The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-06-05
MONTANA NEWS.

Scarlet fever is again prevalent at Bill
lings.
The bullion shipment Of Butte last
week was $114,744.
Judge Hilger's new boat made trial
trip down the Missouri last week with
entire success.
John Longmaid, of Butte, is reported
to have made $S0,00 specializing in Drum
Lummon stock.
| The Indebtedness of Custer county was
reduced during the past year, ending
February 26th, $12,S23.12.
The discovery of an eight-foot vein of
coal on the Crow reservation, within nine
miles of Billings, is report4d.
Solomon Darveau had his hand so badly
injured in saw mill at Helena last week
that amputatlon was necessary.
B. F. Mahan will be nominated by the
president to be postmaster at Anaconda,
vice Samuel johnson, resigned.
NIB. Donley's jewelry store at Missoula
was burglarized on Monday night of a
large number of articles, valued at $500.
There will be an old-fashioned camp
meeting in the Bitter Root valley, begin
ming June 18th and holding over the fol-
lowing Sabbath. .-...-
White Sulphur Springs has issued bonds
to the amount of $14 900 which have been
sold at par, the money to be used in build
ing school house.
Dr. James Smith and Henry Seltzer
were drowned in the north branch of the
Clearwater river on Wednesday while en-
route to Lewiston, Idaho, on raft.
The store of Sam O'Connell, county
assessor and postmaster, on the Rosebud
river, was burglarized by Cheyenne In
dians on Friday night of last week.
The second shipment of young cattle
for Montana via Devils Lake reached that
place last Friday. One hundred Montana
cowboys were waiting for the drive.
Three opium joints were raidcd by the
police the first of the week in Butte. Six
Chinese inmates were captured and con-
victed and their opium outfits seized.
The Miles City water works and electric
company have decided to put in an elec-
trio light plant, and expect to have the
system IN operation within MONTH
The jury in the O'Brien case have rem
dered verdict of murder in the second
degree against the prisoner for the homi-
eide of Michael Dooley at New Chicago.
Harding who was arrested on suspicion
of being implicated in the stopping of the
Glendale coach and killing the driver,
will have an examination at Dillon to-day
The hod carriers of Helena went out on
a strike on Saturday last. They demanded
$3.50 per day instead Of $500, which
they were receiving, and the contractors
refused to concede to their terms.
Antoine Ludwig, who shot and killed
one Grussey last September, has been re-
leased on bail Of $4,000. His case was
tried at the last term of the Second Dis
trict court but the jury disagreed.
Sheriff Savage. of Custer county, on
Saturday last arrested Sam bod, wanted
for murder at Rocky Point. bod has
succeeded in eluding the officers since last
October, but has at last been safely jailed.
Fires in the Judith mountains did con-
siderable damage to timber in the Collar,
Cone Butte and Warm Spring gulches,
besides destroying large amount of cord
wood belonging to various parties in that
section.
Charles Rogers is wanted at Fort Ben
ton for forging two checks, one on G. L.
Roth for $21.75, and one on Howell Har-
ris for $25. He is described as smooth
faced fellow, with short hair and tough
expression.
In the district court at Deer Lodge
VIM. Walton pleaded guilty to murder in
the second degree for the killing of
Brakeman Edwards in July, 1884, and on
Thursday was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life.
Mr.. Ritchie, who keeps a grocery store
at Rocky Point, found a foater in the
river at that place on Thursday. The re
mains had evidently been in the water two