The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-09-29

relation to the matter. Mr. Donncll
thought well Of his suggestions and urge
their consideration. Not long afterward
a bill passed congress which embrace
largely Mr.. Fergus ideas and set fort
his correspondence.
There is party of men cutting logs o
Sheep Creek with the intention of rur
ming them to Great Falls next spring
The timber is very good and convenien
to the stream and the logs will run wei
when once they reach Smith river, bu
Sheep Creek has been broven hard stream
to run timber in. It is almost withou
banks and when the water is high will rol
the logs out high and dry on the prairie
fully fifty yards from the creek and W
believe the drive will be made at heav,
loss as old logs along its banks iron
former attempts attest the difficulty 0
the drive.
We were informed by a gentleman VIII
made flying trip to this city yesterda,
from the Sandy, and returned last night
that the recent fire at the Sandy which
burned over about forty miles square O.
range country, was caused by sparks
from the engine to which was attached
President Hill and party's special car
The fire assumed such huge proportions
that it was impossible to extlnguish it, II
required the efforts of a company of the
military, many employees of the road and
number of citizens to control it. Mr.
George Barrow, foreman of the Northern
Montana Cattle company, who was hold
ing bunch of beeves for shipment, vas
forced to round them up and hold them
on previously burned district to prevent
them from being overtaken by the fire.
River Press.
Philipsburg Mail: News reached the
burg last Sunday morning to the effect
that Il band OF horse thieves were operat-
ing in the vicinity of Rock creek, few
miles ont Of town, which caused consider
able excitement and Indignation among
some of the old settlers who have had con-
siderable experience with these outlaws
before. In less than an hour after the
news was received several men on horse
back, armed with rifles, had started for
the scene, headed by J. P. Carney, who had
walked in from that section to give the
news. He led the party to where he had
seen the party on Saturday night, and also
showed several empty cartridge shells
where he was standing while firing at the
escaping thieves. They are supposed to
lave got away with at least one hundred
lead OF horses, and if the men in pursuit
should overtake them there would have
,een a hard fight. The pursuing party,
however, returned without the thieves or
heir plunder and nothing Las been heard
If them since.
MAJOR Roman, the agent at the Flathead
lgency, gives the following account of the
ecent killing of the three white men by
he Indians on Tobacco Plains: You
ee,' said the major, ''there were three
nen out on the trail gong toward To-
,acco Plains. Toward night they camped
n sight of band of Kootenai Indians
nd proceeded to the cooking of their
uppers. Three of the Indians seeing the
nen, went toward them, and in spirit
# fun agreed that they would shoot over
heir heads, which they did. The men
aughed at them and enjoyed the joke,
Wien one of the trio of Indians lowered
is rifle and shot directly at the men, the |
'ullet piercing the bodies of two of them
nd killing both. Then, savage and
they killed the remaining man
nd endeavored to conceal their crime by
rying to burn the bodies, which they
allied to do. The balance of the Indians
ound out about the murder and hunted
p some of the white people whom they
Did of the tragedy The Ramsdale
rotlers, who were living on the lake,
card of the affair and went down and
aught two of the murderers, whom they
anged at once. The remaining man es-
aped and is still at large
A special to the Independent from
lutte, dated September 25th, says: A
arty of Flathead and Jocko Indians, who
ere permitted a few days ago by Major
oman to leave the reservation for hunt
,g expedition in Jefferson county, al
we'd at point fifteen miles south of here
esterday. Five Indians and Il half breed
ho calls himself ..Modest,' but who is
,cognized as one of the Finley brothers,
ame to Butte and succeeded in buying
worth of whisky from Joseph Guiot, IA
renchman, who keeps a saloon on the
ltskirts of the city. In due time the
1dians got very drunk and reckless and
lille on the way back to camp the half
reed assaulted ranchman, who was
oming to town in his wagon, by striking
IN on the head with quirt After tax
g another drink he pursued him again.
he ranchman SAID one of them had
rye knife in his hand, but he stood
em off by pulling pistol on them,
hich he had under the seat of his wagon
heir hideous howls caused great alarm
nong The terror stricken farmers and
cir families in the vicinity, and G. Nc
ean, a rancher at the Nine Mile house,
me in hot haste to this city at late
,ur last night and reported reign of f
rror that existed among families out c
ere, caused by drunken Indians. They {
ught protection from the officers. and
8 o'clock this morning sheriff's posse i
eight men, heavily loaded with guns t
d ammunition. started in pursuit. They
und the Indians about fifteen miles out, r
nere they had camped, and brought the '
e Indians and half-breed to town and ,
1ded them IN jail. Guiot, the man who
Id the whisky to the Indians, was also
aced under arrest and will have hear
3 to morrow. "
Timely Definitions. '