Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-06-06
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Monday.
e. j. Mcnamara and Tommy MARROW
we're in town Monday
Best grade Gold Heart Hour =: per sacl
at r q. Power a Bro.
j. H. stafford sf canyon Ferry is VISITING
with his brother George.
Okla tibet. Lcwistowu aud Maiden will
celebrate the coming Fourth.
tibet will celebrate There will he h"rs,
racing. foot racing aud dancing.
county commissioners are holding theil
regular quarterly session this week..
Dick Giles aud Harry Kendall OF Mailer
visited the county seat last Monday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. u. l.. Shafer OF Cottonwooo
visited the county seat Tuesday afternoon
John Arnold leave. this week for tn.
Wolf creek placer mines, where lac is inter
ested.
The ball game betw-en the I.ewistowr
and Utica clubs on July 3 promises to he
quite interesting.
David Calbrcath was in town yesterday
attohil''hiu ny HiS HhptHer IaNtFrpbfts
great need of rain on the Judith.
BoHN-To Mr.. and Mrs. J. u. Pichetts.
on June = 1859. II daughter: weight. six
pounds. Mother and child doing well.
The Lcwistown base ball club will pla v
the Utica club On the grounds Of the former
On the afternoon ri July 3. for SIS Il side.
See Fourth of July programme in an
other column. There will he some good
races aud plenty of sport for old and young
Dave Hlger, W. T. Swopc and q. W.
Cook, prosperous wooigrowers of Dog
creek, were in town first Of the week on Ia nj
business
knute ophein, ole bpheim and Mons
Teigen. woolgrowers of Grass Range, were
in town Monday. They report lamh crop
ol - per cent
Dan Tressl-r. j. II. Highiower and WIN.
Eattams wer- in town first OF the week on
land business. Messrs. Tressler and High
tower were accompanied by their wives.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Powell of the Judith
were in town last saturday. Mr.. Powell
had just returned from trip to jefferson
county. his old home.
The biggest report of increas sc in In n,bs VIZ
have heard ri yet comes from sahara. Mr..
John cameron. who il running a band of
sheep for Jacobs X TrcSsler. reports loo
per cent.
Jacob Hoover of Pigs Eye Basin WAS in
town this week. lie was looking after the
fish and game warden appont m-nt. The
commissioners concluded not to ill the
office AT this session.
!. &. corbley. a former resident of the
Gallatin valley. gave u- a call last Satur-
day. Mr.. torbey is looking up II l,cation
ia this vicinity. lie drove down Il nice
bunch of cattle. Part of his family accom-
pany him. Since the above was written we
learn that Mr.. Corbly has purchased Oliver
Pichette's ranch east of town.
Experienced agent wanted for Fergus
county to sell the popular book Remarks
by Bill Nye." Liberal terms To proper per.
son. Lady preferred. Address. with full
particulars, |. Hamburger. General Agent,
Helena, Mont.
The publishers Of the .ARGr> and many
of our citizens received invitations to at
tend the wedding of Judge Bach and Miss
Chil,ls, which occurred in Helena yesterday. |
All will join us in sending congratulations |
aud best wishes Tor future happiness.
Dave Foreman of Grass Range pa ssed
through town Monday with his freight
teams en- route to the Gallatin valley. He
has secured employment for his outfit dur !
ing the summer ON the Gallatin and Butte |
branch Of the Northern Pacific lie has
nine span Of horses.
The board OF county commissioners il |
now in session, and will not he through he |
fore Saturday. Among other things to be |
done is the distrcting of the county and |
appointing of registration clerks, as re-
puircd by the Australian law passed at the
last session of tina legislature.
Wolf creek placer mines last week. Recent
rains have increased the water supply sui
Iicicntly to enable claim owners I" prose-
rnte their work. Jensen. Arnold, Riser
and Others have p1t in hydraulics ON their
rlaim, and with ample water ought to take
nut conslerahl- dust before the dry sea.
son sets in.
The following item from Jefferson county
" i'll he Of interest to our citizens: William
l'erkin has two teams ON the road hauling
ore from quartz head he has near Willow
Springs, and he is shipping hence to Great
Falls. The lead il n very promising one.
Sam Word aud Hugh McQuaid were out
last week examining the property with "a
y lew To handing il.
William Lacoek, in the employ Of Dorm
D. kson. met with "a severe accident several
lays ago. lie was driving some stock
Town from GaIIatin county, and at Mar
ins'laIe in attempting to mount his horse,
ais revolver was accidentally discharged.
ending a ball through his right leg below
hr knee. Fortunately the bullet PASSED
through his les without injuring n bone or
ord, and The wound is healing rapidly.
Our Fort IIenton friends are ~xultinr
nightly because II party of Northern Pa
iiic surveyors are wrestling with the hills
nd coulces in that vicinity seeking to find .
ut il il is IA possible thing to get IA railroad Z
nto the old seaport. Why. we remember I
stinctly that just such party, repre- Z
'.nt ing { he same railroad. was astonishing
round there six years ago. They ran the j
ne down Main street. with the whole town ! 9
= lookers-ou. and drove the last stake op- .
osite I. d. Baker a Co.'S store. We were .
u ia an exultant mood at that time. and \
i'll six years have rolled by aud the North '
rn Pacific is as lar away as ever. We hope
will be different in the present case, and &
imply recall this scrap Of ancient history v
/, show that tn. Iocation IF IA railroad il
Y No means AN assurance that the road d
III lie constructed ,:r.at Falls Tribune