The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-03
MONTANA news.


Miles City yearns for Young
t Mems Christian Association. Great
Scot!
r Smith & Nugent have 300 head Of
horses ranging in the vicinity OF Miles
City.
Montana would not object to cast.
ing an electoral vote for Bayard and
). Hampton.
John S. Mills has assumed charge Of
the news department of the Butte In
er.Mountain.
The Helena Herald calls Hon. G.. G..
Cox, of Custer. an indicted horsethief
and accommodated, disreputable
scapegrace.
Montanians are letter writer's from
away back, the average number of let
ters a citizen of this territory mails
annually, being forty, as shown by
postoffice statistics. For New York
the number is forty -one, and Mime.
sofa, tWenty-one.
A half~breed in the employ of Joe
Laundre at Terry, was severely in
jured about the head few days ago.
He was running band of horses into
corrall. and the horse he was riding
ran into wire fence throwing his
rider, who thereby was severely hurt,
and since that time he has been lying
in an unconscious state.
Within the past few days letters of
incorporation have been filed in the
office of the territorial secretary by
the Summit Valley Railroad company.
The incorporators are P. A. Largey,
Jeotfrey Lavell, Alex. Tarbot, S. 3.
Rice and William McDermott. The
capital stock is placed at $50, 900. The
object of the new organization is to
build narrow guage road from the
Utah & Northern depot to Walker.
vile. The line will first be extended
to the Parrot smelter whence it will
run to the burg on the hill, with
branches to the Parrot, Gagnon and
other heavy ore producers. About
one-third of the grading has been al
ready finished, and the rails are now
en- route from the east. The trains OH
some Of the branches may be run by
horse power, but it is the intention OF
the company to ulti imately operate
by steam ii the grades are not too
heavy. In any event the enterprise is
a most useful one and will prove vast
ly beneficial to all the mines contigu-
ous to the projected new line.-Inter
Mountain.
On Saturday last the residence of J..
Hussey, situated ten miles from
White Sulphur Springs, and formerly
he property of Gen. A. j. Smith, was
entirely consumed. The flames were
irst discovered by Mrs. j. 0. Hussey
ssnlng from partition through
which passed fue. "A number of
nen employed on the place, we're at
timer in an adjoining building at the
ime, and the alarm was at once
'iven. So quickly did the fire spread,
however, that ali efforts to check it's
'rogress were unavailing. and in
hort time the building was entirely
destroyed. Only a dressing ease and
chamber set were saved. The
ouse had recently been refurnished.
nd the loss will amount to about ST.
90. No insurance. Mrs. J. @. Hus.
ey, who recently arrived in the ter
itory, lost nearly her entire ward.
ODE, besides considerable money
1erald.
Night before last a gentleman came
nto the Miner office and expressed his
esire to have an ad. inserted. With
nusual celebrity we grasped our plum
ago and proceeded to note. When
he gentleman informed us that he
Tas the possessor of the largest stocks
numerous kinds Of goods, in the
'orld; We were awed by his presence.
Vhen he stated that he had no desire
)r money. being generally the owner
untold wealth, we offered him
hair. When he remarked that he
ould draw on any bark in the world
'r any amount. but that owing to
leir all being closed and his being