The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-06-16

Every day brings reports Of more cat
tie shipments from the east to Montana.
jerry Callahan was the section man who
had his leg injured on Thursday, and the
scene of the accident was near Big Tim
ber or Dornix.
The height of the great falls of the Mis-
souri, is ninety-fve feet from the surface
o. the water at the pitch to the surface OF
the river below.
The Mining and Scientific Press soon
proposes to issue an edition of that peri
odical devoted entirely to a description OF
the mining districts of Montana.
James Farnsworth, a young man of
Deer Lodge, was doctored to death few
days ago. He was taken sick and ply
sician called and prescribed, and the medi-
cine taken. Shortly after another doctor
came and exactly the same arrangement
was enacted. Both doses were morphine,
and the patient died.
The land sales of the Northern Pacific
land department in the eastern divisions OF
that road, including Minnesota, Dakota
and the Yellowstone valley in Montana,
for the month of May, amounted to 44,615
acres, for total of $174000. About
396, 900 were derived from the sale of
town lots during the same period in the
same division.
General Nelson A. Miles is one of the
contesting parties in will case soon to be
tried in the Boston courts. The will is
that of his uncle, Nelson Curtis, who left
to his brother, George Curtis, almost all Of
his estate, worth $1,500,000. General
Miles was cut OFF with $4,000, and the
widow of the tcstator under the will re.
ceives only $4,000.
On the 31st of May Frank Lincoln and
VIM. Vickers quarreled at place in the
Sinking Water country known as the
Frenchman's ranch. The disturbance
being caused by some difficulty resulting
from a difference of opinion regarding
some property. After Sighting for some
time, in which Vickers was worsted, the
latter went out and procured gun, with
which he shot and killed Lincoln. Wick.
ers left the country before the sheriff
could be communicated with, but it is
hoped that he will he arrested and brought
to Billings Herald.
We regret to chronicle the sad accident
which resulted in the death of Theodore
Switzler. This accident occurred about
fifteen miles from Storey's rancL in the
Lake Basin; while roping steer the horse,
which Mr. Switzler was riding, fell back
upon him, the pummel of the saddle
breaking in his breast, and the horse STEP
ping upon his head killed him instantly.
The deceased was we'll known in this
valley and eastern Montana, having been
brought up in Bozeman and having been
employed in the Yellowstone roundup
since 1874. Mr.. Switzler leaves wife,
the daughter of Geo. W. Reed, who owns
a farm within two miles of Billings, and
many friends to mourn his untimely death.
Billings Herald, 18th.
The Butte Miner says: The gap be-
tween the two ends of the Northern Pa
cific is now only about $50 miles, and if
trdcklaying proceeds at the same rate on
both ends the point of meeting will be at
or below New Chicago. Railroad men
state that the work for the temporary track
over the Mullan pass will be completed
by the time the tracklayers reach that
point, and the work from there to New
Chicago is not over such a country as to
cause delay, there being but few bridges
and no large ones. Tracklaying through
Hellgate canyon must necessarily be slow
The two ends of the road will then proba.
bly, meet somewhere about the mouth od
Bear. The following from the Missoulian
will give some idea Of the work through