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

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were no papers in his clothes by which he
, could be identified. Deceased appeared
) to be about 35 years of age, had on dark
, pants and a woolen shirt, but no coat OF
, vest.
A young man at Gregory induced an
eastern girl who had never seen him to
come west for the purpose of becoming
his wife. On arriving last week she
looked HIM over, boarded the train and
went home again. .e
| Gabriel Dumont, first lieutenant and
general utility man of Louis Riel in the
late Northwest rebellion, has abandoned
his ranch and is now en- route to St. Louis
where he will join in a"Wild West Show"
with Hon. VIM. F. Cody buffalo Billy
and others.
John Madden, an old resident of Butte,
a lawyer by profession and man of nat
ural ability, was found dead in his cabin
near that city Wednesday morning. He
was hard drinker, and the verdict of an
inquest held was that death was caused
by whiskey.
Erickson and Jensen, two Swedes, were
arrested near Butte on suspicion of being
implicated in the attempted robbery of
the Melrose stage and the killing of the
driver last week, but were released, it
having been proved that they were not
near the scene of the tragedy.
Sam Alexander walked out of an up
per door of the X bar livery stable at
Billings on Friday night of last week, and
received injuries which resulted in his
death the following day. The deceased
was one of the pioneers of the Yellow
stone valley and native of Missouri.
R. N. Hawkins, late postmaster at
Pony, was arraigned before U. S. Com
missioner Mcpherson at Bozeman last
Saturday, charged with negligence and
misappropriation of the sum of $500.
The prisoner waived an examination and
was conducted to Jail in default of $4,000
bail.
A desperate fight occurred between
two cowboys about ten miles south of
Miles City, Saturday. George Harcourt
struck Charles Bentley on the head with
the butt of his rifle, inficting terrible
wound, from which it is thought he can
not recover. Harcourt fled to the noun
tains, is fully armed and will resist cap
ture to the last
A fire at Butte on Saturday morning
last destroyed the livery stable of Parsons
& Remillard, blacksmith shop of O'Brien
& Bartteaux, harness shop of j. B. Gun
ther, and several cabins in the rear of the
burned buildings. w. w. Bennett, in
attempting to enter the burning stable
through the second story window, fell
from ladder and sustained serious in
juries. The property loss is $4,000;
insurance $4,000.
Stockgrowers' Journal: Jim Conley and
Dick Hicks went out on Box Elder early
in the week and arrested Billy Howell,
who is charged with stealing horses in
Wyoming. The officers ate a big dinner
with the cowboys and then playfully took
Howel's pistol out Of his belt and pre-
sented him with pair Of handouts. The
warrant for his arrest was sent here by |
Sheriff Canton, of Buffalo, Wyoming, and
there was no delay In serving it.
The Virginia City, New, Enterprise
says: The press, type and other material
of the old Austin Democrat, which has
been stored in Austin for the past two
years, or since the paper died, was for
warded the other day to j. E. Booth, Red
Bluff, Montana, who proposes starting a
daily paper there. Mr.. Booth is son of
John Booth, deceased, the former propri-
etor of the Reese River Reveille, and
brother of W. w. Booth, who used to run
the Democrat.
On Friday of last week a body was
discovered floating in lake on Snow
Shoe Covering, Deer Lodge county, and
upon examination it was found to be that
of Michael Day. On the 25th of April
Day had gambled at Blackfoot, his home,
and had lost his all. That day he was
missing and subsequent events showed
that he had committed suicide. He had
tied a rope to his body and thrown him
self into the lake. To make discovery
less probable he had also drowned his
dog.
A government surveying party from
Atlanta, Georgia, are en- route to Helena,
Montana. Among the party are H. T.
Nc Daniels, R. E. Wilson, Mr.. Grady, a
brother of Mr.. Henry Grady, editor-in-
chief of the Atlanta Constitution, Mr.. Nc
Bride and others. They are to survey a
very large tract of country and expect to
devote -four years to the work, with va
cation of thirty days for each year. The
starting point will be Garrison, point
fifty zone miles from Helena, and the work
mapped out for the summer extends to
Flathead lake.