The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-10-17

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Winnipeg telegram: The Indians who
murdered Farmer Sucker Hayne and
farmer named fremont. near Battlefold q
on the eve of the late rebellion, were
found guilty and sentenced to be hanged
on the 9th of November. Riel's coun
selors, who signed Poundmaker's letter
got two years in the penitentiary.
Jessie w. Jones. the youthful road agent
who robbed the San Angelo and Brown
wood (Texas) stage running to Cisco, and
who was arrested few days ago, says he
was born in Texas and is II years old
He read adventures of Jesse James and
other similar books, which SO affected
him that he ran away from home and be-
came stage robber.
Ed. Kelly alias Bulldog" Kelly, charg-
ed with the murder of Robert Baird OF
Missoula in the Northwest territory OF
Canada, is in Jail in St. Paul awaiting the
examination of the evidence recently ad-
duced against him and the issuance of ex-
tradition papers to take him to the scene
of the murder for trial. He was captured
on this side of the border.
The street car strike in St. Louis insti-
gated by the Knights of Labor. for few
days assumed great proportions. Mobs
formed and impeded the running of cars,
fought policemen and generally interfered
with the peace of the city. One of the
rioters was shot dead by policeman. The
strikers wanted .an advance in wages and
fewer hours of labor.
It must have been lively time at the
wreck of the cattle train on the Northern
Pacific down in Minnesota last week. The
wrecked cars took fire and the cattle that
were free became frantic. They rushed
at everything that met their view and freed
the train hands in a jiffy. Not until
horses were brought from Wadena, four
miles away. did the men leave their perches
in the trees to which the wild steers had
driven them.
Crops are bad on the whole. The aver
age yield of wheat will be about 104
bushels to the acre for the whole country
and the wheat area is 30,00O,O0O acres.
Corn will reach; 363 bushels per acre
or total Of 1876, 100000 bushels. Crops
in New England and New York are one
third below the average. Cotton is only
7S per cent of an average. The Manitoba
wheat crop is almost failure from early
frost.
Acting under imperative orders from
President Diaz, the governor who dispos-
sessed the American miners from the Los
Cruises silver mines in Mexico has been
compelled to surrender the mines to their
American owners. This is done through
the Intervention of Secretary Bayard, who
upon the investigation of Consul Pridgeon,
at Piedros Negros, made formal demand
upon the Mexican government for the res
toration of the mines to their rightful
owners. The mines are valued at $500, 900.
On Friday night about 10 o'clock, a
a body of unknown men took Benjamin
Little, negro, from his cabin, on Austin's
plantation, Mount Pleasant, Texas, and
hanged him to tree. 1t appears that
few days ago Little and another negro,
named Charley Young, robbed white
man, who was asleep, of $1.65. They
were arrested but Little was subsequently
released on bail. On the back of the
corpse was pinned a note stating that
Little was not hanged because of robbery,
but for slandering respectable white
family residing at that place. The note
also read: "Furthermore we feel that
we have done a great and noble act for
our country and as gentlemen"