The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-06-12

Gently pronounced verdict of guilty
against cowboy charged with horse
stealing. The verdict did not happen to
suit party of the cowboys friends, who
thereupon came to his rescue and hanged
the jurymen. They very properly call
this hung jury up in Montana"
The Homestake Gold and Silver Min
ing and Milling company of Butte made
an assignment on Monday through its
president, R. NJ. Cobban, to Joseph A.
Hyde of that city. The amount of liza
bilities is not stated, but the assets consist
of bond on the Kittie j. O'Brien mine
and various tools and mining machinery.
Martin ARA, carnan employed in the
Parrot smelter at Butte, met with fatal
accident on Friday of last week, being
caught between the cars and the timbers.
His skull was crushed and death was al
most instantaneous. The unfortunate man
had been employed but short time by
the company and was stranger in the
camp.
Harding, who was arrested on the
charge of killing the driver and attempt
ing to rob the Glendale stage, had his ex-
animation at Dillon on Tuesday. He was
held for the action of the grand jury
without bail. The evidence clearly in
dicates his guilt and it is believed he will
be lynched when the sheriff relaxes his
vigil.
-Four furnaces of the Montana Copper
comppny of Butte were this week started
up under lease. The lessees have con-
tracted to run them upon high grade sill
yer ore mixed with proportion OF copper
ore, producing coppersilver matte
which will assay very high in silver. The
run will be somewhat experimental, as it
is intended to demonstrate the advantages
Of working the two ores together.
Surveyor-General Green has accepted
the following additional land survey bids
and issued contracts in accordance: G.
M. Stafford, Meagher county, $4,000; G.
T. Lamport, Billings, $1,000; Charles J.
Griffith, Fort Benton, $3.50. This COM
pletes the contracts for surveys in Montana
for the present year, the amount appro-
priated for that purpose-$2O, ,0o0-hav-
ing been expended
Jefferson County Sentinel: We learn
from reliable sources that the Baltimore
lode, belonging to Samuel Mackey, Esq,
situated in Boomerang gulch, about three
miles from the town of Boulder, has been
bonded by St. Louis parties Of large
means. Work on the mine is to be com
menced on the goth inst. and continued
without interruption thereafter. The ore
and Reduction Works.
New Northwest: Seeing the Jail door
open, and not knowing that Jailor Batter
ton was standing by ready to pump any
one full of lead who attempted to pass
without leave, Walton, the murderer of
Brakeman Edwards, sprang upon Jailor
Dickinson last Sunday morning as he
opened the cell door in the corridor,
hoping to down him and escape. Dick
inson was ON the alert, however, and
banged it to him under the ear with lock
tina: laid him out
Cowboy: AT no time since cattle were
first put into the Bad Lands has there
been such urgent need of rain as at pres
ent. The grass is not yet half grown and
the chances for any hay at all are remark
rbly slim. Grass has not only not grown
a particle in the last two weeks, but in
many places has begun to cure, thus put
ting stop to any future growth. There
is no Disgusting the fact that rain must
come soon and plentifully if we have even
half crop of grass.