Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-25

Dick Gies and Mike p'I'ten, of Maiden,
visited III" count seat Wednesday.
Ce". VI Stone. John W. llaurk. W. V.
are il town to-day.
John Arnold r,inrned from the Wolf
creek placer mines Monday. lie intends To
remain in I."wi~i"wn.
Mr.. a Mrs. John sellers, of Utica. were
in town Tuesday. They wcr- rn route To
Mcdonald creek to visit friends
John T.. Martin went out to the Horse
shoe Bar ranch ON Monday for n few days
r-crcatinn. Look "iii for big catfish when
lac returns.
Last week the tyne made Ms say that
William iIans"n's house was struck by
lightning. II should have been William
lIawson's house.
Mrs. Richard Brennan .f Ncihart, who
has been visiting with her mother, Mrs.
Robert Mills, for two weeks past. left Tor
home on yesterdays coach.
Although eur woolgrowers are well pro-
viied with hay, they should keep their
mowers at work as long as the wea ther will
permit. Old hay is better than nothing.
Vim. II. Dohrs of lbet was in town Mon
day and purchased four head of oxen Of
Joe Spursin, the purchase price being S255.
Mr. Dohrs SOLD his wool 1T Great Falls,
realizing 90 cents.
We Acknowledge u Kind invitation from
Hon. James Fergus to bring our family
4. a "A
Ice only to" glad /" de- 50, hat pressure OF
business prevents. Accept thanks
John j. Davis, superintendent 81 the
Montana Stage company, was in town
Tuesday. lie is making one ri his period
ical trips over the varioiis lines owned by
his company.
h. X. Cingan oi Belt creek, one Of the
county commissioners I'll tascad- county
Was ia town this week lie reports ire
puent showers in that region, improving
the grass aud crop outlook greatly. Mr.
Ciingan extended his trip to Fort Magnnis.
A party oi Maiien citizens. consisting oi
'has. B"issonneauli, W. r.. Wilson, Judge
Johnson, Lew Roberts and A. VI. Th"mp
r"n, game T." town sunday aud equipped
themselves Tor weeks fishing oil lower
Spring creek and tn. Judith river.
,.,,,,.. s,,,o,,d has b,d q, ,l,.s from, nm,
ia his harness shop. adding materially Ia
the appearance 81 the bpiiing. Within ~
lew days an addition will he put On to the
,,,,, ia lac u..d ,s 4, wo,l sh,, and the
store room increased To- the full size of the
main building.
ua,sh,u AMI E,.,,l ,I,.aox w.,s
,,,..,.d I,y sheriff ,1,,y l,s, s,,,u,,,, ia,
.r..,,,.r,,. ,.unJ,,,, Th.y war. ,,,,;,,sJ
t,-r,,, Jus,;,,. ,;ud,.r and tinsJ 3, and
,o.ts tistob. boned ,b,, in m. ,u,u,.
.,rrv ,isturhsr oI IN. u.,,,e will m.., q,
.i,uil,r r., riIu,i,n
,.,u
Gnira was arraigacd. tried and fined SlO
and costs, amounting To- S31 80, for strik-
ing Edward Thayer over the head. Thayer
SAYS his costs will amount to $40 for re-
pairs On head doctors bill should such
prove /" be- the ease. Gutra is S2.5o win
nrr e..
On Friday AT last week , noek of e;ybt.
cen arr tv,,,v voupy wild ge.s, lief, the In.
,,;,b river and r,idod the door yard and
,,,,s, -, a. ~ s,n,le N, ,b. lower cross.
i'm, of tho Jnd;,b Nrs s,mnle and d,uyb.
ter we've alone but with the assistance al
the dog they managed I" capture one out
al The Hook. That goose was cooked 10
PERFECTION.
Tho employees at Stccls's ranch ON the
Henton stage line. have u couple Of inter.
esting il not beautiful. house pets. They
conss, of two brown owls which were dug
out ri II prairie dogs hole. As rattlesnakes
have been seen to enter the prairie dog
h"ie- near the rasnch, il would seem to be-
additional proof Of the claim that rattle
snakes, owls and prairie dogs frequently
"ccupy the same quarters.
p,,, 4. a. S.,ilo,, ;,snsc,o, ,f miue.
IL. ..,,,.. d;,.,,., fran, tho r.,s,I. m;,;n, re.
,,;o, H.. mona than ,le, .a,I With tho
,l,.,,.l.,,n.n, and ou,Iook ot Castle. and
,,ro,;..,. ,o,, ,,,pr,, sor that reoon. He
;u,.-;, rs,,l,., x.;h.., m, h;s rs,ur.
NJ, sv,l,ow will po, only nerform his
,.,.iai .,,,,;os I'm, c,Ilec, material for 4,
o,, os III. m;pe,,I wealth. of
a.. .,;.,.;..,. which "A. visits lie .hou,l Ire
;, and ;,,,,,,,,,,;o,l .srsd
courier arrived ." town sunday AFTER
noon and n"ti''ed Nh"r'' nary '"a' '"""r
three Indians had rounded up ano"t hVe
head al horses IN IN" S""'" ""c'ss'"