Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1886-08-26


: Hors~ thievss are a'...
The cxprr~s war ut Garrison continues.
The Montana Tin company, near Dillon,
finds thst its usr II I per cent. tin.
/ The Utah aud Northern 10 shipping it's
old narrow gauge railroad irVn south.
(, ,hclena polise,Hea nos wear h,lmets- the
New S"rk styIe Of head dress for ''ct,p~.'
The Nellie Grant mine, near Helena. has
decided to r~~ume work after four years uf
inactivity.
THE ElkhOrmc mining company has not
got the food cut of it's mine yet. l,ut com
tinues to pay dividend~ just the same.
Ford. the Prickley Pear demon Who vio-
lated his own daughter, was exsm.inesi In
Helena and placed under $4,000 bonds.
The water 10 ~ low In the various trout
streams in Bswvcrllead county that it IL
almost impossible to catch any fish in
them.
The Montana Central has thrre parties
of surveyors at work seeking - road to
Butte, and the other road has two.
Missoula democrats will try this fail to
eject Frank &. Ives to the council and Tom.
G. Marshall and Neptune Lynch to the
hOu~e.
The Alder Gulch Consolidated Mining Co.
N working day and night cleani up the
he'd rock uncovered by the summers ground
sluicins.
The hea West rain fall Of the season lell at
Livingrton On Thursday afternoon ii last
week. The storm lasted two hours aud the
rain fell in sheets.
Horse thieves are reported to bc doing
BOxeman and vicinity. Officers and citizens
are after them. and should the thieves and
their cache be discovered they will l@ rough
ly handled.
The Helena aud Red Mountain road
wants Judge Wade to modify the injunction
iavoring the Montana Central and let IL %
ahead with it's work pending the settlement
Of the case in the courts.
The mint report sends Montana to the
head of the list as a producer of the pre-
cious metals, and this position once &C.
quired will be maintained to the end, till
all are distanced. Herald.
Last week a nugget weighing about $50
WAS picked up in Henry Filings fiume in
upper Alder gulch. We understand that
the prospects arS good for bis cleanup
from this claim this season. Mmdisonian n.
We arr informed that syndicate il being
formed to purchase all the placer ground
lying ON the creek between Chico and the
Yellowstone river. Ancxpert has sstimat ted
that SI1 100000 can be taken from this
-. 'h---s. NOur1er.
The output oi the Drum Lumnon for the
month of July was 81 26. 100. The amount
III ore crushed WAS about y, 100 tons. The
mill did not run quite as many days as IL
did in June. nor does the ore appear to
have averaged MS vii.
The Rose Of Helena, Judge Hilscr's
Upper Missouri pleasure steam mer, will re-
s'lne her trips through the Gate Uf the
Monntai, =, which had been abandoned be-
cause of low water. The channel has been
clcare,, ri obstructions at sha How places.
The Miss"ula county democrats PASSED
resolutions ut their convention ,lenomncipp
Sparks for his incendiary rulings and ORDERS
concerning the public timber and the public
lands. andapproving Delegate Taule for his
hard and effective work to thwsrt the evil
works done by Sparks.
Hon. VIM. II. Clagyett told the Helena |
Independent that he expects to se~ the
Northern Pacific main line cross the noun
tains from Thompson Falls, pass down the !
streams and rivers to Lake c.r,,r d Alene. |
traverse it's shores and rejnin the present
main line near Rathdruln
A 13 year old girl somna mbulist named
Keil, walked off of an y. =. west bound
train. thrr miles west of Garrison. last !
Sunday week, and was not awakened by |
her tumble. IN the morningsh awOke and !
went to a ranch near by. Sh. was consi.l- |
erably bruised.
The fOun,lati ion f"r the new roncrnt rator /
1T wickes was begun last week, and the !
machinery will le in operation in thirty or
forty days. This will double the present I
capacity of the works, or
make il $50 toms per day. The additional
sn'elter II nearly completed.
Phillip Pendllcton, a Miles City COW hoy,
s3 years ri age, accislentiy fatally shot him
elf with "A revolver in his room on the 10Th
inst. The hull passed entirely through hi-
breast, just below the heart, and buried
Itself in the window easing. The ,isceas.,i
~as formerly "a resident oi F-rk-ly. ". Va.
where his parents reside. u. wa~ ~ nephew
II senator Pcnd,eton. of ohio The re.
mains were sent east.
The appearance oi Iklegate Tool.. who
arrived yesterday in the city, returning
rom his arsiuous congressional duties, de-
nOnstrate'i that his first experience of
Washington life agreed with him, but un-
ess Col. ooleexchangss hir silk tile for ,h.
broad so,nbrero of tine plains b'.fore meet
NJ his Montana constituents h. will hence
orth be hoe, in political oblivion. st. Paul
;lob..
The Tin,hrrlin. strik. stili continues.
'ev.nty-five men were shipped ther. last
week from the Stater the great bulk of
whom, under the plesdings 81 the knights
Il Labor, and thu locked-out work men,
ef,,s.sl to go Ia work in rhe n,ines The ,
nck-i-ouf men now r.ceiv. all Incoming
rains from Nh. east with armed PARTIES
rom the mines. buf no hosfil. siemon-fra-