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

The Bozeman officers are waging wa
on opium smokers.
| Bozeman has been advertising he
charms in the Pioneer Press at cost O
about $500.
A company has been organized in Ben
ton for the reduction of ores in the Barker
district, with capital of 100000.
OF 10000 immigrants who located
along the line of the Northern Pacific il
April, 1910 stopped in Minnesota, 4,67C
in Dakota, and 1893 in Montana.
The Bozemanites gre getting weary Of
having their streets turned into pasture
for COWS and ponies, and call upon the
town marshal to abate the nuisance.
It is all the rage among Bozeman
nymphs du pave to take morphine and
have doctor called in to save their lives.
Another instance is reported for last week.
Major Gregg, of Fort Ellis, has final
orders to to be in readiness to escort Gen.
Sherman and party on their trip to the
National Park. He expects to leave
about July 1st, to be gone two months.
While floating logs down Sour Dough
Creek man named McDavitt was fired
upon by an unknown person and three
buckshots lodged in his body, doing no
serious harm, however. Marion Flaharty
was arrested for the assault but released
as there was no evidence to hold him.
Paris Gibson, prominent sheep grow
er, estimates the number of sheep in the
territory at 100000, probably 100000 of
them being in Meagher and Choteau coun-
ties, and of these majority are high-bred
merinos. The yield of wool last year was
100000 pounds, but as it is only ten
years since the first sheep were driven into
Montana from California it is certain that
Mr.. Gibson is safe when he predicts that
it will be 5O,OOO,OOO pounds per annum
in ten years from now.
The death of Col. Geo. P. Buell. will
result in the promotion of Col. J. n. G..
Whistl er, Fifth InfanIy, 20 be Colonel of
the Fifteenth, Maj. M. A. Cochran,
Twelfth Infantry, to be Lieut.. COL of the
Fifth; Capt. William A. Penrose, Third
Infantry, to be Major of the Twelfth
F'irst-Lieut. William Mitchell, Third In
antry, now at Fort Ellis, to his long de-
erred captaincy; and Second Lieut. F.
v. Roe, also now at Fort Ellis, to First
Lieutenant
Last week young mechanic at work
N the Bedford bridge lost his footing and
Gil UdChWd ~ luIO UIlc SWO11cu WdICIS VI
he Missouri and was drowned. 1t is
aid the unfortunate man was good
WINNER and made resolute efforts to
tenn the flood, but weighted by woolen
lothes and heavy boots he sank beneath
ne waters and disappeared before boat
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ccounts the body had not been recov-
red.
A private at Fort Ellis proposed to a
Dung lady at the post last week and was
elected. He thereupon came to Boze-
Ian, filled up On benzine and repaired to
ort Ellis with the intention OF taking his
fe. He was discovered and his suicidal
ltent frustrated by the forcible surrender
loaded rifle and an improvised dag
er, made from bayonet. He was in
in the guard house and On
unday night made an attempt to hang
lmself with his elastic suspenders. 1t
7ident that he is altogether too anxious to
0 to the great beyond, and that he will
We many years to regret his temporary .
esire to die.-Chronicle
A Judith Basin correspondent of the
ccky Mountain Husbandman makes the
blowing reasonable forecast of the future
,pect OF the stock business in Montana:
will now make an assertion that will be
et with opposition so far as cattle men
e concerned. You will remember nv
lying that the judith Basin was suffici-
ltly stocked at present. By this l had