The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-09-26
MONTANA NEWS.

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Cattle shipments from the country
tributary to Billings on the south are being
made from Huntley this year.
Seven Indians supposed to have been
concerned in the murder Of August Traut.
vein near Missoula have been arrested.
The stallion Ranchero trotted against
time in Butte on Sunday and lowered his
record to 2.249-the best time ever made
in Montana.
Nicholas Smith and Frank Stone SEN
fenced to one years Imprisonment tor
illegal voting at Billings have been par
doned by the governor.
DC. Dye, former resident OF Billings,
attempted to shoot himself down IN Wyo-
ming. He did not die though he manag-
ed to dive himself in his own blood.
J.B. Haggin, the quartz king who owns
the Anaconda mine and smelter, was
severely injured IN San Francisco by beng
thrown from his carriage while driving.
The selection of railroad land in Montana
for the year ending June 80, 1885, were
1893, ,459. The government lands taken IN
the territory in the same time were about
100000.
Healy Bros, of Bismarck, have been
awarded the contract by the government
for the erection of $4,000 building at
Fl. Peck, Mont, to be used as an Indian
boarding school.
r. S. Price, leading merchant OF
White Sulphur Springs, has assigned to L..
Rotwit. First National bank of Helena
principal creditor. Liabilities $4,000;
assets not stated.
A report says that the pretty young
wife of John Martin, Of Boise City, Idaho,
merchant, eloped with Running Deer, an
Indian servant. They are supposed to
have come to Montana.
A shipment of about $4,000 pounds OF
ore from the Florence mine, Maiden, re-
turned net profit Of $9,1Os.30. The orc
exists in seams or pockets but the owners
hope to strike true vein by sinking.
Lynde & Co.'s store at Salesville, this
county, with its contents was totally des-
troyed by fire on Thursday night of last
week. Loss $1,000. The fire is supposed
to have been the work of an lncendiary.
It has been found that the site of the
new court house at Helena is over some
of the old mining drifts and as necessity
the foundation walls are being laid from
the bottom of the drifts, sixteen feet deep.
The editor-in- chief of the Husbandman
was lately assaulted by Jonas Higgins and
barely escaped chastisement at the hands
of an irate female. Both these cranks
| were incensed by birth notice that ap-
peared in the paper.
The Husbandman thinks that there is a
mistake in the information which based
the belief of the published reports Of
johnson grass poisoning cattle in Custer
county. 1t believes johnson grass HARM
less and excellent forage plant.
Mrs. Sarah Ella Dawson living near
Cold Springs in the lower Boulder valley,
| shot bear in her own garden. Her hus-
band was away from home when three
bears came around the premises. The
dogs drove two of then away but Mrs.
Dawson got the third.
New Northwest: A note from a gen
tleman in Chicago. Sept. 10, says Warner,
Beers & Co. have completed the publlca-
ton of the History of Montana, ahd it
will be ready for distribution in a short
time. The work contains 1867 pages
and is pronounced "a most excellent and
worthy production"
Billings Gazette, 18th: Plenticoues,
the Crow chief, and his band, were in
town yesterday purchasing supplies.
They had been pursuing Piegan horse
thieves, and the old chief exhibited with
a considerable degree of pride fresh
scalp, trophy of his encounter with the
Piegans. There were no casualties to the
Crows.
Thos. McGirl informed the Billings
Gazette that the Bull mountain roundup
had found the remains Of man near Hlb-
bard creek, about sixteen miles from juno
ton City. The body was much decayed.
From the clothing and boots 1t was thought
to have been the remains of soldier,
possibly a deserter, who had perished
last winter.
An officer at Fort Ellis whose name is
suppressed is under arrest for having twice
made criminal attempts upon the person
of civilians wife resident at the post
He will be court mardaled, probably al
Fort Smelling. The officer has wife and
family who we're away at the time OF. his
lustful demonstrations and he was drunk
on both occasions.
| At the meeting of the Montana Presby-
terry held in Deer Lodge last week the
proposed Academy of that denomination
in Bozeman was placed under control o1
the Presbytery and committee appointed
to look after it. Over $4,000 has beer
subscribed for the purpose in Bozeman and
it is thought easy to raise the remaining
| 5000 in the east.
Courier: Mr.. Fridley informs us thai
he has given ground for side-track to thu
N. P. R. R. at Fridley's Station, upor
which the rails now used on the Chickory
side-track will be laid at an early date
The station at Chickory will be discontin
ued, and Fridley's become the shipping
point for Emigrant Gulch and Mill Greek