The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-03-18
MONTANA NEWS.

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The Townsend and White Sulphur
Springs road is TO be constructed the
coming summer.
The democrats and republicans of
Helena have made their nominations
for the civic election to occur in few
days.
On and after the Goth inst. Gilmer
& Salisbury will operate their stage
line from Jefferson City to Virginia
City, Butte and Dillon.
A few days since two deer were
chased by hunters to Marent's S trestle.
One was afraid to cross and was killed,
but the other Ole crossed the trestle
safely and disappeared in the woods
beyond.
The stock growers of Dawson coun-
ty Will hold their annual meeting at
Glendive, on April 7th and 8th. which
will wind up with grand ball, to
which every stock man in eastern
Montana will he invited.
Advices have been. and are being
received from Kansas. which inti-
mate that there will be an immense
emigration from that state this sum-
mer to Oregon, Idaho, Montana and
especially to the Occur d 'Alene mines.
j. B. Pruden, who was arrested at
Miles City for horse stealing and ta-
ken to Deadwood for trial, and over
whom the Stoneville tragedy with its
three or four consequent deaths occur
red. has been acquitted Of the charge.
The country along the line of the
Big Elk and Big Timber stage line is
settling up rapidly. This line, though
established only Il short since. now
carries large mail to the people along
the route. The coaches make good
time and do good business.
Miles City Press: The matter is
kept very quiet, still it comes out that
Brady & Hubbell, who few days ago
took a big contract on the Northern
Pacific road, have taken contract for
eighty miles from Redwood Falls to
the jim river in Dakota, and this re-
wives the report that the Rock Island
is moving on to bismarck.
FL. D. Lyman, second assistant post
master general, advises Delegate Ma
ginnis that mail service from Boulder
valley to Elkhorn. from Sun river to
Chestnut, will be advertised to begin
July 1st, 1884. Also, that the post
Office at Shergold. when established,
will be embraced on the route (36. .150)
from Sun river to Chestnut.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with Secretary Tooker by the
Princeton Mining company of Silver
Bow county capital stock SIS, ,000 600;
Benton Townsite company-capital
stock 100000; College of Montana,
under the auspices of the Presbyterian
church. the trustees being James r.
Russell, e. J. Greenweld. D. J. Nc
MILAN. S. L. Hauser. John L. Forbis.
Tn Hungry Hollow, not far from
Virginia City, 15-year-old boy, Ellis
Wilson, bored a hole in refractory
billet of wood and plugged in some
powder with which to split it. Hav-
ing no fuse he touched it off with
lighted paper. The wood split and a
piece of it struck the boy in the face.
knocking out one of his eyes, one OF
his teeth. fracturing the jaw IN sey-
eral places and infiicting other injur-
les.
Husbandman: G. N. Hatch, one of
the best posted men on wool growing
in Montana. assured us in a recent IL
terview that there is no business in
Montana so profitable or more safe
than this if only small fiocks are kept.
From two to three thousand sheep can
be kept with safety, but most flock
masters make a mistake IN handling
too many. Flocks this winter have
generally wintered well, though the
recent storms have caused them to
shrink considerably. However. it is
believed that the loss will not be
greater than during the summer
months.