Fergus County argus., 1893-02-09
MONTANA NEWS.

The city directory of Bite, recently
issued gives that place a population OF
AZ, 900.
| Bloom, the murderer of Garvin at Liv-
ingston, was found guilty OF murder in the
second degree after the jury had been out
four hours.
The bridge to be constructed across the
Yellowstone at Springdale will contain the
longest single span in the state, it's length
being 220 feet.
John T. Firth, a Dawson county man
wearing the sobriquet of Hell Fire Jack. !"
has fallen heir to $500, 600 left his mother
by deceased uncle in Sheffield, England
Billings Gazette.
F. NJ. Marsh OF Big Sandy has without
doubt one of the best collection of hounds
in the state. No coyote can get away from
them when once sighted.
| The citizens of Kalispell got up a great
| ratification meeting to celebrate the pass
age of the bill making Kalispell the county
seat OF the new county OF Flathead.
In the Athey -Cockerill contest at Great
for non.suit. The plaintiffs attorney
will appeal from his decision.
The Montana State Fair directors have
decided not to hold the usual fall fair at
Helena this year on account OF the Worlds
Fair. The annual weeks racing, however,
will occur usual.
The work of retimbering the shaft of the
Anaconda mine will be completed about
the goth day of February, when it is ex-
pected to resume work with the largest
force ever employed in the mine.
The footing OF six steam whistles can be
heard in Marysville on still. frosty morn
| ings-BaId Butte, Penobscot, EmDire, Fell
mont, Big Ok and Montana mills, says the
Mountaineer, which also hopes to soon
hear the screech OF the Gloster engine call
| ing her men to work.
| Some days ago party OF cowboys rid
ing on Powder river discovered a large fat
| COW standing in q cut coulee with three
gray wolves keeping watch over her and
continually fighting her. Her hind quart
ers were almost eaten up, the chords in one
leg being cut SO that she was unable to
stand upon it, and she was cut and torn all
over the body SO badly that one OF the
men shot her to put her out Of misery.
County Attorney Miller received word
the past week that Sweeney, the slayer OF
Willett at Red Lodge last summer, has be-
come violently insane at his home in Ohio,
where he went shortly after his discharge
from custody. The particulars as related
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saloon was suddenly siezed with an halluci-
nation that Willett was pursuing him with
a determination to kill him. In the belief
he became SO violent that it was necessary
to have him adjudged issane ani confined
in the Ohio state asylum. 1t will be re-
membered that Sweeney shot Willett with
a Wine hester while the latter was attempt.
ing to stab him. The court held that
Sweeney acted solely in self-deiense and dis
charged him.-Livingston Enterprise.
; Last night was the coolest experienced in
, this part of Montana for years past. From
noon yesterday January 30th) the mer
, curry sank steadily from 24o below zero
until it refu sed to act. At midnight ther
mometers registered SO below, and two
are reported as having touched $40. Thi.
, morning found the temperature still below
100; and the literary liar who notifies oul
eastern friends that ''you never notice tn,
cold in Montana" is at discount. Th,
east bound train last night was three hour,
, late, and it was impossible to keep the cal
warm, SO tue crew huddled the female pas
; sengers into the sleeper. Telegraphic com
munication with st. Paul is suspended, ant
ali hands are waiting for a chinook.-Rivs
Press.
Yesterday morning Nichols and Dickin
! son, teamsters, concluded to take a nea
: cut across the river the ice from thi
side. They drove their four horse team
and wagon on to the ice near the ice hous
and had proceeded but a short distanc
when horses and wagon broke through an,
three of the horses were swept under tn
: ice and drowned, the fourth one manag
/ Ing to get out on the ice and was saved
, The wagon was saved. In the scuffle tn
horses became uuhitched from the wagon
The men narrowly escaped a watery grave
They had driven on the ice recently formed
! where the ice harvesters had taken off
2 crop and the snow SO covered it that it
5 dangerous condition was not discovered
until too late to prevent the accident. TIL,
horses drowned were valuable ones.-Grea
E Falls Tribune.