Great Falls tribune., 1885-06-25
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS.


smallpox. More likely a4case Of bad
whisky. -
Snow. Snow fell to the. depth OF
twelve.inches-ia the Deer Lodge val
ley during the night Of the 9th and
the following. morning sleighing rigs
were out on the streetsof Deer Lodge
town.
NARROW ESCAPE Theodore Rose
yelt and a son Of Lord Worth, while
crossing a swollen creek during the
storm broke through the bridge and
were -precipitated into the stream, and
it was with difficulty that their lives
were saved.
Took IN THEIR Horns. The Glen
dive cowboys got sttook in' grandly
on tenderfoot(2). They offered him
S25 to ride a bucking broncho, and
after he had ridden the animal to their
satisfaction, they had the gall to re-
fuse giving up the promised 'silths."
REPORTED SALE-It is reported on
what seems to be good authority, that
DR.. 4. J. Hunter has sold his valuable
property, known as Hunters Medic
inal Hot Springs, to an Eastern party,
for the sum of $50, 1000, and that S10,-
600 Of the amount has been paid down.
Courier.
SKELETONS FouND.-It is reported
that three skeletons were recently
found in cabin on Big Fork, which
empties into the Flathead Lake on
the eastern side, near the north end.
It is supposed that the skeletons are
those Of three trappers and that they
were murdered by Indians. Missou-
Ian.
SusPENDED-A Washington dis
patch dated the 10th, says: The Post
master at Bozeman, Montana, was sus-
pended upon the report Of the In
spector showing gross carelessness in
managing his office and failing to col
lect and account for box rent, and es-
pecially his failure to make reports of
deposit and quarterly account as re-
quired by the Third Assistant Post
master General and Sixth Auditor.
A SAD Acc1DEsT-A dispatch from
Miles City, dated on the 18th, says:
Yesterday sad accident occurred at
Fort Keogh during target practice
The troops were practicing shooting
and Corporal Henry O'Neill, of Com
pany T, 5th Infantry was in charge of
the target. Before the time he step
ped carelessly in front of the target
and was killed by shot fired by pri-
vate VIM Hart, of the same regiment.
A New RAcKET.-A beggar with a
new racket has struck the camp. It
is woman. She came in on Thurs
days train from the south She is
blind, and the way she attracts atten-
tion is by sitting on the street reading
aloud from book printed in raised
letters, using her fingers instead Of
her eyes to read with. A little contri-
button cup which stands upon the
book explains to the generous hearted
that they are invited to chip in.-In-
| ter Mountain.
INDIAN TRADER. George W. Don
gan, prominent dry goods merchant
of this city, who was recently com
missioned by the President as Indian
trader to the Blackfoot Indians in
Montana, left yesterday to select a
point in the agency for future opera
tons, which will doubtless be 1T
miles north of Helena. Messrs VIM.
Sardner and George A. Aonner, ac-
companied Mr.. Dongan as travelling
companions. Evening Jour
nal.
The PIONEER CATTLE DRIVE.
ing a conversation with veteran
stock man of Madison county, the
gentleman mentioned the fact that
Messrs. Henry Ashbrook and Barney
Hunter drove the first band Of cattle
out of Montana. They were bought
in Madison county. This was in 1877
and they had to drive them about 400
miles to the Union Pacific road They
had the choice Of the whole country,
and got a very fine lot of stock. On
the trail they came across Chief Jo-
seph and his band of hostiles, but the
dust made by the cattle gave Joseph
the impression that he was about to
encounter Gen. HoWard's troops, SO
the Indians fed and the cattle men
pursued their way unmolested. Stock
Growers Journal
THE INDIAN PoLreE. The pay of the
Indian police is to be raised from S5
| to So a month. Their names remain
unchanged. White Calf is the captain
Of the Blackfeet police; White Buff
falo is lieutenant; Running Crane.
Wolf Coming -the-Hill and Red
Bird Tail are sargeants. Wolf Asleep,
Crow Foot, Bull Shoe, Tearing Wolf