The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-12
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Two Fishermen Who Escaped Being
Eaten by a Big Black
Bear.
Constable Cleary's Experience
With Some Horses He Had
Attached.
A,lcvad To File on His Land After His
Entry Was Cancelled The Coeur
d,Alens Excursion.

The people who saw Frank Lang At his
plrce of business yesterday could not have
told that he had had a very narrow escape
Sunday from being eaten mp by a bear. He
and A. q. Smith, of East Helena, had gone
out to tho Little Blackfoot on Sunday to
fish and mediate on the beauties Of nature.
Along in the afternoon Lang got tired and
went up on the bench land to lie down and
rest, leaving Smith still fishing. BY and
by, thinking that ii would be we'll to leave
Some fish in the stream for next years
sport, Lang called his companion up to him.
They were hardly together before Lang
saw something amhling up the slope lead
ins to the bench land. He tool it to be a
COW from its graceful movements. A few
minutes later the animal looked at Lang
and Lang looked at the animal. Then the
fisherman saw it was a bear, a black bear,
and a big black bear. 1t appeared to be
about four feet long, and as it opened its
mouth it showed = full set of teeth. After
sizing up his expected meal the animal
started toward the fisherman. BY this
time he had grown to five feet in length.
A hssty summary of the arms at hand
showed that tho defense possessed but one
a~ix-shooter, q very poor weapon against one
hunrgy bear. Lang. calling to Smith
to follow, started on \ run. CHANGING over
his shoulder he saw the bear, NOW fully
seven feet long. preparing to follow. Smith.
however, armed with a six-shooter, stood
his ground. Long had not gone many
yards when he heard Smith calling to him
to come back. as the bear was Running
AWAY. The animal evidently thought Long
was too ieer-fcoted for him, and having
I-rS &hH hast ~ark al h4a 1Innar NnurllHpi
to 70 home. The fishermen returned to
town quite satisfied to dine of fish instead
Of being food for bear.
A dispute over the possession Of two
horses now at the fair grounds cansed one
of tho parties to the controversy to attach
tho animals yesterday. The attachment
was placed in the hands of Constable
Cleary. who hired two saddle horses and
Bloody Knife to go for the attached prop
erty. They got the horses all right and
started back to the oity, leading them.
Crossing the creek in the Broadwater addi-
vent back so fast that it was thought use
less to follow them. Arriving in the city,
it was found that there was q third party to
she controversy, and after consultation the
matter was compromised, Constable
Cleary presented his bill for fees, amount
ing TO SO.Dus WHICH was pdlO. Io AdO w
pay 81 for the use of the two saddle horses.
He ia now wondering whore he will get she
80 cents deficit from.
Some time in 1879 John g. Sarter hook up
a desert land claim near White Sulphur
Springs, and deposited $500 to pay for the
same with Receiver Ballou, taking that
g~sntleman's individual receipt for the
money. No attention. however, Was paid
to the fling in the land Office. and it was
afterwards found that no accounting had
been made to the government of the money
received. As wears rolled by the property
marsh of civilization. and Starter, who was
resting content with the idea of
possession, suddenly found two years
ago that his entry had been can
oelled. He started an investigation
resulting in finding out that his entry had
not been recorded and that the money he
paid on it had not reached it's proper source.
About 4 month ago he applied to Judge
Langhorns, who looked the matter up and
has just succeeded in getting a ruling al
lowing Sarter to reinstate his entry. His
proof of reclamation will now be received
and the ground patented to him. All he is
out IL his $500 and his worry.
In less than a week over 300 excursionists
from the Coeur d'Aleno country will be in
Helena. 1t is proposed to give them a re-
that will be equal, at least, to the
given the Helena people when they went
to visit the Idaho people. All accounts
agree that it would be a hard matter to ex-
coed that reception. The visitors will get
here on Friday night about eight o'clok.
They will be met by the reception commit
tee and marched up Main street to the
of the city. There is n proposition
on foot to meet them Oh upper Main street
with a bonfire of immense proportions.
which will give them some idea of the
of the welcome the Helena people
mean to give them. 1t Is particularly re-
quested that the buildings on Main street
be decorated, as were those in the Idaho
towns on the occasion of the excursion
there.
Muslin underwear for ladies is selling at bed
rock nrices al The Fec Hive