The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-07
MONTANA NEWS.

NUN LAIN n N0WOs
; Butte claims a population of 5000;
Helena, 1000.
Knights of Pythias are to give a
grand ball at Benton on Thanksgiving
/ It's experience with the late John
Chinnick was not enough, and Miles
City is to have another variety show.
A large body of smelling ore has
been struck in the Homestake mine
at Crook City, assaying from 800 to
$4O0. This mine was well named
surely.
The Lexington, SO frequently spok-
en- of as the richest silver mine in
Montana, was purchasnd for 100000
francs by Il Paris company in 1881.
Thorough development has been made
to depth of 400 feet and it is estlma-
ted the ore bodies already uncovered
will supply the 50-stamp mill with an
abundance of orc for the next three
years. The monthly product of the
mill is $95 900.
In an able letter to the Pioneer
Press. Paris Gibson, of Benton, gives
an excellent description of the advan-
tages Of Montana as a sheep raising
country, and predicts that there will
be lO,000.0O0 sheep in Montana before
the enc of the present decade, and be.
fore the end of the century Montana's
annual mineral, cattle, sheep, horses.
agricultural and dairy products will
amount to $125. 100000.
A private letter receiver from Fort
AsSinnabOine last evening states that
the sentence in the case of Col. Ilges
went into effect day before yesterday,
and in consequence the colonel is now
a private citizen, no longer connected
with service that he has so long hon
ored.. The feeling of regret at the
post is universal over this event, and
Col. Ilges retires with the hearty well
wishes Of every officer and soldier in
his command River Press.
Mr.. Edward Hammel, who has Just
eturned from the winter round up on
The Teton, where is largely interested,
states that there are great many peo.
pie going into that section, almost
every available location being eagerly
seized upon. The cattle are very fat
md are in better condition than at this
line of any preceding season. At
he time of leaving there was four
nches of snow on the ground.-Butte
Miner.
We understand that the Major Lo-
'an syndicate have recently purchased
he Deckert & Hehli interests in the
quarter section of land lying adjacent
0 Judge Strevell's and the wilkins
ddition to Miles City and intend to
ay the same off into town lots to be
noWn as the Logan addition. The
composing this syndicate,
ve understand, have ample capital
nd intend to cut an arteslan well in
he center Of the tract for public pur-
Oses SO far rs their addition is con-
erned. journal.
The Judith roundup finished their
lean UP Of calves the last day of Oc-
Dber. All the cattle were driven
way from the mountains and down
oward the lower Judith, where the
think there will not be so
lnch danger from deep snow winter
lg them, and they will not drift
trough the Judith gap during the
ard wind and snow storms that pre-.
all sometimes for a week at time.
lie tendency Of cattle to travel with
ne wind during a heavy storm has
lused the stockmen much annoyance.
) they have found many head Of their
attle afterwards away over on the
obituaries OF the Musselshell, and
as caused much trouble and expense
, get their stock back to the Judith
lngc.-R River Press.
by direction of the city authorities
Sioux Falls, Dakota, the telephone
oles and wires on the principal streets
ere cut by policemen. An ordnance