Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-11-10
The treating days are over.

The treating days are over
Defeated candidate-If you want a drink
go to tile creek.
Wooden wind mills Jared badly in last
Saturday storm.
The next term of the district court con-
venes on the 2Sth inst.
Albert Miller aud wife, oi TIBET, were visi-
tors at the countyseat last week.
T. c. Power Il Bro. are now ready to
serve customers ia their new quarters.
.Iohu Newman and p. Hatton, OF TIBET,
were in town last sunday. They returned
home Monday.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Selvidse,
ON Wednesday, November End, al girl;
weight eight pounds.
The fellow who did not drink enough
booze" to last him the balance oil the win
ter is in har,l luck now.
BoRx-on Nov. Bird, To Mr.. and Mrs. +.
f.. Chandler, of Deer creek, "A girl; mother
and chill doing we'll.
Cards aud badges bearing the words,
Vote for Helena for the Capital could be
seen every where ON Tuesday last
There was considerable dissatisfaction
with the telephone and telegraph service,
There seems tu he a birth ui news-partieu-
LARRY good news.
Misses Nellie and Maggie Fergus, accom-
panied by their brothers, Aleck aud james,
came ia from the ranch last Friday and re
turn,d hnme ON Sunday.
owing to the condition of the weather
and the streets, the Republican torch-lisht
Procession was dispensed with Monday
evening.
DIR. II. w. Foster. IA leading physicisn OF
Bozemlan, and Cyrus Black, IA stockman
of that place, visited L~ewistown last week.
Mr.. Foster is II nephew of Mrs. O.. W.
Kelly.
e. j. Mcnamara and Tommy NARROW
came over from Big Sandy. last week TO
look after the interests of Helena in the
capital race. Mr.. Mcnamara remained in
this precinct or election day, while Mr..
NARROW canIped in Maiden.
james w. Childs, junior member III the
firm OF Fenno Bros x Childs, OF Boston,
tltI HltltltlilNr III NaSIll-Nbu' H'N'i IN
October 25nd, where he went for n brief
rest after II season uf hard work. He was
well known to Al number of our woolgrow-
cra.
George J.. Wiedeman has disposed OF his
laundry business in Great Falls to his
brother aud has again taken up his resi-
dence in Le~wistown. He will become a
member of "a new hardware firm that is be-
ing organized here, further mention OF
which will be made in our next issue.
A. {. johnson and j. II. Miller, Of Hell
cna, and ;. 5. Hobsou, of Fergus county,
today filed articles OF incorporation OF the
Mcdonald Creek Sheep Ranch. The CAPT
tai stock is $4,000 in o shares at 500
each. The operations OF the mpa are
to he carried on in this and Fergus county,
with the principal office at Helena. The
purpose is to raise, produce and trade in
sheep, wool, horses, cattle and other live
stock.-Hcleua Herald.
w. V. Lewis came in from Philbrook last
Thursday evening with Charles Meyers,
who had received severe injuries the day
before by falling from a freight wagon. He
was sitting on the lazy board when he lost
his hold and fell to the ground, one of the
hind wheels passing over his body at the
small of the back. The wagon contained
$500 pounds OF freight at the time. The
injured man was placed in the county hos
pitaI, but died Sunday evening.
Miss Lille o.. Brown, "A taleEted and ac-
complished young lady, foI merly OF Phiia-
delphia, arrived in Billings yesterday from
her eastern home. At the Grand Hotel
she was met by w. L. Bean, IA prosperous
woolgrower OF Grass Range, her tiaucee.
Last evening mt the Congregational par
sonage in the presence only nf Rev. c.. III.
Cook and members of his family, "a wedding
ceremony WAS performed which made Miss
Brown Mrs. Bean. Mr.. and Mrs. Bean
went west on "a brief wedding tour over the
Northern Pacific and will, ON their return,
settle down ut the Bean Bros ranch in
Fergus county. - Billings Gazette. The
ARNUs extends congratulations to the
happy pair.
Oscar Stephens OF Fort Maginnis was i'm
town last week shipping cattle. Mr.. Steph.
ems is also engaged in the wool business.
He relates ~ story of his experience in the
sheep business, illustrating the preiudic,
entertained by the cattle men against tn,
wool growers in the early days. About
ten years ago Mr.. Stephens had five or six
ear loads of weathers to ship from Miles
City, and some cattlman had about the
same number oi cars of cattle. The agent
proposed to ship both lots on one train,
but when the cattle man found that out,
he swore he would turn his cattle loose OF
the prairie rather than have them on thu
same train with "a lot of sheep. The cattl,
men were on top in those days. and Steph
ems sheep had tn wait five or six DAYS be
fore "A mixed train of goods sufficiently dis
reputable to travel with sheep was mad,
up. Things nave changed since then. Bill
lings Gazette.