The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-03-03

has not been seen since. His descriptio
as given, is that of man fifty years ole
five and one-half feet high and goes b
the name of French Charley. Any infor
nation as to his whereabouts will b
thankfully received by Mr.. Barry. Ad
dress, Red Lodge.
The dispute between the city council
and the street car company, at Butte, re
lative to running steam motor insid
the city, has ended by the council grant
ing three months permission, and If tn
motor is found unobjectionable the per
nit will be extended indefinitely. Th'
company gives bond for $4,000 to in
demnify the city against loss by reason i"
actions for damage. The motor viii
commence regular trips between the cit,
and Meadervllle to-day.
Miner: It will be sad news to those
| who know him to learn that J. M. Car
roll, who has for some years represented
the James Walsh Mercantile company
liquor dealers of st. Jo., has gone crazy
He had been drinking considerable fol
some time and for the past month has
been at Helena where his condition at
tracted the attention of all. 1t was, how
ever, thought that he would brace up and
recover, until he developed mania fol
stealing coats and hats. 1t was finally
decided that he should be cared for and
he was sent to his home in charge of a
special officer.
Helena Herald The Hcrald's conjec-
ture that Judge Liddell, the newly ap-
pointed carpct-bag justice for the Monta-
ma supreme court, was scion of the
"Fighting Liddells' of Louisiana is con-
firmcd by further particulars Of the ap-
pointment. Judge Liddell is a son of
General Liddell, of Louisiana, who figur
ed so prominently in the feud with the
Jones family, the history of which has
often been written up in metropolitan
journals and furnished Mark Twain with
the material for his feudal chapters in
"Huckleberry Fin" The appointment
of Llddell will have a tendency to boom
"Royalty on the Mississippi'' IN Montana.
r. B. Smith, United States district at
torney, has commenced suit against W.
A. Clark, S. Ross Clark, S. A. Estes and
F. r. Mills, under the firm name of the
Big Hole Lumber company, and the I
P. railroad company, for the illegal
cutting of timber on the public domain
The complaint charges that defendants
invaded public lands in Beaverhead
county in 1886 and 1887 and cut there
from 10000 trees which were manufac-
tured into 10000 railroad ties. The ties
are valued at As cents each, or $42, 900,
and the plaintiff asks judgment against
the defendants in that amount.
Missoula Times: Forty-six Cinnamon,
camped on the Davis ranch, Bitter Root
railroad, were arrested Monday charged
with killing trout with giant powder.
They were brought in by Sheriff Heyfron
and lodged on the second floor Of the
court house, which was converted into a
temporary jail 1t is asserted that these
Cinnamon have been killing fish by the
wholesale, and the rod and gun club
have taken the matter in hand and pro-
pose to have the law enforced. Is is also
understood that they will stop the dump
ing of saw dust into the trout streams.
Probably there is no mill man in the
county so poor as to be unable to take
care of his saw dust, but if so the club
will give HIM the necessary assistance
The Choteau Calumet gives an aocoun
Of the death of John II. Short, sheer
herdcr who has been a resident of the
territory for ten years. On the morning
eff the 18th the deceased was found in an
exhausted condition on the prairie by two
herders, who took him to their cabin
gave him some coffee, and did all they
could for him. That afternoon he said
he felt better and left for his cabin, about
one mile distant The following Friday
he was found in his cabin, dead. From
indications in the cabin he evidently took
off his boots and went to bed Monday
night and got up in the night, or next
morning, to light the fire, when he fell
over and expired. Deceased was about
forty two years of age. His nativity is
unknown, but papers on his person woulc
indicate that he was from Sussex county,
Delaware.
An action has been commenced in tn;
United States district court by the North
ern Pacific against c. r. Greedy, A. n
Coleman and Eva H. Murray. Greeley il
a justice of the peace in Missoula county
Coleman brought suit in Greeley's cour
against the Northern Pacific for $65 ant
won. The company wanted to appeal t
the district court, but the justice refused
to accept the appeal bond because the af
! fidavit of sureties was made before no
tary public instead Of the clerk of tin