The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-02-13
MONTANA NEWS.

been organized at Dillon.
The farmers about Park City have begur
} sowing their spring wheat.
The residence of Gotleib Kienzle al
Helena was burglarized on Sunday last
during the absence of the family.
Jas. Miller was arrested and fined al
Helena last Saturday for threatening tc
kill French woman of easy virtue.
Messrs. Huntley & Clark of the River
side stock farm are importing twenty head
of full-blooded Clydcsdale stations and
mares.
Mrs. A. A. Forbis, mother of Hon. J.
F. Forbls of Butte, received fall in that
city on Monday last, which resulted in
severe fracture of the left hip.
Clara L. Clinton, Butte fortune teller,
has brought suit against that city for $15,-
$50 damages for bodily injuries sustained
by fall occasioned by defective street
crossing.
s. M. Keeler, who was arrested at Butte
few weeks ago and taken to johnson
county, Wyoming, charged with forgery,
was tried few days ago for the offense
and acquitted.
A sheepherdcr, who had been in charge
of 1000 head of wethers on Sage creek.
wandered into Dillon on Friday last, suf-
fering from dementia. He was taken to
the Warm Springs asylum.
Articles of agreement have been signed
for a glove fight between Jerry Flowers
(colored) and Tom Manning, middle
weight champion of the Pacific coast, to
take place at Helena February Goth.
Billings Gazette: A petition is being
circulated for the pardon of William j..
Bennett now confined in the territorial
penitentiary on seven years sentence for
grand larceny. 1t is being extensively
signed.
The discharged soldier, McCarty, from
Fort Ass inniboine, who, some weeks ago,
while very drunk fell from and was run
over by the Helena and Benton coach,
which necessitated the amputation OF his
leg, died at Benton on the 9Th inst.
Missoula Times: Vernon Westbrook of
Ft. Missoula was arrested Monday on
charge of assaulting his mother-in-law.
He was examined before Justice Sloane
yesterday and discharged. His wife has
filed an application for divorce.
From Glendale comes the intelligence
that on Wednesday afternoon OF last week
Mr.. James Steers, an agent o. the Cali
fornia Mutual Accident Association, was
caught in a snowslide above Hecla and
killed. The body was recovered.
Helena Independent: The Northern
Pacific express company have shipped east
1928, 900 in bullion during the past week.
Granite Mountain, one week run, $50, 900.
Drum Lummon, cleanup for January,
$4,000. Boston & Montana, $4,000.
Review: The Anaconda company now
has twelve thousand cords of wood piled
up lust west of Anaconda, which they
have purchased from small contractors.
It is estimated that there Is now wood
enough in sight to run the smelter for two
years.
Parties at Twin Bridges are construct
ing steamboat to ply between the bridge
at Townsend and Great Falls, on the Mis-
souri, river. The boat is to be of 20 feet
beam, with capacity of Is tons, and will
draw only few inches of water after all
the machinery and tonnage are aboard.
A blue coat from Fort Keogh was ar
rested at Miles City last Saturday for
shooting into the house of Mrs. Samlin
with a rifle. Fortunately no one was hit,
but had he not been too drunk to reload
his gun further shooting might have re-
suited more seriously.
There were forty five steamboat arrivals
in Benton last season. The freight brought
up amounted to 17,33s,O0O pounds, or
5000 tons; passengers, lilo, including
SIG recruits. Down shipments were
100000 pounds or 94S tons, and SIX
boat loads of cattle and 272 passengers.
New Northwest: Leonard, the great
pedestal clog-dancer with the Wagner
company, is cousin of Warden McTague,
whom he had not seen since he wore his
first pantaloons. He is good boy, too
never tasted liquor in his life, and takes
care of his aged parents with his earnings.
A mining company with a capital Of
S., 100000 was Incorporated In Helena
last week. It will control thirty seven
gold and silver lodes at Red mountain,
sixteen miles from Helena. Some of the
principal moncyed men of Helena, st.
Paul and Minneapolis are among the in
corporators.
Virginia City Madisonlan: On Satur-
day last the machinery of the new reduc-
ton works of the New York s. Montana