The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-05-20

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| rhe '.would be- great town of Car
roll. on the Missouri below Benton
has been entirely abandoned.
A brush fire at Belknap on Wednes
day last threatened the whole town
but did small damage except to tim
Der.
We hear that efforts are being made
to merge the proprietorship of the
Dillon Tribune in a stock company
with a view to its enlargement.
Last Friday evening w. Il. Norris
& Co. S confectionery stores and fac
tory in Helena was entered and rob.
bed of between $500 and $400 in
money.
Work is to be resumed on the Bill.
llngs artesian well. It is now down
875 feet, and the company that is
boring it intend to strike water or
China before stopping.
Only eight poles were used in the
construction of the telegraph line from
Belknap to Eagle, the wires being
strung on the trees all the rest of the
distance.
The dead cattle dumped from the
cars or dragged from the stockyards
at Miles City are beginning>to decom-
pose and to produce an unbearable
stencil in that vicinity.
The Marquis de Mores, Of Little
Missouri, has 100 head of young
horses in the n. z. r. r. Co. S cor
rails at Mingusville, breaking them for
the spring round d-up, which CON-
mences from that place May 25.
Hon. Paul Mccormick, ofsJunction
City, has been awarded the contract
for supplying Fort Custer with $685.
900 pounds of oats at S1.90 per 100
pounds; 10000 pounds of bran at 81 80
per 100 pounds; 5000 cords soft wood
at $4.90.
A new company has been formed
and called the Fort Shaw Live Stock
company, with capital of 800, 900.
The corporators are Heldt s Co., Cap
tains Snyder & Jones. Of the army,
and others, who have purchased the
herd and ranch of w. M. Wyatt.
Miles City Press: Sam Wilde, a
Billings attorney. is On trial before the
court now in session in Yellowstone
county, on the charge Of grand lar
ceny, and is also under $1,000 bail for
contempt of court, he having threat
ened to kill q witness who was testi-
flying against him in the case.
Missoulian: Several of the old en~
gineers and conductors running from
Missoula have received their walking
papers in the past ten days. We un-
derstand that some thirty five or forty
conductors have changed their post
Office address from Missoula in the
past three months.
Pioneer Press, 18th: Among the
number of callers at the Office of I'M
migration Agent Groat, of the North
ern Pacific. yesterday. were J. T. and
E. E. Foxwolth of Mississippi. They
left last night for North Dakota and
Eastern Montana in search of Il loca-
ton for several families from their
native state.
An Indian known as Spokane Jim
was killed by the cars near Horse
Plains last Tuesday. It is claimed by
the railroad Eaen that he was drunk
and was sleeping OH the track. The
Indians in the vicinity were somewhat
excited over the matter and inclined
to be unruly, and it is probable that if
they had known the train that did the
injury they would have created some
trouble.
MadiSonian: The miners of Alder
gulch are reveling in all abundance Of
water now. and the top dirt is going
off at a lively rate. The large amount
Of snow in the mountains promises a
good season for ground -sIuicing--
much better than has been bad for
several years past. The signs indi-
cate that there will be plenty Of bed
rock to clean up next fall. May it
pungle plenty.
AnotIaer Heavy Firm Of stock Men.