
over game of cards one day last week,
and fought. In the melee the steward
shot his opponent in the breast The
man, however, continued to-
and second shot was dischar red,
which took effect in the groin of the
stewarn. Both men are in the hospital in
in badly wounded condition.
The steamer Black Hills, Joe Todd in
made remarkably fast time On
its last trip to Benton. From the time it
left Bismarck until it returncd including
the time occupied in taking in all the
landings both ways and in unloading at
Benton, was but thirteen days and twenty
four III urs-loss than welveflays Of Ia ,tual
running tine. The steamer uses the cleo