Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-12-07
C HAPPENINGS.

County commissioner are in session this
week.
over a hundred persons paid their taxes
on the LIST inst.
60 to- Richards for Christmas goods.
Christmas goods are now on display in
the shop windows.
Note what Mr.. Poole has to say in as
siguee advertisement.
Henry Maltby and wife were in from
Stanford Sunday last.
Phil Saunders of Maiden visited the
county seat Tuesday.
q. Z. Burnette OF Fit. Maginnis, visited
the county seat Monday.
Miss Nellie aud Aleck Fergus are visiting
their sister Mrs. David Hilger.
Barney Mcdonnell has been appointed
TAILOR, vice Thee Nichols, resigned.
Rev. Largent breaches ut the court house
next Sunday at the usual hours.
Austin w. War; leaves this week for the
east to he absent about one month.
Read what Mr.. Little has To say in his
J triple column ad. on editorial page.
The range is in bad shape for cattle in
some localities, owing to the freeze up.
A convincing letter on the tariff from
YIN. Dundom will be found elsewhere.
Candy! Candy Candy! The best assert
ment in town just arrived at Vehawn's.
About forty couples attended the
Thanksgiving ball. Agood timeis reported.
Josiah Sherman of FlatwilIow, spent
several days at the county seat last week.
Note the space occupied by C. F. Little
on editorial page. He believes in printers
ink.
o. +. Bennett and wife have returned
from II six months visit with relatives in
Pennsylvania and Kansas.
MARRIED-In Lewistown, on Thursday
of last week, Miss Anna Myersick to Frank
Welch, Rev. Hawk officiating.
Mr.. Little's stock of goods will arrive
this week. See what he has before buying
your Christmas presents.
Percy Crosby called last week on his
way from Grass Range to his home in
Maine, where he will spend the winter.
On last Monday there were 595 delin-
quent taxpayers on the treasurer's books
against zoo at the same time last year.
J.. H~untoon came in from Utica Mon
day. He will leave soon for his homo in
Hamilton, Ontario, to spend the winter.
The Sunset Club entertained at progress
sive whist last Friday evening in their cosy
quarters on Main street. A pleasant time
il reported.
Ihave a large and nice assortment of
Christmas gifts which [ wills sell very cheap.
Call and look my stock over before buying.
C. f. Richards.
Rev. u. +. Hawk will hold service at the
Tavenner school house, Sunday, Dec. 10. at
IL n. m, at Cottonwood at 2:3O p. IN. All
are cordially invited to attend.
An error was made last week in giving
the figures of the recent school census. The
total this year is 372, 32l being last years
total aud 81 the increase as stated.
Ed Noble, who has been away from Lew
istown for the past four or five years, re-
turned last week. He is greatly surprised
at the growth of Lewistown during his alb
sencc.
W. III. Lamont was up from Grass Range
last Saturday. lie reports his wife, who
WAS treated for an abscess n few days since
by Drs. Lindsey and Monahan as gaining
strength rapidly.
ii. :. Shernrd and family left Monday
for Great Falls. Mr.. Sherard will proceed
to New York on mining business, while his
family will go to their old home at Enter
prise. Cal, to spend the winter.
While working at the Elkhorn Livery
Stable last spring Edwin Lee loaned an In
dian gray overcoat to a party. II that
gentleman chances to see this he will please
return the overcoat to the Elkhorn stable.
In mentioning the marriage last week OF
Miss Emily Bach to Willard H. Leard, we
gave Rev. Hawk as the ofn clergy
man. 1t should have read Rev. George
Edwards. Both divines were present, how
ever.
II. A. Ammon and Geo. b. Beardsley, the
Gilt Edge stockholders, passed through
town Monday on their way to Great Falls.
Mr.. Ammon expects to return during Jan
uary while Mr.. Beardsley may return much
sooner.
Orlando Sawyer, E.. W. Morrison and
Others have several valuable gold Local
tions at the head of Ruby gulch which are
shaving up well. They have quite a force
OF men at work and think the properties
will be sufficiently developed fora mill next
spring.
II you are not making some preparations
for the holidays they will soon be on you.
The best line of holiday goods in the city
at the very lowest prices is to be seen at t.
c. Power 4 Bros stores. Read every one
Il the fifty items advertised this week and
ycr will see some wonderfully low prices.
One OF our exchanges says a supertistious
kubscriber who found a spider wants to
know il il is n bad omen. Nothing Of the
kind. The spider WAS merely looking over
he columns of the paper to see who was
not 10 advertising, so that he could spin his
web across the shop door and be free from
disturbance.
Freighting to the Judith country has not
Iosed for the season but still continues.
yesterday Jas. and John Wells started ont
through the blizzard for Iewistown, with
iehrly l6. u pounds of freight, and Tom
Morgan and Ben Sweigert Of this place will
tart for the same point within the next
hrec days. Pres. Lewis is expected in
rom Fergus county tomorrow and he will
Immediately load with some 20, 900 pounds
q freight. Press.
G. b. Shipman was in town Wednesday
81 gave us some figures which he hallenges
ny iarrner in the county to equal or beat.
lie lately butcbe?cd three spring pigs, eight
Ionths and two lays old, which weighed