The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-10-25
MONTANA NEWS.

MONTANA NEWS.
A new county road from White Sui
phur Springs is being located and will
be worked.
Thomas Harvie, a Helena city pris-
oner, has been sent to the insane
asylum.
By the accidental discharge of ashot
gun Michael Bowers. near rOl ton, had
one of his legs almost blown off. :
The body Of Il man supposed to
have been killed by horse thieves was
found on Box Elder creek near Fort
Assina boine on Sunday.
w. B. Nickles has sold out his inter-
est in the Helena printing firm of Geo.
E. Boos & Co. and his place has been
taken by S. H. Crounse.
No trace of the men who held up
the stage coach on the Jefferson and
Boulder road Il few days ago has yet
been obtained by the officers.
New North West: In response to a
request from Guard w. w. Walton,
Geo. w. Peek, the funny man of Mil
waukee. has presented the peniten-
tiary library with the five volumes Of
his hnmOr0ns works
A Portland telegram of the 18th
says: J. j. Hedges, the lawyer who
was convicted of forging the. name Of
a client to a certificate Of deposit. was
sentenced to-day to four years in the
the penitentiary. Hedges resided in
Helena last year.
Bismarck Tribune: Louis West
hanser returned from a trip north Of
the city yesterday and reports that
prairie fires have swept everything he
fore them from township 40 north,
east and west as far as the eye can
reach. Houses, barns and hay have
been burned and it is feared that many
have suffered heavy losses.
Bal Lands Cow Boy: The burning
coal mine in the butte east of Med0ra
is already dangerous rival to the fam
Gus burning mine southwest Of here.
In the night the flames light up the
whole butte, and it is Il sight well
worth seeing. After Il look at it one
is forced to admit that the description
of the Bad Lands s.Iuoking like HI
with the fire put out is rather inade-
qnate.
River Press: Parties who go to the
Little Rockies Or that portion Of the
country will do we'll to keep an eye on
their stock, rs hOrse-thieves are oper.
ating there on All rs extensive II scale,
apparently. as il the old gang along
the Missouri had never hepn cleaned
out. Numerous parties have recently
had their horses taken. and few
nights ago several head were stolen
within few miles of Fort Asslna-
hnine, and three from the post corral.
Another raid OF the vigilantrs. north
Of the Missouri. will he necessary if
this thing keeps up.
Near Montreal an express train colided
with a cattle train. The engineer and
fireman were killed. several passengers
badly iajured and $50 cattle killed
William H. Dempsey, Washington, D.
c., has been indicted by the U. s. Grand
Jury ON the charge of defraudny the
Navy Department. He was stationer, and
supplied most of the stationery used in
the different departments OF the capital.
His plan, as alleged, was to receive orders
from department and receive payment
for the goods without delivering them
Fra. Rayallf Monument Fund.
Subject to notice. the citizens Of
Bitter Root valley assembled at Ste
vensville, October l3. 1884 for The
purpose of taking steps to raise funds
to erect monument to the memory Of
the late departed Father RavlIl. r.
A. Wells was elected cllair.l,an; Henry