Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-01-14
MONTANA NEWS.

Paul Mccormick bought the band OF elk
now in the city while here last week, and
will exhibit them ut the Worlds Fair, as
part of the Montana exhibit.-Bozeman
Chronicle.
Great Falls dedicated a new $4,000
opera house on the Ith inst. Addresses
were made by A. j. Shores and District
Attorney Weed, OF Helena. The Mckee
Rankin company appeared in The Ca
muck"
Seven prisoners escaped from the Silver
Bow Jail on the night OF the 9th inst. The
sheriff has Offered n reward of 5000 for the
capture Of Price, charged with the murder
Of Cunningham, and 500 each for the
other prisoners.
Allen VI. Hay, enc OF the Oldest OF Mon
tana pioneers, committed suicide at Dewey's
Flat. neal Dillon, on Wednesday OF last
week by shooting himself. He had prop
erty valued at 100000. In pioneer days
he wore the ministerial garb.
Lieut.. Governor Richards has granted a
pardon to John A. Rowand, who was SEN
fenced to Deer Lodge for life for killing a
man in Butte ia He was pardosed
by Gov. Toole in 1890, but the board of
pardons did not acquiesce. 1t is thought
the pardon will he approved this time.
+. L.. Patterson, an ~employe in the post
Office at Butte, was arrested by Postofiice
Inspector Watkins on the charge of rob
bing the mails. A letter containing $50
was taken out of Patterson's left shoe. He
did not deny his guilt. but claimed the
temptation was irresistible.
Another change in the schedule time of
the Northern Pacific is expected to go into
effect soon, which will bring the cast bound
train through Billings at about midnight
and the west bound makes Billings "A meet
ing point. This will be somewhat better
than the present arrangement.-Gazctte.
James Ryan. II short-term prisoner, who
is in for forgery. committed suicide at the
Deer Lodge .enitentiary on the last day OF
the old year by almost scvering his mead
from his body. Just previous to the insane
act lac had been peeling potatoes for the
cook house and used the potatue knife to
end his own life.
Capt. Daniel W. Buck, who died at Ge-
neva. ILL.,, recently, was one OF the pioneers
of Montana, and in former days was an In
dian trader at FIT. Peck. In 1879 he was
with Bruadwater * Co. at TT. Assinaboine.
Afterwards he vas Interested with Ira
Meyers in the stock business in Choteau
county. Captain Buck was well known to
old timers, who will greatly regret his
death.
A stock train consisting ofseventeen dou-
bic decked ears of sheep from Peck Il Cas-
sidy, OF Rosebud, on their way to market,
with two engines attached, broke through
a burning bridge half a mile east OF Sentinel
Butte, on the Northern Pacific, ON the 9th
instant. Fireman Bert Clough was killed,
Engineers Al Campbell and Ed Cunningham.
Fireman Poor. and Head Brakeman Con
Hill. were slightly bruised and scalded.
Both engines and one car are a total wreck.
Trains were delayed for several hours.
The Boston and Montana Copper COM
pany issues "A circular offering to each
holder of POS shares of stock the right to
buy a 81, 900 seven per cent bono at ninety
and interest, the subscription to apply to
the record of Dec. 81, and the right to eX-
pire Jan. 30. These bonds are the issue OF
$500, 900, lately authorized, and mature
100000 yearly in 1907. The proceeds
are to be used to build an electrolytie
plant, etc, at Great Falls. Bonds not
taken by shareholders will be otherwise
disposed OF.
, Leader: Peter NJ. Baum received n tele-
gram last Monday announcing that when
the case of Mrs. Amelia Barnum, h was
held to a second trial on the charge of rob-
bling the United States mails at Mann, was
reached, District Attorney Weed moved to
continue the case without date. This prac-
tically means an abandonment OF the case.
She was released without bail, and will I'M
doubtedly be discharged at the next term
of court. This finishes up this very sensa-
tional case, the other indictments having
been quashed, and the Barnum family are
now cleared of the stain on their name so
far as the law can do it. 1t will be remem-
bered that Ed Barnum was acquitted by
the jury, while i'm his mothers case the jury
disagreed on the first trial.