Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-05-04
MONTANA NEWS.

A. w. Lyman has returned to Helena
from the east and will enter at once upon
his duties as collector of internal revenue.
Conley G. McTague nave been awarded
the contract for the care of convicts at the
state penitentiary for the next two years.
Their bid was 40 cents per day for each
contract.
Joe Conrad uf Great Falls has failed, the
First National and Northwestern banks
ioreclosing with a chattel mortgage to the
amount of $4,000. Total liabilities in
the city S43, 600, with more in the east.
Charley Allard, of the Flathead agency,
intends taking his herd Of buffalo to the
Worlds Fair, and will arrange an exhibit
ton independent of Frank Miles show and
intends outdoing the latter in all respects.
River Press: w. j. Minar has deter
mined to bid adieu to county office and
drugs and will engage in the sheep business
in the near future. Today he purchased "a
fine ranch from VIM. Rowe, the same being
located at the mouth of the Sbonkin. and
about three miles below Fort Benton.
The consideration is stated to nave been
81, 900. Mr.. Minar will occupy the same
soon, and become a full-fiedged woolgrower.
Miles City Journals: Pierre Wibaux re-
turned from France to attend the meeting
OF the Stockgrowers' association and will
return Immediately to his wife in France
who is in poor health. The brand Of calves
on his own range last year was 5000.
This year, owing to the late spring, he does
not expect to brand SO many az the early
foreman expected a large loss, but since the
range has been closely ridden over Mr..
Wibaux says his loss will not be over Is
per cent on the stock.
River Press: The Home Land & Cattle
Company's outfit has started for Texas to
bring cattle to the Missouri and Milk river
ranges. They crossed the Yellowstone at
Miles City on Sunday, and will 60 to Sheri-
dan, Wyo., and then by rail to Texas.
from whence they will drive back six large
herds of steers. The ontfit consists of %
riders, = saddle horses, six wagons, and
is under the foremanship of +. e. Stevens.
1t begins to look as though the Dawson
and Valley county ranges are destined to
get all the cattle they can sustain this year.
Great Falls special to Independent: Some
badly charred and iucinerated bones, all
that was left of John Sandberg, a furnace
man in the employ of the Boston d Mon
tana smelter, were taken from the incline
fiue connecting with the big smoke stack
last night. The illfated furnace man had
not been seen since April 3, when he went
.-fa ..,a 50 tIa . -, -.-. .l..I
the fire had been drawn, intending to re-
move Stag from it's Sides. When his strange
disappearance became known, the b.. & NJ.
officials hardly thought possible that he
could have crawled from the furnace into
the fiue, because no man would think of
doing such a thing, but in order 10 satisfy
themselves they ordered all fires drawn.
Yesterday IA thorough search was made i'm
the flue near the lower end. The bones of
the unfortunate were found in "a pile OF
cinders. Some Of the smelter men identi-
fled a pocket knife and a shoe buckle as
having belonged to Sandberg. Judge Fitz-
gerald went down to the smelter this morn
ing and held an inquest. From the evil
dence adduced it appears that Sandberg
was slightly intoxicated when he vent into
the furnace. The supposition is that he
fell asleep and when partially awake tried
to crawl out, but instead of coming out the
way he entered he crawled into the intake.
and from there into the lateral fiue. The
latter was full of hot air and deadly gases,
which nearly overcame him. though he
probably had strength enough to run into
the main fiue. where his bones were found.
Deceased was about 40, unmarried, and
zane here from Anaconda.