Fergus County argus., 1890-05-29

struck in the streets of Butte last week.
| The electric motor line between Helena
and Hotel Broadvater is now completed.
The Butte Miners union has S23 .o0o on
hand and expended s20ooo last year.
aostly for sick benefits.
William Hamm and Jake Gauaaur. the
great oarsnen, will row at Great Falls ON
May 3" aud at Lake Wilder ON June 1.
| Montana is credited with gold aud sill
Yer output Of S22 ,s9I, 900 for the year
1889. The value of her copper output for
the same year swells that amount to over
S4o. .ooo. .Ooo.
The programme for the spring racing
meeting ef the Montana Agricultural, Min
erai and Mechanical association of Helena
is out. The races commerce July = and
end July =.
| The Montana Central has reduced first
class limited fare from Butte to Chicago to
SJl.15 and second class to S:,:5.JO, and
prop"rtionately low to all points east.
This ls u reduction Of 81 first class and 81
second class
While at work cutting out horses IN the
corral of the Pontiac Live Stock cornpany's
ranch ON Tongue river recently, Embly
Bailey was kicked in the abdomen by one
Of the band. receiving injuries which re-
suited in his death.
The lines OF the Great Northern railway
are 81 level in the Red river valley that one
engine hauls 100 to 133 loaded ears con.
| tanning 600 bushels Of wheat each, making
train over one mile long containing 49,
500 bushels of grain.-Leader.
Lieut.. j. q. Galbraith, 4. =. A., a son Of
Judge Galbraith of Dillon. and who is now
stationed at Fort Custer, this state, has
received official notice Of his promotion to
captain. lie will I've sent To Cincinnati.
ohio, where he will take charge Of the re-.
eruiting office.
We have seen some tine samples Of car
donate ore taken from the property at the
head Of Iogo gulch, owned by the Neihart
company which is claime,l tn run very high
in silver and lead. This ore is of the sa me
character as found in the great Barker
eamp.-Leaser.
u. d. May of Billings has been granted
I hc privilege of running an inclined plane
railway or elevator down the northern
slope Of the Grand canyon Of the yellow
stone to the waters edge. The franchise 10
IA valuable one and has been by several
sought after. Parties hereafter visiting tn.
park can get "a glimpse of the falls from a
point heretofore inaccessible. Gazette.
Ii is said that Boston parties ha We placed
S30,o~ in property at Monarch asd con
enplate the expenditure of S1O.OOO in i'm
provemeuts this year. Monarch lies at he
gateway To the mining camps Of Barker.
Neihart and N"go, aud as II dist rihutinr
and outlitting point for the mines seems
destined to le of much Importance Great
Fails Leader
Charles T.. Miller .Ir.. was held up aud
robbed 10y u highwayman on Tuesday, th'
18th inst, bet ween Phiipshurg aud Black
Pine. Mr.. Miller had several Thousand
dollars in his buggy. hut threw out a bag
containing $500 in silver, aud whipping his
horses INTO II run escaped without further
loss. Th. r.b-r -l"t one oi the horses IN
Black Pine was reached.
tine hundred and ioriy seven hoN-s oi
giant powarr, CONDEMNED 10y the officers oi
the Granite Mountain Mining company
werr yesterday hauled II mile or two dis
tant from Granite and "a fuse at tarhr,l. Til.
potency of the po~der was not c"rrertl,
estimated. ior the men engaged IN the work
had scarcely reached II safe distance when
the powder eNplo.ir'i with terriir fnrce
i'ri and heavy si"nes were hurled great
distances and many windows in Grant.
were shattered. So lar as learnrd no per
sons were injured.
Upon the purchase of the Elkhnrn by the
English syn.icatc. about March | the share.
were placed On the London exclan.rat 50
Since then they have gradually increa se,l in
value until now they are quoted ai 81. aud
il is confidently predicted that. with tn,
continued favorable reports of the com
panys operations, ~ gradual rise will fol-
low until the $40 point or even n.re il
reached. The company that took hold oi
the Elkh"rn evidently made no mistake
Journal
W.. -. speer Of Butte, supervisor of cen
sus, has perfected prelimina ries for the emu
meration of the state and il now waiting
for the date set by law when the work shall
begin. According to the act Of congress
providing for the eleventh census enumera-
tion must begin on the first Monday in
June and must he completed within twenty
t,-... IA, l..N .l..ea
divided the state into 125 enumsra ting dis
tricts and has forwarded that many na mes
to Superintendent Porter eli the census
bureau for his approval.
Plenticouss, IA leading chief of the Crows
and "A retinue consisting Of IA dozen lesser
lights ia the Crow nation, is ON IA visit te
the Nez Perez agency in Idaho. They ex-
pect to institute inquiry concerning the
coming Of the humbug Christ, AS we'll AS a
change of grub. The old chief tclegrap aphed
ahead to Gsnesee, Idaho, to have the agent
send horses to the station to meet his party
and escort them in state to the agency.
Plenticoues carries his gall with him wher-
ever he goes, notwithstanding it's colossal
proportions
The antipathy against sheep which some
men seem to cherish led to AN attempted
murder in Custer county last week. Aman
named Schwartz warned Charles Smith,
who was herding about $500 sheep for Mr.. |
W. W. Beasley ON the Rosebud near his
ranch, tn move them further away. This
Smith refused to do and Schwartz fired
three shots at Smith, Who made complaint
pear before the grand jury. The time is
past in Montana when sheepmen have no
rights To be respested.-Helsna Stock Jour |
nal.