Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-10-22
MONTANA NEWS.

Work has commenced on the artesian
well at Helena.
The Penrose suspects have been admitted
to bail in the sum OF 10000 each.
The Sweet Grass Marble has
filed articles of incorporation, with a capi-
tai of 81 600, 900. The committee will do
business in Choteau county.
Governor Toole has appointed the fol-
lowing delegates to the trans-M mississippi
congress at Omaha: Hon. A. I'll. Nelson,
Hon. James H. Mills and Hon. Martin Ma
ginnis, of Helena; Hon. Charles III. Gould
of Miles City; John B. Read OF Butte. and
Hon. Thomas Marshall of Missoula.
A man who gave his name as W. r.
Wolfe. succeeded in raising $40 on a forged
check from Bach, Cory Il Co. He pur-
chased a bill of goods amounting to S16O
and made out a check for 5000, receiving
the difference in cash. He tried the same
game on the kleinschmidt's. but il would
not work.-Herald.
j. w. Hardin was in the city yesterday
with his pockets full OF gold twenties. Mr..
Hardin sowed twenty-seven bushels of
Scotch Fife wheat last fall, and realized
$500 from it. Story paid him Tx cents a
bushel at Belgrade. Mr.. Hardin sold some
OF his oats for 90 cents, and has an offer of
81 90 from Story for the balauce.-Boze-
man Chronicle.
News was received from Marysville just
as the Herald was going to press saying
that Pat Semniett, a well known miner
and formerly foreman OF the Drum Lum-
mon, had shot himself in the bowels with a
shot gun. 1t is not known whether the
act was suicidal, but it is believed to be, as
Sennett had been drinking. He was alive
at last accounts, but is not expected to re-
cover.-Herald.
The bullet from the footpad's revolver
which has been embedded i'm Officer Gro
gan's body since the night he was shot
through the lung by the desperate, was re-
moved by DIR. Tracy yesterday. The bullet
was found about one inch under the skin.
1t was found to fit the revolver taken from
Clark, the alleged footpad now in the
county Jail, ut the time of hIs arrest
Journal.
Work on the properties OF the Sapphire
Mining company. recently Incorporated, is
progressing rapidly, and the development
is highly favorable. The shaft is now fifty
three feet deep and the ledge has a width OF
seven feet. The assays are good and i'm
proving. Work will be continued through
the winter and a steam hoist be put in as
soon as possible. These properties are in
the Bitter Root valley, north OF the famous
Curlew mine.-Missoula Gazette.
On last nights train from the Belt noun
tains were brought in seven cars of ore to
the smelter. One car was from the Top
Hand, one from the May and Edna, one
from the Barker, and three from the
Wright and Edwards mines at Barker.
Teams are constantly employed at Barker
hauling ore to the railroad, and it is as
sured that from six to twelve cars will be
furnished weekly from that camp all win
ter.-Tribune.
The st. Paul Globe of the 9th says: John
Bielenberg, of Kohrs & B~ielenberg, Deer
Lodge, Mont. went through the Twin
cities yesterday with a arloa of fancy
young running horses that were raised on
their well-known home ranch. They were
sired by valuable English thoroughbreds
that were placed in Montana several years
ago. The ten yearliugs, four two-year-olds
and four fn~ll-grown horses attracted rom
siderable attention among horsemen.
They will 60 clear through to New York.
Montana will send fewer cattle to market
than railroad men figured on for 1S91.
Instead of 100000 head of rangers, 145,-
900 is nearer the mark, although with ia
vorable conditions, principally a decided
Improvement in the markets, the highest
estimate for the season may be 10000
head. While a reduction Of 10000 to So
900 head cats a large figure in the value OF
the northwestern cattle run" the lowest
estimate given above will allow that Sec
ton Of the country and it's great transcon-
tinental railways an increase OF $4,000
head over last years run" of 10000
head from the same section.-Pioneer
Press.