Fergus County argus., 1890-05-01

W. W. pe Witt has c"mmrne-d prelim.
mary work lur the crerti"n oi - two--tnry
bti"A building "n las corner lot next To- his
present store. The building viii b,. suNon
in 10" clear aud b' huiii hrr prof The
lrst il""r viii lac USED by Mr.. lie Witt q. u
dry goods aud gents furnishing goods lie
part tn"nt. groceries aud harluare ureurv-
ing the old binding. The second flonr " III
probably lie built i"r the accommodation
ri secret orders. Some of the contract
work il already let. aud the huilling i'll Toe
pushed along ~ rapidly -, l,ossLle.
\ meeting was held at the judith club
rooms Tuesday evening for the purp,se of
organizing "a base ball club. and was at
tended ly number of our athletic young
men. ID. VI. Day was chosen rapiaino of the
club John J.. Martin general manager aud
I'd Wright secretary and treasurer. Balls
aud bats have been ordered from the east
aud the club will commence practicing "a,
once. We understand clubs will be organ
ized at different points ia the count y and
viii he prepared I" give the home team u
fiiifiN VIII fn Nt'liffstt mellow
town.
Frank Day is ont "ne heifer three hogs
aud two cats. The heifer. which WAS u fine
black animal. was found dead one morning
last week. it having departed this life. it i.
thought, from the effects of eating u poison
ols weed. though this is only conjecture
Wishing to preserve the hide he skinned tn.
animal and gave IL portion of the carcass
to the hogs and some choice steaks to "a
r,uple of valuable eats which make their
home at the barn. soon after the feast of
flesh three hogs and the two eats sicken,d
and died, the poison or whatever allied the
animal having permeated its flesh. The
hogs were hauled down to the lower end of
Mr.. Days ranch where they were aiseo,-
cred by halfbrecds. who made haste to
select some choice roasts and outlets. As
to how the pork will operate on the latter
Mr. Day was unable to give AN opinion
u was purely ease of too much ground
hog that caused pr. IIanson's usually gen.
tie and reliable driving horse to leave Big
Casino creek without any warning last
Sunday aud return rapidly to town. Early
in the morning the doctor aud the writer
drove up into the canyon ON Rig Casino.
aud finding IA desirable place io stop drove
=" one side and hitched the h.rse. Not
intending to remain in that locality great
while the horse was not detached from the
buggy. We had not been fishing over ten
minutes before AN sminous noise was heard
aud climbing the bank saw a horse
spokane might well have enved. But the
horse kept the center Of the read with
everything as trim as a ship at sea- and il
was Thought he would make the four miles
without INJURY to himself or the buggy. 80
he did, but on reaching the iron gate at Mr.. I
lian~.ns place, le did not wait fur IL To- be I
opened, but cleared it with u Jump, taking
the buggy along. Becoming still mere
frieliieued IN the yard hy stepping into "a
small tin pail. he turned ar.uud aud went /
out over the gate again. leaving he top al
I he buggy in the ysr.l the vehicle having /
been turned over. After attempting ts
enter Mrs. Murray's millinery store aud
'H' p'N'"ih't ne ""s hhai'N 'il'Hi'u anu
placed ia the stable. The damage is con /
fined Ia the buggy. which the dnrinr says is ,
incurabir. \ ground hog whose burrow is I
near by, is responsible f"r the accident !
The walking betwe- upper Casino aud /
I.ewistown is fair-on ruol day. Pills /
aud patent mcdicinrs have not raised ia 4
price since the accident. and births aud 1
deaths i'll still l- published gratis ia the
ARatS especially tl. death of ground 1
hogs.