Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-04-13
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Timothy seed at Hobensack & Sloan's
Drive SLOW hen passing over the bridge.
There is "a scarcity OF butter on the
market.
Tuesday Of next week is Arbor day.
Plant "A tree.
Z. Plum, OF TT. Maginnis, was in the city
first of the week.
DIR. T. Il. DAILY returned from Billings
Sunday. He accompanied Mrs. Brennan
t. the railroad, she having gone east to
spend the summer.
j.. w. ScIvidge returned the first oil the
week from Big Timber, where he went with
his ' lie, who will visit with her parents in
Livingston for "A few weeks.
b., f.. STACK, the Willow creek horse
grower, was in town Monday on land bust
ness. He reports his horses lookinga little
thin owing TO the hard winter.
Orlando Sawyer contemplates building a
large addition to his livery stable early in
the summer. His constantly increasing
business demanding more room and better
facilities.
Commercial printing of every descrip'
ton, such ns lctterheads, noteheads, bill
heads, statements, cards, circulars, ETC.
executed with ueatness and dispatch at
this office.
k. w. Clifford is now furnishing beef fnr
the Lcwistown Meat market. They are
winter led steers, aud one brought in last
week weighed 1850 pounds dressed. A
pretty husky steer after II hard winter.
w. +. Bean and wife, of Grass Range,
visited the county seat first of the week.
They report green grass coming along
nicely around their home and were sur
pri-ed 10 find so much snowat Lewistown.
Camille IIngue has gone to Chicago, and
after remaining east "a few weeks will Join
the Mckinley theatrical troup for "a sum-
mer's engagement. Mrs. Hogue went di-
rectly to- Columbia Fails 10 Join the com
pany.
An advertisement appears in an eastern
paper aud reads thus: III George William
Brown. who deserted his poor wife and
babe twenty years ago, will return the
Aforesaid babe will knock the %stufIing out
of him"
Carpenters, plasterers and painters have
been AT work ON the Lewistown hotel for
several weeks and that hostelry is now
putting ON an attractive appearance pre-
pnratury to it's rcopening some time next
month.
B.. Il. Scovel, OF lower Spring creek, last
week sold his ranch to George Diehf for
81 Mr.. Scovel took in part payment
the Dirhl property, including two lots and
house ON Broadway aud will occupy the
residence with his family.
Julian Petersen has purchased three lots
on the bench one block west of Judge
Meagher's new residence Of Geo. NJ. Stafford
and will erect ii dwelling thereon during the
coming summer- II is currently ropartsd
that the gentleman has matrimonial in
tious which are likely To be consummated
before many months.
Frank ScovrI last week bought the prop
erty of :. Ii. Sherwood, in the Oulette addi
ton, for $500. Mr.. Scovel contemplates
starting a chicken farmduriug the summer
He already owned seven lots adjoining
this purchase giving him sufficient acreage
for such an undertaking.
4. man in Green Bay, Wis, every time he
gets Iull Insists on paying n wears sub
scriuii"n to his local paper. We do not
want lee encourage dissipation, hut would
br glad il some of our subscribers would
accidentally yet hold of the brand of whis'
key this fellow il in the habit of drinking
Rev. W. W. VanOrsdel arrived from
Great Falls Tuesday night on his qunterly
visit among thu Methodist hretheren. III,
will conduct services at the church eacf
evening this wee and sunday morning arc
evening. His other appointments are as
follows: Cottonwood, Sunday at 2:3O p
M: Beaver creek. April 18th; Trout creek
schuolhouse, April Goth; Tibet schoolhouse
April 2lst, 22nd, 23rd; Philbrook, April
oath.
The new board uf school trustees tool
the oath of office Saturday. Mrs. l.. G
Dawkins' term as teacher oi the second in
termediatr department having expired ant
not IA sufficient number ofpupils now beinl
IN attendance in that grade to warrant iii
continuance, il was decided that her de
partmeut he discontinued for the remainder
uf the school year. Another meeting viii
be held on the y inst, at which time 4
new ~janitur and clerk will be engaged.
Lcwistown's physicians intend keeping
fully abreast Of the times and during tn,
past week Indicators have been placed Oh
the office doors of Drs. Hanson Il Stonn
and Dr. Lapalme. The indicator is n new
invention Indicating where the physician
is. by means uf au automatic rolling direc
tory: when he will return, by means of
clock face, and also "a pocket containing
cards ON which directions may be left To-
the physician. The machine will be n con
venience To both physicians and patients
and, we doubt not, a source of mucl
amusement to the small boy.
River Press The largest wolf reporte,
thus lar this winter was captured near Bi
Sandy last week by NJ. +. Marsh. h
gentleman has n large pack of g~rayhounds
and on the day in question started oil
horseback, with four old dogs and thre
hnlf-srown pups, for IA point on the rang
near Big Sandy, where a large number O
cattle have been killed recently. Arrivin
there, the dogs were not long in jumping u
what looked to Marsh like the father of al
wolves. 1t was soon overhauled by tn
hounds, which nave heretofore had n
trouble in dispatehing any wolves the
have tackled; but this fellow was not sue
easy prey. The combined force of dog
finally succeeded in downing the wolf, bu
the animal fought his way out and starte
off again. Once more was this repeated