Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-02-04
MONTANA NEWS.

Harry Kessler, OF Butte, has been elected
colonel of the Montana National Guards.
Frank ]. Nesbit has been appointed post
master at Bozeman; NJ. G. Mains, Billings;
and H. H. Barnes, Castle.
The big smelter at Great Falls will be
ready for business February 18th. Fires
in the smelter furnace will be lighted by the
first day OF March.
Charles w. Cook. George v. Dotterer.
James Craig and Abbie W. Cook have in
corporated the Unity Sheep Company, to
do business in Meagher county. The capi-
tai stock is $1,000 in shares OF s each.
Advices from Washington are to the
effect that James j. McEvilly, OF Helena,
late cadet at West Point, has been APP
pointed private secretary to Commissions
Carter, of the general land office, vice Geo.
Freeman. acknowledgements.
Dates for the Montana race meetings for
1892 have been filed as follows: Glendive,
June 81 to 90; Miles City, June 20 to &c:
Deer Lodge, July 4 to q; Dillon, July 8 to
ID; Anaconda, July Is to %; Butte, July
20 to August IL; Helena, August 13 to 20;
Great Falls, August 20 to %; Missonla.
August 80 to September 3.
The Largeant house, one of the land
marks OF Great Falls, and one OF the Oldest
buildings in that section of country, was
totally destroyed by fire last Friday after
noon. 1t used to be the stage station on
the old Helena and Benton road. and at
the time of the fire vas occupied as a
boarding house.
The national mining congress will convene
in Helena on the 18th of next July The
Montana committee appointed at Denver
last November. with ex-Gov. Hauser chair
man, has increased the committee by Sc
Letting members from the various counties.
This committee met at Helena last Mon
day, p. w. Meadow representing Fergus
county.
A Butte special Of the goth nit. says:
Anton Vidmar, an Australian laborer at
the Parrott smelter, recently removed to
31S kempler avenue. About noon yester-
day while his wife was preparing dinner an
explosion occurred in the cook stove,
wrecking the furniture, breaking every win
dow in the house, and alarming all the
neighbors in the vicinity, who looked for a
repetition OF the Ground Squirrel mine dis
aster OF November last. One of the flying
fragments struck Mrs. Vidmar over the
temple, cutting cash four inches long,
rendering her unconscious for some time.
Her four-months-old babe, lying in the
cradle, was struck over the right eye and
sustained probably fatal injuries. Mrs.
Nidmar had just a momen previous put
a stick of rood in the stove, which was
evidently loaded with giant powder. Who
the parties were that perpetrated the
fiendish act is not known, but suspicion
is attached to one or more parties.
A Billings special to the Helena indie
pendent, under date of Ian. 18th, says:
Under-Sheriff Ramsey arrived from Still
water this afternoon, having ia charge
Frank Casey, who had voluntarily surren-
dered himself to the officer. IL appears
that Casey, who is herder for Milo Collins,
a squawman on the Grow reservation near
Saltwater, had killed Casey 8 fa~ther-in-law,
a Crow named Weasel. Casey was ar
raigned before Andrew Campbell, United
States commissioner, on the charge of muir
der, and the case continued to Saturday to
enable District Attorney Weed to attend.
No particulars are known here except
Casey's story, which is that Weasel came
to Collins ranch with the avowed purpose
OF killing Collins and Casey, and proceeded
to put the threat into execution by attack
ing Casey with a murderous knife, when
Casey shot him with "a revolver. with fatal
results.