The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-12-04

give it to them threw blanket over his
head and made rush. Three OF them
escaped in the darkness. The guard held
the other two. one Of whom was wounded
by bayonet thrust. No blame can be
attached to anyone.
Boulder Sentinel: Jefferson City being
the initial or starting point OF the Helena
Boulder Valley & Butte railway, has
taken on a boom to the extent OF three
extra saloons, butcher shop, balber, hotel,
and an additional store with twenty
thousand dollar stock.
A. Corey, who has been confined in
Silver Bow county jail awaiting the action
of the grand jury on charge OF beng a
gold brick swindler, made his escape, but
was afterward captured while masquerade
ing in woman's clothes for the purpose OF
of getting away from the city.
At meeting held in Butte to consider
the situation at Anaconda, and decide
upon a plan of action for the benefit OF
the strikers at that place, it was stated by
Mr.. Kirby, one Of the speakers, that
seventy-tive families at the latter place
were starving and 100 families needed as
sistance.
A Townsend special to the Independent
saws: On the 21st inst one Of J. o.
Hussey's sheep herders, by the name OF
Tom Williams, got lost and has not yet
been found. 1t is supposed he perished
in the storm. He was about sixty years
of age. A party Of sixteen has started
out to search for the body.
The annual meeting Of the Montana
Bar association will be held at the court
house in Helena, on Wednesday evening
January 5th. The annual address will
be delivered by the president, Hon. Hiram
Knowles, of Silver Bow county. Other
papers upon legal subjects will be read
bv members of the association.
Bismarck Special: 1t is reported here
that a fight recently took place between 9
band of Crow Indians and some Canadian
trappcrs on the Missouri river in Montana
It is said that the Indians caught the
trappers stealing game from their trap:
and vigorous fight ensued. The trap
Ders numbered five armed with Winches
ter rifles and ten with shot,guns. One
trapper was killed, but the Indians were
driven back and pursued several miles.
Billings Gazette: II. H. Mund, of tht
First National bank, is the happy pos
SCISSOR of two Sioux scalps and number
of fancy articles of be"a--'o,l' Il, tailor. from
the two Sioux warriors who were over
powered and killed by the Crow natiol
on the Big Horn recently. c. T. Babcocl
forwarded the trophies to Mr.. Mund, wh'
dressed the scalps with carbolic acid
thus making them presentable to tn
curious in such matters.
Husbandman: Hensley Bros. brough
in very fine specimen of ore from thel
mines in the Castle mountains last week
The chunk brought in is said to assay g.
per cent. lead and 582 ounces in silver
The shaft on the vein from which this or
was taken is eighteen feet deep, at whic
depth the lead is twenty feet wide, thoug
it is thought to be even wider, as one G.
the walls is quite broken and underlined
With this kind of prospects the new cam
will not be long in coming to the front.
Billings Gazette: A private letter fro1
Sahara, dated November 23d, contain
the following information: T. has ju$
brought US very sad news Of the effect {
the storm on Sunday last. Mr.. Moule lo'
1900 sheep. They may be all dead f(
all he knows They were looking ft
them all day yesterday and found onl
, one hundred dead ones. They are lool
ing for the rest now. Davidson, a ma
who has a ranch above Moule's, lost 60
and two other sheep men near the "Gap
s have lost their whole herds, but the
f herders are gone with them, so it is po
e sible they may turn up all right yet.