Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-05-28
JUDITH VALLEY LOCALS.

Rorn-At Willow creek, on the 18th inst.
to the vile of Oliver Peters, a daughter.
Mrs. L. H. Hamilton OF Sage creek Wis.,
tied several days last week with Mrs. j. A.
Porter OF Philbrook.
Mrs. Walter WaddelI Of Philbrook. ac-
companied by her son. left last week for a
two months visit with her parents at Salt
Lake City. Utah.
Eugene Ackly and David Reed hav start
ed out with a peddling outfit. They claim
to carry everything from a cambria needle
to a road scraper.
The Gray Bros. of Philbrook have sold
their entire band of cattle to G. r. Norris
of Judith Landing. The price paid WAS
$50 per head. They were delivered last
week To the purchaser at his home.
lambs is about over. A kind providence
interposed will nice weather n plenty OF
grass. A yield of 100 per cent was reached
with one or two f1oekmasters that we know
of.
Every Tom, Dick and Harry, it seems, is
l'"ttO Sf'i' hto u "ool
business. They nave but lately caught
onto the Tact that money and the Lord are
both Sin it," For did He not say: Feed
my lambs?"
The household of Ord Amnesty, the wool
grower OF the lower Judith, was invaded the
Goth inst. by a total stranger. Though q
stranger, the arrival was expected and a
/ ROYAL welcnme was tap1arod pTwos. hny
and he weighed IL pounds.
The public school of Philbrook was Wis
tied last week by Miss Corbin. the county
superintendent Of public instruction. Miss
Corbin is "A Democrat, and two years age
had the honor OF being the only ma can
didats elected on that ticket.
At a sheep ranch near Philbrook they
have a dog that is a veritable bonanza
She works all day with the sheep and al
night suckles two pups and three pet lambs
At this same ranch they glory in the pos
session of a cat that. after feeding g0phsrs
to her kittens until they are satisfied, goe,
out and catches more g0phers, which sh,
carries and lays at the ieet Of the dogs.
Thu Judith Round-uy association met the
Goth inst. at Utica and proceeded at once
to business. The association has lost
much OF that lash ard spirit hat one,
characterized it before the greater number
Of members seeded and moved their herd.
across the Missouri. These semi-annua
gatherings at Utica in the past, when gras,
was long and beef was high, were always
looked forward to with much pleasure b,
the cowboys and cattle owners. The Ju
dith Roundup association is now like tn,
play OF Hamlet with Hamlet feft out.
Friday last j. +. Bower, Of Bower Bros.
Surprise creek, brought to Philbrook FOL
surgical aid a young man in his employ
named Mcdonald, who had several finger
of the left hand badly mangled by an ex
piosion. The explosive was picked up by
the wounded man i'm the door yard OF thu
house in which he lived. 1t had the APP
pearance OF being the tin tip Of a lead pen
Gil. Holding it between the thumb and in
dex finger he struck it slightly twice with q
hammer, when it exploded with great force
DIR. Long found it necessary to amputatt
the thumb at the first and the index finger
at the second joint. The flesh of the middle
finger WAS also lacerated, but the bonei
were found intact. The experimenter wal
STOPPING at the time, and it was a greai
wonder that he did not lose an eye.