Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-28
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

H. o. and :. II. Mclntirc will he here in
atteudanceat court.
\ number Of new buildings are goin. up
in Ouclette's addition.
see notice of horses for sale by Brooks
Bros. in another column.
Jesse Phelps aud +. +. Mowry came in
from Utica first of the week on land bust
ness.
The board of county commissioners will
meet in extra session next Tuesday. April
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:. l.. Bennett will move to- Maiden with
hi, family this week. to remain during the
summer.
W. T. Neill OF tibet aud &. W. Tavenner
of Trout creek We're registered at the Day
hnu-e first of the week.
A social hop was given in the city hall
last Friday evening. Anumber of stanford
gentlemen participated.
prairie fire. said To he located near he
mouth oi sage creek, west of the South
Moccasiu. has been ra cling for several days
past.
We are informed that Buck and Hunt. 81
the law firm vi Carpenter. Buck X Hunt,
Helena. will both he in ATTENDANCE at the
coming term of court.
Mrs. John Murta of stanford is visiting
with MIR. Corbin's family at Cottonwood.
She will join her husband at Helena next
week, to reside permanently.
Norman Bros. will soon commence the
erection of a two-story building 24xIO, on
their lot next to Staliord's harness shop.
The lumber ir now being hauled.
W. W. DE Witt will build "A fort y foot adj
dition to his store to connect the main
building with his stone warehouse in the
rear. The grain store room is to be re
moved to the rear of the warehouse.
W. d. Deaton. superintendent of the Jul
dith Cattle company, returned from Fort
Worth. Tex, Tuesday, accompanied by his
wife and two children. He says they we're
wearing linen busters in Texas when he
left
James II. Moe has fitted up his residence
on Washington street in fine shape, and in
company with +. f. Wright has gone to
baching. Mrs. Howell of TIBET, arrived
Monday to take charge of the culinary de-
partment.
W.T.. Mcfarland, L. ;. mineral surveyor.
has opened an office in the rear of John
Toombs' building and is ready for business.
Mac is "a surveyor 81 long experience. Par
ties desiring his services will find him open
for engagements. Drop in and see him.
L. l.. Hassett, the horse raiser OF TIBET,
was in town last week. Mr.. Hassett has
been absent nearly all winter in Gallatin
and Madison counties, where he disposed of
some fine stations brought from the east,
as well as horses from his TIBET ranch. lie
says prices are too low now to suit growers.
J. 4. Davidson, who has been spending a
couple OF months here looking after j. NJ.
Burleigh's interests at Philbrook left for
his home at Lafayette, Ind. on Monday,
visiting Helena Gil route. Mr. Davidson
expects to return with his brother later in
the season. lie has taken quite a liking to
Montana
From Mr. Diestler who lives south of the
Snowy mountains. we learn that valuable
mineral groupings have been found in that
range, and there is prospect OF rich discov-
cries in the future. For some reason the
snowies have never been thoroughly proc
pected. Lei Il be dome the coming summer.
4 bonanza may await some one.
Ezra +. Gould. Chas. :. Gould and Ed
ward Reynolds, vi the upper Musselshell
valley, were in town last week. These gem
'lemen are Interested in stock raising.
Their loss during the past winter will not
exceed I per cent. They were greatly
with the Judith Basin country.
The Tribune is enabled to state on the
highest authority that the contract Tor the
building OF the Belt mountains branch will
he let in short time, and that work will
begin as soon as the frost is well out of the |
ground. The apparent purpose Of the en-
eineers now in the field is to run the line
from Belt direct to Neihart. and before
summer wanes that great silver camp will
have a railroad right up the gulch. Great
Falls Tribune.
The legislature made no provision for
publishing the laws SO that the people could
become familiar with them. They will APP |
pear in driblets in the Helena journal, now
frn official organ, and il you do not read |
that daily you will never know what the
legislature has done in the past sixty days,
unless you purchase the statutes. We shall
endeavor to publish one or two of the more
important laws each week, commencing in
our next issue with the bounty law.
Elsewher will be found communication
by an old soldier advocating the organiza-
tion of Grand Army post. This question
has been urged before, but the order has
never materiaiized. 1t is said there are
fifty or more old veterans in the county,
enough to guaranteed permanent organiza-
ton. Now il the time, il ever to take some
action. The ranks OF the veterans are
fitting that those who fought to preserve
the union of states should organize in the
year Montana was admitted.
Our citizens should remember the inn
portance Of the school election to bs held
in this district ON April 6. There are two
members OF the school board to be elected
one for the three-year term and one for
the one-year term. Lewistown is entitled
to the long term member +. T.. Smith and
!. +. Beck are nov serving by appointment
to till the Vacancies made by the retirement
of Marshall jackson and the cutting off Of
the district in which Mr. Mediser lived Our
citizens Should lie looking up good men
for the board