Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-08-01
NEWS NOTES.

Destructive timber fires are raging i'm
the Occur dAlene mountains.
John Murphy, the well known driver
and trainer OF trotting horses, is dead
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary in
London on July 25th.
Steve Brodie will Jump from the
Niagra Suspension bridge sometime
bet ween August 18th and 2Ofh.
Mayor Mosby of Cincinnati says the
police force will he increased, il neces-
sary to enforce the Sunday saloon
closing law.
William Bushnell. who absconded
years ago and was recently captured
in Chill, has escaped.
An unknown woman placed her two
weeks old baby on the railroad track
at Cincinnati. but it was found in time
to prevent its death.
An English syndicate has purchased
five Of the six breweres in Peterson,
New Jersey, for an aggregate So, $780,
900, the owners to ret ain one.
Al Kansas City Willie Thyme. aged
six years, died of hydrOphobla in its
most virulent form. Two other per-
sons were bitten by the same dog.
The entire Chinatown district Of
Sacramento, Cal, consisting OF forty
wooden buildings, was destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
At Paris, Ky, on July ?6th. James
Kelly, cOlOred, who made a criminal
assault on Mrs. Peter Grow was taken
from the Jail and hanged by "A mob.
The straw board makers OF the
country have formed u trust, with -
capital Of $6,OOO,OOO. Twenty-six
mills are embraced in the combination.
Jess Ogleman, n young man OF Xenia,
Indiana, shot his sweetheart, Miss
Msdge Smith, killing her instantly,
and then shot himself, infiicting n fatal
wound
The wheat crop OF Minnesota and
Dakota is estimated at from SO,OOO,-
900 to 81. .OOO, 900 bushels, or about
10000, 900 more than last year.
Harvesting has begun in the southern
portion.
A cablegram from London to the
Police Gazette says: Sullivan having
refused .Jem Smiths challenge, Smith
claims the championship belt. smith
is ready to fight anybody ior the belt
and FL 900 a side"
George w. Childs has received from
Col. Fred Grant, minister to Austri
u contribution OF Sl42 from the
pepOple of Carlsbad, $40 from Mrs.
L. S. Grant, and $40 from himself, for
the JohnstOwn sufferers.
Stephen W. Dorsey was taken in
custody i'm New York by II deputy
sheriff for contempt OF court in neg
lecting to put i'm an appearance in
proceedings on a iudg
ment obtained against him by the
Navada bank.
Tom Fraser, a 236-pOund man who
claims to be the champion wrestler OF
Canada, went before killen at Seattle
to win the 500 offered to any one
staying four rounds. Killen knocked
him down twice in the first round and
three times in the second. In the
third round Fraser received n left
hand upper cut on the jaw which laid
hm out for thirty seconds.
Col. Roger j. Page, "A prominent
lawyer and editor oi the Times Reg
lister at. Marion, n. e., was shot and
instantly killed at that place on July
22d. He was leaning on the arm OF
his friend, Judge Hayward. OF Texas,
while on his left was another friend.
when some one came up behind him
N nd 81 :
assailant mounted n horse and fled,
II rs said that q woman is at the bot
tom of he tragedy.
The decision OF the land office oust-
ing "bOOmers" or those who entered
oklahoma, before noon of July %. is
excitement throughout Okla
hOma. Three hundred men were in
line Tuesday morning waiting iOr the
land office tn open. 4 large majority
are waiting to file on claims already
entered by men supposed to have been
IN the territory before the noon oi
April 22d. The question is whether
he ruling applied to the 200 town
lots occupied in Gut hre before noon.
The famous desperado, st. I.opki,
nj the Indian territory is said To have
been killed recently by the captain OF
he Creek Indian I.ight Horse com
pany. 81. I.opki was IA Ute Indian. a
member 0f the notorious Wesley Bar
nett band of outlaws, and one OF the
most dreaded desperadoes in the ter
fltory. II was he who, while under
arrest and in irons, murdered Deputy
L. :. Marshal Phillips and posse u
year ago by beating them down with