The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-09-27
MONTANA NEWS.

| A force of $50 men is at work bal
lasting the road west of, Fort Keogh.'
Henry Cunningham has been arrest.
ed at Billings on the charge of horse
stealing in Custer county.
Montgomery & Ward will ship II
carloads of cattle from Billings with
in the next few days.
a. Leavi:t, on trial at the district
court of Meagher county for shooting
/ a man at Bark err. was acquitted.
H,iley. the mining centre of the
Wood river country. has been suffer
ing Of late from repeated Obstructive
| fires.
Three babies were born in Billings
the other day. The ladies of that
town were always distinguished fol
their enterprise.
A party of trappers were shipwreck.
ed on the Missouri river just above
the falls the other day and lost por-
tion of their cargo Of furs.
The road between White Sulphur
Springs and Benton by way of the min
ing district of Neihart, is complete
and in good condition for travel.
Court opened at Benton Oh Tuesday,
Judge Wade presiding. The civil
docket is a very long one and there
are besides many criminal cases.
Towers & GuJgell have already
driven 10000 head of cattle from Colo.
RADIO to range on Beaver creek. and
have another large herd on the trail.
The Glendive Times has seen twen-
ty.four carloads of bullion from
Oregon. The reporter was evidently
mixed on Oregon salmon and Montana
bullion.
1t is stated the Anaconda branch of
the Utah & Northern will be con-
structed from Stuart. It will probably
make a divergence at Anaconda and
be about eleven miles long.
Cross-sectloning OH the Billings and
Bull mountain road is progressing &C.
lively. The probability is that force
of 500 men will be at work on the
road within ten days.-Herald.
At Ravalli station, on Flathead res.
ervation, large party of President
Wizards guests left the cars and on
foot and on horseback made an excur-
sion to Mission range to see the beautl-
ful scenery.
Willard telegraphs Butte that the
failure eff himself ahd guests to visit
that city is due to an assumption of
authority by subordinate. The
Butte papers say the explanation is as
plain as mud.
Timber fires in Cottonwood pass,
west of the. main range, and in Colo
RADIO gnlch on the east side. have sent
vast columns of smoke into the
Prlck]y Pear basin. hiding from view
all surrounding landmarks.
Important International the Helena
Herald Office awaits Wm. S. Cooper,
who left New York many years, ago.
He was last seen in San Francisco IN
1875, and at the present time is sup
posed to be IN Montana or Wyoming.
There are 10000 pounds of mining
for the Helena Mining and
Reduction Works ut Wickes, now ly-
ng at the Utah & Northern depot,
Deer Lodge. No freight transfer has
,et been made between the two rail
Oad companies.
1t is said that pool to take 100, ,00Ol
hares of the Oregon Transportation
ompany has been formed. The pres,
mt unsettled and weak condition OF
he market is attributed to the syndi-
ate, who wish to secure the stock at
,wer figures.
The River Press leans from parties
n the Marias that quite number of
ersons are already Invading the res-
ryation with the view OF selecting
and that some Of them are
and propose staying by
leir ''claims. =
Jack Harris, who was arrested f0rI
looting George CASTOR. at Little Mis-.
'uri, is awaiting witnesses that he