The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-07-17
MONTANA NEWS.

AUNIANA NbWo.
DR.. Green, of Miles City, was lost for
two days in the bad lands.
A Miles City dispatch says the tenn
perture have been 10 to 100 degrees in
the shade.
Dustin s. Hough have commenced
work on their new slaughter house at
Miles City.
Over million pounds of wool have
been shipped from Miles City already
this season.
The output of the Montana company
drum Lummon) for the last month reach
ed $175,O0O.
The assets of Camp Bros, who failed at
Billings, amount to about $4,000 and the
liabilities $4,000.
The coroner's jury in the Toohy MUIR
der case at Miles City, acquitted Brown
on the ground of self defense.
A large quantity of wool is being
marketed at Fort Maginnis. The price
quoted for prime light is 20 cents.
Government contractors at Fort Assina-
bone are hustling hard to secure hay for
the stock at the post the coming winter
Twenty-eight hundred head of Texas
cattle, property of Mr.. Newman. were
driven from Texas to Miles City this sea-
son.
The Butte Miner exposed fraudulent
schemes practiced by a tea company
which gave away diamonds, watches, etc:
with its tea.
The Missouri valley mill at Townsend
owned by M. Shelley & Son, was des'
troyed by fire Sunday. Loss $31 900; in.
surance $4,000.
ia. Toohy, living on Tongue river
was shot and killed last Wednesday by
E. Brown, cowboy. The killing was the
result of an old feud.
Neutrality-suspicious. with genteel
lady, object matrimony. Address Geo
NJ. Sloan, Bozeman, Montana" appears IN
the Philadelphia Item.
The Missoulian, IN recent issue, makes
some severe comments on Judge Galbraitt
for the manner in which he adjourned the
district court at that place.
There has been fire at Sand Coulee
near Great Falls, which burned all day
Tuesday. Quite large area was burned
over but NO great damage was done.
The transfer from narrow to broad
guage of the Utah & Northern from Butte
to Garrison will be made on July 81, and
broad guage trains will run August 1.
The Northern Pacific east cattle tariff
for 1886 gives the following rates to st
Paul. Bismarck $55; Medora, $40; Mile!
City, $93; Billings, $117; Helena, $17o.
Thomas, Lewis and Edward Swift, the
men who stole the Parrot horse herd al
Butte several weeks ago have been cap
tured in Idaho and brought back te
Butte.
J. NJ. Yenable has been appointed
deputy internal revenue collector by
Collector Shields. The appointment i.
generally regarded in Butte as an excel
lent one.
The Flathead Indians are on the game
trail near the Cumberlanp mine, on the
Big Blackfoot, killing deer and thei1
young for their hides alone the does being
too thin to eat.
On Monday George Cassell, Texa:
cowboy, aged % years, was drowned
while assisting to cross heard of cattle
in the Yellowstone near Fort Keogh
George Clark, foreman, was nearly
drowned at the same time.
Camp Bros, hardware merchants OF
Billings, has failed-failed because they
were carrying on too extensive busl
ness for the capital they had command of
and because their business was too exten
sive for the town of Billings.
Passenger train No. 2 ran into the real
Of freight train at the water tank wes
of Gallatin On Saturday, fatally injurine
Frank Fish from the effects of which he
died on Monday, and dong injury to the
rolling stock of the two trains.
Lee Sing, the Chinaman, who was sho
on Sunday by Sam Wah, a fellow coun
tryman at Townsend died on Wednesday
At the coroner's inquest no evidence was
was adduced to sustain criminal charge
and Sam was released from custody.
A raiding band of Piegans have run of
a large number of horses from the Crows
The latter are in hot pursuit, mpanieo
by detachment of soldiers from For
Custer. About two hundred Crow brave:
were at Myers station on Wednesday.
The Miles City base ball club has beer
organized with a capital stock of 1O(
shares at 81 per share. To add dignity
to this club, the Yellowstone Journal say'
"Manager Butler has signed VIM. Gleason
the expert catcher of the Glendive club
Miles City had day train last week
The city will probably have daylight
trains when the Northern Pacific changes
time. There is good authority for thu
statement that the company was prepar
ing Miles for change, so the suddenes
would not PROSTATE 1t.
A number of our exchanges publish
the item stating There will be a plgeol
shoot at the Territorial Fair at Helena by
the Butte, Bozeman, Deer Lodge and SUI
River clubs of crack shots on the wing
Betting is almost three to one on th'
Deer Lodge club. Its thorough organi
zation, long experience and the fact tha'
every member who misses one shot ir
thirty Is expelled at the next rcgula
meeting, is sufficient intimation to othe
clubs of what they will have to content
with.-New North West.
East-Bound Cattle Tariff.