Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-12-13
MONTANA NEWS

Miss"ula is overruu with thugs and foot
pads.
a fire al Great Falls "n the Sth inst de-
stroyed the Wilher house and n saloon ad-
| joining.
Manager John Masuirc says Edwin Booth
and Lawrence Barrett will visit Helena
neat June.
stock company has been organized to
develop the honest ske mine. located near
| the Jay Gould.
| II will cost Lewis aud Clarke county
half-breed murderer.
The sheep industry in Dawson county
will take n big boom in the spring. No less
than $4,000 sheep will he added To- our as-
sessmcnt roll independent.
The engineers OF the Montana Union
went out "n strike last week on account
II the dischargr u one of their number.
The difficulty has been amicably settled
and the strike is oil.
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over Slo,ouo each. There are iii,y firm.
in the territory doing over S2jo. 900 worth
oi business yearly. and two finn, each do
over II million dollars worth yearly.
| sheriff Hathaway returned l,s, night
from Canada, after identifying Godas aud
pushing the extradiiion ease before the
proper tribunal. All that nov remains to
he done is To send an officer after Godss,
after the necessary fifteen days have cx-
pired.
In Mile. city, on the 9TH inst. Walter
Satter, lad II years old, WAS killed by
another boy while playing Jesse James
The weapon was n target rifle, which was
not supposed to he loaded, as usual. The
victim was an only son of u widow of that
city.
| Of the 900 ears shipped from Miles City
loaded with beef cattle and horses, this
year two-iifths We're the street stable cars.
| Averaging twenty animals to the ear, there
were not less than 2O, 600 head of stock
| shipped from here To- Chicago ana other
markets this season.
II is expected that the Billings and Cooke
City people will make their final treaty
with the Crows in few days, as far as it
relates tn the right OF way for that railway
corporation through the Crow reservation.
II is thought that the company will meet
with success without any great difficulty.
judge John McGinncss died in Billings ON
,l. 4, e
bate judge of Yellowstone county, and was
again chosen for that place at tine recent
election, running on the democratic ticket.
lie leaves "a wifs and tive children To mourn
his loss. lie was n member Of he Masonic
fraternity. aud stood high among his fol
Iow-ci,izens.
\ young man named Frank Graner was
shot aud killed at Anaconda. ON the al
inst. 10y - last woman named Rose Ben
nett. They had IA dispute over the state of
Rhode Island, which finally resulted in
wager. the woman losing. She refused To
pay and after some words shot Graner. the
bullet striking him in the abdomen, result
ing in death. The woman il under arrest :.
All the veterinarian. oi Montana say
that there will be considcrabe disease
among horse. next spring. DIR. Holloway
says that the malady which We have been
wont IT, call the unkn"wn horse disease j.
epizuotic peuriti~. aud thu doctor predicts
u general prevalence" of the disease next
spring. B"zeman Chronicle. The veteri-
narian- have accomplished something ia
finding a name ior the new disease; a rem
cdy should IA" the next thin. in order. w
reasons are given ipr it, prevalence next
spring. ll"r-egrowcr- should br stud vim.
up the disease. and, il possible. guard
against an eI,id-mir among thrir bands.