The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-07-11
MONTANA NEWS.
Hereafter the mail from the west will
be carried to Missoula by steam power.

Hereafter the mail from the west will
be carried to Missoula by steam power.
The residence occupied by DR.. January
in Butte vas burned last Sunday morning
with its contents. Total loss about $4,000
Tho visible supply Of gold in the
United States is said to be at the present
time little less than $300,00O,OOO, Of
which Montana has produced twc-thirds.
The body of Engineer A. P. Mitchell,
who was drowned at Missoula two weeks
ago, was found on bar five miles below
town last Wednesday, nine days after he
was drowned.
Salt Lake is to have the free letter car
rier system, and it is proposed to mount
the carrier on bicycles, to enable them to
surmount the magnificent distances which
characterize that city.
Phil Shenon has sold his Horse Prairie
ranch near Dillon, with the stock thereon,
to j. C. Breuner, of Philadelphia. The
purchase money will amount to about
$65.OOO or $4,000.
The court to try Lieut.. Col. 1lges, of
the 18th infantry will convene July II at
Fort Smelling, to try him on charges Of
numerous Implications Of his accounts for
his current monthly pay.
Dan Fitzgibbcns, the boxer and pugilist
was shot by bricklayer named Joyce
early on the Fourth of July, in Salt Lake,
the ball entering about six inches below
the naval. passing through the bladder.
Fitzgibbons died at a. M, the next day.
District Attorny w. Y. Pemberton dis
played unusual tact and energy in man
aging the affairs of the grand jury. Thir-
teen cases were investigated and disposed
of in less than three days, and the bust
ness moved like clock-work from the mo-
ment of the opening. AS long as the dis
trict remains democratic, Mr.. Pemberton
will do.-Missoula Times. 4th.
We learned last evening that Mr.. o. Fl.
Churchill, of Sun River. the largest indi-
vidual cattle owner in this section, had
sold his entire herd to the Montana Cattle
Company, who were also the purchasers
of the Downes & Allen band. We have
not learned the particulars Of the Churchill
sale, but know that it will take check for
something in the neighborhood of quar-
ter of million of dollars to settle the bill.
Benton River Press.
Last Friday a washout took place be-
tween Eddy and Thompson river, i'll Mis-
soula county, and section of bridge
dropped out. An engine containing fire.
! man and engineer ran into the break. The
fireman sprang off, but the engineer stay
ed with his engine, and went into the
river in water estimated from 90 to 80
feet deep He claims the engine rolled
over twice before he could get clear of it,
when he came to the surface for air and
swan ashore. The engine is still out Of
sight.
The Montana Mining Company has or
dered sixty-stamp mill for the Drum
Lummon mine. The mill is q California
model and was purchased in San Francisco.
The mill will be shipped via the Central
Pacific and Utah and. Northern railWs VS. to
Deer Lodge, where it will be loaded en-
wagons and transported to the mine at
Marysville: The machinery of the mill
is the finest made on this continent.
Messrs. Joslyn & Morse, of Deer Lodge,
have the contract for transporting the
machinery There will be over five hun
dred tons of it and the wagon freights will
amount to about $4,000.
On Saturday afternoon two storm clouds
met over Butte and deluged the city with
their down pouring torrents Of rain and
hail. Thc account says that in scarcely
more than minute after the storm burst
the ground was covered with hail to the
depth of three inches. The melting of
the hail with the simultaneous fall of rain
flooded the streams, and breaking down
through the gulches. which intersect the
townsite, did some dan age by carrying
out bridges and culverts and washing away
a few inferior buildings Oh the edges of the
gulches. A pile of valuable tailings at
the Lexington mill was also carried away.
It was the worst storm ever seen in Butte.
Speaking editorially of Helena, the
Butte Miner uses the following suggestive
language: "Helena, has what but very
few cities in the est>possess, and that is
a people who work together in harmony
for their mutual good and for the pre speri-
ty Of the city. They have been cemented
together by common suffering. They
have lost their all through repeated fires
and have learned to work together for
common end--the success Of all. They
have attained it. There is not one city in
thousand Of the size of Helena that
could have diverted the Northern Pacific