The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1884-12-06
MONTANA NEWS.

A little girl named Mabel Parsons, 5
years old, was run over by freight trucks
at Butte and killed instantly.
In the case of Jessrang, lynched at Dill
lon last year, the following entry is made
in the court record: ''Sent to higher
court"
A few days ago war party Of Piegan
Indians, under Little Dog, left their agency
to raid the Crows and avenge the death OF
Little Dogs brother
W. W. Garland, publisher of the late
Miles City Record, has been indicted for
criminal libel against T. j Bryan in an
article published last August.
Three cars for carrying ore from the
Parrot mine at Butte down to the smeltcr
ran away Monday morning, and at the
crossing of the Utah and Northern
jumped the track and were badly smashed
up.
The people of Dempsey creek district,
Deer Lodge county. this year built school
house and will have the entire amount
collected from them this year in taxes.
Their special school tax amounts to II
mills on the dollar,
Cow Boy: Deer are more numerous
than usual this year, and large numbers
are being killed in the vicinity OF Medora.
rhc evening train last Monday ran into
band of about two hundred few miles
west of here and killed two.
A man was arresteda few days ago near
| Mandan and taken to that place for trial
ON the charge of setting prairie fire, and
afterwards discharged. He started for
Glendive, but before reaching there was
caught in the cold snap and badly frozen.
He is supposed to have been crazy.
r. NJ. Beard. of Missoula, who left that
place about two months ago in charge OF
a pack train loaded with $50 gallons of
whisky for the Canadian Pacific country,
was killed and robbed of $4,000 near
Goldin City, B. c., on the s8th ult.
There are at present 81 patients in the
territorial insane asylum at Warm Springs.
AS to the percentage of cures effected, DR..
Mitchell says that of the new cases about
30 per cent are cured. while of the cases
oi long standing the proportion OF cures is
no greater than 10 or Is per cent. -
Two Cinnamon convicted of opium
smoking at Virginia City became contu-
macious in durance; and, refusing to saw
wood. were placed on bread and water
diet. This they so declined to take for
a couple of days, but finally the pangs OF
hunger overcame their objections, and
they now roll it like sweet morsel under
their tongues. But they won't saw wood
'.alle same"
In the district court in session at Miles
City the following were sentenced to the
territorial prison at Deer Lodge: Andrew
J. Williams, larceny, two years imprlson-
ment and fine of $500; Robert johnson,
burglary, two years imprisonment; Thos.
Donovan, burglary, imprisonment for five
years; Vim. Quinby, larceny, one year
Imprisonment and 800 fine; Geo. Nc
Gown, larceny, one year Imprisonment and
fine Of 500; Joseph Landre, one year
Imprisonment and fine of $50.
The we'll known Montana horse, Billy
Spanker, is one of the animals captured in
the eastern part of the territory recently in
the bloody encounter between cowboys
and horse thieves. Spanker is now at
Fort Keogh along with fifteen other horses
which were siezed by Maj. Blow, special
agent of the customs bureau of the treas
ury department, because they we're brought
from Canada without duty being paid
upon them. The Montana race horse was
ridden by the horsethief leader who, in
the fight mentioned, was shot from his
hack