The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-08-24
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low Missoula on Monday. The mans
neck was broken, and -four sack filled
with rocks was tied about the neck.
The body had evidently been in the river
some days, and the indications are that
it was put in at that point, as the water
is very low and the weight about the
neck so heavy that it would not float
The man was evidently murdered. No
clue as to the perpetrators OF the deed
has yet been discovered, and as yet moth
ing as to the identity of the dead man Is
| known.
Herald: Col. w. F. Sanders has re-
signed his position as attorney for the
Northern Pacific railroad. His reslgna-
ton was handed in six weeks ago and,
on the colonels insistence, was but re.
Gently reluctantly accepted by General
Solicitor Gray Colonel Sanders has
contemplated this step for over year
and has only deferred taking it at the
solicitation of the company, whose inter
ests he has so ably looked after. The
colonel has also retired from the firm OF
Sanders, Cullen 4, Sanders, who will,
until his successor is appointed, act as
solicitors for the Northern Pacific.
Elijah Smith. Prosper W. Smith, John
S. T:ney. E. r. Bell and Edward II.
Berwind of New York. and A. }. Harley
and P NJ Gallagher of Montana have
filed articles of incorporation OF the
Montana and Wyoming railroad com
pany The object is the building OF
railroad and telegraph line from Billings
west to and across the Yllowstone river,
near the mouth of Clarks Fork, thence
along the latter through the Crow res
ervation to the boundary line between
Montana and Yyoming. thence past In
dex creek and thence to Cooke City.
They will also construct branch line
up Bear creek to the Park county coal
mines. The capital stock is S2,OOO,OOO
in 100000 shares of SO.
A Bozeman dispatch of the 10Th says:
Quite a sensation was created at the
Northern Pacific depot this morning as
train No. pulled into the station. Jes-
sic Lewis, cream -colored mulatto
about Is years of age, was arrested by
Marshal Morrison at her fathers request
for eloping with member Of dog
show which has been exhibiting here
for week or two. The man in the case
left his wife at the hotel After the
arrest Jessie gave the officers the slip,
secreted herself in toilet room on the
train and was borne away. At Belgrade,
where she was taken from the train, she
again gave the officers the slip, and at
last accounts had not been retaken.
Her parents live here and are much con-
cerned over her escapade.
independent: 1t is now stated on
good authority that the Anaconda COM
pany will erect its copper refinery, to be
of the new electric process, near Three
Forks, at the junction of the Jefferson
and Madison rivers. Marcus DAILY re-
Gently bonded tract of land there about
two miles square, from the English syn
dicate which bought large tract OF
land around Three Forks several years
ago. Mr.. Hunter. the syndicate's agent,
recently went to England to secure the
necessary deeds to make the transfer.
The amount of the bond is not publicly
stated, but the sale will involve several
hundred thousand dollars. At present
nearly all the copper matte manufactur-
ed at the smelters Of this country is sent
to Swansea, Wales, for refinement.
Philipsburg Mail: Already the Mail
learns that good many head of stock
have been found dead in the hills from
SldTNdulOu anu UIlISU. have dloO
perished in the forest fires. A pros
burg from the hills says he came across
numerous carcasses of cattle. A few
horses and some sheep III their search
for water had gone so far into the noun
tains that they became exhausted and
dropped on the way. The coming win
ter will, from all indications, prove one
of the most disastrous to live stock that
has ever been known in Montana Thus
early some ranchers have begun feeding
their stock. but at the prices fodder is
bringing and will bring, they can better
afford to let the stock die than to feed
them all winter.
Herald: Governor White has repriey-
ed Peter August johnson, who was to
have been hanged next Friday at Deer
Lodge. His death sentence is commut-
ed to imprisonment for life. The rea-
sons assigned for this reprieve are that
the evidence at the trial did not justify
a verdict of guilty of murder in the first
degree: the governor considers that the
evidence only warranted verdict of
manslaughter, or at most Of murder in
the second degree. The murder occur
red during a drunken row, there being
no evidence Of premeditation or malice.
Judges DeWolfe and Bach recommend
ed the Communication. and others who
have petitioned the governor are the fol-
lowing: E. L. Bonner, Owen Emerson.
j. G. Robinson, Lew. Coleman, r. S.
Kelly, O. B. O'Bannon, Peter Lansing,
F. W. Cole and Geo. Carlton. johnson
had splendid opportunity to escape on
one occasion, but refused to do SO, and
has always been well behaved and tract
able while in prison. For these reasons
the governor has decided that life i'm
prisonment will be sufficiently severe
punishment for him and has granted
the communication.