Fergus County argus., 1888-03-15

The population of Great Falls is said Ia
be about 2 OOO.
There nre venty-ninc cases on the
docket Of the spring term oi court in Jsifcr.
son county.
The Macquccn house. Miles City, was
the eth. inst.
John Ganlcy, n stockman from Nevada
creek, was run over and instantly killed by
the cars at Deer Lodge, ON the 9th inst.
There were ~? pupils enrolled in the
Helena public schools last month; total
number enrolled for the year todate l,OIs.
%. =. Goddard, of billings, has hccn
selected to till the office ofcounty attorney.
which WAS made vacant by the insanity 81
=. II. Wildly.
An arbitration committee has ,leci,lc,l
that Helena pal,er~ should not use plates
or patent insitlcs''. A victory Tor the
typographical union.
W. q. Pruitt. territorial treasurer. re.
pOrts that after all registered warrants
hav been paid there will still remain u
balance of $25. .9l6. 10 in the treasury.
Andrew J. Hyde. n trusted clerk in tho
employ of J. Switzes. the Helena wine mer.
chant, has skipped out with 81. 900 belong.
ing to his employer. Hyde is thought to
he in Vancouver.
Judge Bach prefers Great Falls to any
place In the territory and will stay here
whatever changes may I've made in the
judicial assignment upon the appoint ment
ii Judge Lialdcli.-Tribune.
The county commissioners Of Cascade
county have decided to issue two series of
bonds. the first Tor so, 1000, to pay the
portion Of the indebtedness Of Of(hOteuu and
Measher counties assumed by Cascade, and
the second series for 81 ), 900 to meet cur.
rent expenses this year.
The largest trout Of the season was on
exhibition ut Shcard's gun store, ON Satur.
day last. II was caught by Geo. Piohl in
the Upper Yellowstone, measured twenty
three inches in length, thirteen inches
around the body, and weighed just six
pountls.-Livingston Enterprise.
The famous pack Of wolf dogs have been
sold. The bidding ut the auction. held in
Cascade, WAS spirited and as result higl,
prices were paid. Wallace Tag lor Of Cho.
teau, paid Sl75 for three dogs. John Lizard
Of Augusta bought two dogs and u pup fpr
S132. James II. Lemon Of Augusta paid
So for one dog and three pups. W. II.
Chrispin of Augusta carried off ~ dog Tor
S23. and Frank Cooper and II. Nelson eac
paid $50 for two pups. Zen Ru,nney Of
Chestnut bought u dog for 500. In all,
eight dogs and seven pups were sold, rc.,lis.
ing S573. The dogs will remain in north
Montana aud will Inc death ON wolves.
-t;rcat Falls Tribune.
A Glendive special to the Helena indie.
pendent says The grand jury has in
dictcd 4. l'ickford, T. J. Chestnut and
Charles Sticrle for conspiracy in defraud.
ing the territory under the bounty law.
They were arraigncd and admitted to bail
in the sum Of $500 each. These frauds
were committed last fall before the bounty
law was repealed. in the lower Yellowstone
valley, and the amount secured by these
frauds aggregated about $1,000. The cnscs
were continued until the next term ufcourt,
to secure important witnesses. several
more parties are implicated in the frauds
and County attorney Haskell is doing hi.
utmost to bring them to ju,tirc. Terri.
torial Auditor Sullivan was here attending
court as "a witness before the grand Jury in
these cases. and his evidence has helped