The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-03
MONTANA NEWS.

MONTANA NEWS.
Mark Burton Of Bozeman, died on Fri
day last.
w. r. Ford, of Meagher county, has
1900 sheep which yielded ten pounds OF
wool each this year.
John O'Connor was adjudged insaue
Monday. at Butte, and has been sent to
the Warm Springs asylum.
The steamer Helena, which left Benton
Saturday for down the river, took down
seventy five tons Of sheep pelts and wool.
The Tongue river has fallen so much
that the ferry has been taken down and
persons crossing to and from Fort KeogEl
ford the stream.
Sunday evening giant powder cap ex-
ploded in the hands Of a Butte boy named
LaRoche, mangling the hand SO badly that
it had to be amputated.
It is said that railroad lahorers near
rocky canyon, habitually kill trout by the
use of giant powder. They do not claim
to be ignorant of the penalty, but hope to
escape through the laxity Of the author
itics.
The Cheyenne Leader protests against
the annexation of the Park to Gallatin
county. for jnrisdictional purposes. and
sees design of this sort in the approach
ing visit of SenatorVest and Governor
Crosby.
A New York widow writes to the Bill
ings Herald, that she wants to come to
Montana, as she hears that the territory IS
sadly in need of the refined sex. Devine
has written for her to come right along
and he will find her location.
There was many one who stayed up
all of Thursday night in order to be in
| time to file upon the recently released
railroad lands in southern Montana before
anybody else. By ten o'clock in the
morning 22I filings had been made.
J.J. Walk passed through town Tues
day last with 1,4OO head of one and two
pear old cattle. They were purchased in
Oregon and will he driven to range on
the Yellowstone near Billings. The ami
mails had stood the drive we'll. being in re-
markable fine condition.-Chronicle
At the Col. Ilges court martial the
testimony on Saturday Of Hon. Martin
Maginnis, for the defense, showed that the
accused is the possessor of moneys held
subject to his draft in the United States
treasury. hence goes to establish the p6ent
made him, that Dawson, Smith &, Shelter
were to be secured by such moneys.
Fort Assinaboine, Montana's northwest
ern military post, is now most expeditions
ly reached from the east by way of the
Canadian Pacific railroad. From St. Paul
the trip can be made in about sixty hours.
Maple river, fifteen miles from Ft. Walsh,
is reached by rair in forty eight hours.
From the station to Assinabolne the dis
tance is only about eighty-fve miles,
which can be covered by relays in twelve
hours. 1t is not improbable that supplies
for the post will in future go by way of
the Canadian Pacific Heretofore the Ca
madam Northwest has received the bulk
Of its supplies by way Of Montana.
William Norris, who left this city five
or six weeks ago for Fort Calgary, return
ed yesterday and seems to be thoroughly
pleased that he is back on Uncle Sans
domain again. He informs us that CAL
gary is a city Of tents, where a.great many
people have collected with the view of
catching on to the railroad boom, but as
far as he could observe not many OF them
were successful SO far. The syndicate
and the Cochran ranch company own
everything in sight and nobody else l,aa
any show. A foot Of good ground caanot
be had, building maternal is out Of the
question, and it is q, uxime to cut hay
where thousands Of acres Of grags is un-
touched. In short, Mr.: Norris found tho
condition Of affairs such as to give him
thorough disgust with the country, snA he
can be counted upon to spend the rest Of
his days il the United States River Press.
The tcn-mile race At the Butte Pa
vilion Saturday night, between 6sha,ts
sid. Wight, wasswen hy the fofMers.