Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1890-01-09
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

See Notice of estray.
The club rooms are now open every
evening.
Sc notice of ranch for sale in another
cocnmn.
There are some people so slow they cant
even catch a disease.
There seems to he an abundance of coal
on upper Spring creek.
Commissioners met last Monday to
transact special business.
Some of our woolgrower- fed hay through
the late atrnospherica,l unpl-asantness.
Social hop and oyster supper at Cotton-
wood to-morrow evening. Everybody in
vited.
La Grippe has not reached Lewistown
yet. but there are several severe cases of
razzle-dazzle.
Helena papers of the 18th inst state that
Il. II. Green, late surveyor general, is dying
with Bri.ht's disease.
Notice of sale ,f the horses belonging to
the May estate, will lie found ia another
column. Sale occurs ON January 81
Miss Dawes has secured rooms with Mrs.
Dawkins. Ladies' desiring anything in the
line of dressmaking will find her there.
partial sale of the May estate took
place last Saturday. Twenty seven head
of catt. were sold for Sil6.5o. sale Of
horses was postponed indefinitely.
The Judith club is now thoroughly or
al. Loo. In a
standing. The first meeting in the club
rooms occurred last Monday evening.
Oscar stephens was in town first of the
week. lie brings n good report from the
vicinity Of Black Bate. Cattle, sheep and
horses are getting plenty of feed and water.
:. :. Hobson of Utica was in town this
week, in attendance at the election Of oil
GERS of the Bank Of Fergus County. Mr..
Hsbson still retains the presidency Of this
solid institution.
There has been "A good demand for small
cottages during the past few days. There
is not IA vacant house to be had in town.
Some Of our married men should build a
lew desirable cottages.
There is room for great improvement in
the mail service between this section and
Billings. All our eastern mail comes that
way, but it comes mighty slow after few
inches of snow covers the ground.
The winter could not be better for stock
than it is at present There is just enough
snow on the grass to quench thirst and
keep animals constantly feeding. and the
H., ..
drive them from the range in search ef
shelter.
There was "a slight depression in the we'd
ding market this week. One tr. .nsaction Is
given elsewhere. The light business may be
attributed to the mild wea ther. 4 message
from Cupid states that number are in the
''ecstacy Of voluptuous anticipation" 50
the outlook is encouraging.
Elsewhere will be found the business card
OF +. j. Morrison of Phillsrook, who is rep
resenting the old reliable Equitable Life
Assurance Company of New York city and
the Fidelity Mutual Aid Association Of San
Francisco. These are good compa MES. a nj
parties desiring life or accident policies
should call on Mr.. Morrison. He will be in
Lewistown about the 25th of this month
in the interest Of the companies he repre-.
sents.
A correspondent of the River Press writes
from Big Sandy as follows: This place is
the shipping point for Fort Maginnis, the
Judith Basin, the Maiden mines and Lewis
town to the south. to which point "A weekly
stage runs, and for the Sweet Grass Hills
to the north. Eight Thousand cattle, 10
900 sheep and 800, 900 pounds of wool
were sent east from here last fall. con
siderable quantity Of baled hay has also
been shipped this winter tn Helena.
School opened in the new building last
Monday morning with Prof. }. NJ. Parent
in charge OF the first grade; Miss Ella Smith,
intermediate. and Mrs. !. b. Dawkins, pri-
mary. A total Of eighty two scholars were
present in the three departments. There
are quite number Of children present fr"m
different parts of the county. with few
more yet to come in. The capacity OF the
three rooms is already strained. and it may
he necessary to employ another teacher
and open the fourth room before the end
OF the year.
Mary had little lamb,
II bleatsd in cadenza;
Twill bleat no more-
Its bleatsr's sore
With Russian influenza.
Peoria Transcript
But here there are
Many thousand lambs.