Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-12-20

improve the opportunities uf the past.
This Is not . pun lot Mir Roberts, hut q
solenh earnest Tact.
Dan Crowley and Cesar stephens lrii inr
the cari an last Saturday coach. Both
60 to New York state. the former to
Brpsher Falls. 81 Lawrence county. and
the latter {" Hinshampt"u. Broom- county.
Mr. trowlcy has not been home ia nineteen
years. or since he started west Ia grow mp
with the country. M. stephens has been
absent thirteen years. They expect to re
main in the east about six weeks. iutr,niue-
, ing western style III paint" and havinga
good time generally. Both 9~re admun-
| ished not to return to their haunis oi single
'.ilssedn,ss. aud It is limited that the, will
| not.
stewart Russell and David Dunne the
brilliant young horse thieves who wersrap-
tured at Killings. were arragne,l before
Justice Crane. They waived examination
aud went 1" Jail in default Of 81 .ooo each
Russell is inclined to he very facet ious aud
would pose ia the daring, rollicsing style
depicted in dime novels. tie remarked To
Barney Matthews, who happened Ia l,c in
the court room Barney, can't board
with You now: I've changed my lodgings"
DAVID Dunno was not feeling well and
acted somewhat like "A sore-hea,led bear.
and was inclined Ia b- gruif when opIor-
tunity Offered. They are u bad lnt.-Iiver
Press.
Billluus II.lan. I,,I.,.,,.l
cnt: Deputy sheriff Reed arrested Stewart
Russell and Dave Adams. the Benton horse
thieves, who had come to Billings to sell
the animals they had taken from the viein-
lily OF Benton. II was II clever arrest. One
al them being alarmed at the prolonge,
absence Of the either. who had come from
below to town for the purpose 81 dispensing
Of the i'll -gotten horses came to look after
the first and WAS lodged in Jail as his part
ner had been. TWAS sfterwarl found that
they had horses belonging To Musselshell
stockmen cached below ON the reservation.
which they were preparing to ride on fur
Their south.
u Mr.. Edison or some other genius will
invent IA miniature dynamite b.mb or some
Internal machine that will kill "a wolf or
coyote instanter. he will receive he blessing
oil stockmen generally. These animals have
been known to eat strychnine with the |
same degree III pleasure that a Chicago girl /
does ice cream, and then yearn for more. /
u the poison takes effect at all. it is not
quick enough in its operation to give salts
faction. IL il often n very poor quality
and probably loses strength by exposure.
while il is frequently dealt out in too large
doses to have the desired result. What is
wanted is IA lightning determination that
will leave nothing but the ears and tails Of
heSnimals. Will Herr Most or Mr. Edison
supply the demand,
We have frequent complaints from sub.
ser'bers in the county that they do not get
he ARG,s with any degree oI regularity.
They go {" the postonice. To fluid no paper
Tor them. In every ease il has been /, sub.
serib~r whose paper goes in the club list.
aud To insure his getting the paper We have
been COMPELLED Ia send il in single wrapper.
after which no complaint has been made.
Now, II would appear by this that open
papers are not as safe in postof.ices a
faose III wrappers. While n ma mo may DE
overlooked in writing, il is not :. frequent
occurrence. and Ne must com. Ia the con.
fusion that papers are lost or improperly
distributed at their destination II may
occur that some "ne is given II paper to
'ead and II is not returned to The suhscrih.
RS box. II so, it 10 u wrong practice A
country postofiiee should lac rs exclusive
md a. Tar removed from the public as TIA.
'iiice Of n city. We have no charge to make
against any postmaster in the county, hut
naturally Ieei that our subscribers shoald
nave what they pay ior, aud would like to
ascertain where the trouble lies