Fergus County argus., 1888-09-20
MONTANA NEWS.
Benton is agitating a street railway
MissouIa is to have a new national
,ank with a capital of $1OO,OOO

Benton is agitating a street railway.
MissouIa is to have a new national
bank with a capital of $1OO,Wo.
The Musselshell roundup will send
between three and four Thousand
beeves to market.
The Northwestern railroad has
hauled but one train ofcommOn stock
cars this season-all being composed
of Street stable cars.
q. w. jackson, the Helena music
dealer, had q thrilling adventure with
a pack of wolves in Thunder noun
tains. q short time since. He fought
them with fire until the approach OF
day.
Mr.. Blevins and son returned from
Butte on Wednesday. Young Blevlns
was one of those who escaped death
i'm the Wickes tunnel explosion. He
was thrown to the ground and bruised
but not seriously injured.-Enterprlse.
There were 525 deposits made in the
Y. s. Assay office at Helena Of goid
since the first day OF July last, mostly
from gold placers. Thegold melted at
this office this year will exceed that
melted in 1SS7.-Herala.
Archie Mcdonald, a brother Of Dun.
can Mcdonald, of Ravalli, was drowned
| in Flathead Lake, on Sept. 9th, by
falling overheard from the steamer
Dora. One of the sad incidents OF the
affair was that his brother was walt.
ing at the landing to receive him, and
while a witness to the accident was
powerless to aid him. Deceased WAS
Young man well known and unlver
sally respected in that section.
Mai. Roman states that since the
building of the Northern Pacific rail
road that company has paid out thu
sum of S1,146.5O to individual Indi
ans for stock killed and injured on thu
Flathead reservation. The Majol
adds that the Indian claims, in al
cases reported, have met with prOmp
and honorable settlement by MIR. u
X. Ford, the general claim agent Q
the Northern Pacific railroad.-Stocl
journal.
A pardon was received on Wednes
day from Governor Leslie for Charlie
+. Herzog, who has served five year
and four months OF "A sentence 10
twenty wears in the penitentiary. II
was sent up for killing VIM. Nebuhi
his wife's stepfather, in Helena, i
FEBRUARY. sS:,, having been cOnvicte
of murder in the second degree. He'
zog is u member OF the fresoyteria
Church in Deer Lodge. lie goes to III
old home in CINCINNATI, ONO. Ne'
Northwest.
Can't. Braithwaite OF the steame
Missouri. which left Bismarck n fe'
: DAYS ago for this place, was in the cit
Yesterday. He left the steamer at I'll
mouth of the Marias, twelve miles b'
: low BentO on, and taking "A private COZ
yeyance came up here to ascertain
wood could he obtained here for h
return trip. Finding hecould he imm
D diatelv went back to his vessel and wi
! have her at the landing here this eveI
e inp or tomorrow morning. The cal
u tain saws the river is a foot lower tina
{ it was last year at this time ana u,
q inches lower than he ever knew It to
y before.
e Daylight was let through the Wick
Il tunnel on the Montana Central ra
road ON the 18th inst, and the ere'
g bore will be ready for the passage
e. trains by the 1st OF October. III
u railroad company and contracto
It expected to have appropriate Ger
3 monies held on the final complete
Il and formal dedication to traffic OF q
e vast work, but the sad accident thi
y occIrret only II few tnys ago -haf-F r
:? such a programme out of the questio
1t The tunnel is over 200 feet long al
IT has been over eighteen months und
in construction. 1t is the largest ra
ID road tunnel in Montana, il not in
8. entire Northwest. Herald.
n 1t is learned from good author
A. that Il. G. Power & Co. will furnish I
ce sewer pipe for the drainage OF Helen
+ This firm has extensive clay banks
N Nullan, Mont, on top OF the ma
~ divide. At present Mr.. Power has
50 EXPERT in the East testing the ella
or and il satisfactory the neccessa
Id machinery and implements for
extensive tile works will be purchas
of and set in motion at Mullan as so
ne as possible. Mr.. Power is now ma
to ing some very fine brick from
at above named clay, and has complet
ed a contract with the Northern Pac
he railway to furnish brick for the n
on General Managers office to be local
ia. AT Helena.-Butte Miner.