Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-06-02
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MONTANA NEWS.

Butte will have a base hall ~clnhr"mp"sed
Of yonng ladies.
Helena's auditorium MAS open Ia
the public Tuesday.
Bozeman has subscribed $500 i"r th+ re-
lief ri the Hood sufferers.
The promised electric str-rt line l. NOW
under construction at Bozeman.
The Commercial hotel at Havrr was de-
stroyed 10y lire "a lew days sinrr. l,aH,
So, 600 No insurance.
Charles 4. ,ountryman WAS conNictrl at
Billings OF the murder of his cousin. lie
was sentenced la "a term of twenty YEAR ia
the penitentiary.
1t is rumor-d Jerry Simpson will stump
Montana this summer ia the interest ri the
peoples party. Ii the weather does not
improve fast, Jerry will need two par "r
socks.
A lire in the Realty block, Great Falls.
on Tuesday evening al last ' eek ,lest r"yrd
property to the value of S,,,ooo noe
Conrad was TIA. heaviest loser, hut was
fully insured.
The X alispell Graphic has changed hands,
the OConnor Bros. having sold out 4"
Messrs. H.. j. Mock and Joseph w. Conner,
who will conduct the paper hereafter. These
gentlemen are both old experienced news
paper mel and understand their business.
Hon. Thomas II. Carter, COMMISSIONS
Of the general land office, will visit Helena
and other points in Montan immediately
after the. adjournment at the Minneapolis
convention. He will b- accompanied 10y
Mrs. Carter, who expects To remain in
Helena for several weeks.
Paul Mccormick Il Go. have secured the
contract for furnishing beef Ia the military
post at Fort keogh and will make arrange
ments tn commence Strengthening at once.
An abbatoir will be built al Pompeys Pill
lar and carcasses shipped from there Ia
keogh in refrigerator ears. For greater
convenience a distributing plant will he
put in at Miles City.-Billings Gazette.
Manager Gillanders, OF the Lake Basin
Sheep company, was in from the ranch sev-
eral days last week after help and supplies.
Landing season has been successfully
passed and the grangering is beginning.
With "a pack OF dogs now in possession al
the manager, GiIlahders has made several
successful wolf hunts, and has about TWEEN
ty hides to prnNe il, also II Few live wolves
that lie is trliniu. for watch animals l:ill-
ings Gazette.
J.. W Hickman and j. j. Bond had quite
AN exciting adventure at their ranch On
Bear creek ~ short time since. Their atiru-
ton was attracted 10y the queer actions ri
one al their horses, which, upon inVesiigi-
tion, they found To- he caused 10y the PRES
ence of "a bear and three cubs in the near
vicinity. They got out their Winchester
and succeeded in twice wounding the mother
bear, but she succeeded in escaping to the
the other two. however.-Missoulian.
Sentence was passed upon Sam Dunbar
and j. F. Murphy ia the district court last
week. Dunbar receiving one year and Muir
ply four years in the penitentiary. The
comparatively light sentence passed upon
the latter was due To "a tacit agreement
that l-nienry would he shown in consider
alton al Murphy turning states evidence.
This WAS the only means III securing the
conviction 81 oth-r persons implicated ia
the hounty frauds, and although there Was
little sympathy inr IA man who betrayed
his partners ia crime. his punishment Was
hat mo,liiitsi ia consideration al the
important evidence furnished. River Pres.