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Ske §rilg ënUxyïïst, Published every day except Sunday. WEIGHT & HENDRY, : Publishers. LIVINGSTON, M. T, MAY 19, 1884. Entered at th« pnetoßice in Livingston, M. T. as eecoud-class mail matter. Tlve Trail Creek Coal Mines. The bluffs along Trail creek and its small tributaries seem one great coal Held. Locations have been made at intervals for miles along the course and prospecting is still going on. Yesterday we visited two newly dis covered vein* in that locality. One belonging to J. J. McLaughlin, John Me Ausland and Joe Long, of Livings ton, presents a ledge of coal fully six teen leet wide. It has been followed by a tunnel to a distance of from 30 to 40 feet -with the most encouraging prospects. The coal constantly im proves from the surface, and at the end of the tunnel the solid black mass appears to be of excellent quality. Work has just been begun to run a cross cut tunnel which is intended to tap the vein at a distance of 100 feet below the surface. If the jrein is struck according to calculations it should develop a very large body of coal of as good quality as can be found In this country. Not a ery far from this location the Hedges brothers are developing a vein of coal of the same character about twelve feet wide. They have gone far enough on the vein to determine the angle of its pitch, and have als© begun a cross-cut tunnel to tap it far below the surface. The owners think they have a good property and we agree with them. Two miles up the creek from these prospects, is the McIntyre coal mine owned by Bozeman men, for which a very large sum bas been of fered by the Union Pacific company; and a few miles farther over the di vide, but still in the same coal belt, are the Maxey, Chestnut, and other famous mines forming one group. About four miles down Trail creek valley below these new locations is the mine owned by Capt. Wilber and Her man Kahle, the product of which was sold in Livingston last winter and gave the greatest satisfaction. The owners of the mine have struck another prospect near by which they hope will develop into a good vein of coal. The whole basin of the Trail creek pass from the Gallatin valley to that of the Yellowstone, is from present developments very rich in coal, and we doubt not that diligent pros pecting will reveal veins other than those already discovered; we look to see that region noted as the most ex tensive coal field between Iowa and the Puget Sound mines. It will be but a comparatively little time before Trail creek pass will be followed by a railroad built to tap these same mines and carry their product of coal and coke to the furnaces of the whole western country. A Sensible Scheme. "A citizen" tells a reporter of the Benton River Press that the best thing that the citizens of that town can do with the $150,000, offered as a bonus to the Helena &> Benton rail road, is to devote the money to build ing a railroad to Neihart with an ex tension to White Sulphur Springs and Livingston as an ultimate object. He says this is the shortest and most available route to the main line and would be a paying road from the start because it would tap a country of great resources. Replying to a ques tion as to whether the Neihart range could be crossed "the citizen" said: "Certainly it can and without any great difficulty. I believe an engineer would consider it an easier task to cross the Belt mountains, via Neihart, than to build through the Prickly Pear canyon. Then think of the re sources of the country—coal, iron, timber, and the richest precious min eral district in Montana." Comment ing upon the plan the Press says: "Our informant is thoroughly familial with the country, and if, as he says, that route is practicable, there can be no possible question but that it is thi route of all routes mentioned. Th< views presented are worthy of carefu; tonsideration." Donnell, Lrwhod A Simpson. Donnell, Lawson & Simpson's sus pension has changed to an assignmenl to R. II. Weems, t îeir confidential clerk. Their liabilities are placed at $3.000,000 and their assets at $4,000, 000. They hope to be able to settU their liabilities dollar for dollar, and possibly resume. The Montana firm T. its at on. to a to is it of be far the on its of to a of Dff»ndl, Clark & Larabie will not be affected by the insolvency of the parent firm except that Donnell will no longer be connected with it. Messrs. Clark and Larabie are both wealthy outside of their banking bus iness, and have already purchased Mr. Donnell's interest in the firm. Mr. Clark was in New York at the time of the failure, and when he saw it coming immediately made arrange ments to have the Montana firm's drafts honored by other banks as they arrived. Neither at Butte or Deer Lodge was there any manifestations of lack of confidence in the film, but on the contrary they were freely of fered any sums they might need in emergency, but fortunately did not need to accept the assistance volun teered. Mr. Donnell was personally engaged in business in Helena from 1864 to 1867, before he went to New York, and has many Montana friends who will be sorry to learn of his in solvency. Begging the Question. The Yellowstone Journal in its last issue again refers to the statement re cently published in this paper regard ing Miles City's population and again begs the question in such an evasive way as to amount to a virtual acknowl edgement. We have little more to say on the subject, as we have no de sire to continue bandying words with a paper that persistently follows the bent of its own policy by imputing to the Enterprise motives entirely for eign to legitimate journalism. We published as a news item the fact that the actual resideAt population of Miles City about two or three months ago nu mbered 1,283 souls—a fact it was, as the Journal knows quite as well as does the Enterprise. The Journal has never'denied the statement, and as its truth is susceptible of easy proof, it will hardly have the effrontry to do so. Since that census Miles City's population may have doubled for ought we know or ought we care; we spoke of the population at the time of the census, but will still haz ard the opinion that it has not in creased by 50 residents since that time. A Merited Testimonial. Billings, M. T. May 17, 1884. The undersigned excursionists,here by certify that the dining car presided over by D. C. Ehrhart is the "boss car on the road, and the hospitable conductor is making a name for the Northern Pacific that the road may feel proud of. Signed by Judge John J. Daly, of Portland, Oregon, L. Thankaus. G. W. Spearman, D. K. Howe and eighty others. This flattering testimonial is really well-deserved,for Mr. Ehrhart, during his service of a year as dining car con ductor on this division, has made him self and the car he manages very popu lar with such of the traveling public as appreciate courteous treatment and a good meal. A Letter From Belknap. F W. Brown, formerly of Brown & Sax of Livingston, writes us from Belknap, where he is now located. He says: "The town is picking up every day. A telegram has just been re ceived from Eagle that this trail is the only one by which to reach the mines, all others being drowned out. Two hundred mules came in to-day from the Jackass trail and more are ex pected. J. L. Holmes left Murray ville this morning and arrived here a few minutes ago, having made the trip in less than nine hours. I came over a few daÿs ago in eight hours. Freight is shipped into the mines from here at eight cents a pound. I have started a branch house at Murray ville." A New Theory. William B. Gaw, of Miles City, in a letter to the Scientific American, ad vances the opinion that the Chinook winds are not the Pacific trad j winds bjeaking through mountain passes, hut that they come from the higher atmosphere and consist of an upper current of air o f one of the atmos pheric currents bearing a regular and defined course. He believes that this aerial current becomes dispersed, and that that portion of the current that strikes Montana is in all its elemental purity. —GO TO JOSEPH BOWERS' New and elegantly furnished TONSORIAL PARI OR For a -first class» shave or hair cut. Two chairs in operation. LOWER MAIN STREET, LIVINGSTON. - . ■ fäSjfä; ,r:? v ■ % LAWRENCE & STUFF, -DEALERS IN— and Agricultural Implements, We haue a complete line of Builders Hardwe Farm Tools , Barbed wire Stretchers, Fishing Tackle, Firearms and Ammunition , Car penter Toolsi Horse Shoes and Nails, 4 indew Glass, all sizes, W ard cf Payne'-s Sheep Shears , etc., etc. ! TOURIST OUTFITS A specialty made of tin roofing, Get our figures before purchasing. LAWRENCE & STUFF, PARK STREET, Livingston, - - Montana. CURRAN & LENIHAN, —DEALERS in— Groceries and Provisions, AND ALL KINDS OF GRAIN-FEED. Sole Agents fo r the Cele br ated Far go Best Flour. C ORNER OF MAIN AND LEWIS ST., - LIVINGSTON, MONTANA. "Tlb-e SSea-d.q.'ULO-xters Billiard Parlor, DRAPER & MELKERN, : Proprietors. SECOND STREET, LIVINGSTON, M. T. Fine Ear, supplied with nothing hut the BEST brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigart, both Imported and Domestic. Private rooms in connection. D M. REESE, * CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER STORE FITTING A SPECIALTY. Plans and Specifications given for any kind of work. Office at the Brunswick Hotel. Pioneer Barber Shop, N. IMO, "B"St. opposite office of Daily Enterprise Elegant BATH ROOMS Inconnection. Everything neat and nice. L. C. LaBarre, PRACTICAL WAGON MAKER. Shops on Lower Main St., next door to Griffith's Blacksmith shop. New Work and Repairing done to order. Also carry full line of wood dock. F. H. LORING, Proprietor of the GILT EDGE SAMPLE ROOMS. CHOICEST WINE S LIQU ORS ami CIGARS. Princely furnished parlor room in connection. MAIN STREET, - LIVINGSTON. \VM. WOOLSEY'S STABE, EIFRESS AND FREIGHT LINE FROM Livingston to White Sulphur Springs, Leaves Livingston on Monday and Wednesday making two trips per week as follows: Leaves Livingston Monday, arriving at While Sulphur Tuesday and returns on Wednesday. Leaves Liv ingston on Wednesdoy and returns on Saturday of each week. Passengers and express salely carried at reason able rates. Also heavy freight transported to or from either point with all dlspatth. WAKEFELD & HOFFMAN'S Sie & Express Line Carrying U.S. Mail between Livingston and Mammoth Hot Springs, via Chiokory, Cinnabar and Gardiner, running through in one day, leaves Livingston SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY of each week, at 7:30 a. in. Passenger and Express Rates en quire at the office of the N. P. Coal Co. r Second Street. A. A. DEEM. Agent. CORNWELL & LOCKE, PROPRIETORS OP THE j lllffl HAVE ALWAYS IN STpCK THE Finest. Brands af Wines, Liquors and Cigars. He Besti Pool and Billiards Tallies -TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY.— INTER-OCEAN RESTAURANT, Second Street. ME ALS At'aLL HO URS. ------- Tables supplied with all the delicacies of the season. First-class cooking and dining room a model of neatness. MRS. A. B. HARRISON, - Proprietor T. R. MAYO'S Tfllf SflBIAT. PART,HE both Upper Main Street, Are the Most Elegantly Furnished in the West. None But Expert Wort« Employed Bath Booms in Connection . — — ■ _L. |y Finest stock of Barber supplies in Montana. 1 JOHN O. SAXE, NEWS AND FRUIT DEALER, AND CONFECTIONER. The latest eastern Dailies. Illustrated Journ als and Magazines always on hand. MAIN STREET. Harness Emporium Lower Main Street. SADDLERY, ÜAENESS MAKING and EEPAIEING Neatly and promptly done. Have a large and complete stock of goods in the Harness line and I am now ready to receive orders. J. Grannickstadten. Livingston, Montana, Located at the Junction of the or lone National Pari Brad R.H., And the Main Line X. P. R. K. LOTS IN THE Original Townsite. Plats and price lists, apply to JOHN H. ELDER, Agent Land Dept. N. P. R R. Co., Livsngston, Montana. Or to L. TAYLOR, Gen'l Townsite Agent, N. P. Ry. Co St Paul. Mmn , BANK EXCHANGE! JOHN HIGGINS, Props. Saloon, Billiard and Pool Parlor FIFE MIXED DEINKS A SPECIALTY. Choice Wines, Liquors & Cigars. PARK STREET* LIVINGSTON, M. T