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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
WILL STAY IN MONTANA.
Cheyenne Indians Will Not Be Removed to
South Dakota.

A Washington special says that
when the Sioux Indian commission,
which has been endeavoring to settle
the differences between the Indians OF
South Dakota and the Cheyennes OF
Montana, reports that in its judgment
it would be impracticable to remove
the Cheyennes from the Tongue river
country to South Dakota or to any
other place, there is no doubt that
many people OF Montana will be bit
terly disappointed.
In the last congress Representative
Carter secured an amendment to the
Indian bill providing for the removal
of the Cheyennes to South Dakota.
Senator Pettigrew caught it in the
senate and fixed it so that all the
Cheyennes should be gathered in one
place in some OF the states. This
commission, which has been in the
West for several months, was appoint
ed for the purpose of settling the
Cheyenne question, although a great
many other matters were referred to
them.
The report has not yet been Off
cially made, but enough is known at
the Indian office to make the state
ment that the commission will strongly
recommend that the Cheyennes be un-
disturbed at Tongue river, in Monta-
ma, and that they be protected in
their rights on that reservation. This
will be great disappointment to
Senators Sanders and Power and
Representative Dixon, and probably
not pleasing to Land Commissioners
| Carter, but as there will be an array
of facts to support the proposition, it
is more than likely that congress will
support the findings of the commits
sion.
Indian officials here were rather
startled to find that the commission
secured information confirming ru
mors of what they and army officers
had heard about the unpeaceful stu
alton of things in South Dakota
There is yet manifested great deal o.
dissatisfaction among the Indians
The information obtained by the com
mission from inside Indian sources
ought to forewarn the government
against repetition OF the troubles o
last winter il prompt action is taker
Ito suppress any budding outbreak.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
Such Will Be the Speed of the Locomotive
of the Future.

Philadelphia Record: ''If the new
engine l am about to have construct
ed is not capable OF making 100 miles
an hour I'll give her away to the first
person / meet"
This astounding statement was
made by Mr.. Jackson Richards, the
master mechanic of the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad, who was exhibit
ing to a party of deeply interested
persons the drawings Tor a locomotive
which, if successful, is almost sure to
revolutionize the construction OF the
high speed locomotives of the future
Mr.. Richards, who is recognized all
over the United States as having no
peer in knowledge concerning locomo-
tives and railroad machinery, has
been working on his latest invention
for the past ten years, and few days
ago the drawings were completed and
the patent was applied for.
The new invention will enable gi-
gantic stride to be taken in the mat
ter of high-speed locomotives, and, if
the new flyer is as successful as experts
predict she will be, it is more than
likely that the time between Philadel-
phia and New York will be made IN
less than an hour. A specimen en-
CINE will be built for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair, and the trial trip will
be made between here and that city.
In outward appearance the new To-
comotive will not differ materially
from the speedy engines now used on
the Philadelphia & Reading railroad
between this city and New York. The
pecuiiarity OF construction lies in the
fact that instead OF the two cylinders
as used at present there will be four
One cylinder will he located on each
side OF the locomotive frame as at
present, and the other two will becast
in what is known as the cylinder sad
die. The inside pair of cylinders are
to be in one piece, and will lie on an
angle The outside cylinders are to
be horizontal as at present. The four
cylinders will entirely overcome what
is known to engineers as the dead CEN
ter, and the engine will be perfectly
balanced without any counter balance
in the wheels. This latter improve
ment will to a large degree do away
with the VICIOUS pounding which has
proven so destructive tomodern road
beds The perfect balancing of the en-
CINE will be largely due to the working
OF the two cylinders so near the cen
ter, and these same cylinders, working
as they do from such a central point
OF vantage, will help out in the matter
OF speed to great degree.
According to the experts who have
examined the drawings the valve mo-
ton is perfect. There will be four
valves-one to each cylinder-and
they will be operated by two links,
the same as now used for two cylin-
ders. The engine is designed to be
built on the Wooten fre-box, the
same as now used on the famous
"2O6," which made mile in the re-
markable time of 80 As seconds on
August 27. The ordinary speed OF
the destined world-beater will be S5
miles an hour.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
Missouri's Misleading Motto.

1t will be remembered the Christian
Endeavor societies of the northwest
had their annual gathering in st.
Paul recently. AS is usual in conven-
tions, the delegates wore badges des-
ignating the states from which they
came, and upon them in addition to
this was printed some motto express
sive of the society to which they be-
longed. Among Others the state of
Missouri was represented in this gal
axy of pious men and women, and,
like the rest, they also wore badges
with inscriptions. A devout Republi-
can prohibitionist from Iowa met one
of these Missourians with a white
badge eighteen inches in length, and
these words, printed in great letters,
stared him in the face:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
1,5l5,65i

The total assessed value of sheep in
the state as returned was SO, ,S36, ,O5S,
showing an average assessed value
of about S2.45 per head. 1t will be
noticed that the counties of Lewis &
Clarke, Missoula, Deer Lodge, Cho-
teau, Cascade and Madison turned in
a lower per capita value than the
amount named, and the board pro-
ceeded to raise the value in these coun-
ties to the average of the whole state.
Without questioning the authority
of the board to regulate these matters
at its discretion, the Stockman would
remark that this action leaves the sub
ject in but little better shape than be-
fore. With the assessable value of
sheep in the counties named, raised to
the figure OF S2.45, the revised list
would give general average OF about
50 go for the whole state. While the
board raised values to the general
average stated, no mention is made of
it's having reduced the values where
placed too high. 1t would be interest
ing to know whether this action of the
board was merely an effort to equal
ize values presented by thevarious as
SCISSORS, or the result OF its individual
estimate as to the actual value OF the
sheep assessed.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
BIG LAND SUIT.
Heirs of Joshua Garrett Claim Thousands Of
Acres in Michigan and Wisconsin.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 1S.-Three
bills OF equity, involving a subject
matter OF unusual magnitude, have
been filed in the United States circuit
court by Barbour K Rexford, solicit
ors for about 100 heirs and devisees
of Joshua Garrett, who lived and died
in Louisiana in the early part of this
century.
Joshua Garrett had the possession
OF large quantity of land script which
subsequent to his death was made
good for location by an act OF con
gress. Neither he nor his heirs had
availed themselves of it's value, and
in 1872 Daniel J. Wedge, attorney tor
l.. f. SALES, administrator OF the es-
tates of some OF the original holders
children, located the scrip, and the
land thus acquired came into posses
sion of a large number of holders.
the land located includes nearly forty
thousand acres of Michigan pine,
thousands OF acres in Wisconsin, and
large tracts IN other states.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
Austin Bidwen Who Robbed the Bank Of
England Pardonsd.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16. A cablegram
from London this morning announces
the sentence of the notorious Ameri-
can forger, Austin Bidwell. has been
cut down, and that he will be released
February next.
William Pinkerton, who effected Bid
wells capture, when shown the cable
gram today expressed his entire satis-
faction at the remitting OF the sem
tence. 1.-The poor fellow has been in
prison almost twenty years." said
Pinkerton, "and he is, think, suffi-
ciently punished for his crime"
The forgery is one OF the greatest on
record Bidwell and his brother for
merly ran a candy store on Madison
street in this city. They went away
and finally conceived the plan of loot
ing the Bank of England. A number
of bills of exchange were counterfeited
and 81, 100000 secured on them.
The forgery was discovered that night
and the police went to work. Pre-
viously had furnished London po-
lice with photographs OF thegang, and
by these they were enabled to fix the
crime where it belonged"
Austin Bidwell made his escape to
Cuba, where Pinkerton caught him in
company with his bride, Bidwell es-
capped, but was recaptured and taken
to England, where he was tried and
sentenced in 1874. A cipher letter to
Bidwell gave a clew which led to the
recovery OF S250,O00 of the money,
which had been converted into United
States bonds. In the meantime the
older Bidwell brother had been cap
| tured in Scotland and was sentenced
for life. Becoming paralyzed inprisor
his pardon was procured. Since that
time he and other members of his fam
lily have been tirelese in their efforts to
secure the release OF Austin, who was
but twenty-five years of age when sen
| fenced.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
MONTANA'S WEALTH.
A Practical Picture of One Years Prosperity
in the New State.

Helena Journal: One hundred and
forty-four milionsl That sounds
well. 1t is Montana s assessed valua-
ton for the year 1891, an increase OF
nearly S15, 100000 over last year.
Asked where it came from, State
Auditor Kinney exclaimed: "The
rain, the rain 1t was worth S15,-
600, 900 to Montana The farmers
saw their crops growing and their
stock fattening, and gave them in at
something like their value"
Following is the assessment by
counties, exclusive of the railroad
property, as equalized by the state
board OF equalization:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
FAST TRoTTING.
Nelson Lowers His Record at Grand Rapids.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. 19.-In
the presence of 10000 people Nelson
yesterday lowered his record to 2:1O.
He was in the pink OF condition and
the track, which was just completed,
was fast. 1t is four feet four inches
over a mile. The first attempt was
made in 2:14. Nelson, the owner of
the horse, said the second attempt
would be made in half an hour. In
short time the stallion again appeared.
Without scoring the trotters got
away, and Nelson kept up his unpre-
cedented pace to the finish without a
skip, each quarter being made in 32kS,
the mile in 2:10 fiat. Amid the cheer
ing of the crowd OF spectators, the
judges presented the stations owner
with fine silver water set. The timers
caught the time in 2:1o, the judges
caught it in 2:O92. and dozen
watches in the paddock made in 2:oeh.
Mr.. Nelson himself caught it in 2:oe2.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
Blaine is the Favorits.

BosToN. Sept. 11.-In reply to in
quiries made by the Boston Globe
among delegates to the Republican
state convention as to their prefer
ence for president in 1892, 431 an
swers were received. OF these, 372
favored Blaine, Al Harrison, while
Alger had four supporters, ex-Speaker
Reed two, Mckinley two, Lodge one
and Fassett one.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24

Montana Stockman: The state
board of equalization has been in ses-
sion during the past month, and the
subject OF the assessable value OF
sheep was one OF the matters acted
upon. Returns made by the various
assessors gave the following number
OF sheep, and their average assessable
value in each county:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
AMERICAN TIN MINES.
English Capitalists Invests SS, 900, 900 i,
Tin Properties in South Dakota.

CHICAGO. Sept. Isl w. Fowler,
attorney for the Harney Peak Tin
Mining company, of Rapid City. South
Dakota, is in the city. He says an
English syndicate has taken and paid
for stock in the company to the
amount of SO, 900, 900 OF 81 ., 900, 900
at which the company Is stocked.
Fowler says the company will have
tin on the market in large quantities
within year.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
Train Robbers Confess.

MADISON, Fla, Sept. 16.-J. NJ.
Perkins, j. A. Turner and j. E. De-
laughter, who robbed the Central rail
road train near Savannah last week,
were captured this morning. They
have confessed.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
MISSOURI FOR CHRIST.

"Oh, h-l!" exclaimed the Iowan
in disgust, forgetting his pious role
and relapsing into his natural uncon-
verted state, missouri for Christ
Pshawl 1t gave Cleveland $4,000
maiorityv-Des Moines Anzeiger.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
slavin Will Meet Sullivan.

New YORK, Sept. 19.-Francis Pat
rick Slavin, OF Australia, writes from
London expressing a willingness to
meet John l.. Sullivan for S25 900 q
side and the championship of the
world.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24

cents per pound. The duty on blank
cts of value greater than fifty cents
q pound is three and one-half times
the duty on a pound of unwashed
wool I'll centsl and 40 per cent, or
in this case, in all
c1 -Ss
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
Tariff Pictures.

A Philadelphia retail house last week
advertised all wool six pound blankets
at $3.50 pair, which is
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24

cents. Is the tariff tax when the
price is actually less than the duty
New York Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-09-24
A century's Growth.

The census returns OF the United
States during the past century have
been as follows:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-10
TREATISE ON GHOSTS.

A Chinese Authority Says Man
Can Escape Becoming One.
The Chinese Recorder of Shanghai
contains a paper on the Life and
Writings OF the God of Literature I"
This being, it appears, lived through
seventeen different lives as scholar and
official, although the records Of only
nine lives now exist, the remaining
eight never having been preserved.
In his own person he completed the
perfection of the three religions of
China. One of his works contains a
chapter on ghosts and men, OF which
the following is the substance: "a
ghost Is the corrupt part of man, and
man Is the pure part of a ghost A man
can be ghost and a ghost can be q
man. The man and the ghost are
mutually related; why separate man
and ghOstP The ghost becomes a man;
lhen man must become a ghost. III a
man does not become ghost he will
surely be able to perfect manhood. 1t
Is dliicult for ghost to become a man,
because it has fallen to ghosthood,
and because it has lost manhood. A
man Is ghost; a ghost is a man; but
AT men are not ghosts, neither is every
ghost a man"
1t appears also that it is possible.
although difficult, for man to escape
becoming ghost. This is how it can
De done: Those who can be respectful
without feeling ashamed, who can ba
submissive without deception, who can
OBEY to perfection the rule of life, and
are able to preserve their natural
iorce unabated, secretly cherishing
growth, will become buddhas or genii.
but not ghost"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-10
STEALING A CHILD.
An Intelligent Elephant. and What
IL Took to Paoify Her.

An intell8ent Elepnant, and what
II Took to Paoify Her.
A remarkably intelligent elephant,
working on a new bridge In Ceylon,
says Murray's Magazine, had young
one to whom she was perfectly devot-
ed. 1t died. and she became inconsol-
able. Formerly the gentlest OF crea-
lures, she grew irritable and even
dangerous. One morning she broke
the chain which confined her and
escaped into the forest
One night, about ten DAYS after her
escape, the officer who had been in
charge OF her went out to lay in wait
for bears at pond in a jungle at some
distance
As he and his native attendant were
returning, early in the morning, the
native silently nudged him, and they
saw in the dim gray light an elephant
with her calf making their way toward
the camp. They both sprang behind
trees, and when the elephants had
pad passed, the native insisted that the
older one was their old friend.
When they reached the camp they
found that the truant had indeed re-
turned, and had gone from one person
to another, touching each with her
trunk. as il she were exhibiting her
adopted child, which she had evidently
begged, borrowed or stolen during her
absence.
Her good temper and usual docility
returned at once, and the owner bless
ed the good fortune which had enabled
her TO steal child.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-10
The Ancestral Horse In Nebraska-

Professor o. c. Marsh, of Yale, Is
still on the sunny side of SO, and a
vigorous, pushing man. Mr.. Marsh
Is probably the best known on the
other SIDE of the water of all our geol-
ogists. He received great honors
rom foreign societies and governments
a few years ago on account OF his dis
,overy of the ancestry of the horse.
bringing up his evolution from the
!ower order of animals to his present
perfect state. His discovery came
about in this wise, says the N. Y.
Star /: During vacation one summer
ne took number OF Yale students on
4 working frolic to 1.-The bad lands"
IN Nebraska, which is regarded as the
best for obtaining all sorts of fossils Of
any territory in the world.
During this trip the professor and
his party discovered a dried-up swamp
that had probably been a lake centu-
ries ago. Workingmen were building
railroad through it, and throwing
lp thousands upon thousands of
,trange bones. These the professor
gathered up in large quantities, and
before he had finished his examination
,f them he had traced the origin OF the
horse six states back. His discovery
complete, he sent its results and full
,pecimens of the bones to different
icientific schools, and was greatly
aonored therefor. Probably no discov-
cry of recent times attracted so much
attention
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-10
Cutting on Money for Use.

A tall. black whiskered man was
leaning over the desk at the Continen-
tai hotel last night conversiug with
several friends, says the Philadelph ia
Inquirer. Pulling a plethoric wallet
from his breast pocket he took there
from long sheet OF % bills, just as
they came from the treasury depart
ment His friend inquired what they
were. ''Only advertisements was
the reply. They're given away with
tea instead OF the usual chromos" BY
this time there was quite a crowd
around the black whiskered man,
eagerly examining the bills. Some
thought they we're genuine bill. while
others, who bad never seen bills IN
this shape before, as there was nearly
a yard of them, really thought they
were advertisements and would not
have bought the entire lot for 5 cents.
You're all just like the fellow out
in St Louis. He was a clerk in a
store where / made a purchase | ask
ed him for a pair Of shears and pro-
ceeded to cut of bill. You should
have seen the mans eyes. They stood
out so you could have knocked them
off with a stick. The outcome OF the
matter was that he refused to take
them. just at that minute the pro-
prietor came from the Office, and, see
ing the status OF the case, discharged
the man, but after had explained the
case we all had a good laugh.
why do [ carry them in that way?
/ guess-well-I suppose to have a
little fun; that's all j have friend,
a cashier in a bank, and he lets me
have them. Let's adjourn and have a
B. and S. and see what the barkeeper
has to say.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-10

served. On ordinary occasions dlnnei
is eaten almost in silence. 1t could no
well be otherwise, for the meal consists o
innumerable dishes which are disposed
of with an agility truly wonderful. A
lamb stuffed with rice, nuts, rasins, and
spices, is replaced by some rich pastry,
which is succeeded by fried fish; and
so the courses revolve, savory alter
mating with sweet in quick succession
until all have eaten to repletion. Or
great occasions the dishes, doubled il
number, follow each other IN more
apoplexy. Pipe follows dinner and
prayer follows pipe, and then the elder
folk doze on tfesofas or converse in AZ
intermittent, desultory fashion, while
the young men amuse themselves after
their kind. The Civilized youth
spends the night at whist or in the
cafes chantdnts of Pera, while the
others hurry off to enjoy the groteslus
indecencies of the Turkish theatre OF
seek amusement in the streets of Stam
boul. Throughout the night the city is
all hustle and excitement; all the
mosques are illuminated, rows of tiny
oil lamps encircle the minarets, OF
hang suspended from one minaret &c
the other, and at the chief mosques
lamps are arranged from tower to
tower, to represent the Sultan's toughra
or some sacred motto. The usually
silent streets are thronged with Mus
sulmsns of both sexes, for it is the only
time in which Turkish women are ac-
customed to go into the streets at night,
and they like to avail themselves freely
of the privilege; stalls and shows line
the road, the former containg all man
ner of refreshment, from roast sleeps
head, or 0ildu, to rice milk and lemon
ade. In the by-streets one meets
groups of women Carefully muffied up
about the nose, but showing long ex-
panse of neither limbs, escorted by a
eunuch, or n man servant, carrying a
paper lantern, to light them on their
way to n neighboring harem. 1t is a
great time for paying and receiving
visits, the ladies spending the night in
smoking and gossiping, or enjoying
entertainments, which are not always
of the most delicate character. About
an hour before dawn men perambulate
the streets, beating drum and calling
upon the Faithful to take their last
meal before sunrise. The card party
breaks up, the shows and theatres close,
there is another heavy feed, followed
by prayer and sleep, and by the time
the giaOHr Is abroad, Stamboul has re-
sumed its wonted air of picturesque
stagnation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-10

They begin the classes in some Of
the public schools nowadays in the
rudiments of civil government at q
very early age says the Boston Tran.
script. And it seems that the young
people get, on the whole, n pretty cor,
rect idea OF the way we are governed.
a teacher who, by the way, is rath.
er fond of English things, was orally
instructing a class the other day in the
foundations of political science. She
lad given her young pupils very in
teresJirg lecture about the British sys-
TEN OF government Ard then she
asked the boy at the head Of the class;
And now, Johnny, what are the
men called who govern, or rule over.
us in this country?n
"Kingsm said Johnny, promptly.
''Oh, no. Tell me, the next ono, by
whom we are governed"
''Queensr'
No! Next boy"
"Jacksm said the next boy.
Aud he was not promoted tc the
head of the class.