Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-11-16
company, claiming S3O,O o damages for
! nirring received while working as a brake
FOR the company.

company, claiming $50, 900 damages for
I'M rring received while working as a brake
FOR the company.
state teachers association will meet
81. 1utte IN December eth and he in ses-
sion three days.
Hon. Geo. G.. Symcs, who was appointed
associate Justice for the t. - y of Nom
tana by President Graz = 500, com
mitted suicide Mt "a Denver nutel a few days
since. He was one of Colorado's wealthiest
and most respected citizens. Cause at
tributed to poor health.
Mersrr. Carter and Smell OF Miles City
have purchased twelve carloads of steers
ia this valley. which they will ship from
Manhattan on the 18th. Mr.. Carter says
that he paid mor- for these cattle than
ever before, hut he got the finest lot he
ever purchased.-Chrunicle
There is some excitement on the Clark's
Fork. near Rcd Lodge, over the discovery
OF placer diggings. A few old workings
have been discovered and il is believed
that miners were there ms early as go. but
were driven off by the Indians. 1t is re-
ported that two men with "A -luiee cieaned
up $500 in a few days Last week.
Among the heaviest. possibly the heav
lest, shippers of cattle from Montana this
year was the Home Land and Cattle COM
pany, whose herds range in Valley county.
The shipments of that company for the
season have ended, and in all they shipped
from Nashua and Oswego, over the Great
Northern, over 1 900 cars of cattle, which
lot included steers, spayed heifers and
cows. The number OF cattle thus sent out
by this one alone was $4,000
head.
There is in this valley, says the Bozemap
Chronicle, about 1000 acres of grain which
remains uncut. 1t was ioored by the
snow storm in September and has never
had a chance to rise 30 it can be cut with
a moving machine. Stacking would not
have remedied this OF course, and there
are many farmers who do not believe that
it is necessary to stack grain aud are op-
posed to it on the ground of cost. They
all say that the crop must be put in earlier
than it was this season, and where this is
done, threshing will be out of the way be-
iotO NV h'5e Suo" obic
At Kalispel the grand jury has made lite
final report on the investigation into the
doings of county officers. Six indictments
were returned against Sheriff Gangner for
embezzlement and perjury, two against
Court Clerk Swaney for embezzlement,
| three against Assessor Graves for embez-
element and misconduct. two against Jai-
Il - Ag-n-.-- e. - -.
lessness in allowing prisoners to escape,
and eight against the county commission
ers for misconduct in office in allowing nu-
merous bills in excess OF the amount that
should he paid. The findings OF the jury
created a great sensation.
On Saturday evening while three little
children OF Frank Hills were playing at
= a, the youngest boy, aged about ten,
&C. ID the keys to his fathers desk and
therefrom a revolver. His little sis
Ter. about five years of age was sitting on
The floor near the desk, when the boy be-
N handling the gun which was discharged.
he ball entered the girl, :, I'd directly
over the left eye and she - ~ Jiately be.
came unconscious and remained so for
some hours. Mr.. Hill had started for Dill
Ion on the morning of the day the accident
occurred and the mother at the time was
at a neighbours house close by. The little
boy as soon as the shot was fired hastily
put the gun back into the desk and gave
the alarm. Physicians were called in and
did all that was possible to do to alleviate
the child's suffering; but have not expressed
their belief that it would recover, although
there is a slight possibility OF it doing So
Bozeman Chronicle.