The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-03-10


counties of Silver Bow and Beaverhead
They are truss bridges in which over fou
tons of iron have been used and Mr.. Young
pronounces them the finest in the terri
tory. With this opinion the work viii
naturally be accepted and the contractor
paid.
The grand jury of Dawson county ha.
found indictments for conspiracy in de-
fraudlng the territory under the bounty
law, against A. Brickford, r. J. Chestnu,
and Charles Stierle. They were arraign
ed and admitted to bail in the sum OF
$500 each to appear at the next term Of
court. The frauds were committed last
fall before the repeal of the bounty law,
and aggregated about $4,000. Other
parties were implicated and an effort will
be made to bring them to justice.
John scaret, laborer from the Rocky
Fork road, bought suit of clothes this
morning and rendered in payment a
worthless check on Bozeman bank for
1888. The Helena bank refused to cash
the check and John was arrested. His
mind is evidently deranged and he will
be held for examination for lunacy.-
Herald
Articles of incorporation have been filed
for the Missoula publishing cmmpany,
the object of which is the printing, pub
fishing and conducting daily newspaper
in the town of Missoula. The newspaper
is to be democratic IN politics, and carry
on general printing and publishing
business, and also to buy and sell real
estate. The lncorporators are: Alb.
Hammond, II. NJ. Pierce, John D. Mat
thewS G. P. Higgins and Walter NJ.
Bickford.
Herald, 4th inst: wv. Noel, the tele-
graph operator, had hearing yesterday
before Justice O'Donnell, on the charge
of robbing Mr.. Kane of $3.50 while they
were travelling in company on the Butte
train last week. The evidence adduced
was sufficient to justify his honor in hold
ing the prisoner, and Mr.. Noel was ac-
cordingly bound over in the sum of $500
to appear before the grand jury He was
released this morning on furnishing bond
IN the above amount with Henry Klein
and Moses Morris as surctlcs.
A special from Miles City to the Inde-
pendent of the 9th says: This morning
a man named Joph James, a Cherokee
half-breed cowboy, was shot through the
upper part of the right leg, making flesh
wound. No one but his partner Bennett
was in the shack at the time and it il
supposed the man was shot by linn, as
both were drunk and making partition of
their winters outfit. Both were lodged
in the county Jail to await the return Of
sobriety. There is some doubt whether
Bennett shot the man at all. 1t is sup
posed he shot himself Bennett has borne
a fair reputation heretofore.
Col. A. F. Rockwell, chief quarter
master of the department, opened pro-
posals on the goth ultimo for transporta-
tion on the Missouri river from Sioux
City, Iowa, to Bismarck, Oak, and from
Bismarck to Fort Benton, Mont. The
contracts were awarded to Thomas G.
Power, of Helena The rates of the first
named contract ale: For officers, cents
per mile; for enlisted men 4 cents per
mile; for horses or cattle cents per mile
for stores Al cents per cwt. per 100
miles. The rates for the second contract
are: Officers, 5 cents; enlisted men, 4
cents; horses or cattle, cents; stores, 10
cents.