Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-07

Elsewhere will he found the advertise
ment OF the Central Meat Market. +. ii.
Stelzer & Co. proprietors. Mr.. Stelz' is
an experienced butcher and will aim to Sc
cure an excellent line OF meats. Butter,
eggs and vegetables constantly on hand.
The new fra opened for business on Mon
day in the Landt building and are doing a
good trade. Give them n share of your
patronage.
Prof. LOar, the new principal OF the Lew
istown school,, arrived on last Fridays
coach, and Miss Hoberton. who is en-
plnyed in the primary department, arrived
on Saturday. As Monday was Labor
Day and "A legal holiday. school did not be-
gin until Tuesday morning. Prof. Loar
impresses everyone favorably. as does the
the entire corps of teachers and we trust
the school will make good progress under
their charge.
Hon. Clarence Goodell, of P%hilbrook.
was in town Monday on land business. be-
ing accompanied by his family. Mr..
Goudell expressed himself az opposed to
an extra session of the legislature on the
ground of expense and the probability of
bringing on the same disgraceiul deadlock
that prevailed last winter. He did not
think "a senator could be elected in time to
be Of any aid on the silver question. T..
ii. Train, a cousin of Mr.. Goodell's and an
assayer of Helena. was in also in the party.
Together they visited Gilt Edge before re-
turning to Philbrook.
| W. L. rs. 800 nart.a. - fr1,, A. NJ.
selshell that DIR. DAILY met with an accident
to one OF his horses a few days since. The
doctor was riding along when he discovered
a coyote a short distance away. He drew
a Winchester which he had in his buggy
and fired at the animal. Missing his mark
he threw in another cartridge for a second
shot and just as he was taking aim his
team suddenly turned, jerking the gun from
his hand. The weapon was discharged,
sending a bullet into the hip of one of his
horses, tanning it so he was Obliged to Sc
cure another at Halbert's place.
Sheriff Ramsey, of ellowsto county,
was in Lewistown a short time last Satur-
day. having come up from Okla where the
pursuit of the train robbers was abandoned
| ny hs posee- "a iNailsey says thty ioi-
lowed the trail OF the robbers TO the Mus
selshell, found where they camped and
changed horses. He says they are well
armed and mounted and keep one of their
number on guard continually when not on
the move, and ha wing a field glass can
| readily evade pursuers during the day. 1t
is thought the robbers either went into the
Castle mountains or east of the S~nowies,
and that they are still bstween the Yellow
stone and Missouri rivers. Mr.. Ramsey
says lac was at an expense of $50 per day
for men and horses and as the
chase promi~ed to be "A long and costly one
he was obliged to abandon it. He says he
was quite sure he knew one or two of the
parties and the brands on the horses. He
thinks Gay and Gross are two of the men.
As there was no mail on the train to be
molested the government will not aid in
the capture.
ii. S. Sherard, general manager of the
Gilt Edge plant. accompanied by his lam.
lily, spent last Saturday and Sunday at
the county seat, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W.
H. Kelly. Mr.. Sherard was in excellent
spirits over the success OF the great enter
prise oi which he is in charge. The cyanide
process is working to perfection. while the
tmines operated by the company are i'm
proving with development, bott, in extent
and quality Of ore. The capacity of the
mill is being increased as fast as the new
p~recipitating tanks are completed and
about sixty tons of ore are now treated
every twentv-four hours. The
expects to liquidate every dollar of it's in
debtedness in the next two or three weeks
from the output OF the plant, An ore
breaker has been ordered To reduce the
rock before entering the mill and it ia not
improbable that "A motor and railway line
will he added to facilitate getting ore to the
mill. if not this fall early in the spring. Mr..
Sherard says the plant will run the year
round, which would be quite an improve
ment over past methods of operating
quartz mills in the Judith range. The sue
cess of the Gilt Edge plant will prove of
great benefit to this region and the people
will join us in wishing the promoters rich
returns for their investment.