Fergus County argus., 1890-07-03
MONTANA NEWS.

Samuel Heron has been appointed 81 tock
inspector for Choteau. Cascade and Fergus
counties.
Paul Mccormick has secured the con.
tract Tor government transportation in
the National Park this year.
The Northern Pacific will pm, up u sign
board tn designate the state line between
North Dakota and Montana
The Hotel Montana at Anaconda will
not he closed, rs has been announced, but
Will be under new management.
The date Of the meeting Of the Montana
Press associaiion has been set for Thurs
day, July 10, at Livingston, Mont.
'has. Severance has purchased the ranch
property of Wiimer Bros. near Lavina.
sGb acres of good land under fence II nd par
tial cultivation.
Deputy Sheriff j. VI. Fish OF Butte com
mitt suicide by sh"nting himself through
he heart on the 22d ult. Sickness aud
despondeney are said to have been TIA.
cause.
General Passenger Agent Fee Of the
Northern Pacific. states that the company
will carry G.,0oo second class passensers
tn Montana aud Pacific coast points this
season
A young Swe'le, Charles I.unesen by name,
sixteen years old. committed snieide in Mis-
soula county last week by hanging himself
To II limb of a tree. Home sickness aud de.
spondency caused the rash act.
Forty pounds of tin ore have been sent
to the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton for analysis, and returns are expected
in few days. The rock compares very
favoraLly with samples from cornwall, aud
is pronounced FAR superior to the samples
from the Black Hills chronicle.
7. u. Bnrleigh. son Of Dr. W. A. Burlceh
died at Yankton, : d.. last week. Mr..
Burleigh was one Of the river captains ,I
the early day navigation on the upper Mis-
souri,. and had accumulated n modest for
tune before the river business broke. lie
WAS in the hardware business at Miles tT,v
for about three years, but in I>s., retired
from that aud has since passed his lime in
health seeking.
ID. \. Burr, n merchan, of Junction City,
also engaged in business at Pass Creek, Wv.
oming, lost his life Sunday afternoon by
the capsizing of e small boat in which he
was being ierried across the Yellowstone nj
Junction. VIM. Bertrand, who WAS work
ing the boat, managed to save himself by
clinging to the rope, but Burr. being una bile
to swim, was quickly drowned. Deceased
leaves II wife and children. Gazette.
Under the arrangement entered into be- |
tween the conductors and the Mort hern Pa
ciiic road hereafter the passenger conduct
ors ON the Northern Pacific will receive
$ loo II month and the spotter system will |
he abolished. This il "a great concession
evidently are determined to pay their con-
luctors big enough that there may be no
nducement for them to take chances on
methods of raising their sal
lry.-t;azette.
Hon. W. A. Clark returned Sunday even
ng from "A visit to his United Verde" cop
per property in Arizona. lie gives a glow
ng report of the country through which he
passed, having visited California, Mexico
Ind the beautiful valleys of Colorado The
nine which is one of the largest copper
properties in the country, is twenty four
niles from railroad at present. and sur
'eys for the construction of "a line are now
seins made. Mr.. Clark descril,ed with elo-
,uence aud poetic imagery the towering
Hills and ver,iant glen-, shady hooks and
parking streams of Colorado. But"
aid he, Montana is queen oi the Union.
She has more natural wealth, more To at
ract the home seeker, the fortune hunter
,nd the searcIier for health than any other
tate or territory on the cont inent. Butte
liner.
The YELLOWSTONE Mining company has lis
,iiairs NOW in excellent shape. A force OF
men has been stopping aud hoi-ting for sew
raj weeks and ir.isht trains have been
olling in vast quantities oi coke, aud there
= now NO doubt that the supply of ore aud
uel for the sm.lter can be kept up for AN
Indefinite length of time. This assured, th.
ompany started its sm.lter litst week un-
Ter the management of Prof. Gortion the
uecessful operator Who made such an eN-
client run ou Cumberland ore last ia a. aud
or the past week "a steady stream of bull
on has been pouring forth aud soon "a
teady string of freight teams will line the
cad from Castle To Livingston, loading .
'ut with bullion and in with coke Th.
nine IL also looking exceptionally fine aud !
H. ore provin. very rich, and We have no
oubt the company will declare IA dividend
'ithin the next ninety days. Although
here was n sale of stock ten days since as l
NV as Sl..bo per share, We confidently ex- .
eet to see II sell for So per share before the n
9th of July. since it can he demonstrated
- IA mathematical certainty that it is act
ally worth that figurs at this writing
lusbandman. III