The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-08-18
MONTANA NEWS.


A Chinan,an was robbed by his fellow
countrymen IN Helena this week, OF bag
of gold dust BY appealing to the leading
mandarin he got it back without recourse
to the law.
Harry F. Parker has been pardoned Out
of the Deer Lodge Penitentiary by Pres
ident Cleveland. He was United States
prisoner sent up from Butte for counter
feiting and had served three years.
John Heylin, we'll known Butte fare
dealer, while in fit of passion struck with
a knife at man who was abusing him
but missing his man plunged his knife
into bystander called Big Frank, in.
flictlng a severe wound.
The Butte races have been a great sue.
cess with the exception of the plainly ap-
parent jockeying by ring of sports
Loud complaints are heard on all sides
in regard to certain of the races on which
innocent outsiders dropped their wealth.
More complaints are. heard from the
northern ranges in the territory in regard
to the depredations of the grey wolves
They are destroying calves and colts In
large numbers. Active steps are being
taken to lnaugurate system of poisoning
that will do away with this nuisance.
At meeting of the stock holders OF
the Grand opera house, held in Butte on
Aug. 18th the directory turned over all
the insurance money to John Mcguire.
The latter gentleman will in short time
commence operations toward rebuilding
the opera house on the old site and on his
own account.
Mrs. Adele Nelson, member of the
Nelson family of acrobatic performers,
has brought suit for $4,000 damages
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
company The woman's husband, Robert
Nelson, and her mother-in- law, Mrs. En-
ma Nelson, also sued the company, the
former for 100000 and the latter for
$4,000. The suits are brought for al
legged injuries received in an accident at
Gold Creek, Mont, July 1st, through a
washout. Robert Nelson was not hurt,
but sues for his wife's services.
River Press: Mr.. T. A. Matthews,
stock inspector for northern Montana,
passed through the city last evening en-
route to points on Milk river. During
the past month Or SO the gentleman has
been in westesn and northwestern Dakota
looking for the Flowcrree band of horses
advertised as stolen some time ago. No
trace of them could he discovered. There
IS reward of $4,000 offered for their re-
covery and great efforts are being made
to find the animals and earn the prize, but
thus far not an animal of the large num-
Der has been heard Of. Had they been
lifted bodily from the earth and trans
ported in mid air to the north pole, their
tracks could not have been more effectu-
ally concealed from the searchers. Doubts
are beginning to be expressed as to their
being stolen, some thinking the horses arc
still somewhere in northern Montana, hay
ing drifted with winter storm.
The following would he the result of
passing the omnibus bill for the admis-
sion of the territories: It will diminish
the number of territories from nine to
five. 1t will give the power of self-gov-
to over one million of people.
1t will add over 225,OOO to the voting
population in presidential years and will
place six new congressman in congress
and will increase the number of new sen
ators by eight. There will be fourteen
votes to be contested for IN
presidential year; it will take from future
administrations twenty five appointments
worth $1,000 to $4,000 per year each and
will save the government in the pay of
these officials 1910 per year. In ad-
dition to this the government will be saved
the amount it is now compelled to appro-
pirate biennially for the support of the
territorial government and the meeting of
the territorial Legislature. The admission
Of these territories will not only save the
government over $4,000 per annum, but
a large number Of political prizes, which
have at the beginning of each new admin
lstration started a stalwart pilgrimage of
eastern politicians toward the setting sun,
will be wiped out forever.
Stock Growers Journal: The Tongue
River valley is conceded now to he the
home of the largest number of imported
and blooded horses in Montana. All the
horse ranches in the valley are now we'll
stocked with breeders, each having a
large number of the finest stations that
money can buy, in the leading strains, Sc
lected in this country and in England and
France. There is Mckay, Kcrwin, Scott,
Sharp, Bourn & Neat, Wallop & Co.,
Wiley, King and others further towards
the headwaters of Tongue river whose
names do not occur to US just now. Each
of these gentlemen and firms have pur-
chased additions which run clear up into
the many thousands. Thoroughbreds,
Clydesdales, Normans and many other Of
the pure and high bred horses of both
continents may now be found by the score
in Tongue River valley, and in the years
to Immediately follow this valley Is des-
tined to produce famous horses IN great
and in few years hence the
Kentucky Blue Grass region will have to
look we'll to its laurels if the wonderful
enterprise the Tongue river horsemen are
now showing means anything-and there
is not the slightest doubt Of its meaning,
and NO Daniel is needed to interpret it,
either
The citizens of Great Falls are con-
graduating themselves ON the probability
in the near future of railroad to the
Belt mountain mining districts. On the
reception of the news the people of Great
Falls celebrated. The band played and
a general iollifcation ensued. In speak