The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-02-09
MONTANA NEWS.


Godas has been sentenced by the su-
preme court to be hung on the eighth
day of March.
Pneumonia is prevalent at Granite,
seven deaths having occurred during the
week. Several deaths have also occurred
in Philipsburg from the same cause.
The house committee on military af
fairs has directed favorable report on
the bill granting the Big Horn railroad
company right of way across the Fort
Custer, Montana, reservation.
Hon. W. j. Mccormick, of Missoula,
the we'll known newspaper man and cdi-
tor, met with a serious accident on Mon
day, which resulted IN his death. He
was repairing the roof of shack on his
ranch and the wind blew some boards on
which he was standing from the roof to
the ground.
Patrick Clark, pauper, aged 1OS, died
at Bozeman Monday He remembered
distinctly the closing events of the last
century and recalled the leading incidents
of the twenty yesrs' war, He saw the
colony leave Ireland for Van Vienas
island during the great famine: served
years in the English army, and came to
America about 1910.
An unknown man was run over by the
cars at Anaconda. He was smelter en-
ploye and jumped on some ore cars to
ride over from the smelter He was
standing on brake beam and the cars
came down the grade at high rate Of
speed. When the engineer put on the air
brakes the cars stopped with a jerk,
throwing him under the wheels.
One of the most important events of
the new year in copper circles is the dec
laration of dividend No. by the Boston
Il Montana Copper company amounting
to 100000. The Boston & Montana is
now one of the heaviest dividend payers
IN the world, which is the more remark
able from the fact that its operations were
begun not more than a year ago.
An Independent special from Butte
says: A Swede named Dalkin, engaged
in some mining work, attempted TO thaw
out two sticks of dynamite by placing
them on stove, which resulted Ill tie
blowing of himself, three comrades and
the furniture in the room through the
doors and windows of the house they
were occupying. Bya miracle none were
killed, but Dalkin received several con-
tusions and slight burns on different parts
of his body. The walls of the house, a
brick structure, were forced outward, but
not completely wrecked. The debris
took fire, but the flames were speedily
subdued by the fire department. The
loss on the building amounts to 81 500;
no insurance.
Stock Growers Journal: The lost cor
poral is not dead. In our last issue we
stated that we had heard that Corporal
Pruden of Keogh had been frozen to death
while last in the Bad Lands Becoming
separated from his hunting party, he wan
dered from the 18th until the 25th, when
he was found by Fire Wolf, the Cheyenne
Indian scout. He was found about 70
miles from Miles City, on the Little
Pumpkin. He was badly frozen, having
only a horse blanket and no fire after the
first night His mule stayed with him,
and nightly came in and lay down with
him. Some deer came near one day, but
his hands being disabled he could not
shoot. 1t is said that the young soldier
had nothing to eat during the whole time
He will probably lose one hand and foot
as the result of freezing
Inter Mountain: United States Mar
shall R. S. Kelly of Deer Lodge was in the
city to day. He confirms the story pub
lished few days ago in regard to the
loss of warrant addressed to him in the
mails. The warrant was mailed at Hell
ena by the territorial auditor. 1t called
for the payment of S3,27O to Mr.. Kelly
the amount being in payment to the
United States for the keeping. of terri
torial prisoners at the Deer Lodge peni-
tentiary during the month of December
Mr.. Kelly waited three weeks for the
warrant long enough for it to get back
from any place to which it might have
been missent. The letter he looked fol
never came, however, and he has just
been over to Helena to get the money
The lost warrant is not negotiable without
his signature, so no money is lost. Mr.
Kelly, in order to get another warrant
had 10 file bond amounting to &c. 500.
Herald: The inviting field of Helen;
journalism is soon to be enlivened by thu
appearance of spick and span, bran(
new republican daily paper, to be issuet
from the office of the Journal Publishing
company, in Newspaper Square, Broad
way. The paper will be known as tn
Daily Journal and the initial number viii
appear February 18th inst. We under