Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-18

LAST year Mphfau:t t'r,"iii'tri - .>.'S W,S
pounds "f copper. The total product oi
the United States was 2:;i .2.o. 622 I,pun,ls.
burglar attempted to rob the store al
Clark, Conrad n Curtin. Helena. ar, was
shot by one III the clerks. lie will rcrov-r.
Ed Wilson. the government scout. on =
recent trip through the Park saw several
large bands III buffalo. Ia one band h.
counted twelve Young calves. Livingston
Post.
Benj. Hill shot and killed Chas. Franzen
at Phiiipshurg on the nth. Hin owed
Frsnzen, aud the latter attempted to col
lect with revolver, but got killed by the
former in selfsl-fense.
Miss Fannie VI. Vandervoort. employed
by Met utchcon n McIntire as stenographcr
and typewriter, was accidentally shot ia
the eye by the son of l. u. M.sutche.n.
The life al the lady is ,ie~I,aired ri.
Last week Richard Hines had his right
arm cut ofi while working under u tocomo-
tive in the Bozeman yards. His arm was
caught under the drive whecl the engine he
ing started 10y AN accident. he is now in
the Mi-soula hospital.
The members of the constitutional con.
vention accepted AN invitation to attend "a
banquet given by the citizens Of Great Falls
last week. The trip from Helena over tn,
Montana Central was made in u special
train rendered 10y col. Broadwater. The
attendance was large and most ENJOYABLE
time is reported.
The Bar Association of Montana was i'm
session on the 18th. The following resolu-
tion was defeated by II vote of Pa to .:
Resolved, That il is the sense of this as
sociation that the system oi dist rict courts,
as adopted ia the constitution of 1881, is
To he preferred for the state al Montana to
the superior court system now H. vogue ia
California"
Arrangements have been made fnr "A fight
with two-ounce gloves bet wecn i.un Has
kins and Mcintosh oi Livingston. Tn.
fight will take place in the Iivinsst on opera
house, July 20. aud is I" h- to u finish, the
winner 10 take sl"o purs- nov in the
hands "i Manager Wet zsi-rr, aud the loser
one-tifth .f the gate receipts.
TN July II, at Gardner. q. ". Wakefield
stock tender. while watering horses at
the Yellowstone river, saw u fisherman on
the opposite bank nnj.int his rod aud
after .tickin. the piece. in his boots. wade
into the water. evidently with the intention
of swimming across. Iir~a- rapidly swept
down III" stream by the current aud soon
sank, and has not since been seen
The preliminary examination al Wm. u
Gray Tor killing James Gallagher al Phil
psburg. July !. was had yesterday ia the
probate court. The evidence ,howed that
Gallagher followed up Gray. threatening 10
attack him. Gray started {" run. when
Gallagher followed. pulling his pistol. GRAY
stopped, turned around and fired az about
the same time that Gallagher did. Gray
finally killed him. lie was discharged
Mrs. Honoia Toole WAS found dead in
her home at Madison. Wis. on the 9Th
heart disease being the cause of her sudden
death. The lady WIS the mother of T.. W
aud Joseph h. Tool. ri Helena. and thu
last person IT, see her alive WAS her laugl-
ter, who at the time showed her u new =
paper account ri The ele.iinn Of j. X. Toolr
as temporary president ii the consiiin-
'ional convention III Montana. She was
sixty-iive years old.
one ri the attractions at the banquet at
Great Falls Friday night was a sl,-af III
wheat raised by Paris Gibson on bench
land u" feet higher than the Missouri
river, without irrigation. The land is
situated about one and on--half miles from
Great Falls. and Mr.. Gibson put in forty
acres Of wheat last February On sod ground
To see what he could raise, and the result
WAS satisfactory, demonstrating that from
twenty-five I" thirty bushels of wheat To
the acre can bc raised On bench lands with
out irrigation. The supposed valueless
land Of Montana can be utilized
At Butte. on the nth inst. abou, On.
hundred Italian laborers IN -onst riciion
work oi the Gallatin branch, six miles from
Butte, demanded that two Of thcir.ountry-
men recently discharged for iazin.ss ip.
taken back or they would quit in - body,
whereupon the contractor fired" the EN-
tire gang and replaced them with American
iaborers. The dagos were impaired from
II. Paul. They grew stormy -"on after
their discharge and made some threat, ri
violence. Contractor Drum, fearing rouble,
came to Butte about noon and got sheriff
Lloyd and three deputies Ia go out and
keep the peace.
Four men confined in Jail at Deer Lodge
made IA break lar liberty saturday hast. |
Their names are: Bill Miller, ior horse
Charles Vanstein, Tor MAYHEM;
James Reynolds Ter burglary; Lowry, for
petit larceny. They had dug through the |
floor in one Of the cells and then pried ont
one Of the iron windows. or air holes, on |
the side ii the Jail beneath the iloor. The |
foor is only AN inch thick with sheet iron |
'sn top. and after raising the sheet iron il |
was thea an easy matter to get through lac /
wooden part. The escape was not di-cov- |
cred until near night. hut the prisoners
were gone and have not hrcn heard from
,inre.
the BODY OF WILDER DISAPPEARS.