Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-07-26

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The North Pacific has recent
purchased about II dozen enormous
locomotives from the santa Fe road,
which are expected to do heavy work
on the Rocky Mount ain Iii, ision.
The Montana Cattle company's III.
herd of cattle has been attached by
the Farmers Loan & Trust company,
OF New York. {. j. Mcnamara, OF
Fort Maginnis, has been appointed
receiver.
The Deer Lodge Fair and Racing
association has concluded to post
pone its meeting, which was adver-
tised for July Is to FL, to August ii
to II, inclusive, owing to the small
pox scare.
A special train running west Friday
morning was stopped near keogh by
a soldier lying ACROSS the track. The
soldier was i'm n drunken stupor, and
the fireman got out and dragged him
The smeter for the Cumberland mine
has actually arrived, and is now en-
route for its destination, on lIensley
creek. II is hoped that this will solve
the problem as to the value OF the
ores of the Castle mOuntains.-llus-
bandman.
The work OF branding the $500
head of cattle delivered here last week
to John Il. Murphy OF Helena was
completed on Saturday last, and on
Sunday the band was started tn Mr.
Murphy's range on the Musselshell-
Enterprise.
George Godas, who was arrested in
Missoula for numbering u man named
Embody, on the Dearborn, and was
subsequently tried and convicted in
Lewis and Clarke county, escaped
from the Helena Jail the | 9th inst.
Two other prisoners escaped ut the
same time.
a hail storm out on upper Powder
river n few days since was n terror
Chunks of ice fell rs large as ordinary
sugar bowls. a COW WAS killed ont i
right, many had their eyes knocked
out, Others were severely injured in
various ways, and the cast-irOn bake
ovens oi campers were acttTtIiy
smashed into flinders. Next stock
growers journal.
Frank Chatfield. the well known
guide and hunter, came in on Monday
from an extended trip through the
mountains. He brought down with
him n lot of hides, including nine bear
hides, four OF them grizzlies, also lot
of beaver. On August 9th he tn kes
charge OF New York party for a long
trip through the main range of the
Rockies. In this party are the well
known New York divine, Rev. DIR.
Rainsford, and two of the MOrgans, a
brother and cousin OF the famous
banker of the firm of Morgan < Drexel.
The party will outfit at Billings and
will be out several months.-Gazette
From passenger it is learned that
the White sulphur Springs stage, when
near Canyon Ferry yesterday, came
very nearly having q serious accident
but for the presence of mind and grit
of John Nolan, the driver, and whom
the passengers all swear is the best six
horse driver in Montana. A burr came
off thu. a. xle and threw the driver from
his seat, upsetting the coach. Miss
Mary Ford and Mr.. Louis Hoffman,
of White Sulphur Springs, were sitting
with the driver. Miss Ford escaped
without injury, but Mr.. Hoffman re-
ceived a severe, though not serious
scalp wound. On the inside of the
coach the passengers We're: Walter
King, of Diamond; Mrs. William Ford
and two daughters and George Barnes,
of White sulphur Springs; Miss Silver
man, OF Helena. Mr.. Hoffman was
the only passenger receiving any in
jury.
Walter King arrived from Diamond
City yesterday with IL batch of gold
dust from the old Confederate gulch
flume, and displayed to a re-
porter a nice assortment OF nuggets.
But the most attractive one OF the en-
tire lot was one taken from a mine
worked by Joe Emhoff and Noah
Dauey, above the mouth OF Montana
gulch 1t is II nice Hat piece of gold
and it's actual weight is over $500,
and is the second largest nugget ever
taken out of the famous Confederate
gulch, one having been taken out i'm
500 weighing over $1,000. 1t is
wort IA seeing, and Mr.. King will to-day
have it ON exhibition at the COsmo-
politan hotel for the benefit of all who
desire to behold so novel a specimen
of MOntana's wealth. MIR. King says
that old Diamond is coming to the
front again, as n great many are yet
making money mt placer mining. and
quartz mining is picking up. He is
over tor the purpose OF employing men
to work on the Satellite lode just be-
low town. This mine is owned by
Helena people, and will he extensively
workel.-lndependent.