The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-07-03
MONTANA NEWS.


= MONTANA NEWS.
IS The Miles City Dressed Beef compan
commenced the work of slaughterin
n beeves on Monday last.
e The third annual meeting of the MOI
tana Wool Growers association will
n held at Fort Benton on July 9th and 10tl
The cricket match at Butte on Satul
day last, between the Gallstin and Butt
n clubs, resulted IN victory for the latte
: eleven.
Mike Gilmore was arrested last wee
at Butte on charge of stealing tw
a horses, and turned over to Beaverhea
!. county.
Dune. Mcdonald of Butte and Mix
Fitzgerald of Utah will fight on Monda
next at Salt Lake City for $3.50 side AM
purse.
The base ball clubs of Fort Keogf
Miles City and Glendive, will contest fol
purse of $1OO at Miles City on Mon
day next.
II Pat Devine, laborer, was killed las
Tuesday by the premature discharge of .
blast at Greene's tunnel, on the Montana
Central railway.
| A boy named John Dorsey was lost OF
the divide between O'Fallon creek ant
Powder river on the 23rd ult. and no trace
of him has been discovered.
The old Cornish system Of working tail
ings is now in operation at the Dexter mil
at Butte. 1t is an experiment, and great
hopes are entertained of its success.
A match game of base ball between the
Butte and Walkerville mines at Butte on
the 9th, resulted in victory for the
Walkerville club by score of 6 to3.
Andrew Schiff,nan, young German
living in the Bitter Root valley, about
forty miles from Missoula, was killed last
week by the accidental discharge of a
revolver which he was cleaning.
The five-year- old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Sohn H. Nelson, Lost Creek, set fire to
some sheds last week which consumed a
self-binder, several vehicles and other
farm implements. Loss, $1,000.
Chronicle: John Thompson informs US
that one day last week he saw millions of
Rocky Mountain grasshoppers in West
Gallatin canyon, moving towards the
Park. The air was filled with them.
Lieutenant Partello has been presented
with ''sllver bar" denoting three sue
cessive years qualification as sharp
shooter, the first trophy Of the kind ever
secured by a member of the Fort Keogh
garrison.
Rev. H. F. Bond of Boston is on tour
of the Indian reservations of this territory
with view to locating schools for the
practical education of the children. The
work is done in the interest of the Uni
tartan church.
Private G. A. Probst of Fort Keogh
will be discharged for disability with a
pension of $24 per month, on account of
the loss of hand, caused by the acci-
dental discharge of his gun while on
guard duty.
Henry r. Harbough, resident of the
Ruby valley, Madison county, while en-
gagged in placer mining on Tuesday of last
week, suffered sunstroke which resulted
in convulsive spasms, from the effects of
which he died the following day.
Capt. E. F. Page, under bonds for his
appearance at the next term of district
court in Silver Bow county for his partici-
patton in the gold brick swindle at Butte,
has left that city, and it is believed by
many that he has gone with the intention
of jumping his bond.
A feature of the Fourth of July cele-
bration at Butte will be balloon ascen-
sion by Prof. Elliott. Guy X. Piatt, local
editor of the Inter Mountain, has announ- |
ced his intention of accompanying the
professor in his aerial voyage, for the pur-
pose of writing up Montana from the
clouds.
Mineral Argus; The Spotted Horse
mill has been running on roasted ore for a
week past. A partial cleanup was made
Mr.. Meadow is confident that
the run will be successful. There is about
seventy five tons of ore ahead of the aras-
res which are reducing about five tons
per day.
Yellowstone Journal The Seventeenth
which has for number of years
oeen stationed in this department, has
oeen ordered to the department of Ari-
,ona. Major J. S. Casey, formerly with
he Fifth at Fort Keogh, is in command
If the Seventeenth, and will accompany
he regiment to its new station. l.
Madlsonian; Jos. Boucher deposited
his week 95 ounces of gold retort, valued
s17 per ounce. 1t was pounded out in a
land mortar from 18O pounds of rock
rom the Climax mine-the one from
which the great return mentioned in these
columns last week was made. This makes
AZ ounces of bullion from $50 pounds of
're-a rate of over $50, 900 per ton.
Great Falls Tribune: A natural bridge
lightly feet high has been discovered in
he Big Belt mountains by prospectors.
t is said to rival in grandeur and perfec-
ION of architecture the natural bridge of
Virginia. It will now be in order for
ambitious youths to commence carving [
heir claims to immortality upon the lofty
'iers Of this mountain phenomenon.
Independent: The Empire mine in the
darysville district is showing very fine
'ody of ore in the 100 foot level which
ssays as high as 5000 per ton in gold.
The company is likely to achieve highly
satisfactory results as soon as they get their
tamp mill at work. and the English
tockholders who own the property will
AVE abundant reason to congratulate