Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-09-04

receive treatment for his eyes, which
were terribly injured in the explosion.
Flanagan's expenses will be paid by
the Judith Mountain Miners union, of
which organization he was vice-presi-
dent.
The chicken pie dinner given by the
Home Workers at the Presbyterian
church on Monday evening was an en-
tire success and the large sum Of $40
was taken in during the evening.
Those who were present at the dinner
are loud in their praises of the able
manner in which the arrangements
were carried out and the excellence of
the repast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodman, Lilly LARSEN,
Leila Wunderlin, Clarence Barnes and
John Barnes, Jr., returned from their
trip to the Yellowstone National park
last week. Mrs. J.. II. Walsh, who ac-
~companied the party on their trip
through the park, left them at Big
Timber, from which place she vent to
Red Cloud, Nebraska, where she will
visit for several weeks.
A party of railroad surveyors arrived
in town last evening and camped on the
levee opposite the River Press office.
As to their objective point and the name
of their employers they are the most
reticent crowd that ever visited these
parts. Mr.. Lawson, n of the MEM
bers of the party, intimated his pur-
pose to make a trip to Fergus county,
and it is inferred that a railroad project
in the Judith Basin may be the bust
ness with which he is connected
River Press.
The Nelson Story -four mill at Boze-
man was totally destroyed by fire last
week. The loss amounted to $4,000,
with no insurance. The fire broke out
in the dust house shortly before noon
on August eth and it is supposed a
spark from the smokestack of the engine
set fire to the canvas apron hanging
over the hole in the dust chute and the
dust exploding caused the fire TO break
out in the most inaccessible part of the
structure. The mill will be rebuilt as
soon as possible.
The inheritance tax on the estate of
the late Clark Tingley has just been
computed by District Clerk Boyle and
foots up 81, 756. so, says the River Press.
The estate was appraised at $50, 767,
the real property being valued at
s7,O31 and the cattle and horses at
$40, 1856 The claims against it aggre-
gated s12,O42.a7, nearly all for expenses
of administration, the attorneys fees
alone being l $500. One-eighth of the
estate was bequeathed to the deceased's
father and the remainder to his neph-
ews and nieces.
An account of the arrest of ''Calam-
ity Jane as n common drunk appeared
in the columns of a Buffalo paper last
week. Owing TO the fact that she was
such a notorious western character the
Judge allowed her to depart under a
suspended sentence. 1t seems as if the
efforts to subdre Calamity James
wild and woody have not met
with the entire success which they de-
served, and it no doubt keeps the lady
who took Calamity back east in a con.
tinued state of suspense as to what next
wild western mannerisms her protege
will indulge in.
The funeral of Ex-Postmaster John
Andrews of Red Lodge, who was killed
by John Romersa last week, took place
at Red Lodge last Wednesday after
noon. A large oncour of friends OF
the deceased attended the funeral
which was conducted by lodge No. AZ
of the Masons, of which Andrews was
a prominent member. The deceased
was shot in mistake for a bear by
John Romersa, who is a brother Of
Alderman Romersa of the Red Lodge
council, and the boy is almost crazed
over the affair. He is said to have at
tempted suicide twice before reaching
the city, but he is being held in con
slant surveillance to prevent any rash
act.
Butte is to have a mining exchange
in the near future. j. V. Long, who
is the promoter of the enterprise, has
thoroughly investigated the workings
of the Salt Lake City exchange and has
decided 10 conduct the Butte exchange
under the same rules. Mr.. Long, on
being interviewed by the Record, said
"We will organize here in about a
week, with a membership of ten and
limit of seventy, and will conduct the
business under the rules governing the
best and most successful exchanges in
the country. At present the locaI
banks are ha ndling the stock business
for Butte people, but of course they
cannot take care of it in the same way
that a local exchange could. The loca
banks really have little interest in this
business, and handle it more as ar &C
commodation to their customers thar
anything else. We will take IL off theil