Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-04-20
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Timothy seed at Hobt nsBck x sloan r.
Notice OF arrival If ucw pltts at the land
office will l., found elsewhere.
Parties d string town lots should call ur
Joseph Pratt fpr fine locations.
Fiue-t lire OF fresh candies ever brought
to Lewizta~n at T. j. Nphawn's.
Tuesday was Arbor day. 1t was not oh,
served in thi- locality to any extent.
Ed Stacy il recovering from his spell 81
sickness and is able tn be on the streets.
urr's freight teams came in from Billings
Sun,Iay LOADED with merchandise for w
W. Dewitt.
". /. Hulbert and wife aud F. L. Hal
bert came in from south of the Snowie-
Tuesday.
d. NJ. Crowley il building an addition in
the rear ri his saloon building, II X 30 in
dimensions.
w. a Hedges. oI Yale, visited the county
seat last week. He got through the winter
nicely with his sheep.
- (. w. Dnu.herty has hccn appointed
postmaster AZ Maiden. Succeeding {. III,
Williams, Who resigned.
Mrs. l.. q. Dawkins leaves for Deerfield
this work Ia take charge nf a summer term
OF school in hat district.
Hutchinson, the freight"r, pulled out for
Big Timber last week, where lac will load
for Le~istown merchants.
Geo. T.. Chambers x 10. received q mum,
her of bicycles last week. and are d~ispnsing
OF them at good advantage.
T.. V. Moran aud and family arrived at
their home on the Judith last week after
spending the winter at Butte.
Nick Kizer was down from Castle BUTT
Monday. He reports green grass and
meadow larks up ia that locality.
f. VI. Severance and Samuel A. Shaw ac-
companied by their wives, were in Lewis
town last week on land business.
James Shelton, formerly Of Utica, this
county. has resigned the office OF city mar
shall at Kulispell, and is going to Kaslo,
b. G.
II. G. Phillips and wife were in from Phil
brook Tuesday. Horace reports business
brisk and large crops being put in by
Judith rnnchers.
Miss Ollie Barrows Of TIBET was ia the city
last week, and before leaving obtained a
first grade teachers certificate from Super
intendent Parent.
Commercial printing of every descrip-
ton, such as Ictterhends. noteheads, bill
heads, statements, cards, circulars, etc,
executed with neatness and dispatch at
this office.
T. II. Porter came in from south OF the
Snowies last Saturday. He reports the
season more advanced in that locality
though in great need OF warmer weather to
give the grass a start.
The road at the head of Washington
street is in bad condition and should re-
ceive the attention OF the road supervisor.
A freight team got stalled Tuesday and
was compelled to unload.
ID. l.. Shafer on Monday purchased six
lots of Paul Mornse on the bench south
east OF the school building, for 100000.
Mr.. Shafer will eventually build on the
property and become "a resident of Lewis
town.
John W. Bender was up from Flatwillow
yesterday. Mr.. Bender put up IA large
quantity of hay last season and intended
to buy sheep, but is now glad he did got
do so. lie will probably embarkint the bust
ness this year.
Frank T.. Smith has taken the agency for
the following fire insurance companies:
Providence Washington Of Rhode Island;
Orient uf Hartford, Conn; Franklin oi
Philadelphia. These companies settle from
their western agency, san Francisco, Cal.
John Shea WAS ia from his horse ranch
last Friday and Saturday. Mr.. Shea re
gently sold t~wenty-three head of stock
horses to T. Rude. who will take the horses
t, Rose Bud, where he has a ranch. Mr..
Shea has Il number of fine driving and sad
die horses which lie Offers for sale.
Frank Martin. formerly of this city.
where he was known ms Hungry Frank, >
WIS sentenced 10y Judge Miiburn in the dis
trict court I'll yellowstone county last week
to seven years in the state penitentiary for
robbery. With several companions Mar
tin held up Il sheep herder on the streets OF
Billings, from whom theeang secured about
So apiece. - Livingston Enterprise. The
ahov character is said to have spent a
portion of last summer in Lewistown. We
are pleased to learn that his visit at Deer
l. pdge will be an extended one.
Steve O'Conner, who was shot Mt Chi
nook some time ago, died Friday night at
st. Peters hospital. O'Connor tried TO
separate two men aud in the melee received
"A bullet in the leg. He was first treated at
Great Falls and later removed to Helena.
shortly after his arrival here the limb
showed signs OF getting all right and he was
able to get out. Later he grew worse and
death finally relieved him from his suffer
inss.-Iudependent. Corners was the party
who shot the S$r%suton woman, of this
place, several years ago and got OFF with a
light fine.
A clause in the game law passed by the
last legislature. reads to- many like an
error. The law provides that owners oi
bitches place screens on them from Septem-
Der LIST until March LIST. This is just the
time of year when screens are not needed,
hut the reading was changed to save the
bill from the opposition pf those who nave
fumes aud irrigating bitches and cared
nothing about protectingt trout. The claim
was made that il would keep one man en-.
ployeh clearing the driftwood away from
the screens. As "A matter of fact mountain
streams carry but very little driitwood
particularly at the time OF year wher
screens are needed
F. X. Osborn Of Helena has been IN
Lewistnwu for y week past. Mr.. Osborn j
contractor aud builder and is looking M