Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-08-04
The Buchanan brothers were in from the

destroying boxes. There 10 II good head vi
water ia the creek for this =-ason vi the
year.
A bunch of Montana cattle shipped re-
GENTLY by Fioweree & Lowry sold ior 81 90
"a hundred l-ss than be-ses OF the same
character brought on the zam- day lset
wear. Ste-rs sold i"r 50 -Su aud =pasr'i
hriirr7 s325. An Improvement ia the
matk-t iz lO"kr,i les with c,"ler wrsih-r,
however.
i. =. Huntnou, ri Utica, Was in town
last Friday 81 hand business. Mr.. Hun
tnon realized IL. crnta for his wool clip mt
| the Fails. The wool MAS hauled to- Arm
ington by teams and l"il-d on the ears at
that point, the railroad charge from Arm
ington to the Falls bein- ten cents II hun
bred.
Phillip l.aux, having disposed of his in
terest in the bntchering business, will en-
gage in his profession Of blacksmithins at
an early date. He will bnild a shop in the
rear uf Chas. Lehman's new store f"r that
purpose. Phillip is said to be "A true son
~ Vulcan and will no doubt meet with
financial success in his new enterprise.
granger nforms us that wolves and
coyotes are numerous, that they killed
three calves and one foal within two miles
oi his place in two weeks. He thinks stock
men and Others interested might keep them
down by IL united effort, hut few interest
themselves in their destruction and they
generally get very little thanks for what
they do.
Samuel Hurvitch, expects a full line OF
samples OF business and dress ~suitings
about the 10th inst. Upon their arrival
he will visit all sections of the county tax
ing orders. He will nave about 1900 sam
plies and there will be no difficulty in max
Ing IL selection. Samples sent on applica-
ton by addressing him at Lewist"wn or
Fort Maginnis.
here will be found the enlarged ad
vrrtisement of f. O.. Schneider. merchant
tailor. Mr.. Schneider has taken the agency
for custom-made clothing and will soon
visit all parts of the county taking orders.
A frst-class tailor himself he is able to
guarantee a fit in every instance. Look
over his samples before you give yonr or
der. Read his advertisement.
Johnnie Smith, "A cowboy, was leading "a
young cinnamon bear around town last
Tuesday morning. The cub WAS abouttwo
months old and quite tame, readily eating
candy from ones hand. Smith claimed to
ha We roped the animal in the foothills OF
the Moccasin mountains near Warm Spring
creek, and that he killed the mother. The
g. 49,. .utanla 70 Iaan tha aULraaI as q. moi
A marriage license was issued this after
moon to Andrew g. Hay, the well known
wool grower of Grafton, and Miss Isabella
McKensie, Of Great Falls. The ceremony
win occur tomorrow at the residence OF
John Scott of this city, where the young
lady has been stopping, and the Rev. Mir.
Remington will officiate-Leader.
Cal Dickinson, who has been spending "a
leu weeks on the Judith with L A. Huson,
~ nov employed in the Bank al Fergus
County during the absence al W. Il. Miner,
who is r~usticating on upper Spring creek.
Cal STAY lac never SAN mosquitoes SO large
and numerous before as thosein the Judith
liottoins, that hen they rice it in ditticult
Il. distinguish them from e~nIi-ws.
Mr.. Lack-y, al Dry W"f mining district,
who has II number al valuable sil,-r-b-ar-
ing lea,ds, lately sold IA one-half interest ia
the Maddox mine la l.. Dow, superinten-
dent uf the California and Nevada stage
company. The lead has "a tunnel run ia
upon IL thirty ir-t and the vein is four Ie-i
thick and hath silver and copper can lac
melted from the ore ia an ordinary furnae-.
.... -. -. -. "a. |
-Husbandman
Mr., Andrew Hay. "f Grafton. "a we'll
known sheep man, in conversation with a
Leader reporter the other day said The
wool growers Of the Judith country have
no fault To find with Great Falls as "a wool
market this year. II is probably correct
10 say that it has furnished the best wool
market in the state. Eighteen cents ia
pound is probably the average price paid
Tor good wool this year and hat is as much
.s was paid last year. But the wool is
cleaner thi-y year and consequently not 81
heavy. However, the wool growers got "a
good deal better price for their product
than they had reason to- expect "a few
months ago.-Great Falls Leader.
An important arrest was made last week
10y Under-sheriff Ramsey. Charles Bridg
man, wanted for horse stealing and stage
robbery committed two years ago was To-
Gated at Mnsselshell crossing and arrested
by the Yellowstone county officials.
Bridgeman was brought to Billings and ar
raigned before q. S. Commissioner Hart,
first on the charge of robbing U. s. mails,
Int IN apRnunf Of tho na1a Of the atafa he
ing more certain the o.. S. case was with
drawn and he was turned over to Sheriff
sullivan, of Fergus county. where the horse
was stolen. Sullivan took Bridgman back
to Lewistowu for trial Tuesday morning.
In February, 1890, the stage between
Stanford and Grafton in Fergus county
was held up. Suspicion fell upon Bridg-
man and Douglas Maltby and their arrest
was attempted. but they stood of officers
and escaped on stolen horses.-Biilings Ga
zette. The Helena Independent OF recent
date gives the following further particulars:
ON July 18th Inspector Watkins was at
Musselshell crossing, where he heard there
was n man going by the name OF Joshua
Atkinson, but who answered to the de-
-cripton OF Bridgnan- Not being positive
about the iatter's exact looks, Watkins
went to Big Timber, where he telephoned
to Sheriff Sullivan at L~ewistown. From
that Sullivan said Watkins was sure the
man Atkinson was none other than Bridg-
man. Meantime Bridgman or Atkinson
had kept the Musselsheli crossing for the
saw mill where he was working Watkins
got Depnty Sheriff Ramsey at Billings and
they drove seventy five miles across coun-
try to the sa " mill. only to Tind their man
had gone. They kept on to Mussellshell,
where they found him asleep in a shack.
On being awakened he first denied his name