The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-10-31

At Clancy, Jefferson county, H. NJ. Hill
in shooting at hawk put three shots into
Mat Wormer who had just turned the
corner Of the house as he fired. The
wounds are not dangerous.
Courier: 1t is currently reported that
Major Eaton intends to start up the Great
Republic smelter early next spring, and
that it will I've run to its fullest capacity
during the entire season, railroad or no
railroad.
Mrs. Alice B. Vale has been appointed
postmis tress at Stanford, Meagher county
Mott McMinn. postmaster at Cottonwood,
Maagher county; Charles E. Dudley at
Marysville, Lewis and Clarke county and
Luke D. Hatch at Stevensville, Missoula
county.
The Pioneer Press says that H. L. Cor
don is one of syndicate of Minneapolis
capitalists who are largely interested in
copper mines at Sheepeater Mountain,
near Northfeld, Montana Now will
someone explain the location of the local
ity, so to speak.
Miles City Journal: County Clerk Deer
has received a request from Judge Coburn
to prepare and send to him at once at
Bozeman detailed statement of the un-
settled account between Custer and Yel-
lowstone counties growing out of the di-
! vision of the counties.
Billings Gazette: The stock inspector
at the Crow agency has collected over 500
stolen horses, which now await identified
ton by their owners. while over 800 have
been reclaimed and returned to their own
ers. The Crows have been induced to
adopt common brand for their stock.
A Brainerd dispatch Of the 25th said ::
A Montana mining agent to-day complet-
ed the enrolment of company of 100 men,
mostly laborers, to 60 to the mines near
Butte to chop wood for the reduction
works. The contract price is $1.15 per
cord, and time one to five years with spe-
cial rates on the railroad, said to be $23.
Miles City Journal: From gentleman
who has just returned from the north side
range it is learned that on Thursday last
seven Yanktonais Sioux belonging to Pop
lar River Agency stopped at Lisk's ranch.
having with them twenty nine head Of
Crow horses which they had just stolen.
They were exceptionally we'll armed and
rather impudent.
Great Falls Tribune: A large stretch
of prairie was burned on the Helena and
Benton road between 20 Mile Springs and
Benton last week. 1t required several
days hard work by a number of men to
put it out. At night the fire could be
seen quite plainly from here. There has
been an immense area of range burned
over in northern Montana this fall.
Chronicle: 1t is reported in army cir
cles that Ft Ellis is liable to be abandon
ed and the valuable farming land now
held by the government as military res
ervation thrown open to settlement, or
rather put up at auction as is usually done.
There are some valuable farms within this
ten mile reserve, made doubly so by their
close proximity to Bozeman.
Last Sunday night Miss Maggie Sulli-
van, 10 years old, of Centreville near
Butte, while in the delirium of typhoid
fever escaped from her watchers who had
fallen asleep and wandered out into the
hills. She was found next afternoon in
an unconscious condition at the foot of an
abandoned prospect hole 30 feet deep.
Her condition is precarious.
David Magee the boy who shot his step
father, Chas. Studor, at Butte, was con-
victed of manslaughter and sentenced to
one year in the pcnitentiary, has been par
doned by Gov. Hauser on the representa-
ton of the leading citizens of Butte. The
boy believed that Studor was stranger
who came to the house in the night to
have criminal relations with his mother.
He shot in the darkness to scare him away
according to his own story) and killed
his stepfather.
The following details of soldiery have
been sent out from Fort Assinaboine to
arrest rowing bands of Indians off their
reservations: Lieut.. Backus, with de-
tachment of Troop L, 1st cavalry, to pa
troll the country southwest of the Sweet
Grass mountains; Capt. Hunter and 1st
Lieut.. j. H. Rodman, adjutant Goth in
fantry, with Troop H, 1st cavalry, to scout
around the Piegan agency on the north
side of the mountains, and one company,
I, of the Goth infantry. Capt. Wheaton,
has left there to go into camp for month
in the same vicinity. In addition, there
is another detachment patrolling the Mis-
souri, river, in order to prevent any attempt
ed crossing by the Indians.