Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-11-19
C HAPPENINGS.

Light docket this Term Of court.
House flies are not quite 50 active.
Grasshoppers have laid upfor the winter.
Read cstrny notice To BE- found elsewhere.
Fresh oysters have made their appear
auce.
Late banauas were touched 10y the recent
frost.
j. l.. stuart visited the county seat last
Saturday.
f. E. Smith has moved into his new Office
on Janeaux street.
George Washington Shutter is not in at
tendance at court.
b. +. Stack, the Willow creek horseman,
was in town Tuesday.
Judge Brassey moved into his new resi-
dence first of the week.
The Mckinley troupe is playing in the
western part of the state.
The Buchanan brothers were ia from the
North Moccilsin last Sunday.
Freight teams came in from Benton Mon
day loaded for T. c. Power a Bro.
DIR. W. A. Long and George Stone visited
the county seat last Wednesday on private
business.
Ed C. Russell. the Helena attorney, ar
rived in town Monday to look after some
matters Of personal interest.
BoRS-To Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Schmitt,
on Wednesday, Nov. IS, n boy weight,
10 pounds.
]. p. Wonlsey came in from Tibet last
Saturday With a load of wheat which he
had reduced ia flour at tho mill.
Judge DuBose and F. W. Mettler arrived
from Benton last sunday. They had
rather a cold and disagreeable ride.
David HIlger came in from his ranch Mon
day and returned Tuesday with a load ol
flour from the Judith BASIN Roller mill.
George Eastman and w. c. Cruise spent a
couple Of days last week hunting on lower
Plum creek. They killed five black tail
deer.
Remember the party to lac given Mt tibet
On Thanksgiving. Mrs. Burrows is making
great preparations for the event. good
time is anticipated.
MAHEIEp-Albcrt Erickson, Of Lewis
town. Mont. to Clara f., daughter OF Al
bert Miner, of North Lowell, Dodge Co.
Wis, on October 2lst, 1891.
As will he seen elsewhere a dance will be
given at the Pioneer Hotel, Cottonwond,
ON tomorrow evening. Tickets. including
supper $3.50. Everybody invited.
Cal Dickinson. formerly with T. C.. Power
& Bro. OF this place, and later with the
Judith Mercantile Co., has taken a posi-
ton with Toe Conrad, OF Great Falls.
Henry Simons. who has been at Maiden
for the past month assisting w. II. Burgess
in getting the Maginnis min In shape for
operation, returned to Lewistown Tues
day.
Fred Heinlein, achitect of Helena, was in
town first of the week accompanied by
Frank Losch. Mr.. Hciuleiu and wife will
spend the winter mt their ranch on Ross
Fork.
Wade BIaker arrived from his home in
Grand Rapids. Mimi, last Friday. He re-
ports cood times in northern Minnesota.
There has been IA large output OF lumber
from that region.
A horse race will take place at Cotton
wood, on Wednesday Nov. 10Th, fora purse
of $1,000; SI5 to first. $40 TO second.
Entrance fee $500. Free for all. Race to
take place at 3 p. m.
T.. j. Morrison and Clarence Goodell came
in from Philbrook Monday. They reported
the thermometer down 10 twenty below
zero at MIR. Sweetland's ranch early in the
morning Of that day.
j.. II. Freeser, one OF the leading cattle
AMEN Of eastern Montana, passed this week
en- route to Mcdonald creek. He is through
marketing beeves and goes down to pay OF
the Experimentation.
j.. ]. Campbell received Il paper from
Schenectady, New York, last week an
nouncine the death Of his father at the age
OF SIS years. The deceased was an extern
sfve land owner and very wealthy. We
hope J. j. will be remembered in the will.
John Fogarty reached town Monday with
thirty head of thoroughbred and grade
Spanish Merino bucks, which he purchased
OF j. T. Arlington. OF Cascade county.
Mr.. Fogarty lost his horse at Sage creek,
and made the balance OF the distance on
foot.
w. H. Burgess came down from Maiden
Tuesday morning and returned in the after
noon. He expected to start the Maginnis
mill Monday, bnt was delayed by the dis
coyery OF some defective valves on the
boiler. He hoped to be able to start Tues
day evening.
Albert Erickson returned from Chicago
Sunday, where lac went with the crew which
had charge of the Horseshoe Bar cattle
shipment. He reports two feet OF snow
along the Great Northern through North
Dakota. Albert visited his old home Mt
Beaverdam, Wisconsin.
p. /. Moule, OF Bercail. was in town a
couple OF days last week. Mr.. Moule
shipped three car loads of steers to Chi
cago, for which he received S4.5O per hun
dred, the highest price paid for Montana
cattle the day they were sold. The steers
were three and four year Odds.
The eastern mail due here Sunday did
not arrive until Monday afternoon. The
trouble was not due to "A hot box as
was rumored, but to a cold breeze that
waited across the plains between TIBET and
Lavina. Mr.. Davis should brace things up
a little between the gap and Billings.
f. s. Sweet came in from Lloyd last sun
day. He drove in behind one of the best
team OF mares we have ever seen in this
part OF Montana. They were dark bays
and weighed 1,500 pounds apiece. Mr..
Sweet has the proper idea. 1t does not
cost a cent more to raise good horses than
it does a cayuse, excepting the original in
vestment.-Chinook Opinion.
NJ. b. Mccall, representing the various