The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-04-24

Sun river last week and took him to Miles
City for trial. He is charged with steal
ing a horse from Brandenbure & Var
Gasken, stockgrowers on Tongue rlver, fol
whom he formerly worked.
The suit for damages by the Montana
Copper company against the Liquidator
Mining company, for $5oo,ooo, has been
settled by the sale of the Liquidator mine
to the Montana Copper company for $50.-
600, and the consideration that all claims
for damages be withdrawn.
John Riley, laborer employed in the
Star of the East mine at Butte, while be-
ing lowered in the shaft on Friday of last
week by means of windlass, was precip-
itated to the bottom by the breaking OF
the rope. He fell distance Of seventy
five feet and was killed almost instantly.
Gazette: L. Quivey, deputy U. S. mar
shal, has been in this neighborhood for
some days, looking up cases of cutting
wood on the Grow reservation. AS re-
suit he has seized about 175 cords of
wood, of which about 100 cords had been
bought by Chas. Crosse from Al Gay, who
cut it on the reservation.
Articles of incorporation of the Mann
moth Gold and Silver Mining company
have been filed in the office of the terri
torial secretary. The company is COM
posed of E. F. Ferris, E. NJ. Ferris and
NJ. B. Whitney, all of Bozeman. Ith
a capital of $1,125,OOO and is organized
to work mines near Huston. Idaho.
A fire at Dillon on Wednesday of last
week destroyed the harness shop and stock
of I. H. Hatfield and the skating rink, a
building 5Ox15O feet. The fire originated
by the building of fire in sheet-iron
stove IN the harness shop, which was left
alone while the proprietor went to his
breakfast. Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
Missoula Times: Mr.. j. NJ. Armstrong,
chief of the dining car and superinten
dent of the hotel here, is now repairing
the steamer Henry Willard on Lake Pen
d'Oreille for excursions now being adver-
tised east. We look for large delega-
ton of pleasure seekers by the 4th of
July. Small boats and cottages are being
built.
The following Aberdeen, Dak., dispatch
evidently refers to former proprietor of
hurdy -gurdy houses in Yellowstone val
ley towns few years ago: ''During a
street row about midnight last night Mel
Powers, proprietor of house of ill fame,
was severely cut in the throat by ]. South
wick, citizen whom he attacked. The
blow was hard one and nearly severed
the jugular vein.
Proposals to furnish fresh beef at the
different military posts in Montana and
Dakota from July 1, 1886, to July 1, 1887,
are advertised for. The bids will he open
ed at the different posts on Wednesday
next. The amount to he bid for the posts
in Montana are as follows: Assinnaboine,
100000 pounds; Ellis, $4,000; Keogh
144,OOO; Maginnis, 10000. Missoula
$1,000; Shaw, 900; Camp Poplar Riv-
er, $4,000 pounds; a total amount Of 637,
900 pounds. Blanks for proposals can be
obtained of the A. A. c. S. at any post.
A young man giving the name of Mills
and claiming to he cowboy from Mon.
tana, complained to the chief of police at
San Francisco recently that he had beer
robbed. Upon arriving in the city he
formed the acquaintance of confidence
man, who, after taking him around, in
duced him to play game of poker in 8
saloon for the drinks. Several others join
ed the game, and the cowboy was per
suaded to lend his new friend 800 to bel
on jack full. Four sevens won the mon
ey. Mills sought to have confidence op
orators arrested.
A correspondent of the Sun River Ris
ing Sun, writing from the Blackfeet agen
cy, says: Quite number of Piegans art
locating and building on the choice place.
around on the different creeks, and
think they have an idea their land will bt
gwen them in scveralty before long. L
the government would do this and furnish
seed and implements and instructions ii
farming for two or three years, there
would be no more use for an agency fo1
the Piegans after few years. It IS NJ
use to say they will not work. know
that they will, and the great trouble nov
is the agent cannot furnish employment
for all such as ask for it.
Max Meyers and his partner have strucl
white metal in their mine near Sheridan
that puzzles the scientists, and which i
believed tO he very valuable. It carries
considerable gold in places but the latte
cannot be separated from the strange min
eral by the ordinary process of working
gold ores. The mineral when melted i
white as silver. but much harder.
takes about the same heat to melt it tina