Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
C HAPPENINGS.

Inc CDld Bht ID mar ldoSsd 4dite
The last club dance occurs tomorrow
evening.
Mrs. F. f. Smith returned last Sunday
from her visit at Maiden.
III. Mag4llou is spending the week in
Lswi.town with his family
Daniel Crowley was slightly under the
weather a couple Of days last week.
Governor Toole has appointed Jehn
Tosmbs, OF this place, a notary public.
Alex. Branson was laid up with rheuma-
tism several days during the past week.
G. p. Burnett passed through tow last
week on his way home from his visit to
Texas.
Culver and Noble will give a ball on the
evening OF st. Patrick's day, Tuesday,
March IL.
The board OF county commissioners will
meet In their regular quarterly session
next week.
Miss Lulu Doty has returned to Lewis
tewn from Philbrook, where she has been
Tor some weeks past.
Mrs. Johns, wife of OF T. j. Johns, OF the
Democrat, arrived from Colorado on Sun
days Great Falls coach.
Fred Jsnni, OF Beaver creek, has gone to
st. jos, Missouri, on a visit. He will be
absent a couple OF months.
George ] Jackson lost his tfalse) teeth in
the recent fire, and was in town last week
having DIR. DAILY make a new set.
Some very beautiful moon dogs were on
exhibition early Tuesday evening. Moon
dogs come high but we must have them.
Rev. ii. ID. Wadswsrth will conduct SER
vises at the NJ. f. church next Sunday, at
the usual hours, 10 a. m. and 7:3o p. IN.
Stone is being hauled Tor G.. NJ. Stafford's
new building. Work will in
earnest as soOn as the weather will permit.
j. l.. Harmon came in from the North
Moccasin mines last Saturday. Hereports
the properties under development looking
well.
Samuel Phillips is afflicted with rheuma-
tinm in connection with his dislocsted
shoulder. We hope to see him about again
soon.
f. A. Hnson was in town the first oil the
week receiving the congratulations OF his
fri ends. In his opinion marriage is not a
failure"
Charles Giles yesterday sold to his brother
Richard of Maiden his ranch in township
20, section 20, range . east, for SO, 1000
Great Falls Tribune.
chm Fogarty WAS in from his ranch on
Mcdonald creek last Saturday. He wore
the regulation woolgrOwsrs' smile, which,
although not a yard wide, was OF good
width.
The Great Falls Tribune has been en-
larged and greatly improved in %typograph-
ical appearance. The Tribune is keeping
pace with the growth of the northern me-
tropolis.
w. S. Powell and wife wer. in from the
Judith last Saturday. Mrs. Pewellproved
up on her desert land entry. j. II. Heath
and Charles Calbreath accompanied them
as witnesses.
w. w. Parrott was in from his ranch,
east OF the Judith range last Saturday.
He reports sheep and cattle doing well in
hat locality. Sheep losses have not
reached one per cent.
George Opperman has cast a nchori in Great
Falls where he will remain indefinitely. He
can make occasional p~ilsrimages to Lewis
town from that point. Great Falls gets
another good citizen.
The teachers in our school are disap-
pointed that their pupils parents do not
visit the school. Parents should take q
more lively interest in their welfare and
visit their children in the school room.
From DIR. Hanson, who returned from
Ubet on Tuesday, we learn that Dan Lutz's
residence, with all its contents, was de-
-oyed by fire Sunday night. The fire is
saio We caught from a defective fiue.
A newspaper n~.;6es the world: THE
price OF this paper has os:nersa sed on &C.
count OF the Mckinley bill, but w. wish ia
correct the misrepresentation OF some -ab.
scribsrs who appear to think it was PLACED
on the free list. "-Ex.
We are in receipt Of the 1891 seet
ann ual from ID. NJ. Ferry & Co., OF Detroit
Michigan, one OF the most complete csta
logues OF seeds ever printed. This is al
old Establishment and one Of the really re
Ii able seed houses in the United States.
Sheriff Sullivan, accompanied by Bill,
Shaules, left yesterday morning on a hum
for Albert Baker. He left Butter6eld'i
ranch an horseback, but Mr.. Sullivan doe
net think he has left the country. 1t il
hoped they will return with the prisoner.
Ii is estimated that the output Of tn
Cumberland smelter when in running orde
will be fully 5000 tons per month. and i
is sale to say the plant will be in full bias
by Nav 10 at the outside. This will Civ
employment to fully five hundred men an,
an army OF teams-Husbandman.
Oliver Jutras received, last Friday night
the sad news of the death of his brothe
Frank at his home in Lowell, Mass. be
ceased was 81 years of age and had under
gene a long illness, though pneumonia wa
the direct cause OF his demise. The com
munity grieves at our fellow citizens loss.
LosI-Two young men, recently iron
Michigan. When last seen they were oceu
pying a csbin on the top of the North Moo
casin range of mountains, waiting fer tn
snow to disappear. They are branded
and w. The finder will confer a favor b
lea wing rms of their whsrsabout
at this Office.
A wrestling match took place last SatuI
day evening in Culver and Mobiles hall, bt
tween Frank Lamb and Barney Mcdonald
The match was for $40 a side, collar an
elbow. best two in three. Lamb took tn
frat tive bouts, winning the stakes. b
tween sixty and seventy-fve people wit
messed the contest.
The man who doesn't advertise in tn
newspapers 10 a back number. Men regar'
him as n curiosity relic, and the boy
ask him where he get his hat. He is be