Fergus County argus., 1890-08-21

office taken by himself upon qualifying
county commissioner of NiSsoula county,
when il was attached Ia the stated of Wash
ingi"n y remember distinctly when !
signed that " said Mr. stuart We only
met once while WAS - commissioner, aud
that WAS when ~. took the oath nf office -
The case Of John Schneider was up before
Judge Gudgell last Friday. There were
several charges against SCHNEIDER whi-l
we're disposed oi a- follows. For petty lar
c-ny stealing u birdie from Frank Lamb
81 DAYS ia The county lail aud SO fine.
For stealing prov isious and farm imI.le-
unenis from VIM. Finkhin,ler. three months
ia Jail and Sl'm iine. lie WAS bound over
To await the action of the grand jury on
The charge of burglary, also paced under
S:," bonds to keep the peace.
Mr. Charles Gibson. who has been ruSti-
ting ~ the Judith Basin for sevcraidays
returned home last evening. The gent ic-
man reports short grass, thin cattle and
sheep. ard Indications that his satanic
nairsty is after the country, with every
ihs'Slhft tl Niifliie- VT. 'sHNtth. however.
furnishes abundant evidence in his normal
rotundity and healthy appearance tha, the
extremely dry weather has not decimatet
the yellow legged chickens or impoverished
the usually generously loaded tables oi the
Judith Basin ranchrnen. River Press.
W. T.. Wilson came in from his mine in
! the Judith mountains last week and spent
several days in town. His property. which
he calls the ''I;oulder'' has three levels and
"a shaft, the longest level being 2iO feet
The ore runs from 2O to 300 ounces in
silver. Mr.. Wilson is trying to stock the
mine. as he lacks the means to prosecute
the work. He says with very little devel-
opment the ore body could be reached md
hardest working prospectors in Montana.
and is deserving of success.
Charles Weideman of Maiden passed
through town Tuesday en- route to Helena
In testing the machinery of the Spotted
Horse mill with n low pressure Of steam the
boiler was found detective. and Mr.. Weide
man is on his way to Helena to procure the
necessary repairs and the services oi Il
couple Of boilrr-makers. Mr.. Meadow ex
pects to have the mill in operation about
the first of next month. In cross-cuttins
from the tunnel u tine body Of ore was ex
posed. Mr.. Meadow is very much piease,
with the appearance Of the property at thu
present time
The Meagher county news in its last issu,
announces that il will hereafter he issued
at White sulphur Springs. the course it Ill
pursue to he announced On its first issue
The politicians appear To he plantin.
papers around quite numerously for tn,
people to support The Hnsba ndman ha,
nothing tn fear from such rivalry. Its sue
cess and present position is the result o
twenty years of toll in behalf of the stock
and agricultural interests Of Montana. IL
its chosen field it has becom- not only a
credit to White sulphur Springs ana
Meagher count, but To the whole state.
The board ii county commissioners wa.
in session yesterday and took the neces
sary steps To let n contract for the com
nation portion, made 10y the Ming Iron
Bridge Co., is loo feet ia length. Ap
proaches are found to br necessary, and N
advertis tisenent appears in this issue iur bid,
for building tn" same. II Was the inten
ton to- have the combination bridge span
the river. but through an error the meas
ureni.nt was inaccurate. The wooden ap
prnarhes will cost less than the same leneti
mad. of IRON aud wood, yet give the count
q first rlass and durable brilge.