The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-09-18
MONTANA NEWS.

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Shoshone Indians are reported to have
| killed 200 elk in the Big Horn mountains
this season simply for their hides.
The burnt out little smelter at Toston,
on the Missouri, is being rebuilt and will
recommence operations October 1.
Deer Lodge County commissioners
have decided that no fire tax shall be
levied this year in Anaconda and Philips
burg.
President Hill and Vice President Ken
nedy of the Manitoba railroad were ban
Quoted in Helena on Friday evening of
last week.
It is rumored that prominent demo-
Gratis of Benton have secured controlling
interest in the River Press and that that
journal will strongly support Delegate
To0le.
Patrick Gibbons, a barber of Anaconda,
committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon
by taking morphine. The act was the
outcome of long spree and difficulty
with the authorities.
j. K. Toole is stumping at Benton and
northern Montana He has convinced the
skeptical at Benton that he worked for
theirs and the interests of Montana while
in the national Legislature.
The railroad employees in Prickly Pear
canyon are in a continued fracas, and
more broken heads and bruised heads are
reported from there than for the whole of
the Northern Pacific construction three
years ago.
The Northern Pacific has relaid the
Mullan tunnel and approaches with &C.
pound steel rails, taking up the 24-pound
rails. This, with oak ties, insures greater
safety and better traction on the heavy
grades and curves.
Citizens of the Canadian northwest ter
ritory are cutting timber by the wholesale
and floating it down Belly river to Leth-
bridge for conversion into lumber, from
whence it is distributed to residents of the
northwest territory.
A Helena special of Wednesday says:
The fact has just leaked out that the
Northern Pacific and its allied lines will
build branch to Marysville, the great
camp of the celebrated Drum Lummon
mine, and have trains running within
forty days.
Billings Gazette: United States Com
missioner Walter Matheson has received
instructions from Robt B. Smith, United
States attorney for Montana, that all
United States cases from Yellowstone
county will hereafter be disposed of at
Bozeman instead of Miles City.
Miles City Democrat: E. r. Brown,
charged with the murder of ]. w. Toohey,
came in Sunday for the purpose of stand
ing his trial. The grand jury failed to
find an indictment against him quite to his
disappointment as he desired to have the
matter finally and forever settled by the
verdict of twelve citizens.
Chas. Chase was found dead near Ban
mock, on Saturday morning, having COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in the
head behind the right ear. Chase was a
brother of John Chase, who was shot by
their partner, Jas. L. Cochrane, about a
year ago. Debt is supposed to be the
cause for the suicide.
County Commissioner j. V. Stafford, Of
Meagher county, who has fine ranch at
Avalanche canyon on the Missouri river
valley, has a tlourishing young orchard of
over 100 trees and this year raised several
bushels of apples that cannot be surpass-
ed in any country. His ranch is in fa-
vored situation, but there are many more
in Montana quite as favorably situated,
and he is one more who has solved in the
affirmative, the question, can fruit be
ro;co1 IN Mnnfana2
A tragedy was enacted on Fred. Up
linger's ranch near Big Spring creek on
Thursday of last week. Adolph Baro
owed Thomas Leard some money. The
note was due some time ago and Leard
notified Baro, who went over to the form
er's place ostensibly to settle it. They
went to bed together that night and Baro
killed Leard. About 10 o'clock at night
Charlie Leard went up to the camp. Baro
came at him like crazy man, with a
knife which he kept plunging at Leard,
who warded off the blows. Leard then
pulled his revolver and shot his antago-
mist, and afterward found his brother in
bed in pool of blood.
Shot His Father Trying to Rescue Him.
Spokane Falls special Late Friday
evening F. Akin returned here from