The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-03-22

/ The county commissioners of Fergus
county have decided to build a court
house at Lewistown at as early day as
possible. By provision in the state
constitution the commissioners are per
mitted to expend not to exceed $4,000
for any one purpose. In the event that
the accepted bid should exceed $4,000,
committee was appointed to solicit
subscriptions to make up the deficiency,
resulting in the pledging by citizens of
Lewistown of about $780,
Herald: Engineer McHenry, who
reached Helena Saturday from an in
spection of the Gallatin Valley g. Butte
Shortline, says that the trains will be
running on that road by April l. The
people of Virginia City and Madison
county generally, are very anxious for
line into Virginia City, and there is pros
pect that they may get it. The road, if
built, will leave the Gallatin & Butte
line at Whitehall, about thirty miles
from Butte, and run in general south
easterly direction to Virginia City.
The Montana Union railroad company
has been sued by Donald Mackay, who
claims $4,000 damages for injuries sus-
tanned while in the employ of the COM
pany. The plaintiff claims an additional
$4,000 on the ground that he received
hospital treatment that was unprofes-
sional and careless and that resulted in
permanent injury to himself. He asserts
that in return for the payment to the
railroad company of 81 a month as hos
pital dues, he was entitled to proper sur
gical treatment, which he AYERS was not
furnished. The total claim set by
Mackay is $4,000.
| New Northwest: Mr.. James Comfy re-
turned few days since from Salt Lake
City and brought with him couple of
mixed Siberian bloodhounds, male and
female, to be used, if retained at the pen
itentiary, in trailing any prisoners that
may escape. The dogs are to be kept On
trial for two weeks, and If at the end Of
that time they prove suitable, will be
purchased at the price of $3.50. Since
they have been at the penitentiary they
have been tried several times. Some
days they worked splendidly and on other
days not SO well, but it is supposed that
being cooped up had something to do
with their not performing we'll. The
hounds are mottled in color and are not
vicious, as the full blooded Siberian
hound is supposed to be.
Independent: Noah Armstrong, the
owner of Spokane, arrived from Seattle
Sunday enroute to Kentucky, to attend
to the Montana stable. OF course Mr..
Armstrong has great hopes of Spokane's
success in the big suburban handicap
He says that the great derby winner will
be in better trim than he was for the
Kentucky derby. Then he was trained /
down too fine and after he run the Amer
ican derby at Chicago he was as thin as
he should have been in September after
seasons racing. He says horses never
ran on worse track than Washington
park the day the derby was run. 1t was
very muddy after two weeks rain, and
he says Proctor Knotts jockey did wise
thing in pulling up the colt after the
mile was run. That was what saved him
for the rest of the season. Spokane was
knocked out there. Don Jose Jared even
worse, and Sorrento was rendered use
less. +,
Mine Inspector Swallow has addressed
the following letter to the miners of
Montana: SIN my next report / wish to
give as full and complete a representa-
tion of ali the mines of Montana, placer,
quartz and coal, as possible. That this
may be done with the scant aid and
means the state provides must appeal
to the miners, the owners Of mines, and
the newspapers and the people generally
for aid, that may get over the state as
rapidly as possible. III knew the names
and location of all the claims and mines
in country before forming my plans for
visiting the same, much time and expense
could be saved, and the work could be
done much more effectually and rapidly.
For these reasons appeal to the miners
and owners and our newspapers for the
aid which I feel certain they will give |
me. I want at once the names and loca-
tion of all mining claims and mines,
whether placer, quartz or coal, (or
whether there are any coal croppings),
what work has been done on each and
what each has yielded; the kind Of vein
and ore, if quartz; where tested or
worked, and the results, or any other in
formation which will show the character
and value of our mines. All who aid in ,
this work shall have the results in my
reports"
The Helena POstOffice.
Washington special 1t is understood =.
here that the postoffice department. has
Montana's representative to :,
suggest the nal.le of successor to Chas.
D. Curtis. postmaster at Helena. some