Fergus County argus., 1890-02-20
MONTANA NEWS.

Root valley.
The birthday Of Abraham Lincoln. Feb.
-. was appropriately celebrated in Helena.
\ hill introduced in the house "i repre-
sentatives for Il public building at Butte
apprnpriates si"o.ooo.
The independent il now printed on u
webb prrfccting press. capable of printing
20. ooo copies in sixty minutes.
There j. unusual activity among the mine
owners "f Castle Neihart and Barker and
q great boom is expected in few months.
The Cataract Mill company announces
that they will have "a carload oi seed wheat |
from Dakota here about the 18th, for sale
To our rfarmsrs.Leader.
The Helena Independent reports that a. |
". Esler has bonded the interest oi Mrs.
Maul~hascn in the rennyan aud Huehir'l
mines near Wicke., for sol .ooo.
The special election held in Park county |
recently for the purpose of voting $4,000"
in bonds with which to erect court house
at Livingston resulte. in the defeat of the
proposition.
Alder gulch. is spending the winter On Cut
Bank at the Piesan mission. lie is still
hale and hearty, but his hair il AZ white as
the driven snow.
W. 4. Boots brewing establishment at
C"ulson, near Billings, was destroyed 10y
tire on Wednesday night Of last week. Sup
posed To be the work oi AN incendiary.
Loss Sl>ooo.
Thomas Bryant, aged Is. shot and killed
his mother at Burlington, near Butte, on
the 18th inst; liz cndcavored to steal her
savings S3oo and she tried to prevent it.
/ The mat iricide was arrested.
O.C. Rinker of Helena has been absent
from his home for over three weeks and
his family and friends are unahl- to fnd
any ti,iiuss Of his vhercahouts. II is i,ard
that hr has bceg foully dealt with.
The Livingston Enterpri~r has suspended
daily publication on account "i ihceNp 'n-e
Of getting i.sociatrd Press news without
which dail! pap'r published near Helena
or Butte does not stand much show.
4 Washington telegram Of the 9Th inst.
says that W. +. Furay of Deer Lodge and
T.. H. Becker Of Billings will he appointed
to investigate mortgage indebtedness in
Montana for the census bureau.-t'azette.
Last weeks River Press contains - cut
aud sketch of Hugh Monroe, the oldest man
in Montana. being in his lo6th year. lie
lives an Two Medicine Lodge creek. near
the Firgan Indian agency. in the north
mart pf 4 hot t4a,tt county
Ia the dis, rirt court at Miles city Albert
Brazisr was f.un. guilty of mui,lrr ia the
second degree aud the jury fixed his sen
tcnce at ten years in the penitcntiary.
Brazier's crime was that OF killing Harry
Brown in u roundup camp or Powder
river last July.
The Billings Gnzette is informed of the
death of Sam Wildly. Of lung trouble at
PORT Townsend about six wseks ago The
deceased lived at Billings for some years
and left the territory under a cloud. lie
was an unusually bright young man aud "A
gifted speaker, but whisky was the bane of
his life.
The Northern Pacific railroad depot at
Big Timber burned to the greun. on the
llth inst. at early daybreak. The fire il
supposed to have been started by hot EN-
. bers from the fire pan Of a freight engine,
emptied near the platform, which l,e" un-
der the building. The agent and family
, had barely time to save their lives in get
ting out. catching up IA few wraps and not
/, stopping to dress. They lost all their house
hold goods.
4 Great Falls dispatch to the Helena
Journal says that the Bllings-Great Falls
railway will reach the latter point within
. ninety days. TIL. gall .lisplayed in at
tempting to create "A boom ior Great Falls
is truly wonderful. No such line Of rail-
way has az yet been started, and unless the
Northern Pacific board of directors mak-s
a move in that direction soon it will not
even bc completed this y.ar.-tiazctte.
John McDougal. well known an expert
mining milwrigh and for some years past
located at Mary-ville, has left for South
Africa IN the interest of Frazer .Schalmers,
the great mining machinery manufacturers
oi Chicago. John leaves many warm
friends and acquaintance here VIII" will
wish him every success and watch his
course with much interest. Jim McDougal !,
"a brother Of Johns, remains at his old
post as machinist ia charge at the Drum
Lummon.-IIerald.
John +. Mercer came in this norniL.
from the Little I,nckes with | 81 wolf skins.
Mr.. Mercer says the parties who we.t int"
the business OF wolting with
of realizing the bounty are put To consider
able hardship by reason 81 the legislative
muddle. After killing their wolves and trav-
cling loo miles to the county seat, they got
a boubty certificate, it il true. but II IL use
less. az the banks will not take il except at
"A ruinous discount, aud the merchants will
have nothin. To do with it. We suggested
:, man,amus, hut from Mr.. Mercer's way
of expressing himself We infer that he is ia
favor OF something siuch stronger.-l.iver
Press.
Messrs. Foley Bros. x 90. have the c"u-
tract to build the Neihart branch of the
Montana Central Az far as Monarch, or
charles Martins ranch. The road la this
point will bc com ,,lcted aud ready for oper-
alton by April l. The original intention vi
the company seemed IT, have been To make
Monarch the terminus lor at least one sea
son, but the Tribune has learned that a
change of programme has been decided upon
and that the road will he extended to Nei-
hart, and probably to Clcndenin, at once.
This viii be good news To the miners oi
thes. camps, "a. it will enable them to ship
their or, t. the Great Falls sIBeltrr at the
least possible cost. II "a good pass can ts
found wa Neihart, 1t IL not an unlikely
lining that this road will Ue extended To
White sulphur springs aud the Castle MIN
in. district Tribune.