The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-10-06

ously than it did" Tom McShane is
right good fellow and has made man
friends since he came from Wyoming her
three years ago
The democrats of Gallatin county hav
placed the following ticket in the field
For joint councilman, c. ". Hoffman
representatives W. D. Flowers and G. 2
Blakely; for sheriff, JAS NJ. Robertson
clerk and recorder, Jas. w. Drennen
treasurer, S. n. Cowan; assessor, Joe
Reeves; probate judge, A. D. Mcpherson
attorney, R. p Viyion; sup't schools
Mary F. Houston; commissioner, Ferdi
nand Dell; coroner, DR.. G. L. Hogan
public administrator, J. p. Martin; sur
yeyor, for central committee to fill. Wal
ter Cooper was reelected chairman OF tht
democratic county central committee.
The Grow Indians are ''getting on il
the world amazingly WE'LL and by their
energy and industry are worthy of sue
cess, They can now hitch up 400 four
horse teams. This fall they are hauling
their own freight. They are paid fol
hauling by tie government SO cents PEI
hundred from Junction City to the agency
Twenty four-horse Indian teams loaded
out this week from Custer Station. They
will carry about half IL million pounds OF
freight this season. The Catholics have
ninety Indian children in their school al
h,.e
made a contract with Paul Mccormick &
Co. for the construction of new school
building there. 1t Will be 100x40 feet
and three stories high, and a chapel 35x70
with an eighteen feet ceiling. Rotten
Grass is about fifty miles from Custer Sta
ton. They have the large building com
pleted, and it is finished In the best style,
all sided, painted and plastered.-stock
Growers Journal.
Butte Miner: Shortly after midnight
Friday night the steam whistles at
Walkeiville gave notice of a fire up there,
and a bright red light IN that direction
soon confirmed it to dwellcrs in Butte.
Inquiry elected the fact that 1t was the
Marget Ann mill that was on fire. It
was totally destroyed. The mill was the
property OF Dennis Driscoll, of Walker
vile. who bought it and the mine at
sheriff's sale for $12,560 1t was built
by Baltimore company three years ago.
At that time P. ODonnel owned the
Margct Ann mine. The company con
tracted to build the mill for half in
terest IN the mine. The property did not
meet their expectations, so they with
drew The Lexington foundry had a
mortgage on the property for castings.
They foreclosed and the property was
bought by Drlscoll as stated. The Pol
lock company took a lease on the mill,
which expired week ago and has not
been renewed The mill has been stand
ing idle since then, and the general i'm
preston is that its burning down is due
to incendiarism.
Herald: We fail to understand the
aim of Candidate Clark-wliat point he
intended to score--in the assertion vent
ured in his Missoula speech that ''that the
editor of the Irish World Patrick ForD
was dcserter from the federal army
Patrick Ford was a brave soldier gallant
ly fighting for his adopted country when
Mr.. Clark Gf his democratic biographer.
Mccormick, can be belicvcd) was ..a rag
ged, dirty, lousy miner at Bannack. "
Patrick Ford served in the Ninth Massa-
chusetts infantry and has war record
second to no other Irish American yet
eran of that splendid regiment for deeds
of gallantry and acts of bravery in battle.
1t was only recently that he WAS one of
the conspicuous members attending the
reunion of that command III Boston. and
was the recipient Of grand ovation by
his Old comrades in arms Patrick Ford
IS to-day All honored member OF the
Grand Army of the itepublic, and Il friend
Of his is every loyal soldier OF that organ
lzation throughout the land. Mr. Clark
has nothing to gain from Irishmen by as
serting that the Irish World editor was a
deserter from the federal army