Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-11
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Mvr-rs. handler \ Chamberlain Woo
Zip arrived in BENTON on the 9TH inst.
l,r. T. u. Willard ar,i,-,l III I:..uiun Wit
he wn,l lust ia tim. T." sell lar ~, cents.
Nv. Hayle. aud Peter T.. u. smith. al
thei. we're ia town on business Wednesday
patti-- ha,ing hay IT, --ll " III io well I.
read notice .i Hay Wanted IN this issue
Ms. . I-lamrrr al Maiden VAS ia Lewis
town Mnniay "n hi-in--. AMI visiting
friends.
Ti,. I,narI III r.uniy commissioners were
~ session Monday. aud transacted ""ns"i
er,i- hurin-ss.
Matt ,.uninn 81 Hlil-ri wa. ia town to-
d.,. IL SOLD hi- hay ranrh 1" George
Jones lot 81 .,uo cash.
Mr.. Earr"ws aud Miss Nellie k--iiue,
two days IN i.-~ist"wn.
The Methodist conference held IN Helena
isst week appointed i. W. BENNETT Ia "iii
eiat- 1T I'hilhr"oh aud I-wist"~n.
Auction Sale Al officers household.
L,i,h-n aud iahl. furniture 1T Fort Mayin.
mis-, M"ni. AT ~ M. Saturday. July ~.
,eorge FalIigan of Stnniord was ia town
on Sunday. George has u numl'ero friends
in Lew istown who are always glad Ia see
him.
Maurice sullivan left here Monday to
meet hi- wife ~ Great Falls, who ha, been
.n - protract-d visit east. lie intends
f">in int" town on his return.
John L. Wie,isman has Sold his ranch on
the East Fork of big spring creek to 4. l..
Lang. consideration. 81 ,Wm. Mr.. Wi-d--
man cont templates moving to town.
'arilla Belanger aud L"ui. Eelanger,
daughter and son of Mrs. l.. l.-ianser. Mai
den. arrived ia Maiden Tuesday evening
from canada. where they have been attend
ing school.
T.. \. IIu.on was ia town sunday. having
inst returned from the Benton wool mar
bet. lie disposed of his wool at ~ good
figure Tut could have done better three
days later.
4 running race has been arranged between
side cut owned 10y Dick Thomas. and y
roam mare owned 10y Charles Whitcomb IL
White sulphur springs. I" take place on
saturday, Judy ~. At : T.. NJ, ior - purse
al Slou.
The Utica base ball club drove into town
on the aiteruonn al the 81. aud were we'll
received. They are "a sp-ndid group III
entlrm.u. aud our people hope they will
give as another call. They lrii "n the 9Th
fur home.
clark Tingley. the cattle man, was thrown
from his horse at SANDY station On the 81.
lie va. taken to Benton, where n medical
examination revealed the fact that both III
hi. legs to he waist were paralyz-,i. But
little hope il entertained al his recovery.
The Am.rs. mailed here last Thursday
,n"rning, had not reached ii,ei 10y We'in--
DAY of this week.. Tue tottnn~ood post
MASTER had better get On To- the f'rt that
Z b-i rnail,iu-s not b-l,ng in through sacks
destined To Billings ar Great Falls. This
thin. il gel ting monut"n"us.
Wool men are happy Several Fergus
county clips have been disposed of in Ben
ton at 2.l. cents. There is IL healthy com
petition al that point let w--n two Boston
firms, represented by M--srs. Martin aud
Manning. which in = measure accounts f"r
the good figures being paid.
cur old friend sid" Erwin Of Billings ar
siyeI ia Lew si"wn Sunday evening sid
has IA host uf friends in these parts, all III
whon were glad to see him aud learn that
b- is doing we'll. His brother, Eugene, "ne
of the pioneers 81 Maiden, il at Roundup
enjoying health ani prosperity. sid LETT
Monday on his return To- billings.
John VI. Parent. win" f,r the past nine
months has been teaching the upper grade
al school ia i.-~istn~u, left by private com
l-yan.- on Monday for Great Falls, where
h- will take he ears f"r i.awr~nce'irg, NY,
lbs home. lie will tie absent about siA
weeks. IL has L-eu r--ngag~i MS princ
pal vi our new graded school 10y the tr,s-
tees, aud will return in ample iini- I" com
n-nc- the iall term.
Vim. :. Powell was in town Tuesday.
Last week while ut home lac heard "A cali
ba~lins. and on going Z" learn the cause,
found - wolf had capt ure'l "a iwo n,onth-oli
calf and had d-vour-,l - good portion of
its hind quarters. lie at once i-sI'atced
the suffering animal aud had its carcass
poisone,. The following morning he was
graiiied H. lind that eight wolves had eaten
nf the "fnrbi.ldrn FRAT" aud turned their
toes h.av-nwarl. \ bnunty I'll SIC will
pay ior the animal.
Every lew ,lay. We receive letter. or u
Motive from Subscribers Ia the effect that
the Ag.I- did not reach them. Our friend
James VI. Croft Of Sifton writes that the
issue of June =. had not reached him upto I,
July =. Vim. Mcdonald, who gets his mail
at I.-wistown, says i- gets, on AN average, |
.nr in month. aud presumes that Others |
receive the paper. George W. Ayers mail
is often put ia the ARGus box, and vice 4
VERSA hut not till last week was the ARcrs,
mailed ou Thursday aud addressed tos;eo. /
W. Ayers. placed in the Argus box and re-
turned Ia the publishers, instead III being
held Tor the order of Mr.. Ayers. John Ar /
m"ld ordered his mail posted at Lewis
town. aud inst ruct-d the post master tn
forward the same, having stated that this
was his posioilice and when not here he
would gladly pay one cent per issue i"r Tor
aud yet this paper was returned
io us last week. A. we publish u cert ain
numI'-r eli papers each week aud know onr
-Aart lisi the number remaining alter all
addresses are written proves our work.
should there lac n,nr- extras than the diff
irr-nr- let ~e-n our list aud the number
printed, We immediately ASSERT ain he cause.
la fact, We rau make an affidavit as to
mailing of papers. Win the postmast-rs
please tell u- where the iailuis Tor non de
livery Lee or make affidavit that they