The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-05-29
MONTANA NEWS.

A barn belonging to Mrs. Lawrence at
Helena was burned Monday night Loss
$3.50; no insurance.
Pitt Tateralt and Thomas Tege of Butte
were held up at Deer Lodge last week
and relieved of check for $4OO and $25
in money.
John w. Conway who was 50 severely
injured by the cave in the Bluebird mine
near Rocker last week has since died from
the effects of his wounds.
The wash house of All Lung, at Mead
erville, was blown to pieces on Sunday
night last by the use of dynamite. For
tunately for the Chinaman, he was absent
in Butte at the time No clue to the per-
petrators of the deed has been discovered.
Harry E. Aslelby waived examination
before U. S. Commissioner Walter Mathe-
son, at Billings, on the charge of illegal
II removing timber from the Crow reser-
walton. He was bound over in $500 to
appear before the U. 5. grand jury at
Miles.
Richard Welch, an inmate of the Sis
ters' hospital at Deer Lodge: committed
suicide by hanging, on Wednesday. He
was native of Ireland, about As years of
age, and had been at the hospital since
May, 1884. The cause assigned for the
rash act is his affliction- blindness.
Joseph Corby, one Of force of men
engaged in timbering the Mullen tunnel,
was killed on Monday night by being
struck with large rock that tell from
from the roof, loosened by blast that
had been exploded little before. He
was an Irishman, 38 years Of age and un-
married.
Gazette: Yesterday Vic. Smith found
about two miles west of Pompey's Pillar
the skeleton of man, and near the bones
were shoe and a pair of pants. The
corpse had evidently been flooded there
by high water year ago, and was lying
among the bushes. One more of the
many whose death is mystery.
Thomas Pullen, a wood hauler at
Thompson's Falls, met with an accident
last week which resulted in his death on
Sunday. While driving over the railroad
track with load of cord wood part of
the load fell off, throwing him under the
wheels of the wagon, the hind wheels
passing over his body causing internal in
iuries which resulted as above stated.
Fred H. Thompson, discharged cav
alryman, was arrested at Helena Monday
for forging final settlement papers of dis
charged soldier named Stohr, amounting
in all to 1885. He was arraigned be-
fore T. S. Commissioner Judge Alden,
and held in $4,000 bail to await the action
Of the next United States grand jury. In
default of bail he was committed to Jail.
River Press: John A. Quirk, Of Helena,
presented the city Of Fort Benton, through
its representative, Mayor Sullivan, with
beautiful black thorn cane, one of the
neatest ever cut on the Emerald Isle.
Mayor Sullivan is to wear it while he is
chief magistrate Of the city and then turn
it over to his successor in Office. It is
needless to say he prizes the stick highly.
Independent: Major T. H. Logan has
5000 Washington territory cattle at the
yards on their way to his range in Custer
county. They will all be branded here,
and will be followed by others of the
same shipment to the total number Of
about 5000. Major Long says he will
! brand them all himself, as he never allows
| anyone but himself to hold an iron on his
cattle.
A special grand jury was called or
Monday at Deer Lodge to inquire into the
killing Of Michael Dooley, at New Chica
90, and found an Indictment for murder ii
the first degree against James O'Brien
Campbell who was also in jail on the sus