Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-06-11
COUNTY CULL|NGS,
CLIPPED AND REHASHED
FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
4 Department of Strictly Local
Events Which Will Inter-
est Every Reader.
Livingston.
CONDENSED from the Enterprise.

the week has undoubtedly removed
the danger Of damage from an over
flow Of the Yellowstone river.
Memorial day was fittingly OBJ
served in Livingston, the oratior
being delivered by E. G. Day Of th1
law firm of Savage & Day.
The regular passenger service
was inaugurated on the Park brancl
Wednesday, with Conductor Ed
Winston in charge Of the tourist
train.
I. S. Ash has secured an interest
with J. r. King in the Livingston
Electric Light plant and will take
an active interest in the manage
ment of it's affairs.
John F. Work has returned from
trip to the Bitter Root valley.
where he purchased a band Of 5000
sheep which will be driven to his
range in this county.
Work upon the new school build
ing is progressing favorably. The
stone foundat ton has been complet-
ed and the material is being placed
upon'the ground preparatory to be-
ginning bricklaying.
A postof1ice has been established
in the Boulder mining district to
accommodate the large number of
miners employed at that place. 1t
will be known as Independence,
with John Anderson as postmaster.
A consignment Of seventy three
dead bodies of soldiers passed
through Livingston Wednesday
night. They are being removed
from Fort Shaw to the national
cemetery on the Custer battlefield
near Fort Custer.
Officers are in pursuit of horse
thief who last week obtained an a,,-
imal from r. Furnham at Chico
and made off with it. The horse
was recovered at Horr, and the
thief is now thought to be hiding in
the National Park.
Tuesday Henry Klamer purchas-
ed 800 head of mutton wethers from
Thomas Prather of Big Timber,
paying therefore 1915 per head
The sheep were shipped to the
Park by Wednesdays train, where
they will be used in supplying the
meat contract for the Park hotels.
A thief entered the postofice by
l rear window and secured $17O in
cash from the safe and stamp
lrawer, but left three or four times
hat amount undisturbed in the
'egular money drawer. The post
master and his assistants were alb
ent from the Office at the time.
md the safe had inadvertently
)een left unlocked. No clue has
'een obtained to the burglars.
Thomas S. Ash returned yester-
lay from Castle, where he attended
he meeting of the directors of the
Cumberland Mining company. 1t
vas decided by vote Of the directors
o issue $I50,000 in bonds in two
cries drawing 10 per cent interest.
'he first series Of $4,000 is made
'ayable in one year, and the re-
naming $4,000 payable in two ,
ears.
Commissioner Hoppe received {
'ord this week from Acting Quar-
Reed of St. Paul inform
ng him that the bid of Paul Nc
'ormick and himself for furnishing
'ort Yellowstone with all forage re-
ulred for the coming year, had I
cen favorably reported. This vir- /;
aally settles the contract in favor s
f Messrs. Mccormick & Hoppe.
Fay Ransom has purchased the
aloon furniture and fixtures of ,
William O'Connel. Messrs. Ran /.
ON & Co. will temporarily remove
the building occupied by Mr.. !
'Connell, pending the renodeling /
nd enlarging of their present quar-
ers. When the Improvements at 1
1eir old location are completed the
usiness of the two saloons will be |
onsolidated, making it the largest /
nd best arranged resort in the city. \
Eighteen carloads Of Oregon t
leep were received and unloaded