Fergus County argus., 1888-09-06

The Anaconda company is sprospect-
ing for more water. Warm Springs
creek does not furnish enough.
1t is reported that Willard is about
to close negotiations for $1,000, 900
cents.
Lot Slocum made the fastest time
ever made i'm Montana in the free-for-all
at Helena. 1t was in the third heat.
Time 2:2l.
Good crops of corn have been raised
by all the ranchers on Tongue river
this season and many of them will
feed their horses on corn this winter.
Miles City Journal.
The Northern Pacific depot building
at Livingston was totally destroyed
by fire one night last week. The con-
tents were mostly saved. The prop
erty was covered by insurance.
The Castle smelter is running in
good shape and turning out between
seven and eight tons OF bullion every
day. The capacity will soon be in
creased to ten or twelve tons day.
Ed. Smith, the champion middle
weight pugilist OF the Pacific coast has
arranged fight with Farrel, the heavy
weight slugger ofColOrado, tor 81 900
side, on September 15th.-Inter-
Mountain.
The fall roundup of the Musselshell
begins September 1st, commencing at
the mouth of Allebaugh creek. 1t is
expected to gather some 4 ZOO head OF
beef for different owners for shipment
Castle News.
VIM. Dorothy, the man who killed
two men at Butte, is likely to 60 free
owing to the difficulty in securing
evidence against him. The house in
which the double tragedy occurred
was filed with people at the time.
The altitude of the valley Of the Bit
ter Root is 3,31S feet; Prickly Pear
1000 feet; Sun River 1890 feet and
the Missouri valley and Townsend
about the same as Prlckly Pear. The
lowest valley i'm Montana is the Yellow
stone, 900 feet.
The report regarding the suspension
of work on the West Granite is untrue.
Our mining editor visited the Butte
crosscut during the week and found
the usual force of men at work in the
header. The rock is hard as ever and
work progresses slowly.-Philipsburg
Mail.
Messers. E.Peck K Sons, of Geneva,
Kane county, III, advertise that they
will be at Great Falls on October l.
with two car loads of Merino rams
and ewes. The many friends OF these
gent ntlemen i'm Montana will be glad to
meet them.-Helena Stock Journal.
A young man named John Emmons
lost his life in Sun river n few days
since while hunting ducks. He under
took to swim the river to get some
birds that had fallen OH the opposite
side when it is supposed he was taken
with cramps and drowned. The body
has been recovered.
The following illustrates dogs sa
gacity. Mr.. George Densmore, on the
Sd of July last, arrived at Castle from
Franklin, Idaho, bringing with him a
fine dog. The firing in celebration of
the 4th gave the dog such IA fright that
he struck out on the back track, and
on the 18th. just two weeks after leav-
ing here, he turned up at Franklin,
travelling distance OF over 600 miles.
Castle News.
A miner named Chas. Northy was
killed at the Pollock mine in Butte
last week. through the carelessness of
the engineer. NOrthy was just coming
off shit at about q a. m. He got on
the cage and the signal to hoist was
given. The engineer carelessly took
his foot OFF the brake before turning on
steam and the result was that the cage
dropped. 1t was about 13O feet from
the bottom of the shaft, and after il
had fallen thirty feet or so the engineer
caught it, but stopped it SO suddenly
that Northey was thrown out and fell
X, Ire he+t -ef- -tAe-s shaft resulting
in his instant death.
Asked about the report in the St.
Paul Dispatch to the effect that Presi-
dent Hill, of the Manitoba road was
soon O resign, General Manager Shelby
OF the Manitoba Central, says he does
not consider it improbable. Mr.. Hill
needs n rest from continuous service
and it seems likely that he will soon
ret ire from the presidency of the road
succeed. In that case A. l.. Mohler,
will probably become general manager
and Mr.. L. W. Case. OF the Milwaukee
road, is talked OF as MIR. Mothers sue
cessor. The directors meeting is to be
held next week.
Matt Dennis train of cattle, 20 cars
in all, which left Great Falls a few days
since, was wrecked near Fort Buford
by running into a herd ofcattle. Eight
, cen OF the twenty cars were ditched,
precipitating the cattle into the ditch.
Thirteen head were killed outright,
eighteen We're cut up and a number Oi
Others bruised. The balance scram.
bled to their feet and scattered far and
wide over the prairie. The cars piled
on top OF each OF her, wrecked, ,splintere'l
and the pieces scattered i'm all direc.
tions John Perkins, head brakeman
was instantly killed. as were two car
penters, employees OF the Manitoba
Their bodies were taken to MinOt
Matt Dunn, who was on the train
escaped without injury.
News reached the city to-day OF q
terrible occurrence in Browns gulcl
yesterday by which two little boys los,
their lives in horrid manner. 1t ap
pears that they playing in the barn by
themselves. Their mother was sicl
and nobody else was at home. Sh'
heard cries from the children, and OF
. hurrng out to the barn found that th'
> whole interior was in n blaze. Th'
: older of the two boys, aged tour years
was standing in a buggy on the barr
floor and he fire was all around him
:, On seeing his mother he stretched hi'
: hands out towards her. uttered a or,
, of pain, and fell into the flames. Tn
. !. oth her little fellow was but two year,
= old. The supposition is that they wer'
playing with matches upon the hay an'
IN some way set it on fire. The childrel
i were Peter and Eugene WANNA. aged
and 3 years RESPECTIVELY. Their la he