Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-12-07

New York. The amount WAS $50, ZOO al
legged by the special administrator OF the
A. j. Davis estate to be due the estate on
promisory notes given by Erwin Davis to
A. j. Davis prior TO the death OF the lat
ter. No defense was made, judgment being
taken by default. This grows out OF the
famous Davis will case.
chased 800 acres of Goa lands from the
Cashier Coal and Coke company at Belt.
This purchase includes the present mines
OF the company. Work will be prosecuted
with renewed vigor and the output OF the
mines will he largel, Increased. The
greater part of the coal will he shipped to
the Anaconda smeltcr. The price paid for
stood to he a good round s~um.-Great
Falls Tribune.
Word was received Tuesday morning of
the death of W. III. Ford. which occurred
at Los Angeles, California. Wednesday
night. Instructions were sent to have the
body buried there, which was the wish Of
the dead man. There were few men in this
vicinity who we're as we'll known or better
liked than Judge Ford. He was classed
among the old timers and has served in al
most every capacity from "a stage driver to
"a justice of the peace. For the past two
years his health has been failing and only
ten days ago he was sent to Los Angeles
to see if "a change of climate would do him
good. He was between forty and forty
five years OF age. For years he has been
an honored member of the /. o.. o. F. and
the Masonic rider. He caves a wife and
"A son almost grown to mourn his death.
The sympathy of the whole community go
out to the bereaved in their a Fiction
Meagher County News.
At Miles City on the evening OF Nov. goth
Jim Pym, a cool in a restaurant who is
said to have been drinking, walked into
the home of his sister in law, where he saw
IA young man named Alfred Tilton, to
whom he applied vile epithets, finally strik-
ing him in the face. Triton, who is a COW
puncher, whipped out his gun and shot Pym
in the left side. He walked into the next
room, fell and died in a few minutes. Til
ton went to the livery stable got his horse
and escaped. Ppm was 46 years old. He
wore on his breast at death a medal of
honor voted to him by congress for BRAY
cry in action at the Little Big Horn river
June 26th, 1876, Clusters fight" at which
time he was a member of company B, Sew
enth cavalry. Tilton has since been ar
rested. He was overtaken about fourteen
miles up Tongue river by Deputy Sheriff
Thurman and Chief of Police Jackson.
About four miles up they found a fire in the
woods at which he had staid all night. AS
the snow was deep they tracked him and
overhauled him within two hours. He
made no resistance and was in Jail by noon.
Uncle" Tommy Cruise, more dead than
alive, passed through this city last week
from Helena, en- route to California in the
superb palace car, '~'Minnewaska." The
old man is apparently on his death bed
aud it is doubtful if he will ever again re-
turn to Helena and the trip naturally sug-
gests the query: ''Of what use has been his
fear, will prove but of little value to him
and if one could read his heart it would
IA desire or willingness to eagerly
change position from the luxurious vehicle
in which he is now riding to the little old
on the scoriated sides OF the old
on which he discovered the
Drum Lummon, a mine. the product of
which while making him independently rich
his heart to the extent that he
has ceased to look upon fellow man as a
brother. Tn Missoulian sincerely hopes
that the old man will quickly improve I'M
der the balmy skies of the Golden state
and if he returns to the mountains we are
sure he will do so with "A gladder heart as
the world and the men therein will appear