Fergus County argus., 1886-12-09

The Helena and Red Mountain railroad
IL completed.

The Helena and Red Mountain railroad
is completed.
Governor liauser par.lonesl Thos. Keefel
from the penitentiary ON Thanksgiving
day.
Beef steers that netted from SIS to s5l
per head last year are only yielding from
s32 to s37 this year.
The boats Of the Benton Transportatiou
company are now all at Bismarck and
gone int" winter quarters.
The new sixty-stamp mill Of the Bluebirtl
company at Butte, the finest mill of the
kind in the world, il in successful oteration
Dwight T.. Green, IN architect formerly
employed by vreeland at Miles City and
Boseman. committed suicide at the latter
place. ON Tuesday Of last week.
\ great many teams and men are now
employed in the construction OF the Mon.
tana Central. They expect to have the
grading completed to Fort Benton by
Christmas.
At last advices Mr.. Conrad Kohrs was
under medical treatment in Davenport,
and was materially benefited thereby.
We believe he has abandoned the idea OF
going further.--New Northwest.
| Governor Hauser few days ago paid
$1,000 for so acres Of land just above
ltimini. lie has since decided it to the Hell
cna and Red Mountain railroad, and il is
suspected that new town scheme is afoot.
The War,lncr News says the railroad is
complete and running from Hauser to
Crur d Alene City and from he Old Mission
to Kingston. Hauser is the new town on
the Northern Pacific between the Idaho
line and Rathdrum,
Harry Lemon Of Great Falls, has been
appointed deputy collector of internal rev
enue, with headquarters at Miles city, vice
Tom Irvine, resigned. Who is Harry
Lemon?-River Press. lie is the son OF old
man Lemon, don't you know?
DIR. Hunter was surprised one day last
week by the receipt Of Y. $. government
check Tor SG5.35,-a sum the post office
department had found to his credit. While
postmaster at Hunters the Doctor had
returned to the government more than was
its sdue.-Chroniclc.
1t is said that n herd If buffalo are graz.
ing somewhere within n hundred miles north
of Miles City, and that the cowboys of n
ranch In the vicinity know the grazing
ground, but as far as possible mislead
strange hunters 50 that the herd is yet un-
ipolested.
The Granite mining company reports
shipments Of silver bullion from January
LIST to October 31st, amounting to ST.
100, 800, and besides the above, ore ship
mcnts from July LIST to October 31st.
amounting to $500, making IL total of
Sl,179,7O to which may be added SOL
600 shipped since October 31st.
Lieut.. Geo. W. Goode, LIST ca valry, arrived
in the city this afternoon in charge Of sever
al general court-martal prisoners who will
be conducted ia -Eart- -Slallias ..s4l taas.s.,4l
over to the proper military authorities,
prior to being sent to the government
prison at Lcavenworth. TN his arrival at
Fort Smelling, Lieut.. Goode will take n
leave Of absence of several months.-River
Press,
y. Beidlcr is still in the city and will re-
main until April. In the meanwhile he is
debating the history of his life to James
Ponsfori, who is rapidly putting it into
shape for publication. Mr.. Ponsford in
forms us that it will make a book Of 800
pages. II will be published by Mcssrs
Ponsford Il Mounts. and will make one of
the best histories of Montana ever pub
lishe,l. Ii is to be handsomely illustrated,
-t'hronicle.
Forest and Stream estimates the number
Of Buffalos in the United States at from
900 to 700 head. II reports about $50
in Wyoming, including the National Park,
in Montana 52, that were seen near the
the head of the Musselshell last summer;
in Nebraska, on the head of Dismal river,
there were about 30 this year, and in the
sand hills Of Kansas and the Pan Handle
Of Texas there are reported Ia be between
300 and 400.
II. II. Mund, of the First National Bank,
is the happy possessor of two Sioux scalps
and IA number Of fancy articles of bead
work, taken from the two Sioux warriors
that were overpowered and killed by the
Crow nation ON the Big Horn recently. e.. !
7. Babcock forwarded the trophies to Mr. .
Mnnd, who dressed the scalp- with car
bolic acid thus making them prcsentable /,
to the curious in sueh matters.-Gazette.
An accident occurred in the High Ore
mine last week which came near being fata..
Jerry Harrington, while descending the
shaft had his head caugh, bet ween the cage
and the timbers of the shaft in such -
mtanne. ar to nearly scalp him, beside irac-
turing his skull and breaking his nose.
The fracture of the skull has been reduced.
his nose straightened, his scalp sewe,l ON
aud he now recuperates in the bishop hos
pital.
A. Corey the gold brick swindlcr. com
mitted Ia the county jail to await the re-
sion of the grand jury, has made his escape
and is now at large. While the iailor was /
feeding the prisoners anevening or two ago |
Corey made - sneak on him with two pair
of blankets anl got on top Of the cells, I
where he quietly remained until about II /
O'Clock. His exit from the Jail WAS unno- I