Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-01-26
MONTANA NEWS.

The burning OF the Anaconda brew
cry caused n loss of $1,000.
The wool clip OF Montana was es-
timated last year at 5,11l ,i2l pounds
Holders of West Granite are looking
for Il boom, as Pardee has gone to st.
Louis.
MOntana's population has increased
from 30, 80 in 1850 to 10000 in
1887
Missoula is TO have street cars, and
the city has passed right -of-way
ordinance.
a Presbyterian publication called
the Church news has been established
at Miles City.
The Wickes tunnel, which is Il little
over 5000 feet long, is now about
hall completed.
| WoOlstOn gets n franchise from the
Bozeman city council and will build
water works at that place.
The College OF Montana is about to
establish IL school OF mines in connec-
ton with it's other departments.
The mines. mills and smelters of
Butte employ 400 men, and have
an average payroll OF $40, 500.
Daylight will La Lat thsa.asls- ~.
WoOdviIe tunnel on the Montana
Central by the first Of February.
Before long the coal mines at Tim
berline will he producing IL 900 tons
of coal per month and give employ
| ment to ESQ men.
The Northern Pacific is now selling
tickets from Helena to New Orleans
ane return for 81 AS %, and to Jack
sonville, Fla, for $16S.3O, to hold
good until the ! st of June.
The Granite Mountains output for
the last week in the year was 81, SO
IL ounces OF fine silver and 3O.4S
ounces of gold. The decrease was ow-
ing to giving the men II holiday.
The case OF the county of Yellowstone
against Nelson Story, for taxes on
cattle ranging on the Crow reservation
viii he taken to the supreme court,
where Col. Sanders will assist Attorney
Wildly
The Thermometer ut the post regis
tered 66o below zero at q O'clock ves-
terday morning, the 10th inst. This,
we believe, is the lowest point in this
locality in the memory OF the oldest
inhAbitant.-Miles City journal.
A miner named !. Murphy fell down
n shaft in the Drum Lummon "a dis
tance OF one hundred feet and was in
stantly killed, on the 18th inst. No
one witnessed the accident, and there
is no evidence 20 show how it occurred.
Herald.
Lieut.. Frederick Thies, of the third
infantry, died at Fort shaw, on the
goth inst, of erysipleas. lie was born
in Germany and came to this country
early in life and having enlisted in
the army rs private, rose from the |
ranks. lie was regimental quarter
master at the time OF his death. lie |
leaves u wife and two children.
A wealthy Montana man has offered
the College OF Montana at Deer Lodge
Sl0,OOO, Oh the condition that the /
college raise 81 900 more and MAIN |
tain a perpetual scholarship for n
deserving girl without means. w. A. !
Clark and :. T.. Larabie have headed /
the Sl5,NOO subscription list with |
81 900 each. 1t looks as though the
College of Montana would be hand
somely endowed.-Herald.
Harris Bros, of Rosebud, have
10000 pounds of corn that they
raised last season on twenty-five
acres, two acres of which gave the
enormous yield OF PA bushels. In
the matter OF potatoes the same
parties harvested los bushels from !,
seeding of $50 pounds. These are
that will make the eastern
grang r. stare and doubt the evidence
of his eyes, but there is no gainsaying
the fact that the valleys OF eastern
Montana lay over the whole world
in the matter Of productiveness.-Yel-
lowstone journal.
4 man named John Norman. who
lived near the Cody ranch. ON Ten
Mile, met with fatal accident on
Monday. He was hauling wood, anil,
not arriving home at his aecust omed
time in the evening. his wife sent out n
search party. lie was found under "A
Dad OF wood, dead, not great WAY
rom home. The load had upset,
throwing him against "a stump, and, I
he load falling on top of him, mashed !
ais face beyond recognition. Death
must have been instantaneous. De- ;
ceased leaves a wife, but no children. i,
The funeral took place this afternoon
rom the Baptist church. Herald.