Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-03-26
MONTANA NEWS.

5. 5. Huntley, the well known stockman,
has secured the exclusive control for trans-
portation in the national park.
Wanted in Butte-2O,O 900 active. ener-
getic laborers to shovel smoke. Please en-
quire at the Inter-Mountain sfice.-Red
Lodge Picket.
The Northern Pacific will again run two
commencing on the 29t inst. This in
creased accommodation is rendered necessary
by the demands of ira vel.
Eighteen sticks OF giant powder exploded
in the Ella mine at Butte city last Thurs
day. Walter Trestrail received injuries
Stewart and Ray Crum, who were working
with him, were badly shocked by the con-
c%ussisn, the pump was wrecked and three
sets OF timbers blown cut of the shaft.
Governor Toole and wife. accompanied
by Miss Rosencrans, sister of the latter,
passed through Great Falls on yesterday
train for the east. The governor expects
to- be absent from M"ntana about three
weeks All good citizens OF the state unite
in wishing him a pleasant vacation after
the arduous tasks attendant on the session
OF the legislature.-Herald.
Mr.. l.. Talbert of Fl. Shaw, is the in.
ventor of a pair OF sheepshears Of an ingen.
iOus and novel design. By means of a
double lever within the handle the workint
Of the shears is made much easier than in
the old fashioned instrument, and AN at
tachment to the handle makes it much
more comfortable to the hand. The inven
ton 10 well worth the attention oil wool
grewers.-Leader.
Lolita Crabtree, the charming little sou
brstte, who has kicked herself into fam.
and fortune, and who was this week play
ing to ovid houses all through the state
is a Californian by birth and u niece OF Jol
and Ike Crabtree, eccentric ranchers OF til,
lower Yellowstone valley, and living carica
lures OF the hay seed" as portrayed b,
Mast and Kepeler and the balance Of tn,
character artists.-Billings Gazette.
Tuesday evening about IL O'Clock, Will.
Joe Silverman was passing through the
alley in the rear of his store, he was at
tackled by two would-be highwaymsn, who
demanded his money. Instead of ~grantin,
their request, however. Mr.. Silverman col
Jared one and held him until an officer
could be called. The other man was shortly
afterward captured and both prisoner,
locked up. They gave their names as G.. b
Heidi and John Flynn. The crime of whicb
these men are charged is one for which thu
statute provides severe punishment and j
they are convicted they will doubtless re
side in Deer Lodge for a long term Of years
Leader
Chief Justice Blake delivered an interest
ing address before the Helena Stenog
raphers' Association last Saturday even
ing. 1t was mostly reminiscent, as hs
traced the growth Of the art in Montana
from 1866 down to the present time. He
was the first writer Of shorthand in Mon.
tana and practiced the art in the year
above named in Virginia City. He learned
it from one OF Pitman's manuals, published
in 1S55, and soon became proficient,
though the art in those days was far from
the perfection it has now attained. The
Judge, then n young lawyer, reported the
legislative proceedings for the Montana
Pest" i'm 1856 and in 1887 tool down
the campaign speech of James NJ. Cavan.
augh, candidate for delegate to congress-
Herald.