Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24

Emerson returned To Lew -town last week. 7
lie says the trial did rot last over forty /
five minutes. and the jury was not over five 4
minutes declaring him innocent oi the /
charge.
Amos Snyder of Grass Range j. laid upa at
tn. .sWisteWn hotel with very bad foot,
which seems 10 puzzle our rhysirians. The
ailment lies at the -scond iuini "f the large
toe aud is attributed to a strain or bruise
from horseback riding the foot being in
jured 10y the -,irrup. Mr.. Snyder has been
in town - couple ci weeks aud has had his
loot lanced. but it does not appear to inn
prove. II j. feared that amputation of the
large toe AT tn. first point will l.c necessary.
Mr.. Sny,ler's family is with him.
speaking of the very lisht losses among
Montana bands of sheep during the last
fail. winter and this spring, Mr.. W. I. Swope
gives an instance that, to our thinking.
breaks the rcc.rd. Me--rs. SwopeS Davcn-
port, after shearing last summer. let out
band oi 200 ewes and % bucks Ia the
late IIalvor Williamson. the unfori unate
young man who recently lost his life,
and younger brother. To date the only
losses in this band have been one eve and
one buck As the band is now in fine shane
II is not at all likely that another animal
will he lost II there is another band. in
or out Of the state. that san show a cleaner
record We would like to hear OF it, The
band was wintered on the open range. near
the head Of Eagle creek. AT the foot of the
Bear Paw mountains. on what was Tor
merly the Great Northern Indian rcserva-
tion.-River Press.
y. Jensen and James C.rcoran left ior
the Dry Wolf mining region ON Tuesday.
Mr.. Jensen has some good prospects in that
region ab.ut which he does not care to
have much said at present. A eorrespon-
dent of the Helena journal, writing from
that camp, says: "Blankenship n Jensen
have seam Of galena in the face of their
tunnel which has widened in ten feet from
four to sixteen inches. They expect Ia
break into the vein in three er four days.
/ They have made a deal with j. IL. Martin
by which they have obtained ! 900 feet OF
the Spring Hill. discovered by Martin last
spring. This is rich gold prospect. in
granite formation, can he traced three
claims in length. and is undoubtedly "A true
6ssure."
| a brother and sister of the late llalvor
Williamson arrived by yesterday mornings
TRAM III company WIN MI w. l. S"ol'eoi
Dog creek III whose Employ 'hey are. I'M
he"'a'eiy on receipt o' the news oi '"e nc
c'"e"' I" '"''' "'"'"e' WI. '""Pe "'''"'"
up 'ea'" an" S'"''e" WI" Tue !"""s
people Tor h'g SANDY o'a''""' "r'''"g ""!
an" "isht !" or"er 'o get 'here 'or !es'er-
az! ""r"'"e 'r"'" y" ""''" ne was e"'
cess'u'' but WIN All their haste the oro'her
ah' SISTER "i" ""' "r''Ne mere !" '''''e u" see
t"e'r r'"!"'e" "r"'"e' "'''e' -'""'"e' "r"'"e'
hau arrive" u! "e's"' ''"'i' '"e "'s"' W.
lore. The iun"rai "' 'he e"hi"r'"ha''y""ns
ma" '""N P''ee r"'" 81 '''re "''sP''"'
!e-'er"a! "''r'"""' anu ""s "''e""e" u.
nnh"ers "' our '''%'"s' Inc younger
"r"'hers an" -'s'er nave ''e s'"'e'e eH"'
pa'hs "' our Pe"P'' we e"'" '"''' WI
n""Pe '""' '"e "e'''Sc" was '""s' ''
''"""'e' '"""S''''"S """ ''"""'e s""'-
man. VINO was 'ho mann s'as oi "'s younger
brothefs an" SISTER i'e was '"e "'c""S ~
bringing 'he" ""' r"'" No'""!' ""''e
their parents SUN ''>''e' tue "e'e'S'"
ana one pr"thsr were running """" ~
sheei' on S"''rs 'o' "'sS'S' '""i'e ''"'
lehP"ft'-hNer 'resS ~" '"s''
The .anchmen and small stock owners in
the vicinity of ibet are suffering Wy the in
/ yusl.bu NpOH Their range bN sfletli men. ana