Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02
m0HTANA NEWS.

Hay is $50 per ton at Boulder.
Helena has broom factory in opera
tion.
Montana sheep are now quoted at S:I.65
to $3.50.
Helena is still agitatcd over the water
question.
Wheat is III cents, and oats 81 30 in
Missuula.
Butte has three variety theatres a nd nine
faro games.
Helena has "A toboggan club Of one hun
dred members.
Deer Lodge rounty poiled nearly l,ooo
more votes this year than in 1854.
Jefferson county's assessment is S2.335.-
s5i, being II gain of s:,o9, s:,5 in the year.
1t l. expected the Anaconda and Philips
burg telephone line will be working ia 20
days.
Car, will he running to the Moulton, Alice
and Union consolidated MINES by January
first.
| The total vote of 3.Sis brings Deer
! Lodge up to third in population in the ter
ritory.
Less than 81 900 was realized from the
perishable assets oi the deiunct Miles City
| Dressed Beef company.
! 1t is reported that :. u. Roberts of Big
Timber recentlv won II prize of s22.5oo in
| the Louisiana state Lottery.
! The Bozeman tounril have passed tine
electric lght ordinance. Work will becom-
m"nccd n, once on the plant.
In Chicago. last Monday. Montana sheep
sold largely To feeders n. $1,000, 3.:J5. for
droves averaging 100 pounds.
John lInmblcton, of Butte. was killed IN
the st. Lawrence mine last week by the
cage running away in the shaft
The Rocky Mountain telegraph line will
be completed from Fort Assinnaboine to
the Canadian Pacific by January /.
MiSsoula il ia have II ''down town telr-
graph office the depot being thrce-fourths
of mile from the business center.
Rumorcd. that W. \. lines and J. J. Da-
/ Wis are applicants for the reccivership of
the l;ozeman U. :. land oiiice.-Courer.
Several Anaconda ladies announce that
they will give swell dinners Sncrt the smeltcr
shut down. The dinners will consist of
dried apples and water.-Review.
\ cow boy oi the WY outfit was thrown
into burning coal pit at Box Elder 10y the
bank caying in. lie was dead before hif
A
Uncle sam pays pensions To nineteen
residents ia Yellowstone county. seven
teen are invalids drawing Sl3 nna Is Il
widow, drawing sl2, and one is "a depend
rnt, drawing Sl2.
J. \. Kennedy, of the upper Teton, r.
Gently trapped a Wild cat Of the largest
spcri,-. The animal measured fully five
bet from his head to the end OF h- very
short tail. and would probably wrig a.
"a, much ~ fuli grown panther
The Helena Typographical Union uotifi.-
: publishers that in futurc all eytra tini'
work viii b,. charged for at :hc rate oi on'
and one-hali prize. nn sundays Thanks
giving. Ghritmns, New Year and ruuri h
Of July, doublc price vii hr rhar-gd,
Gpoke ify -.-"ms likely -n"n II have :,
newspaper, athcrrd by Dave Bnrum. W,
are informed that two or thr.,. hundred
dollars hs,s been r;ti-'I ipr the purpose %
buying a press and material and that th,
same has already been ordered if"m til,
foundry.
Thcr' is enough ore Within II radius al
six miles from 'ooie 4" employ at TN,
present time twenty Thousand men If ",
had a railroad. II takes almost as lau.
now to g.t freight from innahar ~ cooi,
a. il used to bring il from ogden to iIr,na
Icy ball teams.-'o 'ourier.
! \ "romniittre ~ peace has b,rn or-aH
r ilrd on Bircii creek in Bcavcriead count y
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