Fergus County argus., 1888-09-13
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

gardens some of these nights.
The sound OF the thre-her is heari in the
hand. Crops are yielding we'll
Proceedings OF Republican county con
yention will be found on first page.
Al. Slough has returned from Colorado.
lie was not pleased with the outlook in the
region he visited.
Mrs. John ID. Waite and Mrs. Fred War
rrn. Of Utica. accompanied their husbands
to the convention last week.
The quarterly proceedings of the board
III commissioners and statement of county
affairs will b found in this issue.
Mr.. Lyons of Mcdonald creek lost his
barn and all of his hay by fire one night
last week. 1t is not definitely known how
the fire caught.
Dr. Allen, the Billings dentist. arrived in
town Tuesday, and has rooms at the Lew
istown Hotel, where he will he pleased tn
meet all desiring dental work.
II. W. Noble was yesterday exhibiting
fine specimen of the shingles manufactured
ut his mill below town. Two Of them were
eleven inches wide, without knots or blemish.
j. ID. Whelpley, formerly resident Of the
Judith, but now connected with the Living
ston Enterprise, was married ut Butte ON
the ::d inst. tn Miss Winnie Page, Of George
town, Ontario.
James II. Moe yesterday purchased Dan
iel eton's residence ON Washington
street; consideration, So 900. +. 4. Wright
has also purchased Mason 4 Met 'ormick' s
new residence ON the same street.
W. II. Culver, the phot osraper, returned
from Maiden, Monday. where he has been for
the past four months. lie can be found ut
his photograph gallery, near the church.
ready for business. Call and see him.
A four-tenths interest in the Carter Bros
Il Tasker Bros cattle and outfit was sold
last week by T. g. Tasker to Carter Bros.
Mr.. Tasker will go back to Iowa. Mr..
Tasker also sold his ranch to Carriers.
Judge Meagher left for Helena yesterday
morning to attend the Republican terri
torial convention, which meets next Mon
day. II is expected that s. S. Hobson Of
Utica and George NJ. Stone Of Philbrook
will join him while en- route.
Buck Buchanan. George Mcclure and
julius Stiehler, were in from the North
Moccasin, last Friday. Mr.. Mcclure exhib-
tied some fine specimens Of coarse gold
taken from his placer claim in that range.
One nugget was worth S12 and another SO.
W. W. Coates, the good-looking proprie-
tor OF the TIBET d White Sulphur Springs
Stage line, left for his home at Martinsdale
Monday morning. Billy is pretty shy, but
it is surmised that his mission here was ia
removed from the coarse affairs Of this
world.
Elsewhere will be found the programme o
the teachers institute, which opens next
Monday in the Methodist church. 1t should
not only DE Of interest to teachers, but tC
the general public. Everybody is invited
to attend and lend what assistance they
can toward making the exercises a success
j. W. Gray, formerly with DE Witt, has
purchased a half interest in the Lewistown
drug store, Dr. W. F. Hanson retiring from
the business. Mr.. Gray, during his stay ir
Lewistown, has proven himself IA Thorough
ly competent pharmacist, and the new tirrI
of Norman n Gray is iestined to enjoy {
IncrafIve bIIsIness.
A Junction correspondent of the Billing
Gazette says: Freight and freight team
are beginning to arrive. Dave Foreman
aud John Matherson are in from Maiden
loaded with concentrates and high-grad
ore from the Maginnis Mining Co.'S mines
The Merchants Forwarding 20. is loadin
them back for the same company am
Louis Belanger.
George Stafford has secured "a joint cor
tract from Meaghcr and Fergus counties I
survey and esta blish by suitable perma
nent monuments, the line between thef
two counties on the west Of Fergus. Til
is u very important work as many miner
in the vicinity of Yogo and ON Dry Wo
creek do not know which county they liz
in. Mr.. Stafford has started to do u
work.
A disastrous fire is raging between u
south fork Of Mcdonald creek and one
from the old site of the Noble X Shield
mill Fire has been smou,lerng in the sa
dust since the mill burned last winter. an
il is thought by some that it set the graz
on fire. Considerable grass and timber d;
been destroyed. An effort should be MAJ
To cheek the fire.
j, A. Hackshaw, the recorder Of the ne
town of Dry WOLF is in town. He has ha
a. plat made by surveyor Kern. which shov
a good sized town. There are 62 blocks
20 lots each. The lots ARE 35 by 20 fee
and the streets are Go feet wide. I'll
town will be within seven miles Of the Be
mountains railroad. 1t is located in d
Dry Wolf district which includes son
placer mines. Mr.. Hackshaw reports co
siderable activity among the miners in al
around Dry Wolf-Tribune.
Lady Don, owned by James Blake.
Helena, that trotted mile in 2:27k
that city, fair week. is out Of a mare tn
has been driven in Mr.. Blake's butch
wagon for a number Of years. She WI
sired by Don A., owned by Hon. Jam
Fergus of this county. Mr.. Fergus laus
at the article OF Manager Mcguire in Z
Indepeutlent. as to the origin of the mar
name. He SAYS the name Lady Don W
given her because she was the daughter
Don A., and that is the secret of her nan
In all probability Hon. James Fers
was the first to suggest the scheme Of q
ting aside and ests sblishing by the Unit
States government the Yellowstone
tional Park, the wonderland of Amer''
Along in the sixties he had "A eorrespor
snre with Ignatius Donnelly III Minneso'
author of the famous eryptogram, "
was then in Congress, in relation to I
matter. Mr.. Donnelly thought well "f
s,,rresfinns and nrRetl their consislerat IL