The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-07-28
MONTANA NEWS.

have called a convention lor August 4ti
to nominate candidates for county offices
The training stables Of A. A. Hawks
located in the northern part Of Bozeman
were destroyed by fire Monday morning
Loss $4,000; insurance 5000.
Nellie SHINES, colored inmate OF {
Helena bagnio, accidentally met her deatl
Wednesday night by drinking opium, she
having mistaken the drug for whisky.
Miles Citys base ball team played q
match game with the Fort keogh nine
last Saturday for purse of $25 side
The Keogh club won by score of 80
to 6.
The White Sulphur Springs stage te
Helena upset near Canyon Ferry Saturday
night and LOUIS Heitman was severely
injured. The other passengers escaped
unharmed.
At the town election held at White
Sulphur Springs in persuance of the recent
effort to incorporate only thirty five votes
were polled and it seems the persons
elected are ineligible. A new election
will be held.
Dan Gallagher of Cleveland, Ohio, and
Ed Smith Of Butte have arranged for a
twenty round glove contest, to take place
in the latter city tomorrow. The ligh;csi
gloves allowed by law will be used, Mar
quis of Queensbury rules to govern.
Two of the three Crows taken to Ft
Smelling and imprisond for engaging in
the outbreak of last year, have been sent tc
the Indian training school. Deaf Bull is
still an inmate of the guard house al
Smelling and is said to be slowly losing g
his mind.
Missoula Item: Sheriff Hcyfron has
written a letter to Governor Leslie recon-
mcnding that reward be offered for the
arrest and conviction of the parties who
administered poison to the man Williams
Every citizen of the territory would gladly
sign such request.
A negro answering the description OF
Alex. Woods, the murderer who recently
escaped from the jail at Blackfoot, Idaho
was arrested at Bozeman Sunday by Mar
shal Clark. The Bozeman authorities
tclegraphed at once to Blackloot and re-
ceivcd reply that he was the ono
wanted
Argus: A stabbing atfray occurred at
Maiden the first of the week. A team
stcr named VanIorn stabbed another
teamster named Burke three times in the
back, only one wound being serious. The
stabbing was the result of Il quarrel over
some trivial matter. Vanllorn skipped
out by the light of the moon. Burke will
recover.
Herald It is learned from Agent
Stokes that on the 1st Of August the Mon
tana Union and Northern Pacific will short
en- their time between Helena and Butte
to four hours each way. This will be tho
same as the time now made by the Mon
tana Central. The present doubling t.
Anaconda on the trip to Helena will be
abandoned.
At Mclrose on Wednesday ?. II. Drum
gave his wife an unmercltul beating, ;
customary diversion with him. On thai
occasion, however, Mrs. Drum decided to
no longer submit to corporal punishment
from her liege lord and, procuring six
shooter, retaliated by shooting him in tle
body. Drum, though still living, is lying
in precarious condition. The woman
has been arrested.
The Anacondas exports of copper
matte, received i'll Liverpool 10 the 1st oi
July, 1888, for the half year is reported
/ L. r q, Df T 1ynr
pool, at 16,303 tons fine copper; against
4,O98 for the like period in 1887, being
an increase of 12,205 tons. Taking the
average value of Chilli bars for the six
months (f80 IS. 3d.) $400 per ton, the
total value has been at least $6,590,O00.
AT the Blackfoot agency one day last
week Piegan Indian, known by the name
of Wolf Moccasin, about 2 O'Clock a. M
rode by the camp of another member Of
the tribe known as Crow Wing, on Badger
creek, about ii mile from the agency, and
it is suppt sed shot Crow Wing, killing hin
instantly. The murdered Indian was
shortly afterwards found lying in front Of
his tepee, dead. with bullet wound ir
the back of his neck. The murderer has
been arrested.
Saturdays game of base ball between
the Bozeman and Helena mines at the lat
ter city resulted in a victory for the Hell
enas by score of Is to =. Another game
was played ON Sunday, the Bozeman team
being strengthened by substituting Yancey
and Wallace of Livingston for two o1
their regular team. This game was more
interesting and closely contested, but was
also won by Helena, the score being II
to 10 in their favor.
| Yellowstone Journal: On Thursda,
last Mr.. Courtenay completed the sale t.
the Home Land and Cattle company o
all the cattle owned by the Lee Scot
outfit on the north side. This deal ha
been in progress for some weeks and i
one of the largest that has been made thi
season, covering about 5000 head Of stocl
and approximating 100000 Delivery
will be made ON the range and as til,
Home Land and Cattle ccmpany's range
adjoins that of the LeeScott company
there Will be no necessity of removing
the cattle.
Independent: Walter King arrived
from Diamond City yesterday with /;
batch of gold dust from the old Confcd
crate gulch Bed Rock fumc and dis
played to a reporter a nice assortment o
nuggets. But the most attractive one 0
the entire lot was one taken from min,
worked by Joe Emhoff and Noah Davey
above the mouth Of Mantana gulch. 1t i
nice flat piece of gold and its actna
weight is over $500 and is the sccoE{