The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-10-16
MONTANA NEWS.

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MONTANA NEWS.
l. Work on the new telegraph line between
Butte and Helena has been commenced.
The Moulton mining company shipped
eight bars of silver bullion last Saturday,
valued at $12,80O.
An artesian we'll lately driven in the
court house yard at Miles City yielded a
splendid flow of water at depth of $50
feet.
The dwelling house of A. j. Maxwell
of Miles City was destroyed by fire Mon
day night. Loss about $500; partly
insured.
By the accidental discharge of 32-
calibre pistol Arthur Bassette, at Butte
last Sunday, received a dangerous wound.
The bullet passed through his body just
below the heart.
The suits against Dilworth and Story,
cattle outfits, for ranging cattle on the
Grow reservation, have been settled, and
they will be allowed to leave their cattle
there on payment of fifty cents head.
James Shaw, ranchman at East Flat
head, shot at hawk on his barn yard
fence few days ago. The bullet struck
the post on which the bird was sitting, but
glanced and killed fine race horse stand
ing in the yard.
Wolf Point Indian agency was visited
by band of marauding Crows recently
and fifty horses were driven off, The
Assinaboines from the agency recaptured
the horses. Several H 3-bar horses were
among the stock raided.
In the vicinity of East Flathead several
valuable horses have died lately, and the
theory advanced as the cause of the death
is that small insect lives IN the sloughs
or ponds where the horses had been ac-
customed to drink, which when carried
into the stomach produced fatal results.
A reward of $4,000 is offered for the
apprehension and conviction of the party
who set fire to either one of the ricks of
cord wood in Browns Gulch or in Silver
Bow Canyon. There is chance for some
one to make money. 1t is said that the
officers have clue to the guilty parties
and arrests are likely to he made at any
time.
How Jake Bluunt Died.
Leadville dispatch, 18th: Jake Blount,
a we'll known character, formerly men,
Der of the notorious James and Younger
gang, was shot and instantly killed this
afternoon at o'clock by Lloyd Marie, a
Frenchman. The shooting occurred at
Mares cabin, at the foot of Carbonate
hill, whittier Blount went "ith the avowed
of killing the Frenchman. The
trouble is reported to have been the result
of an intimacy between Marie and
Blount's wife. Marie was apprised of
Blount's intention, and when the latter
knocked at the door of his cabin he fired
through the panel, the ball passing
through the aggressor's head. The mur-
derer then opened the cabin by an oppo-
site door and fled to the mountains. Off
GERS started in pursuit of the fugitive, but
up to last reports had not captured him.
Blount leaves a wife and four children.
Dumont Presented with a Medal.
On the 9Th inst. large number Of
French sympathizers in Chicago presented
a gold medal to Gabriel Dumont, the we'll
known Metis leader and the lieutenant Of
Reil during the troubles in the northwest.
A committee of French people some time
since began subscription for the purpose
of purchasing the medal to show that the
people of Dumont's race upheld him in
the principles for which he so valiantly
The medal itself is inscribed: j:
'Patria ct justitia,' and shows half
breed protecting woman, while the re-
verse bears the inscription, "Homage a
Gabriel Dumont."
Col. Sanders at Billings.
Special to the Independent: The most
enthusiastic republican mass meeting ever
convened in Yellowstone county occurred
here to-night-(Wednesday.) The new
opera house was filled to overdowing with
representatives of both parties, among
whom was large concourse of ladies. The
meeting was addressed by the "War
Horse" in manner never surpassed by
the most eloquent Of Montana's orators, by
Judge Blake in a solid aud convincing