Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-04-11
NEWS NOTES.

Mary Anderson, the actress. has sailed
for Europe.
The eldest son of John Bright. liberal
unionist, will contest for a seat in the com
mons made vacant by the death of his
father.
! The Globe, New York weekly. credits
Nevada with II 600 head of horses. 500
mules. $50, 900 sheep. lS.OoO mich cows,
100000 beef cattle and 2o,2ll hogs the
whole valued ut SO, 900, 900.
Thieves broke into the old 81 ate house a 1
Hartford. Conn, on the 1t inst and car
ried away the sword Of Admiral Foote. IL
I is a presentation sword, studded with pre.
cious stones, and valued at $1,000.
stage coach coming from Murphy sta
ton, Cal, was held up by "A lone highway.
man on the morning of the LIST inst, and
the express box riiIed. The robber secured
little money. The passengers were not
molested.
On the night Of April 3 citizens OF Winni-
peg caught II music teacher named Ere.t,
Who had been too intimate with another
mans wife, dose,l him with psregoric and
axle grease and gave him a coat of feathers
and ran him out Of town.
Advices from Stanley Falls state that
Arabs who arrived there report that Henry
NJ. Stanley and Emn Pasha were heard
from in February. They were marching
toward Zanzibar with several thousand
men, women and children and 5000 tusks |
vi ivory.
Edwin Booth was taken suddenly i'll at
Rochester, n. v, last week while playing
othello. The play was stopped abruptly. |
and Mr.. Barrett addressed the audience in
behalf Si his stricken companion. 1t was
thought Mr.. Booth had received n stroke of
paralysis, but such was not the case. and
he is gradually recovering
T.. L. Allis, head of the great Reliance
Works, one of the largest foundries and
machine shops in the country. died sud
denly at his home in Milwaukee on April /.
He employed 800 men, with whom he
always maintained the kindest relations,
even during the great labor agitations OF
the past few years. At one time he was the
sreenback candidate for governor.
The Trenton, when wrecked at Samoa,
'srriod down with her some fine modern
'iiicd guns. These may be readily placed
IN another vessel or fortifcation at the
naval station at Page Page, If they can be
ecovered. Consequently some curiosity is
expressed by naval officers rs to wh-thsr
Kimberly has taken steps 10 ~ iss
he guns from the shallow ports.
A farmer named :. W. wilkins. who lived
ear Marshall, Tex. was called away two
'eeks ago from home, and on returning
ound that a man in his employ named :
'utton, and his wife had decamped He
tarted ON search and located them near
'exarkana. The wronged hnsba nj da shed !
nto the room brandishine huge knife
18th which he attacked the destroyer of his '
ONE, and literally cut him to pieces. vii u
ins escaped
Wind storms and prairie fires did several
lillion dollars worth of damage ia South
Dakota last week. The towns almost com
letely DESTROYED are Iolin. Olivet. Puk. /,
ana. Lesterville and East Mount Vernon
'hree or four other villages were badly
and many head OF cattle, sheep
nd hogs also persisted. In many places
e crops were co, cred by loose sand and
ust, and will have To be replanted Travel
as suspended on some lines .f road, 50 :,
reat was the force Of the wind