Fergus County argus., 1890-12-04
MONTANA NEWS.

Placer gold has been 4 discovered at Grants
dale.
Billings has a few tough- and buns To
spare.
There are 2l5 inmates in the Dser
Lodge penitentiary.
The altitude Of Barker, by railroad
survey, is i, 800 feet.
Tom Iryi inc, late sheriff Of Custer county,
has gone to Bozeman and will commence
business there as IA mining broker.
A hotel to cost over Sl25, 900 is abeut |
to he erected in Boxeman, and other build |
ings now projected will aggregate S1oo,"o"
The assessed wealth Of Lewis aud Clarke
cousty this year is SlO,W~.V"" greater
than the entire assessment OF Montana
Ia years ago.
James Niaux, who resides near Salesville,
Gallatin county. has been arrested fSr cruel
and inhuman treatment of "a little boy he
had adopted.
The Butte Miners union has issued a cir
cular asking that eight hours constitute u
days work. with the present standard oi
wages maintained.
W. A. smith Of smith Bros, Martins
dale, left here Monday morning with seven
teen ears of mutton sheep Tor the Chicago
market t.-Bozeman Pioneer.
W. A. Clark, president nj the Pioneer so
ciety of Montana. has appointed James II.
MeMasters vice president for Deer Lodge
county in place of Robert ;. Kelly, de-
ceased.
GOV. Toole, state Treasurer Hickman
and state Auditor kcnney have leased two
top floors of the Electric buildingat Helena
for the use nf the state legislature, which
meets Jan. > of next year.
John Bray, who was convicted of man
slaughter for killing james B. Hayes at the
race track during the Anaconda races last
August, was sentenced to seven and one
half years in the penitentiary.
The opening of the new land offices at
Iewistown and Nissoula has relieved the
pressure on he Helena office. but there is
still plenty to do for the register and re-
ceiver and their clerks. Independent.
/ The supreme court Of Montana, by ma
ioriiy of its members, has decided tha'
John A. Davis was the proper person To
act as administrator IF the estate of his
millionaire brother, Andrew J. Davis.
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Superintendent Weir, III the Granite Noun
tain, states that the Neinai the 500, east
has widened to five feet. The ore is low
grade, but contains pockets oi ruby silver.
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sheriff Houston ef Missoula comfy is
making preparations to hang the Indian
murderers of that county. He has received
from the sherln of Took county, H., 'onr
ropes which are to be used ~ theexeeution.
They are the ones which were used IN The
execution oi the anarchists ~ 'hicago iour
yeats ago.
The Martinsdale Sheep company was in
eorp"rated recently ny h'ehar" H. ten
,'enin, Thomas Antiseli' Jr'' ana Howard
T.. Tbompson' win eaP'tai stock of $50
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denim, ar'hur T. r"''er an" ANNE T. r III
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Capt. Powell, of the United states engi-
neers, has been At Miles City making pre-
iiminary survey of the Tongue river. He
will report the cost of altering the course
of the river, which has Tor the past few
years been cutting into the town. The i'm
provement VIII involve an expenditure of