The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-01-26
MONTANA NEWS.

a G. W. Dickinson, the -superintende
y of the Montana Union, has accepted
. position on the Montana Central.
n Frank Shcpley of Helena and Jol
y Cronin of Missoula fought six-roun
battle at Missoula last Saturday. She1
:. ley won.
A man named Joseph Lee was foun
dead alongside of the railroad track iu
west of Bozeman, on Thursday weel
The coroner's jury found that the ma
was probably murdered, but no evidenc
} was obtained pointing to the guilty pal
ties.
Fifty horses from band recent
seized by the Canadian customs authori
ties for lnfraction of the customs laws a
Fort Mcleod have been stolen and driver
back toward Montana. They were trace,
as far as Whoopup by the police, VIII
! were going to Fort Benton, but were or
dered back.
Thos. Couch, superintendent of the B
q M. Smelling company, is credited will
the purchase of the Robert Vaughn fin,
stock ranch at Sun River. The price wa.
$4,000. This includes quite a number
OF high bred cattle and horses, as we'll a!
what is called one of the finest stock
ranches in the territory
The sixty stamp silver mill of the Alice
company in Butte has started up again in
full force, having been partially idk for
several months. The Alice has eighty
stamps, and it is thought that all of them
will be dropping on Alice ore within
thirty days. The Alice has not been in
full operation for nearly two years.
John P. Freeman of Radersburg on
Friday Of last week shot and killed Rob't
Hosfeld. rancher of that section. Hos
field had been many years resident of
that valley, leaves a wife and several
children and was highly respected citi-
zen. Freeman was man of about "a
years of age and had small bunch of
cattle on ranch on the north fork of the
Mussleshell. He was crazy drunk when
he committed the deed and did not real :
ize what he had done for twelve hours
after the occurrence.
Journal The Miles City syndicate
who own group of promising prospects
in the Cooke City mining district have
recently purchased the remaining half of
the Nevada mine, the other half having
been owned by them. The purchase was
made by Messrs. c. W. Anderson and C,
L. Merrill for the syndicate in which thev
are interested. Rumor has it that the
advent of a railroad will make this one of
the largest mining camps in Montana; :;
the question of transportation being now
the only obstacle to its Development
Record: Godas, the Montana mur-
derer, on his way to Helena accom- panied
by Sheriff Jefferis, made desperate ef-
fort to escape from the train while it
stood at the Manitoba depot in Winnipeg.
Notwithstanding the heavy shackles which
burdened him he jumped from the plat
form of the car, thence crawling on his
knees underneath the train, moving a con-
siderable distance before he was captured.
Upon approach Godas made some resist
ance, defying the officer and remarking
that he would never go back to Helena
alive. After lively tussle and the
threatening position Of a six.shooter, he
meekly succumbcd, going peacefully back
to the car.
A special to the Independent from
Washington says: Next Friday the Sec
retary of the interior will give hearing
to the attorneys representing ]. W. Allen
ct al. vs.. the attorney in fact of Joseph
Merrill ct al, The case involves the val
idity Of certain locations of Sioux half
breed scrip on lands along the Northern
Pacific. The case was made special upon
the representations of the attorneys that
certain of the scrip claims covered the
site of the town of Glendlve, Montana.
Locations of the same scrip have been
made in various other places along the
road, the same questions appearing in all
the cases. The scrip, it is claimed, was
located at Glendive prior to the location
of the townsite. Charles and William B.
King will argue for the scrip owners in
one case, and Curtis and Burdctt will rep
resent the others.
New Northwest: It is announced in
the Butte papers that Superintendent
Dickinson of the Montana Union has re-
signed, and it is probable that Mr. Robert
Law, now assistant general manager of
the Northern Pacific at Helena, will be
appointed in his place in February. Mr..
Dickinson was only appointed here tenn
porarily. but has remained eighteen
months under much personal inconven-
ience. He expects to remain in Montana,
but does not now indicate definitely his
purposes. Both Mr.. Dickinson and Mr..
Law are rated first class railroad men, but
the Montana Union is hard road to han
die. 1t is kind of step-son to both the
Union and Northern Pacific companies,
has immense work to do, is lily provided
for by both parents and gets more kicks
and cuffs than favors. To he superin-
tendcnt of it is as it was to be governor of
Utah few years ago, and it is no wonder
these officers are very ready to let 60.
Independent: An enterprise of consid-
erable magnitude is now under way at
the Jay Gould mine. It is the boring of
tunnel 4,3OO feet, or nearly mile in
length, in the mountain where this rich
property is located. This is probably the
biggest undertaking of its kind ever at
tempted in the territory, and will involve
an outlay of $4,000. The work has al
ready begun and will be prosecuted with
vigor until completed, which it Is expect
ed will be within sixteen months. 1t is
being driven some 500 feet below the
lower level OF the mine, which is down
525 feet from the surface. This tunnel
Will be cross cut through country rock,
it being expected to tap the vein at the
distance mentioned. An air compressor
will furnish ventilation for the miners as