Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-04-28

The severest snow storm Of the season
set in Tuesday night ard continued the
greater part of Wednesday. There will no
doubt lie some loss Of young colts, calves
and lambs.
MNRRIEp-At Lewistown on April oath,
Albert smith, of Bozeman. to Miss Alice
Spencer, at Lewistown. Rev. Geo. Edwards
officiating. The bride came from Missouri
last year and has since been teaching school
in different districts in the county. She he
aau i term of school at Cottonwood on
ia" lNth inst. Mr.. Smith is engaged in
Nelson St"ry's mill at I.uHrmau aud ar
riv'd here Friday last L. claim his bride.
rh" happy couple Icit Monday for Bo1e-
man, where they viii make their home.
G.. w. Hunter and &. u. Fly left town
two weeks ago for Billings to- haul freight
for Chas. Powell. When they reached the
Nussel-hell they went to work on Handel
lro7.' : ditch, leaving Mr.. Powell with no
one To haul his goods, notwithstanding it
had been held at the railroad especially for
MrssrE. Hunter aud Fly. This hardly
seems the proper way to treat the mer
chants and the latter will probably not
inrsri IL. The llour mill has been obliged
Ia shut down ON the same account as Mr..
| Hunter was To bring sacks al which they
were in great need.
j. II. Post, proprietor Of the stage line
running bet wcen MartiusdaIe and Big TIN
Ler, WAS in town Monday and Tuesday.
lie came to look over the field and get
some idea Of the town and The amount oi
business that could he expected over thr
proposed line from this point to ia Big
Timber. Mr.. Post thinks nf putting in -
hid for the mail contract. Shnuld he do
81 aud hr successful he intends to stock
aud equip the line in "a first-class manner,
and make the run from the railroad her,
in eighteen hours and the return in fifteen
hours. He says men and teams are now
At work on the road, and that the number
viii lie increased later ia the season. From
Mr.. Post We learned that the ielephon,
wire WAS strung aSiar as Okla last Monday
and that the work will probably he com.
uletei within ten days. The instruments
are now at Big Timber.
The popular hardware merchants
htHrf-. IIblHil-sitk ~ ~lpstHs dIt now sci
tied in their new quarters. The main room
il 24xJu, while the tin shop in the rear i,
lTN22. Thc shelving, counters and hin,
are handsomely finished and give an album
dance uf room for their large and steadily
growing trade. Although their present
stock is pretty well run down teams ar,
now on the way To bring in the largest an,
| fp.zt tptl,i.n .Y hoe ~ aVI sIaIf InrlVvur
and farming implements ever brought int,
III" Judith Basin. They are both very ac
commodating merchants and Mr.. Foster
who has charge of the repairing and mann
ftcturing department. understands hi,
trade thoroughly. Ranchmen, stuckgrow
ers and any one needing hardware will lint
II Ia their advantage to call on Messrs
lIobensack X Sloan before purchasing Else
where.
Helena Independent; Three DEGREES wer,
signed Yesterday by Judge Knowles for un
lawful fencing of public lands in Fersui
county. Tie defendants had a move
scheme. Each has "a ranch for which Ia
has "a government patent. The ranches
are So situated that by building n fence oil
their own ground a continuous line WA
made from the Philbrook and TIBET roaC
To The loot ni the Belt mountains. In THU
way several thousand acres of grazing Lame
was enclosed, natural obstacles forming
the other lines of enclosure. The three
rsnchmen, C.. \. Perrine. 4. c. Greene auC
Geo. Jackson, thus enjoyed exclusive u.s.
Of the large range for their live stock
other storkmen who were shut out wen
to- United States Attorney Weed, VIII,
brought suit against the three men. will
the result that they are ordered to TAX
the fences down on or before April rs. ]
the fences are still in place on that date tn
United States marshal is ordered to re
move them. The entire line OF fencing will
probably not lie torn down, but enough o
il so as 10 make several lanes or inIetS t.
the rang" for the use al other ~storkmen
The idea OF the three defendants seems tC
have heeu that the fencing was on Ian,
owned by them, and hence perfectly legal
hut it amounted in effect to an enclosnr,
of a portion of the public domain. TIN
caste ia each ease Amounted to SS!.?S.