Fergus County argus., 1889-11-28
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

A dancing club IL beng organiztTi.
Fine music at the party this ,ening.
Mrs. Alice Barro~s is visiting friends in
L,wistown.
Regular quarterly meeting of commission
ers ncNt week.
Iewis,o~n has quite Chinese p"pula-
tian- all males.
Give thanks that you are not member
Of the Montana legislaturs
There was "a fair Attendance ut the
Grand Army meeting Tuesday.
All kind Of drcssma king done to order by
Miss Dawes, opposite Day house.
"Freeze-out" for turkeys has been the
amusement for several nights past.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Dan MsI.achan,
ON Nov. Is, "a girl; weight, 81 pounds.
ID Campbell was down from Maiden
Tuesday. lie reports the mines and pros
poets looking well.
School boys are catching fine strings OF
trout Winters trout fishing should he
prohibited by law.
The war on turkey will begin to-day.
The fight will be conducted under the Mar
quis of Cranberry rules.
T.C. Power & Bro. are building "A large
addition to- their present warehouse facili-
ties. IL will be used for agricultural ma
chinery, stoves and iron goods generally.
Mrs. Ella sifton and son are stopping Mt
the Day house. Mrs. Siiton will spend the
winter in Lew istown for the purpose Of Civ
ing her boy the advantages Of our school.
CJ. Mcnamara passed through town
Monday morning en- route To Helena to
take his seat in the legislative halls lie il
recovering rapidly from hi. recent injuries.
sheriff sullivan a ~. t'nder-Sheriff Shaues
have been out subpgnaing witnesses to at
tend the coming term of court. The jury
will not be summoned until Judge Benton
arrives.
Robert Shaw returned Monday from Mr..
Hilger's ranch on Dog creek, where he has
been employed in plastering an addition to
Mr.. Hilger's residence. The latter brought
him to town.
Dr. W. +. Hanson has received the APP
pointment of postmaster for Lewistown.
1t will he several weeks before he can enter
upon his duties. The office will be moved
to hi. drug store.
An effort 10 being made to- form "a social
club in Lewistown, and enc or two meet
ings have been held to consider the matter.
We believe such club would prove n great
benefit to Lewistown. Further mention
a
The sale Of the lot on Main street belong
ing to the estate Of ID. \. o. 'Brien, which
was to have occurred ON the 22d. was post
poned by the administrator to Tuesday
Dee. 10, at p. M. The sale of the personal
property of the estate will occur ON Dee. .
at Maiden.
Five four-horse teams from LewiStown,
Fergus county. drove across the iron bridge
Yesterday afternoon. The same teams
were all loaded with merchandise mt the
house OF T. &. Power Il Bro, Of this city,
this morning and started on their return
trip.-River Press.
Says the Junction correspondent of the
Billings Gazstte: Walter Fowle has Just
returned from Maiden, where he has been
for the past five months with his big twelve
mule team. and Paul says that Walt
brought back "a roll Of greenbacks bigger
than his leg for his summers work.
Messrs. Culver, Noble and Fitzhugh have
been rehearspg some new music for the
Thanksgiving party. They have some
beautiful waltzes schottisches, polkas, etc.,
which they will render for the first time
this evening. Mr.. Fitzhugh will preside at
the piano, and those who attend may lie
assured OF "A musical treat. Don't fail to
attend.
gram frem Gabriel Dumont at Big Sandy,
stating that one Frank Demers had tried
to kill him. The sheriff swore out war
rant against DE Mers, charging him with
assault with intent to kill, and went down
and got him. lie is now in the Jail in this
eity.-River Press.
A number Of our citizens who have visited
Great Falls recently speak very enthusias-
tically of the courteous manner in which
they were treated by the members and ofii-
GERS of the Rainbow club OF that city. II
Great Falls does not secure the good will of
the surrounding country it will not be the
fault Of that organization.
Attorney General Haskell has decided
that the dist rict judge is the only person
authorized and empowered to punch the
re.ts Of wolves, coyotes, bobcats, etc.
'Wolfers'' should govern themselves ae-
cordinsly II will remain in this shape un-
til the legislature empowers some local
officer to perform the work. II is a duty
quite inconsistent with the dignity Of II dis
trict Judge.
l.. II. Becker, chief engineer of the Mon
tana Central railway, says the grade be-
tween Nehart and Great Falls is such that
il a loaded car were started from the terni-
nus il would run all the way to Great Falls
without aid, save at the grade into Belt
creek. The road will probably be pushed
into Barker and theEce to Wolf creek in a
short time.-Leader.
Granville stuart arrived in Helena the
22d and brought with him the output of
the great Spotted Horse mine for the past
month in the shape Of "a mass Of gold re-
tort valued at S1OO,OOO. This will be
melted into bar at the Helena United
States assay office. This rstert has been
produced from two t,n-stamp mills near
the town Of Maiden. in Fergus county
Herald.
Another Jack lantern" iiend has visited
Lewistown. lie gave an exhibition last
Saturday evening in Lan,lts hall. The
ARGUS was not represented, but from what
we ear learn the exhibition was very
unique, as usual. The Prof" TIVE did not
learn his nan,e) reads the description which
accompanies his lectures. and when lac