Fergus County argus., 1890-06-19

:. W. Langhorne. the retiring register of
the laud office. W VI e. SETTLES. late chief
clerk Of the same. aud \. II. Nelson have
formed a law partnership. and will make
hand business u speciality.
The commissioners oi Mragher county
awarded the cont ract fnr bul,ling a bridge
across the Missouri at Townsend far 81
33i, the bridge to Ice three Iofoot com
bination spans with tubular iron piles. \.
Y. Hane. representing "a Minneapolis com
I,auy and one uf he bhi,ler, nn bridges ior
th. county. got the contract.
Elsew here " III lie found the advertisement
Of Henry VI Stanley- great work entitled
In Darkest Africa." The book will be
published ia two volumes. aud the prices
have been fixed at 50. $40 aud 81. ae-
corJing Ia binding. This il the genuine
STANLEY book all Others are frauds. i 4.
MeSwe-ney Of stanford. the agent for Fer
gus county. il nov IA the field soliciting
subscribers.
Reports brought ia from various parts of
the county by people attending court are
not all that could he desired as regards
the "uii'nk i"r grass aud crops. Two
Yeats of .routh has made the range so dry
that nothing short of a general Hood could
soak up the soil plowed round IL more
readily benefited, hut il has been too cold
would help out matters.
We have just received direct from the
type furnishing house of Mar,i-r. Iuse a
60, Chicago. twenty-five new FONTS of the
latest styles of job type. and are prepared
to do all kinds ri commercial printing in
the most artistic manner. Send in your
orders for note heads letter heads. cards.
circulars. progra mmes, invitations. or any
thing in the job line and We will guarantee
rs good work can he had anywhere in
the United States.
Hightower, Asbridge and Nicklaus Of Sa-
hara were in town last week On land busi-
ness. Mr.. llightower has sold ont his in
terest in the cattle business to Asbrdge
and .attams. and leaves this week for
southern Kansas and Oklahoma Territory.
He thinks Of locating permanently some
where in the south. We regret to lose Mr..
Hightower. and believe he will experience
some difficulty in finding a better country
than Montana.
The people Of Chinook. while very devout
in their religious convictions. are also great
lovers of the dance. II is no uneommon
thing, says IA correspondent of the River
Press. for the pleasures to get mixed up so
that it is hard To tell which from t'other.
Recently "A bail and prayer meeting were in
progress in the same hall AT the same time,
and it was nothing uncommon to hear ''the
Lord spake unto Moses. saving: Grand
right and left" or grid thine armor about
thee and swing your partners
Turnblade. Langdoc and Sher,len have
made n rich strike of ealena ore in the
North Moccasin mountains. The two for
mer gentlemen were in town last Saturday
exhibiting specimens of the ore They
shipped three tons east recently. whirh.
after deductine freight and cost of treat
nent. nette,l them over $40 per ton They
have "a ~ foot shaft on the lead and have
lrfted ten feet along the ore body without
finding the walls. They claim to have u
very extensive body of ore, aud were IL not
for The difficulty in ting il down out of
the mountaiss. could make frequent ship
ments. At present they are compelled To
pack the ore "a long ,listance. shipping and
treat tment Of the ore cost them over $50
per ton.
The census enumerators for this county
are NOV busily engaged in their work. So
far We can learn they have experienced
uo dtiieuliy in getting answers tn the many
questions propounded. Possibly some of
the questions may seem impert inent, hut
the answers are matters of secrecy with he
euumerators and the census bureau. Then
again, there are questions that will not lie
answered truthfully. and can see no way
for Uncle sam to get correct answers The
superintendent Tor Montana evidently j.
not well informed a. to the duties of -num-
orators in this county. or our population.
ule blanks. whie none were sent enough
agricultural blanks. Mr. Reeder. of this
district, was sent only two. Asearh blank
contains room for only tea name-, he eN-
hau-ted them the first day and spent last
week taking he census oi Iemi~town. until
more blanks arrive. Speer is ten wears br-
hind the times So far as th- county is con
c-rn.d.