Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-12-06

George stafford has rented the building
next to- Jcnscn's Hall. f"r his harness >h"p.
\ good l,cation.
TIL. Literary was well attended Monday
evening i,'r the first meeting. Future pro-
grammes will be more entertaining.
A prairie chicken took rest on I.edkers
harness shop Monday morning. Game
comes To- town after il is protected by law.
Born-To Mr. snd Mrs. e. b. Fly, Of
Lewistown. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, n daughter;
weight. loi. pounds. Mother aud child do
ing we'll
George VI. stafford is ia receipt 81 his
stock 81 harness and sa'ldlrry. aud is nov
busy putting his shop in shape. He has
employed Mr.. T. 7. rhomann, Thoroughly
COMPETENT workman, who understands
every branch 81 the business Can and see
him and leave your orders. See advertise
nicut IN another column.
George Eastman. of Maiden. met with n
misfortune iarf week. lie was en- route Ia
Great Falls with load of ore. aud while
ia the act uf alshting from his wagon at
the lower crossing Of the Judith, broke HIS
right leg at the ankle. Dr. Hanson was
called to attend him but found the limb
=" badly swollen that an operation WAS i'm
possible 1T that time. The leg was packed
ia sand tn reduce the swelling. Mr.. East
man III b- brought to Lew istown in a day
or Nv" When his leg will lie set
4
in SUNDAY evening aud departed Tuesday
for u tour of the states. Mr.. Kelly is AN
old resident of the lloosier state and is in
timairIy acquainted with the president
elect. For fifteen years Of Mr.. Kelly y resi-
Ienc- in Indiana. during which time he WAS
- heavy buyer and shipper or live stock.
ten. Harrison wa. his attorney. u is
hardly necessary to say that Mr.. Kelly is
in high spirits over the national result. -
Gazette. The Gazette is in error about Mr.
Kelly departing for the east. lie returned
To I.cwistown last Friday after seeing hi.
wife. who /. an invalid. safely on her jour
nry eastward.
Me-srs. Wight. Hrmry and johnson are
progressing nicely with their development
If the Florence mine at Neihart. Two men
sacks of 500 ore in six days. Within the
past few months these gentlemen have
shipped 300 sacks of ore To Great Falls,
which yielded them net income of Sloper
ton. II cost about SI1 per ton to mincjt.
$50 to transport il to the Great Falls
smclter aud S2i To have il worked by the
smelter there. and they clear Il little over
$40 on each ton. Besides this, of course.
there is II large yield of lower grade ore
that will he available when the camp is
supplied with railway facilities. IIusba nd
man.
While returning from Billings last week
Mr.. -. ". Kelly witnessed something that
WAS unusual for II midday occurrence.
While ing along this side of Halbert he
saw seventeen gray wolves manocu-
wiring around a band Of horses. Before
one could say Jack Robinson the wolves
had cut ont "a two year old colt from the
band and hamstrung il. Leaving the road
Mr.. Kelly drove seward the wolves rs fast
as possible. and by the time he arrived ON
the scene the colts throat had been cut by
the blood' thirsty animals and it layquiver-
ing in death The wolves reiterated to II
safe distance. only to return to their feast
after Mr. Kelly had passed on. We tru-;
every member of the fort Incoming legi-at ure
will read this item. We need az animal
bounty law.
Mr.. Fisher Of stanford reports rapid
growth in the Judith Basin. lie says that
the vote showed II large increase. resulting
from the number ri new settlers. The min
ING interests around Maiden - ne bright. Mr..
Meadow wac offered S225, 600 for the spot
ted Horse gold mine. The parties urged
him to accept the offer, hut he would not
take less than S3OO, 900. The Montana
company's mine il doing we'll under the
management Of Granville stuart VIII" rep
re-ents some Helena parties. The hay
crop has been large. The cattle aud sheep
interests ARE thriving. II this winter turns
out well. cattle growers will make up for
the heavy losses in 1856 I. Mr.. Fisher
has good opinion 81 Great Falls. and ex
poets that considerable trade will be- d"ne
from here with the people ii the Judith
Basin. A. regards Wolf creek, h. speaks
and considers that Paris
Gibson has Il very good mine there. Great
Falls Tribune.