Fergus County argus., 1888-10-11

Police Magistrate Sanders received yes
terday n badge Of the twcnt second ma
tionai encampnent, a. A. r., which wa,
held atColumbus, Ohio. II is an imitation
buckeye suspended from yellow ribbon
IL can lie opened like "a locket, and ON thu
inside IL seen the medallion likeness Of Gen
Grant and "a short inscription ON the other
The judge is proud Of his me,ial.-In,le
pendent.
The annual statement of the Boston and
Montana Copper and Silver Mining com.
pany was filed yesterday with the county
clerk and recorner and attestcd To by j. W
CLARK. Leonard Iewisohn, Charles Van
Brunt and A. :. Bierlow, trustees; J. W.
Clark president and A. =. Bigclow secretary.
The capital stock Of the company is 81. 500
900; amount actually paid in, 81, 800, 900;
amount Of existing indebtedness. S13I ,II5.
Inter Mountain.
A curly-haired Indian pony WAS AN at
traction ON the streets yesterdays veri-
table buffalo horse. The hair all over it's
body lay in regular wave and curl belts
that would have been the envy Of ladies
who wear false waves and curls. The old
ham-fat Indian maiden who owned the out
tit seemed well pleased with herself and her
curly colt, as she sat fiat in the center Of
Main street, where the dust was three inches
deep nursing her six-wceks-old papoose.--
| Stockgrowers' journal.
We learned to-day from one Of the cow
Inys bn Ia
| three days ago Sam Miller, who is in charge
of "a mess wagon for the North Montana
Cattle Co., when nearing Black couiee,
which is some distance above the Benton
and st. Louis ranch, came upon bunch Of
twelve buck Indians, six Of whom were
mounted and six lying down. On seeing
Mr.. Miller the Indians tried tn cut him off,
but as he was wei mounted he bade them
long and lasting farewell.-River Press.
II is understood that the Boston and
Montana company will stop work ON the
Harris d Lloyd property in "a few days,
and that when supt. Couch returns the
work Of sinking "a new shaft will begin. IL
is also said that the shaft will be "a four
compartment and will be put down above
the railroad track, upon which will be-
erected tie largest hoist in the camp. The
present workings are down 700 feet and
several cross-cuts and drifts have been run
in, showing up II property that will prove
itself tn he the equal II the Anaconda
Inter Mountain.
Messrs. Conrad kohrs and n. j. Bielcn- |
berg both happened home "Wednesday y even
ing, the former having been absent some
three months and the latter several weeks, |
buying and shipping stock. Mr.. Kohrs has
purchased and shipped from idaho To his
Montana ranges in that time 23i ear loads |
Of young cattle, while Mr.. Bielenberg has
been handling so many kinds of stock. ship |
ping. selling and buying, that il is hard to
keep track of him. Mr.. John Bielenberg is |
now at Bowdoin, ON the Canadian Pacific,
shipping Tat cattle east from the kohrs & |
Bieenberg herls.-New Northwest.
Mention was made in the Missoulian
some weeks ago of the project To change
the location Of the Northern Pacific four
miles aass of the city, ia order to avoid he
two crossings of the Mi-soula river. The
bridges are decaying, and il Is either nece--
sary to rebuild them or construct u new
piece Of road around the bluff known as
Marshall grade. The company has pur-
chased Alex belongs toll road around said
bluff, and also the right of way through ..
j. l.nces ranch, paying SlO,o0o for the
former and 81 800 for the latter. The i'm
prosenents will cost the company about
S5o,WW. The piece of road will be two
miles in length. A gang Of graders " i'll soon
be put to work by the contractors, Messrs.
Wilson x GIinn, who are now working on
the Phillipsburg branch. The job will be
this year.-Missoulian.