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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17
Notice of Final Entry.
Land Office at Uelena. Mont

Land Office at Helena, Mont,
December -, Isss.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Register and Receiver at Helena.
Mont, on February II. 1859, viz:
Edward q. Bailey.
who made pre-emption declaratory state
lnsnt No. $3.50, {. T.. 1864. for the SCI SWI
SW'! SEi, See. :; NJ NEl, See. IL, tn. Is
n, u. ~ T.. "
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon. and
cultivation of, said land, viz: Albert ].
seiigman and James ID. Erhum. of Helena,
Mont Harry J.. kennett and William q.
McGinness, of Lewistown. Mont.
;. ". LASGuoeyE. REGISTER.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17
Notice of Final Proof.

Land Office, Helena " r..
December Z, lsss.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
named settler has filed notice OF his intep-
tion to make final proof in support of his
claim and that said proof will be made
before the Probate Judge in aud tor Fergus
county, at Lewstown, Mont. on January
IL, lsS3. VIZ
Daniel NC1.achlen
VINO made Prc-emptior declaratory state
1TIrTIr NJ. JOSS, T0T me II SET Sec. 10
SWt sWi., See. IL; NEi NEt, Sec. H., To
IL ", Il. ~ T..
lie names the following witnesses tn
prove his continuous residence upon. and
cultivation at. said land, viz: oscar w.
nelly, John .. Gilkerson. John Nadnais
and William Mayberry, all OF Lewistown,
Mont.
;. W. IANonogNE, Register.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17

Address-Fort Naginnis, Fergus County. MT
Brand-As above on left ribs.
Ear Marks-Underiit out of both ears.
HORsES-same brand ON left shoulder
Vent-same brand on left hip.
Range-from the Black Butte TO Flat WIIiox
creek; from Judith Mountains to the Littl,
snowies; On Box Elder. Forl>', Buffalo Ne
Donsld's and Elk Greeks
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17
Notice Of Final Entry.
L,ND OFFICE At HELENA, NJ. r.,

LAND OFFICE At HELENA, NJ. r.,
October 10, 1855.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF her inten-
ton to make final proof in support of her
clam, and that said proof will be mad.
before the Probate Judge oil Fergus county,
o. Lewistown, Mont, on February Ist,
1883, viz
sarah =. james,
Formerly Sarah T.. smith,
who made homestead application No. o3lo,
Tor the ~ SCI. See. !; SWi, SWl. See. 4,
and NWi NW',, Sec. o. Tp. ~ ~, H. % T..
she names the following witnesses to
prove hercontinuons residence upon, and
cultivation oi said land, viz: Daniel Tress-
Ter. John L. Ball, James Craig and I.ean,ler
Jacobs, all of Sahara, Mont
;. w. LAN.uoRNE Register.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17
Notice of Final Entry.
LAND OFFICE Ar HELENA. NJ. e.. /

LANboffI'E AT HELENA, NJ. r.
December L. fs,s.
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his int.n
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim and that said proof will bc made be.
lore the Probate Judge in and for Fergus
county, NJ. T., al I.ewislown. NJ. r.. on
January l. lss9, viz;
job" Trrsrls,
who made pre-emption cash entry NJ. I6..
Tor the NJ MEL. SCI, NEl, sec. .; SWi,
NWs, See. IL, TIP. II ". range L. east.
Ordered by Commissioners letter q of
dee. u, I>s6, that new advertisements b,.
i,ai". bht mot proof, unless u protest !,
filed.
s.W. LANGHo.NE Register
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17
Notice Of Final Proof
Land Office al Helena. Mont
nnreinhnr L. IASS

Land Office AT Helena Mont.
December IL. lsss.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF her interi-
ton to make final proof in support of her
claim. and that SAID proof will be made
before the Probate Judge of Fergus county.
at Lewistown, Mont. ON January y. ls,,.
viz
Catherine NcGinm.
t>ole heir of Francis Mct;inn.)
who made homestead application No. :;aG5
Tor the - NW'' Sec. !, TIP. II N, u. IL H.
She names the following witnesses to
prove her continuous residence upon. and
cultivation of, said land, viz: Louis W III.
bridge, John Wheeland, Edward Hart and
Alonzo u. Bean. all of Cottonwood. Mont,
). W. LANGHo.SE, Register.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17

who made cash entry No. Pic. for the So, ~Ei :,
see. -. Up. Il n, X. II r., and lot 1. see ~ and
lots ] and =, See. 81, rp. H. y. u. laE
The proof only ri claimant To he made in als.,li-
rnce Ia letter q of Decemler ~. lss~. from the
Hon. Commissioner Of the General Land Onirr
:. ". IANsnoRNr. Register
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-17
Notice of Final Proof.
LAND OFFICE. HELENA. ". r.. )
Deceiuiaer = I~S.

Notice is hereby given that he following manned
settler has filed notice Of his intention to make sun
pi.ineniaTy proof III support of his claim. aud hat
proof will le made teforc the Clerk ut thu, Eaurth
Judicial District Court of Montana in and f,r
Fergus county. Montana. at Lesi,toWu. Montana
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09
Beheading Chinamen.

The execution of seven Chinese pirates is thus described: It was done in a lane, mandarins and oi- ficers standing by. The men were carried in baskets, shot out in a row like so many sacks of coal. The victims being helpless, they were shaken up into an attitude as like that of kneeling as might be. The aid loosened their pigtalls, which had been bound round their heads, tied round the face of each a string with a pendent end under the chin-his chief intently watch ing. The latter superintended the exact angle at which each was to be placed, walked up and down con sidering-his victim meanwhile motionless-and, satisfied, gave a signal to his aid.
 This person, beginning with num- Der one took the pigtail in one hand and string in the other, and began working the head of the culprit slowly backward and forward till his chief cried "Ha!" A flash of a short two-handed sword. The head, swung by the pigtail, was dropped into a basket, and so on till all were headless and then the baskets were laid at the feet of the officials.-From Travels in Chi
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

The Omaha Republican says that "the increased facility of divorce is sapping the foundations of Ameri- can homes" Does the Omaha Re publican suppose that American homes have no surer foundation than constraint? If so, and if the editor is a good man, he is to be pltied, for life must seem vey sor- rowful to him. The least that an honest heart demands is to feel that it's partner in domestic happi- ness is held by truer attachment than the iron grip of the law. To the true husband and true wife the law is the outward regulation of property affairs and the public sanction ftheir honest faith. They could shuffle off life, for the law is powerless to prevent them. Di- vorce is easy, but that is nothing to them, for death is still easier. Neither wants death, still less does either want divorce. It is not wise to argue on this subject with logic only equal to that of fanatics when they assume that everybody wants to get drunk as often as he can get whisky.-Galveston News.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

and unsolicited signed and forward ed petitions asking for his reten. ton. That the President will re- gard these petitions and observe the request they contain in prefer ence to needing fight headed by a disgruntled railroad corporation dissatisfied because a judge re- fuses to construe the law as it's at torney may dictate-is the univer- sal wish among the forty thousand people over whom 1t has been Judge Wright's duty to preside since his appointment as the head of the Ari- zona judiciary, and especially as the presiding judge of the Third Judicial District of the Territory Hoof and Horn.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09
SSt. Johne, Thureday, May g.

No MORE skipping to Canada. Boodlers and others must hunt a new retreat. The House of Com mons at Ottawa has passed a bill providing for the extradition of criminals. It covers all the cases of the American colony now in Canada. An amendment to the bill was offered making the law re- troactive, but this would have been too severe upon our good citizens, so this clause was voted down. Paste this item in your hat for fu- ture reference.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

WHEN We find that in 1885, we received 395,346 immigrants; in 1886, 334 ,203; in 1887, 409, ,19O, and in 1888, 546,SS9. it becomes appa- rent at once that immigration is no trihe, and that the United States owes it to its own people to drop the indifference which has hereto fore attended this subject, and con- sider it gravely. Suppose that Great Britain, with a population of about 35,000,000, had received a proportionate number of immi- grants during the past four ears that is, had added to Ter popula- tion some 925,000 foreigners-does any American suppose that the British people would have submit ted quietly? In the four years just passed, we have added to our popu- lation by immigration alone, the enormous total of 1,685,628, and in the light of the recent rush into Oklahoma, it would seem that it is time our government was taking some steps toward checking this in- fux of foreigners at least limit the number to five or ten thousand yearly, and of the most desirable class. What is to be done to check this flood of immigration? Every one who comes here, must make the struggle for existence so much the keener for our own people, and in justice to our native-born, we should restrict the tide of immigration, at present pouring into our country at the rate of half million yearly. The first thing to be done, is for the people of the United States to say it must stop, and stop 1t will.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

There is more of an undercurrent of understanding between the Euro pean governments than would seem to be the case from the bustling ar maments which fence them in. These armaments are directed as much against the danger from with in of oppressed masses as the dan ger from without. NJ. Boure, the French ambassador at Brussels, having informed the Belgian au- thorities that the meeting of the Boulanger committee in Brussels impressed the French Government unfavorably, poor Boulanger is warned out of Belgium, whence he goes to London, the refuge of the politically oppressed. There is no dunger of his being ordered out of London. One thing to our English kinsmen's credit, they never vio- late their national hospitality. They may do little oppression on their own account, but they never give up slaves or political refugees. The same spirit holds now in America. That is why extradition treaties get killed if they go hairs breadth too far. That is why we advise Boulanger to come to Amer ica for while. Garibaldi and and Louis Napoleon left their asy- lums in America to win success. Boulanger may yet do the same.-| Washington Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09
Texas Cattle Supply.

A special to the Globe-Democrat from San Antonio, Texas, of the 18th ult., says: Col. R. B. Stafford, of Columbus, Texas, who is deeply interested in the cold-storage ware house to be erected at Galveston, has been looking through the va rious sections of Texas, with view to ascertaining the visible supply of cattle subject to purchase. He has but recently returned from an exhaustive survey of the southwest and says that he has no doubt all the stock wanted can be easily ob- tained.
 'We shall need," he said, under our contract with the English syn- dicate, 1000 head per week, averag- ing 600 pounds each, and this is, of course, 8 tremendous drain, but I think the West can stand it. The range was never in better condition, the stock are all fat, and breeding for 1889 has been a success, and, in addition, the low prices preva- lent in the past have caused ranch men to hold their beeves, and this increases our supply. We will, I think, have no trouble in securing all the meat we want"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

The Boston board of health is doing good service by distributing circular concerning diphtheria. In it they state that this dreadful disease is contagious and infectious, and can be communicated by kiss ing, coughing, sneezing, or by use of infected articles, as towels, hand kerohiefs, and napkins. The poi son can, with difficulty, be eradi- cated from rooms and articles of clothing or furniture It occurs at all seasons and attacks all ages. It is specially bred and fostered by dampness, filth, and foul air. Dis infection should be most absolute, and the means are described. 4 re- cent report gives deaths from diph- theria in a single week as 21 in Brooklyn, 47 in New York, 6 in Philadelphia, 26 in Chicago, III in St. Louis, and 9 in London.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

Congressman Springer's utter ances afford cold comfort 10 those alarmists who have seen famine and bloodshed in the hosts that are ad- vancing upon Oklahoma. These hardy pioneers, he says, seek homes, not controversies. They want land, not lawlessness. While he realizes, though not more clearly than do the settlers themselves, that temporary hardships must be endured, he promises that ample provision will be made for every man who desires home in this new country. He emphasizes, what this paper has maintained throughout its unceas- ing fight of a decade and a half, that the opening of this small DOT ton of the Territory is but the be- ginning of the movement that is to culminate in the grand Oklahoma of the future, and he promises the speedy opening of the Cherokee strip and the Creek and Seminole purchase, which will add 8,0O0,0O0 more acres to the 100000 acres just now opened to civilization. But he goes further. After saying that in ten years Oklahoma will be as densely populated as Kansas, he adds, what observing men have long foreseen, "and this will constitute but a small portion of the popula- tion which will be attracted to that section by this movement. The overflow will sweep over into Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California.-Kansas City Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

ONE can get m idea of the i'm mensity of London, when one con, siders that every day in the year the average death rate is 46 people Or, 322 per week; {; or 16,744 people of London die each year. Enough people die yearly in this vast hive of humanity, to make quite a res pectable city. Notwithstanding these figures, the general health of London will average up with most of our own cities.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09
A Typical Pioneer.

Dan Dubois, of Zuni, is in town to-day having a bushel of fun talk ing over old times with the friends of other days. He made his first visit to Santa Fe in 1851, coming in from California, and says the last time he was here the plaza grove of to-day consisted of three small trees on the north side. For years past he has made his home in or near the Navajo country. These Indians, he reports, are prospering now as never before they have laid out fine farms, have droves of good horses and are now engaged in the peaceful pursuit of shearing a mill lion or so of sheep. MT. Dubois is of that genial, brave hearted stall wart type of frontiersmen that has made the great west of to-day. But for such as he civilization could never have crossed the Rockies. He talks of Tom Tobin, Kit Carson and "old" Fifer, and their thrilling adventures as few men now living can talk. He knew them we'll. Sam Dittenhoffer, Navajo" as Santa Feans know him, says Mir. Dubois, is not dead as reported, but is located in Blue canon and doing we'll trad ing with the Mormons that live in Arizona. Numberless old timers who used to make Santa Fe. their headquarters he brings news of, some dead others on the down grade along the Mexican line and still others who have grown rich and are living lives of indolence and ease in some mountain glen where the scent of pine and the murmer of waters ever whisper a benedic- tion of peace, plenty and content ment. "Dan" the pioneers call him, is somewhat noted as a linguist. He speaks English, German, Navajo, Apache, and is capable of conver- sing in no less than six of the Pue- blo Indian languages. He was born of Irish parents in the state of Costillo, Mexico. and in his early life was sailor on the blue waters of the Pacifc.-Santa Fe New Mex can.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

Hypnotic power, if half that is claimed be true, is a serious menace to society and the state. It was we'll enough so long as it was substi- tuted for chloroform by physicians to keep their patients quiet while operating on them, but when it is made the medium of murder, di- vorce, and the overthrow of law fully established government, and may yet be the match to kindle the war fires over a continent, the most serious investigation cannot be long postponed. If there be really such a power it should be expressly de- fined and controlled,- as it can be made far more insidious and dan gerous than dynamite or any other modern explosive.-Balt. American
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

It is more than probable that the last has been heard of the new Southern policy of the new admin istration; that the old policies will speedily be revived and put forward instead and that the old Republi- can leaders, black and white, in all the Southern States, will hastily be restored to the favor they have missed so sadly, and to the offices they value so highly. A very inn portant matter remains to be con- sidered, however, and it can not be considered too carefully by either the colored Republicans or the white Democrats in the Southern and doubtful" States. The colored Republicans should have learned from the treatment which their rep resentatives have received at the hands of the President, and from the treacherous schemes of his po- litical agents in Alabama and else where, how little hold they have on the unselfish regard of the Repub- lican leaders. President Harrison would have sacrificed the entire colored vote without hesitation, if the sacrifice would have inured to the advantage of the Republican party, by winning protection Dem- ocrats to it's ranks, and his policy was warmly approved by the Re- publican politicians and newspa- pers in every Northern State.- Charleston News and Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

THE position of "Computer" with a salary of $750 per annum, is now vacant, and likely to remain SD for sometime to come. The civil ser vice commission is just now hunt ing all over the United States for some one willing to take the place. Great scot! Mr. c. Service, why don't you give St. Johns a call? We have several who would be will ing to assume the duties of that office, although neither of them may even know the first rudiments of analytical geometry and logarithms, and the semi-parameter ofthe minor axis; yet, what does this amount to, as either one of them has sufficient intelligence to draw their pay, and what more does the present admin istration want?
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

There is in Washington a society of women whose purpose is an. thropOlogical studies. It has been in existence five years, is flourish ing, and gives promise of a long useful life, During the year about to close much has been accomplish ed. Mrs. Stephenson has been very active in her work, which does not relate to dress-reform, recipes for a new kind of marmalade, nor the dentition of infants. On the con- trary, her labors are reported as be- ing "The Religious Life of the Zuni Child" "The Sand Paintings of the Navajos," and "The Moki h. dian Snake-Dance. Chicago Her ald.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

THERE isl no such thing as satis, flying men who are first of all poll, ticisns, says Frank Leslie, bent up- on securing the spells of office, come what may, and President liar rison's frmness in dealing with these men is not the least of the several surprises he has given the public since he entered upon his duties. The strong men of his own party had expected to receive what ever they asked, and in the South more particularly it was believed that with the 4th of March it would rain positions of power and profit for good Republicans. Fortunately for the country, Mir. Harrison has a way of looking at these matters with his own eyes, and he.showed a few days ago when he was waited upon by number of Southern men of mark with programme of de- sirable removals, that he thinks also with his own mind. Nowhere will he use his power to dismiss an off, cial whose commission has not ex- pired, unless for neglect of duty or for incompetence.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09
Changing the Judiciary.

Throughout Northern Arizona the hope is universal among Re
 publicans and Democrats that Pres ident Harrison in his wisdom will see fit to retain on the supreme bench of the Territory, as Chief Justice
 Hon. James II. Wright, the present incumbent. Never, in the history of the Territory, has 1t possessed a more honest or conscientious judge than Chief Justice Wright. Enter ing on the duties of his office over two years ago, Judge Wright was early called on to resist temptations that, we regret to say had proven irresistible to too many of his pred ecessors when the interests of the people clashed with those of fpower- ful corporations. While others had shirked the responsibility of hear ing and determining cases wherein powerful corporations were interest ed, or worse still, had favored them, Judge Wright throughout conscien- tiously pursued policy which re- cogniZed no difference between liti- gants. To him rich and poor alike were one, and the justice meted out to the individual was part and par eel of that which the richest and most influential corporation might expect. Called on to decide tax suits against the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad company that had cum bered the dockets of the courts of Northern Arizona for years, and which other judges had shirked in their fear of mourning the enmity of that company, Judge Wright did so in accordance with what he believed to be the law. The deci- sion was adverse to the railroad and carried withit judgments, which if enforced, will require the com pany to pay, like an individual would, taxes to the amount of near ly quarter of a million dollars, re- presenting the taxes due on the company's property in Arizona tor many years.
 Whatever opposition there has developed to Judge Wright's reten- ton on the bench is due solely and simply to this decision. Democrat, though he is and has been, Judge Wright possesses the confidence of the people of Northern Arizona re- gardless of party. Republicans and Democrats alike respect and honor his conscientious devotion to duty, his unimpeachable integrity of char acter and his high attainments as jurist, while his intimate aoquain- tance with our intricately jumbled up statutes is such as probably no other lawyer in Arizona possesses. His removal and the substitution of another man would be little less than public calamity, and that the citizens of Northern Arizona regard it in this light, is fully evi- depced by the unanimity with which the most influential Repub-
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-09

SENATOR SPooNER, of Wisconsin, sailed for Europe on the 26th ult., taking passage on the steamship Etruria. The Senator says that the present administration cannot find better office-flling timber than can be found in the state of Wisconsin.