The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-01-05
MONTANA NEWS.

The long expected Godas will arrive in
Helena shortly where it is hoped that he
will soon suffer the penalty of his crime.
Butte had a Jail delivery on Wednesday
of last week. Six prisoners escaped, four
of whom were recaptured within twenty
four hours.
John J. O'Farrell, superintendent of
the Chambers Syndicate mines and
nephew of Marcus DAILY. died in Butte
"Wednesday evening Of typhoid fever.
1t is expected that the Ryan smeltcr at
Tacoma will be completed by March next
The machinery has all been ordered from
Fraser q Chalmers of Chicago, and about
all the other material is on the ground.
The works will have capacity of o0G
tons per day and will employ from 200
to 800 men. The lead ores will be pro-
cured from the Gold Hunter mine at
Mullan. The plant can also handle other
ores
Live Stock journal: Warren King and
Geo. II. Hill have been awarded the con-
tract to supply the charcoal required by
the Helena smelter, and the work of
grading and constructing the pits will at
once be begun. The coal will ho burned
at Alhambra, and the wood will be pro-
cured from the Alhambra Flume com
pany. The undertaking is one Of consid-
erable magnitude and will require the
employment of a great number of men.
Herald: Evidently the enlightenment
bestowed by City Attorney Botkin upon
the eastern attorney of the sewer bond
purchasers had the desired effect for tine
Merchants National bank of Helena re-
ccived a dispatch from the National Bank
of Commerce of Cleveland, Ohio, on Fri
day, stating that the city bonds which
were sold some time ago to the firm of c.
| ~
and the entire sum of money paid. This
settles the bond difficulty, which has an
noyed the city and the council for some
time :.
Stock Growers Journal. There are
3,90S horses. 1G8 mules and asses, %, ,265
cattle, 81 bulls and 32,543 sheep in Ycl-
lowstonc county subject 70 tax; 515,495
acres Of land and 5000 town lots also
appear on the assessors book. The coun-
ty property lists all told foot up $z.316,-
072. This year personal property on
Crow Reserve was not assessed in Yellow
stone county. A year ago Judge Nc
Leary. in the Nelson Story tax case, de-
cidcd that such property could not lie
assessed IN Yellowstone but was subject
to tax in Custer county.
An accident on the Montana Central
occurred Wednesday morning. AS the
Marysville accommodation train, consist
ing of an engine and single coach, was
approaching Helena, near the round house
of the railroad company, broken switch
rod caused the engine to take one track
and the coach to leave the rails and turn
on It's side One passenger, Ed. Lathrop
was slightly burned by GOALS from the
stove. John Moore, the fireman, jumpeo
when he saw the danger an was crushed
beneath the falling car. His injurle
were fatal, death occurring at 3 o'clocl
at St. Peters Hospital.
A correspondent of the Helena RECORD
saws that Bozeman is promised new in
dustry in the near future. Two Mime
apolis gentlemen, subscribing S35,OO
each toward the erection of distillery i
Bozeman, succeeded i'll getting subscrir
tions from residents of this city and val
ley for 100000 more. \ Pennsylvanl
" man has promised to take 100000 wort
of the stock, and company will thus b
formed with $15O,000 capital to eree
:. buildings and carry ON the distillery bu'
mess at some point IN or near the cit
~ limits. 1t is asserted that the new indus
try will create largely increased de
- mand for grain and be an important az
" iunct to the manufacturing Industries {
:. the place.
of Hon. Granville Stuart of Fergus count
10 in an interview on the cattle buslne:
4 said; s>We received better prices ths
If last year, though they were not so good
>; in 1884 and 1885. The cattle trust h
nj the producers just where it wants the
~ and just where it proposes to keep theI
" I see no way to get out of its clutches.
,s+ is so powerful and so thoroughly orga
h. ized that it will continue to pay produ
f; ers what it pleases and to charge consu'
=, ers whatever it feels like. The catt
am trust is a gigantic monopoly in the han
of men who will dictate as they plea:
er The cattle men are helpless in thu
be hands. | fail to see any good acco'
in plished by the investigating COMMITTEE
~ work. It has benefited neither the p1
tho ducer nor the consumer
he Herald: Montana's report of assessal
ost wealth, like other official information &C
Of corning her resources, is the last to COZ
lie. out. We do not charge this to the fa
the Of our governor or auditor, through wht