Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-12-13
JUDITH VALLEY LOCALS.

Father Meyers. Of st. Peters mission.
spent several days last week visiting I'D
Moran.
torwinS Mc';rsgor have built n residence
at their coal mime. Mr.. McGregor and
family will reside there during the winter.
4 line new bridge has been built over
Ross Fork on the i.ewistown and Phil
brook r"sd y. A. Lewis Wa. the builder
Commissioner B-rLin Was in rhilhr"ok
Monday. Hv took the coach for Helene f,
where lac " III remain week ~ two On bust
ne.s.
4 good shoemaker. who would attend Ia
business. r"uld lind il To his prruniary al
vantage y gather up his ,"nis aud iinn,i
CRATE To Philbrook.
pr. Willard took the r"arh at t'hilLro"k
Tursda, -n route Tor talifornia, where hs
will spend the winter in compan, with his
wife and sou. VIII" are already there.
Emil D"rnbludt aud Ed Whitromi,. Nv"
nimr,"I~ "f more than I"eal reputation.
have started fnr the Bad Lands. wh.r. the '
will spend ,'i.. winter in trapping ami hunt
ing.
II j. said that Main street. l'hilhrnok, j.
several feet wider ~ one end than AT the
other. Dick .Irlli-on iaecii"nsly remarks
that man with II 'swell,sl head coming
into town could not get more than hail
way through.
Charlie Hess, Philbrook's athletic dir
Ii, oil
summer and fall lie il expecting soon Ia
visit his old home IL Iowa aud spend the
winter with his father. Rumor says that
Charlie will. while there. secure IA helper at
the forge of domestic bliss.
a youthful prodigy. one 81 the genus
homo. and you might say production oi
the Judith Basin. the other evening after
supper demonstrated his astronomic cap
abilities as being a notch or two above the
average This is what he ate: Ten pounds
oysters. three pounds peaches, one pound
crackers and one and one-half pounds pea
nuts. lie then offered To- wager $3.50 that
he could eat "a can ri condensed milk. II 10
useless to say that the wager Was refused.
Your correspondent ha. felt the pulse Of
the times aud from pas, aud present synIp-
toms thinks he can diagnose the railroad
question as regards the Judith la sin. Neat
spring Il road will he commenced from ';reat
Falls, with White sulphur springs and
Castle as the objective points II will pass
along the west side of the Basin 40 close as
possibl. to the mountains and leave the
Il ha A Ia.
time "A road will be- commenced between
Billing, and Benton The road from the
Falls will cross the Judith between Phil
brook and Utica. somewhere near Capt
Hobsons. AZ this -iiectually disposes al
the question, those wanting to purchase
lots in the coming town If the Ba sin had
bet ter come early aud avoid the rush.
Philbro ok is gradually adding To- her
iaurrls as the Mecca of lovers entering. or
about to enter. the domains oi marital
felicity. Our latest claim To notoriety al
this kind was the advent last week 81 =
bashful aud iove-subdued couple, upon
Mhe-e every lineamen wa, stanl,ed ths
synchro- ma osiical peculiarity Of two
hearts beating as one. They hailed from
Lewistown. The would-be bridegroom car
ried securely in his breast pocket the neces-
sary document, which he had that day
bought Of Cupid Kelly. entitiing him To all
the rights, privileges. etc., peculiar I" q
Benedict, providing the seal was set by
some duly authorized person. They put
up at the Hotel Judith, and after supper
the groom prospective asked the clerk the
whereabouts vi the priest. iewas directed
to the Rev. j. W Bennett, as that gentle
man has monopoly al the knot t'eins
business IN this community. Further dis
closures brought to light the fact that lac
sas looking Tor Father Meyers, who wasex
pectsd in this vicinity. The reverend gen
tl-man arrived Inc neat day, aud the in
were made one aud ind, isibl~ II in Sl
ways conmen,lat,l- to marry aud --itls
down; how much NOR, 50 to marry aud
settle mp. The proprietor ri the Hotrl
.Iuiii Ia would like ~ enter into correspond
.rre with the groom as regards the prob
able liunlatiou ~ his hotel hill