The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-11-06
MONTANA NEWS.
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MONTANA NEWS.
A man in Helena the other day pawneo
his artificial eye for $40 to procure money
to gamble with. He lost his money anC
his eye.
The miners of the Sweet Grass Hills
northern Montana, have been ordered
away from their diggings, the ground
they are on being included in an Indian
reservation.
The jury in the case Of Harding for the
killing Of George Ferguson, the Glendale
stage driver some months ago, after being
out an hour returned verdict of murder
in the first degree.
Helen, the 6-ycar old daughter OF
Lieut.. Bonus of the first cavalry, Fort
Assinaboine, was thrown from fright
cned horse last week, her foot caught in
the stlrup, and she was dragged to death.
Courier: We are informed by Mr..
Haines that three bears killed 20 and
wounded 4 sheep belonging to Joseph
Kountz. A party pursued the bears and
succeeded in killing two of them and
woundlng the third.
Dillon Examiner: Major Heck has
handed us piece of ore from the Mon
tana Tin company's mines, which looks
and assays better than any heretofore
taken out. 1t came from the face of the
tunnel which is now in distance Of $50
feet.
The Kidney ranch buildings and barn
on Sheep creek, Meagher county, were
destroyed by fire Friday night. Six
horses and large quantity of hay and
grain were also destroyed. The fire is
believed to have been started by an in
cendiary.
Two freighters named respectively
William A. Converse and Joseph Connor
engaged IN an alteration at Helena which
resulted in Connor stabblng Converse in the
abdoman on the left side, inflicting dan
gerous if not fatal wound. Connor made
his escap, and has not yet been captured.
Thomas F. Burke, formerly a switch
man In the yards at Helena, was killed
by the cars at the junction of the main
line of the Northern Pacific with the
Cascade branch Tuesday night. No fur
their details can be learned of the acci-
dent or of Mr.. Burke's antecedents or of
his family relations.
Alfred Myers Of Billings has been ap-
pointed by Governor Hauser as comms-
sioner to represent the fine stock interests
of eastern Montana at the convention of
the National Consolidation Cattle and
Horse Growers association OF the United
States, in Chicago, Nov. Is and II.
j. j. Thompson, of Custer county, is Mr..
Myers alternate.
The Dustin bank failure at Lincoln,
Ills, assumes greater proportions as the
days pass. Dustin's Montana liabilities
now reach 5000, and other total liabili-
ties foot up over 100000, with only
$67, 900 assets. The loss to depositors is
cool 100000. Dustin is preparing to
assign and it is barely possible that he is
able to pay 25 cents on the dollar.
A dispatch from Calgary N.W.T., says:
Superintendent Griesbock, in command
of the mounted Police at Edmonton, has
succeeded in capturing Long Man, who is
supposed to have been implicated in the
massacre at Frog Lake last year. Long
Man, relying on the length of time since
the rebellion, came into the post with a
complaint about stolen horses. He was
Immediately recognized and arrested.
Lewiston Argus: Lieut.. Beacon of
Fort Shaw has captured five of the Indi-
ans that raided the upper portions of the
Judith valley last week, and recovered
twenty of the horses stolen from the set
tiers, and the Indians will be held for civil
trial or dealt with under military rule.
Beacon deserves gold medal, AS he IS
the first military officer who has captured
a red skin in these parts, with one excep-
ton, for years.
Great Falls Tribune: u. A. G. Flow
cree and Jesse Taylor have offered the
United States government, through the
Piegan Indian agent, $4,000 for the