The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25
GREAT FALLS NOTES.

Great Falls Feb. 24-At different
times during the last two years horse
thieves have swept over the stock
ranges of North Montana, gathering UP
the better grade of horses ana dIlNIn ,e'
the animals Ito some secret rendezvous
IN the mountains. Later, when tne
search for the stock had been aoand-
oned. the horses would be driven 10 an
adjoining state and sold. The raios III
Teton county have been particularly
tad and the loss to stockmen serious.
A determined effort will now be made
to capture the thieves, who are pc
ueved to be in hiding in the mountains
on the ceded strip of the Blaekfoot res
eryation, south of the Great Northern
railroad. Referring TO the subject tne
Choteau Montanian says Sherli
Zimmerman and Deputy Sheriff DAVIS
of Teton county have gone 70 'ne
Blackfoot agency, where they VIII be
Joined by a squad of Indian police.
forming a posse strong enough TO take
in the gang who every fall have raided
the country and fed with their booty
| to the mountain parks. where they re-
main until spring and something tur-
| Their is needed from the outside world.
when they again sally forth on another
| raid, pilfering from settlers. The In
dams have the gang located, and led
| by the sheriff will surely bring them
| in. The trip is a long and dangerous
| one at this time of the year, over snow
| and ice-covered mountains and fallen
! timbers. but Zimmerman and Davis
] will prove equal to the occasion"
At a meeting of Englishmen held to-
| night IL was decided to organize
| lodge of the order of the Sons OF ST
| George.
J. ]. Kennedy. formerly of Benton
| and Great Falls, but now resident or
Columbia Falls, is In the city on bust
ness.
| I'D Maclay, who has been East for
medical treatment for two months, Is
reported as much improved in health
and will return home next month.
A letter from Senator Mantle states
| that orders have been issued by the
postoffice department for the following
star routes of postal service: Route
63274 Great Falls to Sand Coulee, IL
miles and back. six times a week, by a
schedule of not TO exceed three hours
| running time each way; from March
l6, 1896, to June 30, 1898.
The criminal calendar for the March
term of the district court. which will
convene Monday next, was made up
this afternoon. The first case set for
trial is that of the state against Steve
Leyden, now in Jail charged with the
murder of Victor Zig, i'm saloon al
Belt on the evening of Dec. ?. Leyden
is a gambler and was dealing faro
quarrel. 1t is alleged that Zig assault
ed Leyden and that the latter pulled q
revolver and shot Zig through the head
inflcting wounds from which the lat
ter died few minutes later. Leslie &
Downing, assisted by William Wallace
jr, will defend Leyden, maintaining
that the latter killed Zig in self-de
Tense. Judge Benton this Afternoon
granted permission TO Leslie & Down.
ing TO subpoena 10 witnesses. in add
ton to the six permitted by law. Thes'
witnesses will come from Helena
! Butte and Missoula to testify to tn,
good character and peaceful disposi
ton of the defendant.
Mrs. Bessie Bloom has withdraw
her complaint, in which she made seri
Gus allegations against her husband
, ]. II. Bloom, and petitioned the cour
for a divorce, and the couple are Twins
in happiness and serenity once more
The property involved in the suit ha
been decided to a third party and vii
probably be reconveyed TO Mrs. Bloom
in the future. The case has been
: tempest in a teapot" from beginning
to end.
The case of the state against Johl
Sebastian, also in jail on the charge o
, killing his wife last October, will prob
ably be dropped to the foot of the cal
: endar in order to give a st. Paul no
tary time to take dispositions regardin
the sanity of Sebastian during his resi-
dence in that city.
L. NJ. Mcdonnell. clerk and recorde
of Cascade county, accompanied by hi
family, will leave tomorrow mornin
E for Lyons. Iowa, where Mrs. McDonne
will remain during the summer
Mac win be absent 10 days.
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