Fergus County argus., 1890-05-22

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count Bozernan Courier.
lo"-yard foot race took place at Glen
dive on the I ith inst. between Alex Goii Of
Miles city aud T. Collins. the English
sprnter. Collins won by I feet I inches ia
1o'. seconds. There was over SIooo
staked on the race, and the Miles city
sports went broke on the match.
The B"ston aud Montana on Tuesday
i'egan the work of sinking the largest shaft
ia the state. The shaft is To- De III by ~
ieet ia the clear. and is to 10 sunk to a
depth of 600 feet without a stop. II is
being sunk on the old colusa. under the
supervision OF Superintendent Thomas
Couch. -Helens Journal.
The new management of the Elkhorn mine
PROMISES to make "A brilliant record for the
first quarter II j. figured conservatively
that for the first two months work the
books will show net profits of SII.0Oo.
The company will probably be able to de
clare dividend of 20 per cent at the end Vf
the quarter.-Iournal.
| VI. T.. Miner. Of the Miner Live Stock
company, has been heard from at Paris,
| France. Before returning to Fort Benton
Mr.. Miner will investigate the irrigation
problem along the Nile, interview the sui
tans subjects at Constantinople. and dis
cuss theosophy with the Bud,lhsts of In
dia. lie will be absent about four months.
River Press.
The boom dam of John J. Ellis in sun
river broke Saturday and let loose about
! 500 cords of weed. which floated int the
Missouri river and gently clidsd down the
stream toward the mighty ocean. The
Missouri waters are pretty well up. and
there is little hope of Mr.. Ellis recovering
the wood. The total loss will foot up
about SS.oO0.-Lea.ler.
7. +. Hopkins, engineer at the Big Black
foot mills at Bonner. killed one of the lars
country. lie was On his way to his ranch
when he encountered the big fellow. and
stepped long enough to send "a bullet
through bruin's heart. The animal weighed
over 800 pounds and was acknowledge to
be one of the largest seen in that healthy
Journal.
Harry Matheson, who recently made "a
discovery of bisinuth ore in Emigrant gulch
has received "a letter from the mithsonian
Institute at Washington. ID. g.. asking him
Ia send specimens "f the ore to that insti-
tuition. The institution has hut few spaci-
mems Of this ore. and only one or two of
inferior quality from the United States
Gazette.
On the evening of April II Francis Muir
phy. who WAS living with his brother near
Tiger Butte. took "a bucket aud started
down to the spring after some water: since
that time nothing has l,sen heard from him.
lie is :, feet 10 inches high. dark complex
ION. high forehead, heavy black mousta.he.
Any one knowing anything of him will con
Ter u great favor hy addressing 4. u. Mur-
Ihy, Rise,lle. Mont. State papers please
copy.
Paul Met ormirk received The cont rart for
iurnislun. at Fort Custer the f,llowin sup
plies at the prices given: on. Thousand
cords ri w"o'l at S1.l:: per cord. 9Oo. 600
pounds uf oats at SLIT per loo pounds
1o.ooo pounds al corn at Sl.';3 per loo
pounds: ~, oW pounds of sran at SI.Io
per loo pounds; - tons OF coal at Sil.S.
per ton, aud 600 bushel. uf charcoal at
2s cents per hushel.
The two best developed mines in the
Castle mountains show "A greater amount
Of silver-lead ore than any other mining
property ia Montana. or in fact in the
known world The Yellowston mine ut y
depth of Ia feet contains IL feet Of lead
earbonates, ut lGo feet it is 22 feet wide,
at 22o feet the vein is thirty feet wide. The
ere average. in lead aud silver $50 to the
ton. The Cumberland mine. "a mile and u
half distant. in the same belt, contains n
vein of lead carbonates - feet wide "A,
depth of 32o feet.
Articles "f Incorporation of the Chicago
and Montana sheep company were filed
with the county clerk Tuesday. The in
corporations are chas.'. Rice of Myersl.nrg |
Erve q. Blair .f White sulphur springs and |
Henry T.. Rohn OF Chicago, H. The com
pany is authorized to begin the transac-
tion of business May |. 1880. and has an |
existence of ten years. The capital stock |
is s2J, 900, divided into $50 shares of Sloo
each. Operations will lse carried ON at
Myersburg, Mont, where the offices will he
located. The object of the company is the
buying. selling. feeding and dealing in NUT
ton sheep. The number Of trustees is three,
who are at present the incorporators of
the company. Livingston Post.
Missoulian: On Sunday last while HC.
I'auge. resident engineer on the \. i. A NJ.
and j. +. Henselw o0d were in the
they came across "A cinnamon
bear and two full grown cubs. Whether to
run or fight was "a question, but the bear
formed her conclusion al once and prepared
Ior fight. They opened fire on her from
Two guns and she soon concluded discreet ion
was the better part Of valor, she ha wing
two bullets in her body. Hauge's blood
was new up and with a well directed bullet
ne brcks the back OF one Of the cubs. when
The old one once more returned to fight and
charged the hunters hut ball from Hen
'ewood's rifle brought her to the ground.
The other cub was then killed aud the Z hree
'arcasses skinned and the hides brought to
Mr.. liauge's camp On Trout creek. Mr.. |
iensel~ ood is an experienced hunter and
ays the old bear IL the largest he has ever
ssn.