Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-02

49, ' -, 1880
day whereby Flora Gates, of whom
Miss Dowden took charge IN her last
visit to Lewistown, will be placed in
the state reform school.
Ed Stack, the Stanford sheepman,
sunk a well on his ranch on Willow
creek lately to the depth Of 3l7 feet in
IN endeavor to obtain n flow of arte-
sian water. He succeeded in getting a
flow of eight barrels per hour and says
he will at some future time sink deeper
in order to try and increase the flow.
Otto Kempendorf and Miss Sadie
Carr were married last Sunday evening
by Justice McFarlane at their residence
on North Main street. Fred Kempen-
dorf acted in the capacity of best mar
and Miss Carr, the sister of the bride,
was bridesmaid. An elegant repast
was served after the ceremony, which
was partaken Of by a number Of friends
Of the newly-married couple.
Chester s.. Cunningham Of Chico Hot
Springs was shot and instantly killed
last Thursday by J. C. Bishop, who is
the manager of the Winslow & Burns
mining plant at Chico. The shooting
is the result of an old grievance which
existed between Bishop and Cunning
ham and the former claims that he shot
Cunningham in self defense. Mr..
Bishop was arrested and held for trial.
Agnes Sweeney, the youngest daugh-
ter of John Sweeney, a prominent
stockman of Bull creek, met with a
serious accident while on her way TO
school at Warm Spring creek one day
last week. The horse she was riding
became frightened and threw the child
off, causing a bad break in her right
arm close to the elbow. The injury
was attended to by Doc. Wilson, who
was Immediately sent for, and the lit
tie one is doing as well as might be ex-
pected.
Many enquiries have been made by
local sportsmen as to the reason why the
consignment of Chinese pheasants,
which vas ordered this fall, has not ar
rived. Sam Weaver, who ordered the
birds, says that he is in receipt of a
communication stating that the order
cannot be filed this fall owing to the
scarcity of the birds, but in the spring
the consignment will be sent. Mr..
Weaver says that any parties who sub
scribed to the amount necessary to OBJ
tain the birds and who wish their
money returned can obtain it by calling
on him.
During a trip to Gilt Edge this week
J. b. Rich had a saddle and overcoat
stolen. Mr.. Rich turned his horse in
William Potts pasture about a mile
from Gilt Edge and hung his saddle
and coat in the barn on Potts ranch.
In the morning the outfit had dis
appeared entirely and though every eff
fort was made to find out who took it,
there is absolutely no trace of the
thief. Both the saddle and coat are
well known by many residents of Fer
gus county as they are the property of
Sheriff Shaw.
The 500 head of southern cattle which
were shipped from Omaha to Cook &
Hilger arrived at j. o. Gilkerson's
ranch last week and last Sunday were
delivered to parties interested in the
consignment. The cattle, which were
of mixed breeds and mainly two-vear-
olds, were in excellent condition and
were divided as follows: John Gilker-
son, 1ls head; David Hilger, 165; L. w.
Eldridge, 100, and Messrs. Beebe, Blod'
gett and Chase, G5 head. The two-year.
olds cost s24.50 laid down at Harlow,
ton and the three-year-olds SEQ so.
Deputy Sheriff Burns of Knox county,
Nebraska, arrived in the city last
Thursday morning for the purpose Of
taking back Harry Granger, who i.
wanted in Creighton, Neb., on a charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Granger was arrested in Lew
istown about ten days ago by Sheriff
Slater IN informotion received from
the Nebraska authorities. Mr.. Burn,
mentioned the fact that Granger hat
already served one year in prison on
similar charge. The Nebraskan dep
uty left with his prisoner in charge OF
the Harlow stage on Friday morning
A fire occurred in the composing
room Of the Anaconda Standard las
week that incapacitated the Mergen
thaler linotype machines entirely for
few days. The fire was the result o.
an explosion Of gasoline in the tank at
tached to one of the machines and tn,
flames spread with lightning-like rap
idity throughout both the machin,
and press rooms The damage wal
such that the Standard force OF ma
chine men, compositors and editoria
staff repaired to Butte, where tn,
paper was issued from the Inter Noun
tain office pending the reorganization
Of the printing plant at Anaconda. TIL,
damage amounted to s12, 900.
An enterprising individual calle,
Charlie Bird, who is working at Ken
dali, has discovered a new way of skin
ming a chicken and like all true dis
%coverers, suffered considerably durin,
the excitement. Bird, who had beef
INDUCING in copious decoctions o