Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-06-01
MONTANA NEWS.
Miles City is infested with ..hobos."

W. obCo
In the case of DIR. kellogg. OF Helena.
Judge Buck has decided that there is no
appeal from the State Medical Board.
Messrs. Spratt Il Co. yesterday shipped
10000 carats of sapphires and rubies.
washed from Ell Dorado Bar. to London.
The gems are fawless and first-class bril-
liants.-Herald.
/. l.. Boardman, who edited the Red
Lodge Picket during the past winter, has
purchased the plant of the defunct Castle
Tribune and moved it to Big Timber, where
he this week commences the publication Of
the Sweet Grass and Boulder Blade.
lin the shooting at Anaconda
last week the match bet ween James Conley,
of Deer Lodge and Percy Kenneth. OF Hell
ena ut eighty live birds, for "a purse of $3.50
II side, the loser to pay for the birds, re-
suited in favor OF the former by "a score of
IL to 63.
Robert Coburn recently bought twenty
head of ''cow horses from Mr.. Marrow,
near FIT. Benton Tor B per head. These
horses weighed from eight to eleven hun
dred pounds and were broke to the saddle.
These figures, owing to the dull horse
market are considered good.-Husband-
man.
A person giving the name of George
Franklin, representing himself as an agent
for John Robinson's circus, visited Miles
City last week and is believed to be w. w.
Lester, who worked Butte, Livingston and
Bozemen, as agent for Sells Bros circus.
He made contractsf for beef. grain, hay etc.
and tried to get n rake-off. but only got
five dollars from one party. He got drunk
and used vile language On the streets. He
was arrested and lined SO and costs and
is in jail, having no money. He worked
the railway agent at Bozeman for a
ticket to Livingston and is wanted for
that.
A Billings special to the Anaconda Stand
ard says: Three men, giving their names as
James Hall, Charles Smith and Edmond
son, were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ram
sey and a posse on Spring creek on the
Crow reservation, for stealing IA wagon be-
longing to Abe Fenton. They had. in add
ton to the wagon in question, "a buggy,
lumber wagon and five horses and were
making their way to Wyoming. They
ella i'm to have come from Butte. Hall and
E~dmondson are ex-convicts. They were
brought back to Billings and will have an
examination Monday. Another Edmond.
son is still at large on the reservation and
will be brought in.
A White Sulphur Springs correspondent
of the Helena Herald, says: Many timid
pepole throughout Mcagher county are
double locking their barn and dwelling
house doors and sleeping with one eye
open, ready to throw up their hands il
commanded SO to do; for they fear the
sudden appearance of the ubiquitous ter
rors OF Montana, Gay and Crosse, foI
whose capture there is a big reward. 1t il
said that Gay is IA veritable coward when
unarned, and old Mrs. Crosse, mother oi
the murderer of RAIDER. braggs Of the fact
shat she would disown her son il he did
not kill every man that tried to capture
him. She. with Crosses and Gays wives,
are in durance vile at the county seat.
The stockgrowers of Teton, Cascade and
Choteau counties have entered into an
agreement which looks to the Kidding OF
the ranges in that section OF the state oil
wolves and coyotes. The growers agree to
pay to wolfers 50 for each and every wolf,
and S3 for each and every coyote which is
killed by trap. shot or killed with dogs,
within one year from the first day Of April,
1898. The wolfer. in order to secure this
bounty, is Obliged to turn over to the agent
of the stockmen the skins of the wolves
and coyotes so killed by them and to fur
nish the necessary affidavit required to OBJ
tain the bounty ,n said animals under the
present law. Each owner OF stock agrees
tn pay his proportiOnate share on the
stock owned by him in payment OF these
hounties.