Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-07-23

ingston was robbed OF SO 900 a few nights
since.
The State Board Of Equalization has
granted assessors an additional week in
which to make returns.
W. A. Dykeman and W. G. Ross we're
killed by lightning near Castle on the 18th
inst. They were out in the timber at the
time.
The assessment rolls OF Lewis and Clarke
county for 1891 are now complete. The
total assessment is S32. 900. $50, showing
AN increase of 81 ,975,43o over the assess
ment Of last year.-Herald.
Custer county's assessment returns. re-
ceived at the office Of the State Board OF
Equalization, show n total assessable val
nation for this year of S5,273,735. There
are 164,177 head of stock cattle in the
county assessed at So, $50, AS, and l25.-
723 head of sheep at S31I ,096.
Four delayed passenger trains from the
east came in Tuesday evening between 10
and IL o'clock. From travellers il was
learned that the washouts extended from
Medora to Mandan, a distance Of about
$50 miles, not successive, but n few miles
apart. The whole country was atioat and
several clouds burst.-Gazette.
| Two carloads of soldiers that had been
killed or died while in the government ser
| vice were brought from some one of the
post burying grounds west of here last week
and are billed to Fit. Custer, via Custer sta
ton. They will be inferred at the Custer
battle ground, which is a national cemetery.
Gazette.
At Butte on the 18th inst, during a
thunder storm. lightning struck the Parrot
smelter, wrecking the engine. There were
twelve men in the building at the time and
although large masses of iron flew in every
direction no lives were lost. A man named
John Page was knocked senseless. The en-
CINE was OF s~eventy-five horse power and
cost SO. 900.
A wreck occurred on the Northern Pacific
road near Missoula on the 18th inst,
caused by a landslide. Nearly all OF the
cars were thrown from the track and the
engineer was badly bruised and scalded,
but not dangerously. None OF the passen.
gers suffered any serious injury, but three
tramps who were stealing a ride on the
brake beams were killed.
Considerable excitement was aroused In
Madison county by the reported discovery
of placer and quartz leads in the vicinit,
of Red Mountain. III ground is said to b,
very rich, as high as $40 a day having beer
panned to the man. plenty OF water bein,
available. The quartz lea is said to b.
!, fifteen feet wide, the ore assaying 1Ot
ounces to the ton.-Mininp Review.
Butte editor. was exbumed on Tuesday, @
last week, and a post morsem examina
ton held To cover any noint that nigh
he raised AZ to whether if WAS the buI,e
) wound that pr,dnced death The remain
were found tn he periectIv preseryed. Ey
q erythinp tended To show that notbipp g,
e cent the bulIe, ,,used Mr. Penrose,s death
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Mr.. Ewing is particularly robust for one {
q his years, in appearance readily passin
for a man OF fifty. He served in the Mex
can war. a volunteer from the State of Mi
souri,, and his military titles range froi
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