Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-04-19
LOCAL NEWS.

II. q. Phillips. oi Phbrook. was in town
Sunday.
I,hu A. j. Dawes. ol TIBET, was in town
Tuesday.
The I,uistown hotel is receiving a new
coat ri paint.
, &c Mcnamara visited l.e"istown Mon
day on business.
J,,,se Phelps Of Utica, registered at the
bay house last Saturday
May Day party at Jrnscn's hall ON Fri
day evening May ith. See advertisement.
East siders claim they will have "a dry
goods store before the summer is over.
See professional card Of DIR. w. A. Long,
the new physician. located at Phiii'ro"k.
Charles Lehman aud daughter left Cot
tonwood for Helena last saturday morn /
ing.
y. n. McSh.ne. al the Bay state Cattle
rouu,uy. returned from Nebraska iaSt
week.
Fred rpinucr RETURNED from Great Falls
las, week with the furniture for the Lewis
town hotel.
Ladies' hid gloves with colorei iour-
chett,s. embroidery aud w,lts Ia natch,at
TIC. Power Bro.
Disc and Eclipse IInrrnwr, John Deer
Stirring aud breaking Piows AT Flower
a Bro. iewis'own, Mont.
See advertisement oi the dramatic e"'er-
,oinin.rt entitled, My Turn Next. Fur
ther particulars next week.
Mr.. Eelangcr aud daughter Netiie, al
u,id,u w,r,. visiting their friends 81 Lewis
town on Monday aud Tuesday.
County Treasurer +. f.. Wright has built
>, har. ON the west side al the creek, where
II. II house his Arabian" s'ced.
\ larg, assortment al garden tools Al 1.
a. Power 4 Bro. Lewistown. tail earl!
and have ~ iu assortment toch""se if"ni.
nr ". A. Allen. surgeon dentist will re-
main ia Lcwistown until Monday evening
April %, when he will ." to M"'"'" i"f Il
few days.
Ivory snrinr buildins is delayed owing Ia
, l,,t al material and tine show delivery Z"
,,n,,r. No shinrlc nails in the county at
present
r,nile parsot lcft ON Monday for Great
rall.,nd Helena. lie will probably luea''
permanently at some point in the npp'
country.
Andy Thompson, Newton t"~an, Il
t;ic. charley culver, VIII Culver and j. ii
smell. al al Maiden. spent last sabbath II
IrwistoMu.
The cas, side of the creek is booming u
in great shape. Residents ni that sdethin
it is going to have the largest populaii"
in II few years.
The cattle oi the Ming estate "hirh ~
to be sold. are said to he we'll graded an
first class rustlers never ha,ng been ici
tn. winter months.
John A. Terrence, charged with embe
zling money from the Northern Pacific .
Tuston, was acquitted at White Snlph'
Springs hast wrk K.
An addition il being attached to II
Wolfe building on the east sdc. Bart NIB
is fixing up the building preparatory
opening saloon
The Montana Stage company should p'
ON "a bull team to haul in the mail an
express denominations at various pom
along the road, i.aVina ia particular.
E.lSpN mere VIII nv i'hh' ~ 49, 49,
county convention ~ elect dclrsa'es 1" "a
tend the i, publican territorial e"nvenii'
to De held ut Livingston on Aay 18th.
Norrcr-AH parties desiring fresh me-
for sunday must purchase same "h sat"
day. as Mr. g. liusuc will not he IA TOW
between saturday evening and M"ida
morning.
Ct y, llslys o tElp
the railro,d for inercha ndise. Oar IN,
chants will handle larger stocks than e'
this wear. Tt. Power & Bro. will get thu
early rr,ishi via Billings.
&C. Ray, representing liuntley C'a'
the horse growers, was IN town the hrst
tn. week Tie above firm will have sol
fine horses here during court week, iurti
mention al whish will be made in an"t'
issue.
pr. L. A. Iapalme reports that the co
mittec appoint.d to solicit funds to he
plied in payment of the cost of erection
Observation-Disclosures now being erected ON
east side "i Spring creek. has collected
to date about 81 100.
Prof IIaear walked tight rope stretci
across Main street, last sunday. and q
IA brief trapeze performance. number
peoplc came in from the countryto with
the pcr;ormance. A photograph of
crowd was taken by W. II. Culver.
The through coach to Helena via
mond and Canyon Ferry crosses the r''
ON wheels, there being no snow tn inter-
But the Townsend coach has six miles
slci.hng yet. The road across the-va
at either end is in good shape.-liusb'
man.
d. l.. Shafer. j. l.. Stuart aud ia
Dempsey, the gentlemen appointed TO
praise the Ming estate, completed Z
work ON Wednesday. They found L.
head of cattle, valued al S23 per head
head of saddle horses, 1T various pr
Total assessment, Sao.l16.9'. Tins
not include desert claims which are
proved up
There is probably not another count
Montana where taxes have been cole
as closely rs in Fergus county. W.T."
exccp.ion of the Northern Pacific raili