Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-08-31

terday en- route to the Falls with his
family and Miss Culver. who go east to
visit relatives aud the Worlds Fair.
W. III. Culver has received "a letter from
Prof. Jarrett, the Wizard King and in
ventor Of Modern Miracles, asking for dates
here Fair week. Mr.. Culver il now in cor
respondence with the gentleman.
Cyrus Stiles appeared on the streets a
few days ago wearing his Harrison hat,
which wintered ingood form. Even a Har-
rison campaign hat is sufficient to bring
out n cheer when one thinks of the ruin
that Democracy has wrought.
A son WAS born tn Mr.. and Mrs. g. VI.
Stafford on Sunday. August 27th. The
child lived but forty.ei,ht hours a md wasin-
TERED Wednesday, morning. The loss Of
their first child was "a hard blow to the
parents and keenly felt by their many
friends.
Father Van den Heuvel, the newly APP
pointed priest u Lewistown. has taken up
his residence ia the rear Of Mr.. Milot's. He
intends working on it during the week and
preaching the gospel Sunday. 1t speaks
well for the gentleman that he is willing to
spend muscle in the cause as well as words.
Ernest C. May. of Lead City. s. d., who
is interested with Charles Lehman in the
general merchandise business, arrived in
town Monday. Mr.. May is interested in
valuable mining properties in the Black
Hills and may possibly be induced to in
vest in some of the promising prospects of
the Judith range.
t. b. McShane, travelling agent for Geo.
Adams & Burke, live stock Commission
hous of Chicago and Omaha, was in the
city Saturday. Mr.. McShane, Tor some
years VAS interested in live stock in Fer
gus county. He has disposed OF his inter-
ests there and devotes his entire attention
to purchasing and shipping. -Bozeman
Chronicle.
II you want to be prepared for the com
ing sporting season take your silver to
the Montana Hardware mpa They
will sell you "A gun, rifle or anything else
from their immense stock of sporting
goods at "A price that will surprise you.
This sale continues for sixty days only.
We are "Pushers for Trade" and must
have the cash.
W. W. Dewitt is wearing n new suit of
clothes purchased by |. b Dawkins. Last
fall during the campaign Mr.. Dawkins Of
Tered to bet two suits of clothes. worth S35
a suit, one for himself and one for Mr.. De-
Witt, that wool would be higher in Bill
lings this season than it was last. Mr.. De-
Witt accepted the wager, which was paid
a few days since by Mr.. Dawkins.
DIR. Hanson returned from Minneapolis
ON Thursday Of last week. He reports the
Flour city in good shape considering the
money stringency. Several large real es-
tate dealers are hard pressed but CONNER
cial houses appear to be sound. The city
authoritis have reduced the pay of men
employed On public works from S1.75 to
81 per day and increased the force about
double to give work to the unemployed in
the city. Mr.. Hanson says the banks are
not l~oaning any money. even on the best
kind of security.
A Worlds Fair correspondent of the
Helena Independent contains the ~following
complimentary mention OF the skill OF n
Fergus county lady: "On the same floor is
"a line collection of wood ~engravings de-
signed and executed by Miss Shipinan. of
L~ewistown, Fergus county. These cuts are
designed as Illustration for books, designs
for title pages, etc. The writer could
hardly believe that they were the work OF
"A lady living far out on the plains OF Mon
tana, but such is the case. These pieces
show Miss Shipman to be an artist of rare
ability and for whom there is a bright
future"
There were two good races on the ASSOC
citation track last Saturday afternoon.
The first was between Tom Pratt's bay
and n little gray owned by Wm. Baldwin,
Of Colorado. The distance was a quarter
OF a mile. The horses got away on the
second trial and the gray took the lead
which it held until about fifty feet OF the
score when the bay shot ahead, winning
by about three feet. The wager was horse
for horse. The next event was a race be-
tween the winner of the former race and S.
NJ. Herring bay same distance. 1t proved
II very close contest, bat Pratt's horse
took the race by about half a neck. 1t is
thought had Herring's horse been in shape,
he would have won easily. The purse was
500.
w. H. Culver received a letter this week
from Geo. L. Hillyer, now at Kalispel
stating that the "HilIyer Company OF
Players went to ruin among the other
wIeckage of the west" Mr.. Hillyer would
like to come to Lewistown and put on an
amateur dramatic performance for the
benefit OF some worthy cause and take a
percentage of the proceeds for his services.
AS nothing has been done yet toward Sc
curing facilities for suppressing fires, it
might be a good scheme to get up an anna
teur performance with MIR. Hillyer's aid
and devote all the proceeds above expenses
to that urpose. Every town has consid-
cradle un~developed dramatic talent and
Lewistown is not behind in this regard.
The matter should be considered at once
as Mr.. Hillyer wants an early reply.