Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-08-09

DIR. Kroner and wife leave this wee
for Helena. They may return late i
the fall.
Julius Petersen has made a heav,
cut in the price OF meat at his market
Steaks and roasts sold at great reduC
tions.
Weston Fullerton OF Great Falls, l.
n. Wright OF San Francisco and j. j
Oliver OF st. Paul registered at tn
Day house Wednesday morning.
As will be seer elsewhere the Repuh
lican county convention has beel
called for Sept. LIST, the primaries t,
he held August 25th. The fight vii
soon be fairly on.
Col. j. l.. Root, special agent OF tn,
interior department, arrived IN Lew
istown and will remain several days
The gentleman spent a couple o
weeks in this section last fall.
Some of the best reasons in tn,
world why Helena should continue tc
be the capital OF Montana are giver
by a Gallatin county man IN an article
to be found on first page. Read it.
Why do not the OF tn.
Great Falls Tribune send their pc pers
by the overland flyer" as is done by
a contemporary They would reach
Lewistown readers twelve hours
sooner.
The premium list OF the Montana
State fair to be held at Helena, Aug
25th to Sept. LIST, has been issued. 1t
will be the twenty fifth annual exhi.
bition and $50, ZOO in premiums and
purses are offered.
Mrs. ID. l.. Shafer desires it an.
nounced that the time for voting on
the state flower will have expired or
August 31st and she requests that
all those desiring to express their
choice do so at once.
Misses Myrtle and Ollie Davis and
Miss Hockenberry left the city Mon.
day. They will visit for some days
on Trout creek and after tour of the
Yellowstone park will return to their
homes i'll Missouri and Iowa.
As yet nothing has been donetoward
the employment of n fourth teacher
in our school, a quorum OF the school
board not having been obtained. 1t
is understood that Mrs. Laura +.
Howey OF Helena is among the appli-
cants.
At the fair grounds last week two
races occurred between a horse OF
Tom Shea's and one OF John b. LEAFS,
the latter horse winning both times.
The purse was $50 in each case. Con-
siderable money changed hands on
the results.
Miss lone Long of Great Falls is
visiting friends in I1ewistown this
week. Miss Long has many admirers
in the city, she being the daughter
OF Mrs. DIR. Long formerly of Phil
brook. She is the guest OF Mrs. Wat
son while in Lewistown.
On first page will be found the pro
fessional card of b. c. White, attor-
ney and counsellor at law. Though
Mr.. White entered into practice here
but n few months ago he is now en-
joying a good business considering the
times. He has recently changed his
location and now has rooms over
Willard Il Dennison's place IN the
Norman building. Call and see him.
w. Crandall of Neihart arrived in
the city yesterday. He has shipped
to the Union smelter one carload of
ore fl om his mine, the Great North
ern, on the head of the middle fork OF
the Judith river. The ore is a splen-
did grade OF argentiferous lead car
Donates and If the returns Justify it
Mr.. Crandall is nov prepared to keep
up the shipments till snow flies.
Tribune.
Rev. Hawk left on Tuesday noon to
attend the Montana conference at
Butte which opens its session today.
Mr.. Hawk will return in about ten
DAYS when he will remove his family
to his new field. Mr.. Hawk and his
wife have many friends in Lewistown
who regret their departure but trust
that wherever they may make their
home their associations will he
pleasant.
NJ. n. Gilbert, Episcopal bishop of
Minnesota, was in town Monday
evening with Frank Cameron, with
whom lie is interested in the sheep
business. He is well remembered by
many when stationed in Deer Lodge
and Helena. He left Tuesday morn
ing for Fit. Assinniboine where he is
to meet Gen. Merritt and party who
intend going to st. Mary's lake for a
fishing and hunting trip.
We are in receipt OF a copy of the
Butte Public Library catalogue o
sisting OF 1S4 pages. The work is
highly creditable as regards contents
and the printers art. The catalogue
was compiled by John f. Davies, Ii
brarian, and published by L. f. But
Ter. From n glance at the list of
books we have no doubt that Butte
has one OF the finest and most COM
plete free public libraries in the west,
CONSISTING Of IL II - works
Henry 5. McFadden, who was a
partner OF Charley Brown i'll ranch
and mining property and a resident
OF this county from 1856 to 1890,
was married at Bozeman on June
osth To Mis- Lille Il Andrews. Mr..