Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-12-15

Get yourself in. readiness to attend the
holiday ball to be given by Mr.. Culver, at
which an oyster supoer will be served.
James H. Moe last week purchased three
lots on Washington street from George NJ.
Stafford, opposite the latter's residence.
Mr.. Moe will erect a dwelling house on the
lots next spring.
Tickets will he placed on sale this week
for the holiday entertainment of the Pres
byterian Sunday school at Landts hall
Tuesday evening. December 27th. Admis-
sion has been fixed at nifty cents, in the
reach Of everybody. Buy IL ticket and lend
u hand to furnishing the new church, be
sides enjoying the concert. Tickets may
be procured from the children or at Steph-
ems IL Baylies' drug store.
Here is a chance to try your luck at
guessing and it wont cost you n cent. IN
". W. DeWitt's show window there is a
small bottle filled with fair sized beans and
near by a beautiful ladies toilet set, con-
-isting of tire. pieces, brush, comb and
glass, valued ut SO. This set will be given
10 the person who records the nearest
guess as to the number of beans in the
outtIe. contest to close Christmas eve.
W. c. Orr and wife arrived from Great
Falls last week to make their home in
Lewistown and are occupying the residence
vacated by Mr.. Wheeler's family. Mr.. Orr
is an agent for the Singer Sewing Machine
company and comes to plead the merits Of
It's machines. Mr.. Orr is not a teuderioot
in these parts, as he wac among the first
-tampeders from the Black Hills into the
Judith mountain mining district, along
with John Beck, Joseph Mason and Others,
ia 1881. He says there has been a great
change since then.
Great Falls Leader: T.. F. Morgan and
faniIy drove in from STANFORD yesterday
and went to Benton today. Having sold
his general store to T.. f. Hersey Il Co.,
Mr.. Morgan thinks favorably OF locating
in this vicinity. He still retains several
hundred acres nf land in the Wolf creek
valley including a large part Of the town
site OF Dubuque. Ii he can secure "a suit
able ranch near here he will move his band
of ~workhurses and brood mares over and
% into the horse breeding business. He
SAYS there is very little snow around Stan
ford.
A few representatives OF Fergus county
Democracy met last Saturday for the pur.
pose of taking some action toward pur-
chasing the Mud Geyser plant. From what
we can learn the proprietors made an offer
To sell out for $1,000, which was consid-
..yI g.. hill o., Eu,tpa at1 $40 ,l.Ersfa 40,
ton was taken. 1t was decided to form "A
stock umPuny and "a subscription paper is
being circulated for that purpose. We uu-
derstand David Scott offered to take $500
worth ui stock if the Geyser plant was pur-
chased. But there are some Democrats
who will not take "A dollars worth of stock
If either one of the Observation-Disclosures are
connected with the paper. Thus the merry
war goes on.
The local land office decided the contest
case OF Johnny Culuan VS.. A. w. Page, this
week, ia favor of the defendent, recon-
mending the dismissal of the contest and
the entry allowed to stand subject to a
further compliance with the law. 1t will
be remembered that Il. Won Tubel, who
represented the plaintiff. boosted that he
would leave the country ii he failed to get
a favorable decision for his client. There
are only about thirteen hundred taxpayers
in the county who would rejoice to see him
carry his threat into exeeution."-Mud
Geyscr April l4th. 1872. Thu local office is
just in receipt of IA decision by the honorable
commissioner OF the general land Office re-
yersing the decision of the register and re-
%reiyer, and sustaining every point made
by MIR. Won Tobel,ou the appeal. Won says
he thinks he will stay in the country.
A. Lawson, formerly in the photograph
business in Helena and White Sulphur
Springs, and who, it will he remembered,
made IL brief visit into Fergus county last
summer, was pronounced insane by Judge
Buck, nj Helena. IA few days since. and has
been taken to Warm Springs. The hide
pendent contained the following in relation
to his case: DR.. liullard told the court
that the principal cause of Lawson's in
trinity was the closing out OF his business
in Helena a year ago, while he was at White
sulphur Springs. As the doctor gave this
testimony Lawson cried. County Attor-
ney Nolan ASKED him why lie wept. Law
condition. He old the sheriff that he was
glad he was going To- the asylum. His de-
rangement is al a mild form and it is
thought that with proper Treatment he will
recover" Mr.. Lawson was acknowledged
to he IA first-class artist.