Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1890-07-17

The wool receipts at Great Falls so far
exceed l, 400. 900 pounds.
| Helena kicked" on the census return.
and "a recount was ordered.
Babcock 4 Miles of Billings have opened
"A hardware store at Big Timber.
The Gallatin valley will yield loo, 600
quarts OF Strawberries this season.
| The Crow Indians celebrated the Fourth
ON Clusters battle ground with process
sion, sham battl and dancing.
| Don Davenport OF Helena has n contract
to furnish the Elkhorn Mining company
with 10000 cords of wood. The contract
calls for 900 cords per month.
Tom Ash has resigned from the manage
| ment OF the Cumberland mine at Castle "a M,
has been succeeded by Len Lewis Of White
Sulphur Springs. Mr.. Ash will take a va
cation and trip to California.
Hon. J. b. Clay berg Of Helena has been
honored with the appointment to pro-
censorship OF mining in the law department
| OF Michigan university. He will deliver a
course Of lectures on mining during the
coming session.
Pierre wibaux has sold 5000 beef steers
and dry cows to Nelson Morris Of Chicago.
The sale was made at SO much per head on
board ears at Mingusvills, at what price
the reporter could not learn, only that Mr..
Wibaux got all he asked.-Glendive indie
pendent.
The cross-cut at the 5OO-foot level in the
Cumberland mine has now penetrated the
ore body II feet and yet there 10 no sign Of
reaching the further wall. IL is still in the
richest carbonate ore ever unearthes in this
country. and there is no guessing how much
wider the ore body will Northumberland
One hundred and twenty -fve men left St.
Paul on the 9TH inst. to go to work on the
Pacific extension Of the Great Northern
railway, and as many more are already on
the ground with their camp on Tits. grading
teams, etc. Several outfits are now ca,nped
between here and Assinabeine. - River
Press.
j. j. Thompson, one Of the former un-
compromising stockmen Of Custer county, i
has set aside his preju,lices against sheep
sufficiently To purchase $500 from W. W. |
Beasley, which he has driven to his ranch !
on the upper Rosebud. Five years ago a
st"ckman oil that county would have been
insuited had sheep raising combined with |
cows been mentioned in his presence. |
zette.
A brute named Lon Webster was tarresl |
and feathered and run out Of Bozsman last |
week. IL was charged aud proven that |
Webster compelled his yeung wife to sub |
init t" immoral practices Tor pecuniary
gain. IL was said that he not only r,istled |
up men To visit his wife, but that he had |
not the deceney to leave the room while
she was working out her shame, but would
sit in "A chair in the same room and collect
the price for their infamy.
Steamboat Vent, "a geyser in the Yellow
stone Park, which first burst forth in 1876,
broke loose with great fury On the 9TH inst,
mp e"lumn of water and gsyscr-
lite formation 200 feet in height, sha king the
Of the entire Norris basin. This
geyser has heretofore been spasmodic in its
sruptions, and while displa y ing Tremendous
power. never threw to any great height.
should its present ernptive power continue
the new crater geyser, or Steamboat Vent, II
As it is better known, will he one Of the
largest in the National Park. II 10 subsid.
ng somewhat.