Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-02-11
MONTANA NEWS.

Livingston has organized n Republican
club OF over 200 members.
Helena business men have subscribed
S125,ooo toward building a road from
that city to Castle.
The citizens of Billings and Yellowstone
county have organized a fair association
with a capital stock of $50, 1000.
Bozeman has voted to pond the city for
100000 for the purpose of erecting a high
school building and enlarging those now in
use.
The Rocky Fork Coal company has de-
within the twelve months beginning July
L, 1891.
Montana has more than 1000 good
mining properties. including some 10000
mining claims. More han 80 o mineral
claims have been located and recorded in
the state.-Mining Review.
| Gov. Toole has appointed John l..
Sloane of Missoula county commissary
general of the National Guards of Montana,
with the rank of ~brigadier general, vice
Gen. Joseph f. Marion resigned.
Governor Toole has named the following
delegates to attend the rams Mississippi
congress, which meets at New Orleans Feb
ruary 23d: A.. j. Davidson, Il. f.. Collins,
Thomas G.. Merrill, Samuel Word, Martin
Maginnis, l.. s. Wilson. S. T. Hauser, c..
w. Stapleton, J.. w. Strevell and G. A.
Broadwater.
The Butte Jail breakers were last week
sentenced as follows: Grove Spencer and
f. l.. Stafford for burglary each ten years,
and two years each for escaping from Jail:
j. Il. Smith for assault with intent to kill
Policeman Donovan ten years, and two
years for escaping from jail; Daniel Sulli-
van Tor grand larceny one year, and for es-
Gaping from Jail one year.
The new iron bridge at the first crossing
| OF the Yellowstone has now been completed
at a cost to the Northern Pacific Railroad
company exceeding $780, 900, hut it is
money well spent. The iron framework
rests upon two piers Of solid masonry, the
| approaches upon granite abutments, and
the structure is good for at least hall a
century.
John Weaver, Hank and John Chap
man, dad" Hughes, George Hodge and
| John Andrews nave returned from pursuit
! of the horse thieves that stole the large
| band of horses at Heart Mountain, and
did not succeed in capturing the ~rustlers or
| their horses. Mr.. Weaver lost so head OF
horses, the Chapman boys about $50
head, and other parties $50 head, making
| i'm all $50 head.-Red Lodge Picket.
1 - -. 4. Al
| Of the 9th inst. says: Joe Pegg, a cowboy,
was shot and perhaps fatally rounded
| this morning at seven o'clock at Dan Sulli-
vans ranch, near Shelby Junction, by
another cowboy named Dick Crawford.
| The shooting was the result OF an old ieud.
Last night Dan Sullivan gave a dance and
a number of cowboys attended, among the
number being the participants OF the trag-
edy Several times during the night the
men came neal an open rapture. but were
as often separated by friends. This morn
| ing. as the company was separating, Craw-
ford approached Pegg and asked him to
shake hands and all everything square.
Pegg agreed. but as Crawford was riding
away opened fire on him with a s~ix-shooter.
Crawford instantly returned the fire and a
number of shots were exchanged, one ball
penetrating Pegg's left side just below the
heart. Crawford, unframed. was hurried
away by his cowboy friends and a dispatch
sent to this city for medical assistance
for Pegg. At last accounts the rounded
man was in a precarious condition and his
recovery is considered hopeless.
We learn that c. H. McDougal, of Butte,
has accepted the challenge of Paul Hacke.
of Pittsburgh, for Il wolf hunting contest. |
Mr.. Hacke is IA great horseman and dog
~fancier. and owns a kennel of BorZeis. |
which he bought from n brother OF the czar
of Russia. These dogs Mr.. Hacke consid-
ers superior to any in the world in hunting
and killing wolves, while Mr.. McDougal
claims American bred dogs are as good as
any. The match is for q cup valued at
S1oo and money enough to pay expenses
of judges. Mr.. Hacke insists that the
match take place during the latter part oil
March, and it will probably be held then.
In his challenge Hacke% stipulates that the
match take place on some open prairis in
the west, and it is thought some part of
Colorado or Texas, where wolves are a
terror to stockmen, will be selected. The