The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-05-11
MONTANA NEWS.


y ment that within ninety days the recent,
burned Anaconda smelter at Corral vii
:. be rebuilt of iron.
: The Lutheran society of Helena ha
purchased a fine ranch property 13 mile
n west of that city to be used as the site fo
f an orphan and industrial school,
ExGoy. Preston II. Leslie has resumed
the practice of the legal profession. HI
: associated himself with A. j. Craven, o
4 Helena, under the firm name OF Leslie &
i Craven
The Montana horse, Spokane, owned
by Noah Armstrong, of Glendale, won
? the Derby race at Louisville, Kentucky
, Thursday. He made the remarkable
time of J, breaking all previous rec
f ords.
1t IS reported on good authority that
P. W. Meadow has sold the Spotted
Horse mine at Maiden to a Helena
syndicate for 100000 and that the
; purchasers are to take possession about
May Goth.
Great Falls Leader Maj. George
F. Fields, of Sand Coulee, has laid away
about 10000 prairie dogs using the
ulphur furnace and bi-sulphate of
carbon. He has succeeded in Kidding
his farm of the pests.
Missoula Item G. E. Butler, resi-
dent officer of the United States signal
service, reports that the rainfall for April
of this year at Helena, has so far been
nearly two inches less than the average
for the last fifteen years.
Long Fong, Gal Yuen, Wong Gum
Lee, Long Choi Yong and Yeug Yong.
five resident cinnamon of Helena, were
confirmed in the Episcopal church at that
place on Sunday last The ceremony
was performed by Bishop Brewer.
Three men named Ingraham, George
Young and John Cook were arrested at
Great Falls Monday charged with steal
ing horses from Madison and Gallatin
counties They had about 25 head of
horses in Their possession, which it is be-
lieved were stolen from the above cOun-
ties
Courier NJ B. Huffman, who got
four quails from Indiana last year and
! turned them out il East Cottonwood
Canyon, informs us they lived through
the winter and he is satisfied have i'll
creased in numbers. He frequently
hears their calls and answers when in the
canyon.
Rose Bennett, courteZan charged
with the murder of Frank Carver at
Anaconda on the 22nd of last December,
was convicted of murder in the second
degree at Deer Lodge last week, and
sentenced to twelve years in the peniten
tiary Eleven of the jury wanted to re
turn verdict of murder in the first
degree.
Yellowstone Journal A three
months target shooting for practice has
commenced at Fort keogll. All the ncn
will shoot during the season. I he one
who attains the highest excellence will
be selected to represent the post at the
shooting match which is to be held in
August and which will be participated in
by delegates from all the posts IN Mon
tana and Dakota.
The saw mill and lumber yard of J. G.
Walker, ON Beaver creek. in Meagher
county, was burned to the ground last
week 1t caught from Il spark, and a
very high wind prevailing at the time,
the whole premises were Immediately
envelored in flames. Nothing was saved
except the shlngle mill and planer.
Three hundred thousand feet of lumber
was burned Loss $4,000, no insurance
An attempt was made to burn the
Northern Pacific railroad bridge across
the Yellowstone at Billings last week.
c. G. Robinson discharged watchman
of the bridge, was arrested on the charge
of arson and held under bond of $500 to
appear at the next term Of the district
court. The bridge was saturated with
oil, and torpedoes were placed ON either
side of the bridge to give warning to APP
preaching trains, but it was discovered
before any great damage was done.
Dillon Tribune Governor White re-
ceivcd a communication from Secretary
OF War Proctor announcing that the Gov
ernment is now ready to issue arms,
ammunition and equipments to the Mon
tana militia to the amount of the con-
gressional appropriation, $4,000. Gov
ernor White has issued his requisition
for the military stores and equipments
and forwarded it to Washington so that
our Montana militia will be fully equip
ped in time for this years encampment.
August johnson was convicted of mur-
der in the first degree at Deer Lodge last
week, and sentenced to be hanged on
June goth. He received his doom with
calm resignation, bordering on stoicism.
johnson killed John l.. Carlson in Ana
conda in August last. The two men met