Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-06-07

Mr.. Gildea, the popular mutton buyer, is
| in town watching the market. lie has pur-
chased about / =, 900 head Of wethers from
the different sheep men between here and
Lewistown, which are to he delivered at
Billings during the next four months. He
| is rustlcr, and was very snccessfIl in hit
ting the market at the right time last
son. lie is showing his faith in the
rise in the price of sheep by paying good
prices now.-BilIings Gazette.
The commissioners Of Cascade county
have let the contract for the construction
Of II new road from point near Belt tn
Grafton, near the Fergus county line. The
new road will be about q: miles long and
will follow the valleys Of Belt and Otter
creeks, thus avoiding and dispensing with
the present mountainous road now ira
ver-cd EN- route to the Falls. The road
will be completed early this FALL and will
prove great benefit to settlers, travellers
and frcislters.
\ lIalbert correspondent Of the Billings
Gazette writes as follows: One night re-
Gently Andrew Detsler found IL skunk in
| his chicken house. The animal had gone
I in through the door, and as Andy thought
( he could not reach the chickens. he closed
up the hen-bousc and waited till morning
Ia do the killing. However. during the
night his skunkship killed all but seven Of
the fowls, aud when the owner opened tie
door the next morning all that remained
of the "pole-cat" was dead chickens and IA
! hole underneath the wall from which he
escaped. IL is needless to say that Andy is
cussing himself Tor putting off till to-nor-
row what could be done to-day
Messrs. George Curric, Jr., and William
Norton arrived in town from the head Of
Arrow creek Wednesday,. Mr.. Currie, al
though through laInbing. complains Of the
heavy rain storms which have prevailed on
Arrow creek the greater portion Of the sea-
son, from the chilling effects of which he has
lost between three and four hundred In mbs.
lie also informs us that other parties in
the same section have lost n good many.
The grass, he says, was never better at this
season around Grafton and On Arrow
creek, and there is nothing to agtatc the
mind of the wool grower until sh,arins
time, which is fast approaching.-I,ivrr
Press.
a party consisting OF George Bach 81 the
Judith, l.. W. Back and Tom IIanlon 81
Helena and j. a. Gr.isse of Chicago, ar
rived in town Monday and remained sew
cril hours. Mr. Ilanlon was formerly con-
ilcctcd with the house of ii. Clark Il Co.
Killings, but is now located in Helena. MIR.
Il
and shoe house of G. NJ Henderson Il Co.,,
II Chicago, which firm he has been with Tor
the lust eighteen years. T.. W. Zach is #
the firm oi Bach, Corey & Co., of IIclcnn,
gr"ccrs aud hardware merchants. This
firm will soon have branch in q -cat F.,ls,
having purchased IA lot ON Main street, IN
which they will erect II building 5DxlJO,
three stories high. Mr.. Bach said this was
the finest country he had seen in Montana.
1t was his first visit.
George limerick, Il resident of Maiden and
vicinity for some years past. was brought
down from Maiden on Monday, June lth,
on the application Of Joseph Dohm, and
examined as Ia his sanity by DR.. Hanson.
George NJ. Stafford and Joseph II. Norman
appointed as an examining board by Pro-
bate Judge Meagher, which board pro-
bounced him insane. lie was ordered to
be conveyed to Warm Springs asylum, and
Oliver Pichette was appointed for the exc
cution of the order. limerick Is laboring
under the inflammation that he is immense
~ rich. He was quiet, cary persuaded to
accompany Mr.. I'chrttc, but was in doubt
us To the method of procedure Of the pro-
bate judge. and desired to be allowed time
to correspond with the governor aud prcs-
dent that he might satisfy himself that
things were being done in proper shape.