The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-08-21

Union Pacific, resulted in the settlemen
of the express company muddle on thu
Montana Union. The Northern Pacific
express will be permitted to do regular
business between Garrison and Butte here
after. The business men are much graft
fed at the result
Phillip Pendleton of Miles City, agec
%, cowboy, accidentally shot himself
with his revolver in his room about 6
o'clock Monday morning. The ball pen
etrated entirely through his breast, two
inches below the heat, and buried itsel1
IN the window casing. He died at II a
m. The deceased was very respectfully
connected. His parents reside at Berkely
Springs. w. Va. He is nephew of ex.
Senator Pendleton, of Ohio. The remains
were sent east for burial.
| The prairie fires in the vicinity of the
Twenty eight mile springs south of Ben
ton have been quite disastrous. They ex-
tended to the Teton in the vicinity of
Perrysburgh. 1t is reported that Henry
Kennerly lost thirty tons Of hay, Lawrence
House large quantity and about ten tons
belonging to j. P. Ryan of Twenty-eight-
mile Springs was destroyed. Owing to
the dryness of the grass it was found very
difficult to stay the progress of the flames.
The fires have done great injury to the
range interests of that section of the terri
tory.
Billings Gazette: MAJOR Towers of the
well-known range cattle firm of Towers &
Gudgell was here. He says they think
they will have about 500 choice Texas
and American beeves to put on the market,
but adds that they are only picking the
best, and as soon as they cannot gather
cattle as good as those already marketed,
they will stop shipping, so for that reason
the number of beeves they will market is
uncertain. This year Towers & Gudgell
are driving 10000 Texas and 1000 high
grade Colorado cattle to their Montana
ranges. The headquarters Of the firm are
at Kansas City, but the genial Major says
his home is wherever his wife's trunk IS,
and his office under his hat, so to speak
An accident occurred Monday at the
Coulson ferry near Billings, which came
near resulting in tragedy. Hon. E. N.
Harwood, an attorney of that city, accom-
panied by Miss Fannie Porter, while cross
ing the river in a carriage on the ferry,
were precipitated from the boat into the
current near mid-stream, by the horse sud-
denly backing up, and before rescued they
were nearly drowned. The buggy made
several revolutions in the rapid water, car
rying its occupants beneath it, until almost
exhausted. They were fortunately wash
ed upon sandbar, whence they we're
soon after rescued by fishing party on
shore. The horse was drowned and the |
buggy badly demolished, both being found
nearly two miles below.
New Northwest: Veterinary Surgeon
Holloway returned this week from Boze-
man, where he had gone to look after
Captain Carlin's cattle, some so of which
had Texas fever. Tie band of about 1870
were driven up the West Gallatin above
the ranches, and up where they could be
kept above with good feed by fencing
across the canyon. The cool air of the
altitude produced good effect, and as
soon as the frosts come steadily the fever
will disappear. Of those afflicted, some
25 or 80 head died, and Is or 20 have re-
covered. DR.. H. informs us that there
nave already arrived this year, or are on
the way to Montana $4,000 Lead of cat
lie. There may be others, but this num-
Der is assured. The cattle men on the
last side say the country is full, and the
more sagacious owners of considerable
lerds are looking for feed grounds north
# the British line.
News has been received at Custer station
# partially successful horse stealing
aid on quite an extensive scale which oc
urred last Saturday on the Crow reserva-
ion, about fifteen miles from the Yellow
tone on the Big Horn. 1t seems that last
week four Yankton-Sioux Indians left the
Poplar River agency with the determina-
ion of replenishing their worldly posses
ions at the expense of their neighbors.
he Crows. Their intention became known
nd word was dispatched to the Crow
gency, but it arrived too late to prevent {
he mischief, the Sioux thieves having al
eady raided large band of horses and 6
ecured about sixty head of them. The
rows took the trail and recaptured about j
orty of them, but the thieves succeeded s
a getting away with twenty of the finest |
orses in the band. 1t is thought that I
erious trouble between the Indians of the
ifferent tribes concerned will be averted t