Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-08-18

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As will be seen by their card DR.. Stone has
formed IA partnership with DIR. Hanson and
has already entered into practice. We wish
them success.
DIR. Stone and daughter in from Su.
River last Tuesday, making the drive in
less than three days. Mrs. Stone aui ON,
Of the children arrived on Saturday, com
ing by coach. They are greatly surprised
at the growth of Lcwistp~n since they last
saw the place.
T.. G. Schneider, the Lewistown merchant
tailor, desires to inform the public that his
lall aud winter samples have arrived and
that they are the cheapest and largest as.
surtmente ever shown ia this town He is
now ready to take our orders. Look at
his goods and prices. Suits from $50 mp
wards. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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
pies and there will be no difficulty in max
my "a selection. Samples sent ON applica-
ton by addressing him at LewistOwn or
Fort M~aginnis.
1t was not our purpose TO omit mention
ing anyone who aspires to au office and is
DESTROYS of having his name go before the
Republican county convention. Weunder-
stand that Robert jackson is IA candi
date for the office of sheriff subject to the
action Of the convention. Jos. Ralstun, OF
1 ALI. III ....,s.-1 - -. g .
assessor. With all the gentlemen mentioned
il woul seem that the county convention
could make no mistake in selecting "a
ticket.
The state board Of equalization has
raised the assessed valuation of sheep
ia Fergus county twenty per cent, or
from $3.50 to $500 per head. Wool
growers should have no kick coming
on this raise, Hs AT the time OF the assess-
ment sheep are carrying their flceces aud
rw rs are with lambs. Sheep are also sell
ing at good figures these days. Cattle are
assessed at SIS. which is fair consider
ing that stock cattle are selling from Sl5to
SIS per head.
From present Indications Mr.. Denner, the
crstwhilr Spotted Horse merchant, has
rot only ubsconded leaving n number of
unpaid bills, but he is also II defaulter- IL
appears he took with him several c%crtiii-
Gates of deposits on the Bank of Fergus
County amounting in the ueighborlTnUd al
| 81 900, which were entrusted to his keep
ing by other parties. At Great Falls he
realized on one Of these certificates amount
| - =. A.. =. - e - 4 ...a NJ
last heard from MIR. nenner was ia Butte.
The shipment If cattle last week AZ re-
ported To us 10y j. L. Tracy, were as fol
lows: Thursday, from Nashua, 20 carsrur
the Home Land company; Friday, from
Nashua, 10 ears for the Home Land, and
from Malta, 90 ears for Con koIrs; Satur-
day, from Malta. II cars for Henry Sirben,
ard 6 ears for Kolrs. This weeks ship
ments will be 10 ears for the Judith pool,
ut Big Sandy, ON Thursday, aud 10 ears
for Kuhrs ut Malta un the same day. Me
Namarn, ut Zig Sandy, and FIowerree, at
Cut Bank, may also make shipments this
w~erk.-River Press.
How will the Did line Democrats who do
not belong to the "Ku Klux Khan" and
believe in decencyin politics, enjoy thcstab
given them by one ofthe gang. ''Tarcomed."
which is Democracy knocked luther end
to, says of them: These few Democrats
never were the party. and never will be, for
there never WAS a spoonful of brains among
haE dozen of them. Like bats among the
animal and fowl tribe, neither party claims
them. When they had IL little influence
with the party the party wasTun into the
ground, but quite the reverse is the case
now" Yes, the party is lin the soup''just
now.
There was "A serious shooting scrape in
Graham's saloon at Chinook on Monday
evening, in which Steve Connors was severe
iy wounded in the thigh. There appearsto
have been a quarrel between the proprietor
Of the establishment and "A party named
Parks, i'm which the latter shot at ms oppo-
nent. He missed his mark, however, and
wounded an innocent b~ystander. Parks
was at once arrested and Lad a hearing be-
fore Justice Richie yesterday, when he
waived an examination and gave bonds for
his appearance at the September term oi
the district court in this city.-River Press.
Connors, the party injured, is the same
Individual who shot the Hamilton women
in this place and was fined fifty dollars and
costs.
Postmaster Gray is in receipt of II letter
from the agent Of the stage company at
Great Falls, stating that he had received on
Aug. 18th IA box from Lewistown marked
with Chinese characters, and addressed To
Nina Young Company, San Francisco.
For some reason the box was not forwarded
and upon being opened recently WAS found
to contain the skeleton of IL Chinaman.
MIR. Gray was requested tu ascertain what
Chinaman il was whose remains had been
81 ''qui thy iuurned" and started fnr the
land of the celrstials. II you have lost "a
dead ChinamHn please convey the Informal
tion to Mr.. Gray, AZ he Is unable to get
any clew to the remains. Chinaman was
killed at Maiden in 1883. aud one died il
Lewistowu about three years ago, The re
mains may possibly he those of the halter
Billings Gaz.tte-Chns. \. Scott, who
was arrested at Bozcman and held for I'm
Ter Sheriff Ramsey and brought back T.,
Killings last week on II charge of petit lar
rcny, was acquitted of that charge upon
preliminary hearing, it having been estaB
lished that the alleged crime WAS committee
Just over the line in Fergus county. There
upon the under sheriff rearrrstrd Scott oI
telegraph request from Sheriff sullivan q
Fergus county. On Monday, throuel
SCOTS attorney. Glib a. Lame, n writ %
haheas corpus was issued and the caus,
tried before the district judge, who held thai
the telegraph request upon the strength q