Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1886-09-02

si.5 per share in London.
I The hog cholera has mad its appear
ance in Deer Lodge county.
The Northern Pacific earned S235. .;2
the second week in August
/ Funds arr being raised in Helena to helI
out the Timbcrlne strikers.
Twenty new buildings have been erect e,
at the town of Great Falls since the first
of July.
Major Blaine is not to come back ia
Helena after all. lie will he stationed nj
IT. Paul
/ by the middle Of Octoier 500 tons ol
machinery will be in us, Iy the Drum I.um
mon company.
! Lewis and Clarke county's assessment
this year will he about the same as last
I Ss.OOO, 900.
! Potts X iIarris"n'- fine stallion Lord
Erks,lae, died recently from spinal mcnin.
getis. lie was worth about 81, 900.
( \ man named collyer shot and killed
n twelvc-year Old Benton boy. last Satur-
day with shot gun which he supposed was
not loaded.
Lepley Green aud the Choteau count v
live stock association have just started
900 bccves northward for shipment by
the Canadian Pacific.
Colonel Wear, for n year or two past
superintendent of the National Park,
turned il over to military control. capt.
Harris is chief in command.
tion company moved 400 tourists. The
Park is 80 crowded just now that il is
feared some Of the sight -secrS will be pushed
; off into geyser or II mush paint pot. =
Inter Mountain.
There is good authority for the state
ment that the Northern Pacific does not
by any means intend to yield the trade and
traffic of Northern Montana to the Jim
Hill road. They will either buy ar build,
and that in Il very short time.
Frank Higgins, Of MsSoula. has been adj
, mitted to practice in the courts of the ter
ritory. Mr.. Higgins enjoys the distinction
of being the first native Montana lawyer.
he having been born in the territory, thougl,
educated at the University Of Michigan.
Recently freight outfit ON the road be-
tween Buffalo aud Junction was met by u
thunder storm near the Forty Mile ranch
on the Little Horn. and out of the team
which consisted of seven yokes of cattle,
eleven were strnck dead by lightning.
\ guilty conscience: When W. W. Cole
made his contracts with the Montana Tn
ion railway this season, he specified in his
contract that IN rass sbf "a riot the railway
company were tofirnisl him trains to take
his show out of the locality ON two hours
notice.-Inter Mountain.
There is prospect ri II compromise be-
tween the Northern Pacific and the Mon
tana tentra in their warfare, the Northern
Pacific being willing To make u concession
To the Montana Central in regard Ia the
transportation oi rails, if the halter will
permit the Northern Pacific to usc the
track to Rimini.
Geo. W. Dart "i Dillon has preserved the
first shell fired at the Mcxican's cabin ia
bbiniiifh w 'H' IlIlt' In' N1gllafffS o1
Montana were TRYING 10 capture The Grrils-
cr road agent The shell will be presented
{, the Hist torical Spcioty of Montana. prop
rrly labeled and dated, for pres rsation ~
- relic of the road agent days ri he terri
tory.
"Ies, casually remarked an old-tinrr.
II few days age. thu prairie dogs are mul
tiplyins very rapidly. and il is only mat
ter oi time until tine problem of their rid.
dance will b. II matter of legislation in
Montana, the same as it Is in California
The bounty paia far coyote aud wolf
scalpr. has been the means of drcreasin,
thrir Numbers. and in consequence til.
praric dogs upon whom they prey"d to a
great extent, are becoming u nuisance
which To gel rid of is perpl sing problem"
Great Falls Tribune.
Mr.. 'has. :. Fee. general paissrnger aud
ticket agent ri the Northern Pacific rail.
road. recently spent several days ia this
portion of 'iod's country, giving his per-
spual aud almost unremitiin. attention To-
the wants and wishes oi the Momfana Pres.
Association. recently in session, aud the
si,eci,l train loads of Grand Army v.trr-
ans, who. returning from the Grand En-
rampmrnt at san Francisco, determined
to visit thu Yellowstone National Park
Ii sheridan headquarters were in thu sad
die, Mr.. Fee's, during the past werl; or 50,
have h'ea in his valise. aud hr has not
lailed in single in-fanrr to attend To or
meat the multiiarious du'i,s of hiS r..,pon-
.ibl" position. IIr has been the observed
oi al observers aud has. in hi- official ar-
tipns invariably made fast friend. for the
Northern Pacific road. l;ozeinan Courier.