Fergus County argus., 1889-09-05
MONTANA NEWS.

kohr-. >ieh-n & tnburn recently Skinned
nineteen ears of beef 10 'hicas. over th,.
Manii oba.
II = said that si>>.ooo passed through
the pool boxes al the Anaconda meeting .,f
the racing as~oriation
Fiekpockeis have h-rn doing Helena
Anaconda aud Rutte daring the rsc...
They made some large hauls
Davis a Co.'S livery stable at Butte was
destroyed 10y tire on Aug. 80. From thirty.
five 4" forty horses persisted ia ia. flame-.
John Ming. - pre-snan in the employ nf
the Journal NJ Helena. lost two fingers a,i
week ny having them caught n the ma
ehin-ry.
The Northern Pacific will build another
branch into the tpur II 'Alenes, starting
from point about twenty-five mile, west
of Nissoula.
Alhert Brazier, who killed Harry Brown
on -"wden river last July aud escaped in
canada on II stolen horse, was returned ia
irons to Miles City last " eek BillyCathey.
'idith lTs'Hl tnt -ttnts
"f the murder and effected his capture
We are indebted to Mr.. James Phillips
for another contribution Of excellent eating
apples raised on his ranch near Canyon
Ferry. Mr. Phillips marketed 700 pounds
"f his apple crop yesterday. and has more
ripening in his orchard. He Is one of the
men that have proved that apples can be
profitably grewn in Montana. Herald.
Dr. Holloway, the territorial veterinary
surgeon. last week caught up with Il man
who had brought some diseased horses
into Butte. The fellow had sold all his
diseased horses and refused &" tell to whom
they had been sold. The doctor marched
him back To Idaho with his sound horses,
which of course had becn exposed to dis
ease, sending II deputy with the fellow I"
he sure that he went back.-Agc.
Oscar t;ruwelI. the Junction she-pgrowrr,
has struck upon quite novel id-a to get
rid "f the coyotes that have infested the
region si his ranch. lie takes a small
quantity of strychninr and II hall tea
spoonful ,f sugar, mixing the two aud then
pouring il into AN egg. The eggs he has
been scattering along trails where the ami
mals would likely frequent. aud the result
has been that he has not failed To- capt are
"a coyote whenever there was one within ~
reasonable distance of his ranch. -taz,.tt-
The final invest igation of the mysterious
murder al White Horse, the tr"w Indian
nurIerr,I an I'm, rrsprxuti.u :. ,u.,utb nm,
was held at the agency on the Little Horn
last Friday. Nothing new was Developed
in the ease. and il is therefore within the
range oi probability that the murderer of
White Horse will never pay the penalty Of
his crime. Plehticoucs. his friend and com
panion and ~ho is the head light of the
Crow tribe, avows that all down through
the coming days until the great spiri, sum
mons him to the happy hunting gronnds
will he devote hi, liis to the -car,h oi the
party or parties directly responsible. ior
the murder. -';azette
visitor here. who j. searching out old
timers. il Charles ". sutton of It Louis
Mo-. one oi Ucicna's early settlers Mr.
sutton mired in s'i.,-'i in Grizzly guch. ia
connection with his brot her-inlaw, Merritt
IL. Marshall. lie ow ned at that time sew
eral lots os Main street, parted with for u
song. which have since become very Nali-
able. one of these was the lot "n the cor
nsr "f broadway aud Main. new owned
and oecupied 10y Henry NJ parchcn. which
Mr.. sutton sold To James Gurmlv for $500.
Its present value is probably Sso.ooo. Mr.
sutton to-day enrolled his name among the
society of Montana Pioneers, aud will hc
one of the pioneer company at the Hotel
Broadwater banquet saturday evening.
Herald.