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Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.

The Bank of Fergus County, a Corporation.
Plaintiff, The Huson Live Stock Com
pany a Corporation. Defendant.
To be sold at sheriffs sale, ON Monday, the
2lst day of December. \. ID. 1896. 1T O'Clock p.
IN. at the front door of the court house in the
village of Lewistown. County of Fergus, State
of Montana. to the highest and best bidder for
cash in hand, the following described property,
to-wit:
The south l.. of south east quarter and south
y of south west quarter section 3. east 1. OF
north west quarter, north east quarter of south
west quarter and north west quarter of south
east quarter of section II. south west quarter of
north east quarter. south east quarter of north
west quarter and north y of south west quarter
of section -. township Is north of range Is east
the south p of north east quarter. north east
quarter of south west quarter and north west
quarter of south east quarter section l9, south i
of north east quarter section Il, south west
quarter of north west quarter and north west
quarter of south west quarter section y, town
ship Is north of range 16 east. the north east
quarter of south east quarter and south ie OF
south east quarter section 10. north west quarter
of south west quarter section ii, the north east
quarter of south west quarter and north u OF
south east quarter section -. township IL north
of range Is east the south west quarter of north
west quarter. north west quarter of south west
quarter. south east quarter of south west quar-
ter south y of south east quarter section 2.
north east quarter OF south west quarter and
west of south east quarter section IL. lot No. g.
section 10, township IL north of range ID east,
the north east quarter of south west quarter and
west = of south east quarter section IL, town
ship IL north of range IL east.
Together with all water water rig hts bitches.
dams. dykes fumes appropriations and fran
chises thereunto belonging, OF in anywise
connection therewith. or any part thereof.
together with all the tenements Entertainments
and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in
anywise appertaining.
Dated November 25th A. ID. 1896.
JOHN ID. WAITE, Sheriff.
BY w. ii. SIMONs. Under Sheriff.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
ENGLISH BISHOPS ARE SLEEK.
They Have the lie a Things of Life ans
Seem to Enjoy Them.

The sleckc.st thing that 1 have ever
seen is bishop of the Anglican church.
y temporal peer carries the world on
his shoulders with wonderful grace and
nonehalance. yet he is clumsy beside
my lord the bishop. Bishops are APP
pIopriately selected for their general
beauty. I am sure that Il bow-legged
clergyman. did he possess the intellect
of Leo MIL, could never sit in the house
of lords. Bow legs in black knicker-
bockers are too repellant. The bishops
are almost invariably large men with
little tufts of hair in front of their ears
and beautiful while shaven chins. They
wear a huge high hat with little ro-
settle in front. As il is becoming only
to a man with large head and large
features. the bishops have large heads
and large features. All have pro-
fouBdly vacant stare, set of. in some in
stances, by monocle. They cannot
he overworked or else they could no.
look so healthy and robust. bishops Of
To years of age are without a line of
care on their faces. 1t is rs much n re-
quirement for bishop to he robust
ard handsome as for n curate to be lean
and insignificant and cadaverous.
When the bishops in their white
gowns sit on the red cushions of the
house of lords they make beautiful
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
FROM LIVE WIRES.

the softer parts of the body. like the
larynx and the diaphragm, by means
of improved tubes.
That Rontgen rays burn the skin like
sunlight is the latest information from
Berlin about the phenomenon. Profs
Grumbach and Du Bo:s Raymond have
succeeded in rendering visible some of
Paris policemen have been supplied
with electric dark lanterns, by means
Of which they can see $50 feet away.
They were employed successfully in a
recent raid in the Bois de Boulogne on
the homeless persons who sleep there at
night.
Telephone wires seem to have an i'm
portant influence in preventing light
ming from striking. according to the in
vest CATIONS of the German telegraph
department.. Three hundred and forty
towns with telephone systems and $50
towns without them were under OBJ
servation. In the former the lightning
struck three times for every hour Of
storm. in the latte five times
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Alias Summons.

State of Montana. County of Fergus. IS.
In Justice Court of Big Spring Township.
Before Wm. T. Mcfarland. Justice of the
Peace. -
Daniel NJ. Crowley. Plaintiff. vs. Wm- Ii.
Kelly Defendant, Summons.
The state of Montana to the above named
defendant. Greeting:
You are hereby summoned to be and appear
before me. VIM T. Mcfarland. justice of tire
peace In and for the County of Fergus. State
Of Montana. at my office in Lewistown. NJ n
tana. on Thursday, the 51st day of December.
A. ID. 1885, at 2 O'Clock D. IN. of said day. then
and there tn make answer to the complaint of
Daniel NJ. Crowley. the above named plaintiff.
in a civil action to recover the sum of one hun
dred and five and nine-l00 dollars -$1tS-us-
for principal and interest upon your certain
prornisory note dated December 18th. 1885. for
the sum of *9l.25 and bearing interest at one
per cent per month from date. and in default
thereof, Judgment will be rendered against
you. VIM. II. Kelly, the above named defend
ant. for the sum of $los0e and Costs of suit in
this behalf expended and interest.
Given under1my hand this 3Oth day of No
vember, 1886. Z
WM. 7. MCFARLAND.
Justice of the Peace of said Township
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10

picture-the finest specimens of phys
ical manhood in England. set in suit
able background. The temporal peers
look quite insignificant beside them.
They are as sly as learned. and when il
comes to neat political maneuvers they
put Lord Salisbury in the shade. II
seldom happens that more than four
or five are present at once. but the other
day no less than 12 were ranged on
the crimson cushions. more than were
present at the reading of the queens
speech. Their smiles were innocent
and benign. Lord Grimthorpe said that
they had come purposely to oppose his
amendment to prevent the churches
and chapels of the Church of England
from being used for the solemnizatiOn
of the marriage of any person who had
been divorced on the ground of adultery.
The archbishop of Canterbury arose
and in dignified sweetness and surprise
the afternoon and all had come to the
lords afterward by accident, without
the slightest premeditation. The bill
as introduced revoked all marriages
contracted in English churches by per-
sons who had been divorced for
adultery. thus making the children re-
sulting from such marriages illegiti-
mate. The amendment to ihvalidate
this feature was carried in spite of the
protests of the bishops. If the bishops
could have had their way they would
soon have England in n pretty mess.
Lord Salisbury tells them just how far
they may go. and as they can get moth.
ing from the liberals they have to sup
port Lord Salisbury. This position
does not seem to disagree with their ap
petites. no matter how much il may
provoke them. - London Cor. n. y
Press.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
THE FUNNY CYCLlST,

"Since 1 learned to ride bicycle
said Willie Bill, II have been thrown in
contact with a great many people !
lever met before"
Always Short, bank clerk, is ad-
vised by his superior to ride a wheel.
"Why?' asks the clerk. because it
will teach you to keep your balance"
81 thought Wibble was such a good
rider. and here he goes and smashes his
wheel against a brewery wagon" THAT
wasn't awkwardness. 1t was a case of
fascination. n."-Indianapolis journal.
First Summer Girl'"You know that
fellow I was engaged to last summer
He came down on a wheel. you know"
Second Summer Girl-"Yes; is he here
again this summer?" First Summer
Cirl-"Yes; 1 saw him this morning.
He had four wheels this time. They
were on baby carriage" - Boston
Transcript.
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An Elk Horn Fence.

At Mammoth Hot Springs, i'm Vel
lowstone Park, says the Kansas City
Star, there is fence made OF elkhorns.
1t incloses the greater part of the
grounds of photographer, +. j. Hay
nes' studio. The fence is composed
OF over three hundred selected elk
horns. All of them have twelve points,
and a great many have the royal
fourteen points. They We're shed i'm
March, 1S95, and were gathered In
June of the same year by Mr.. Haynes
and three men, within a radius of ten
miles of Mammoth Hot Springs and
within four days time. There are
about 300 elks i'm the park now.
Each pair of horns would bring S7.d
at the railroad at Cinnabar, about
eight miles, or at leat so a pair in
the East or South.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

In New Jersey wheat-raising costs
5000 per acre; therefore the Jersey
man cultivates vegetables and berries
for the markets of New York and Phil
adelphia.
The yield of wheat in France, ow-
ing to the careful cultivation OF the soil
and the large quantities of guano and
other fertilizers employed is IL bushels
per acre.
In 1870 were made the first brooms
in this country from broom corn grown
on American soil. The brooms were
made in Ph:lalcl phia, and the event
was spoken of at the time as an illus
tration of the development of the coun-
try.
Mr.. Mallet investigated .he depth
of the center of shock in the case of
The Calabria.n earthquake of 1857 and
found it tn be nearly six miles, while
DIR. OldhaIa ascertaiiicd hat the center
of the Cachar earthquake in 1869 was
80 miles below the surface.
Rapid progress is being made on
the Great Eastern canal, which is eN
pected to irrigate a5O,0OO acres in
Nance, Platte and ColfaN counties, Ne.
braska. The first five miles nave been
completed. Five grading machines are
at work ON the big canal and II s''rapers
A nonpoisonous match has been de-
vised by French chemist, potassium
permansan nate and amyl acetate Ike .ii:,,
among the inoffensiyc ingredients. The
matches are made easily and witlIIut
danger. ignite readily, are not liable
TO explosion when stored in quantity,
and have an odor said to he positively
agreeable.
Electric lines in Europe increased
IN number from 40 TO Ill during 1895
their length from 700 to 902 kilometers
(56O miles,, and the power from $3.50
to 25,095 kilowatts. Germany leads
with 4O6 kilometers. followed by France
with l32 and England with lo7, and
Switzerland fourth with AZ. The only
countries still free from electric trac
ton are Bulgaria, Greece and Denmark
--Antistreptococcic serum has led to
the forced resignation of one of the la
boratory directors of the Paris med
ical faculty. He has discovered a Sc
rum that would cure erysipelas, puer'
peral fever, ETC., which, however, is said
not to he SO effective as the Mannorek
serum, and made his discovery public
\ firm of druggists began to manu-
facture the serum and employed the
doctors laboratory assistant to direct
the process; the doctor found this out
but did not dismiss the assistant, and
for the breach of professional etiquette
has had to resign his place.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10

There is a group of islands to the
south of New Zealand called the Sisters.
or Seven Sisters, which are reputed to
be the subject of practically constant
rainfall. The same may be said of the
islands and mainland of Terre del
Fuego. saving for the difference that the
rain often takes the form of sleet and
snow. On a line running around the
world from four to eight or nine de-
grees there are patches over which rain
seldom ceases to flow. This is called the
''zone of constant precipitation" but at
the same time there are several locali-
ties along it with very little rainfall.
Thus, for instance, while the town of
Panama has six months dry season
and very fine wet one, Colon. on the
other side of the isthmus, about 8.
miles away. is deluged with rain during
the wet season.-N. Y. Times.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10

Major &. Il. PictOn il manager of
the State Hotel, at Denison, Texas,
which the travelling men say is one
of the best hotels i'm that section. In
speaking of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Major Picton says: IL have used ii
myself and i'm my family for several
years, and take pleasure i'm saying
that l consider it an infallible cure
for diarrhoea and dysentery.
always recommend it, and have
frequently administered it to my
guests in the hotel, and in every ease
il has proven itself worthy of un-
qualified endorsement. For sale 10y
c. +. Little, Druggists.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.

The Bank of Fergus County, Corporation,
plaintiff. vs.. The Warm Spring irrigating
Ditch Co. a Corporation. Defendant.
To be sold at sheritf's sale, ON Monday, the
2lst day of December. A. ID. 1885. at O'Clock p.
IN. at the front door of the court house in the
village of Lewistown, County of Fergus, State
of Montana. to the highest and best bidder for
cash i'm hand. the following described property
to-wit:
All that certain water right of five Thousand
[5UDl inches of the waters of Warm Spring
Creek in said County of Fergus. State of MODta
na as the same was located and appropriated by
Emory \. Huson ON the ninth day of October.
1890 and is of record in the Office of the County
Recorder in and for said County of Fergus, III
Book Two of Water Rights. at page y. and
corded ON the 2lrd day of October, 1891; to-
gether with all the bitches. DAMS dykes and
fumes used in connection with the said waiei
right; together with all and singular the tene-
ments, hereditaments and appurtenancest there
unto belonging in anywise appertaining.
Dated November 25th a. ID. 1896.
JOHN ID. WAITE. Sheriff.
BY w. Ii. SIMoNs, Under Sheriff.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
Sherifs Sale.

William =. Fowler. Plaintiff, Isabella NJ
Bean, Fred II. Bean. and Isabella NJ. Bean.
administrator and administrators OF the estate
of Alonzo b. Bean, deceased. Willard Bennett
and Nelson Bennett CO. partners. doing bust
ness under the firm name and style of Bennett
Bros, Defendants.
To be sold at Sheriff's sale ON Saturday. the
End day of January "A. 1897. at O'Clock
the front door of the Court House in the village
of Lewistown, Fergus County. State of Mon
tana, to the highest and best bidder for cash in
hand. the following described real estate. to-
Wit:
The south west quarter of sec. TWENTY-FIVE
(z2), i'm tp. No. fifteen (15I, north of range No.
seventeen HI east of the principal meridian
of Montana, containing an area of one hundred
rights, appropriations, bitches and franchises
upon, leading to. connected with. appertenant
to, or usually had and enjoyed with said de-
scibed premises and each and every part and
parcel thereof. together with all and singular
the tenements, hereditaments and apperte-
nances thereunto belonging in any wise
appertaining.
Dated. Lewistown. Mont, Dec. 10Th. 1886.
JNO. ID. WAITE, Sheriff.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10

An Anoracao's A. coont of . DINNER
the Preaiuen.,a House.

An AAerican's A.coont of . Dinner an
the Presiden.'s House.
Many Americans and OF he + foreie n,rs
have made complaint of the highly .sa-
soned sameness in Mexican fare, and = n
kinds of Latin cookery, but one wi.o
has ever sat at table with the 4 stia-
guished residents Cbapuitcp; :
president nIaz and family cot i
find no cause for criticism on this or
any other reasonable score. The cu.s ne
is Enthusiastically Mexican. but the din
ner is SO well selected that the incsi dis
eliminating taste finds itself thorour L.
ly enjoying he novel quality of the re-
past. The soIp comes on with his th,sk-
en:ng CT roasted pea flour ard luI,i-
toasted bread in lieu of crackers. fol-
lowed by the ever-rrfsent eggs and
their eternal Mexican accompaniment t
of fried bananas: and these adv aner TIE
way for n multitude of otner ,lc!icacies
dear to the Latin gusto. Oie of the
dishes served. If the dinner he II typical
Mexican one, is the far-fan:cd mola Ce
guaielote. which has come all the VIZ :
down from the days of the MontezGmas,
bringing with II the highly sayored
pleasures of roast turkey, overspread
with a heavy dressing of rc!:~c:y t::ilc
aE'l rich seeds. The tort, b.. :. ::- I.
tim pancake made of i..-.;'---.. I'll
corn, is popular alike amorg the !, il i
and poor, and this will al car. d :ri;-
rolled, and containing III. 'v-,,@c, he'd
meat, strongly impressed wii.i Oh :lc and
n milder dash of garlic, the wholc i..al;
ing up the toothsome ench:iiafia. ! here
are Accomplishments of frrshIy-sl eco!
tomatoes. spiced lettuce, rat.shcs arti
varied relishes, and from tine to n,e
there appear other more substani.a,
viands. The ever present frijoie bcahs
appear, delicately Drowned in lard. as
only a Mexican cocincra can preraIc
them; stuffed artichol>es and nurt..r
chops come familiarly along. as 10
small whitefish from the nearly la cs.
and scalloped oysters from the M,anrha,
both served ia mid-d.nner course.
For dessert there are ices, Ercsci d
fruits, deliberately prepared marina
ladies', nuts and raisihs, and a prt.i'
variety of rich. fancily-frosted ;,n.'
jellied cakes of small size, called pas
| teles. Home-prepared extract of col
fee is poured into the cup of each Il
| the table, to finish the meal. and the ,vt
or three spoonfuls of this sirur-like az.
lye-strong composition are EltEt:fii;i
drowned with hot milk, making "a 90:
| of coffee of such delicate aroma and de
licious taste that its memory will lin
ger long as one of the hest things in all
Mexico.-Edward Page Goston, in
Ladies' Home Companion.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
WOLVES ARE BAD.
The ursy Pests Are Troublesome on The
nusselsheli.

A citizenof Martinsdale writing to
the editor of the Rocky Mountain
Husbandman, contrOverts that
papers statement that gray wolves
are not troublesome on the Mussel-
shell as follows:
You We're misinformed when you
stated i'm your last issue that wolves
had done no damage. They have
killed q head of cattle for Mr.. Holli-
day & Sons. q. l.. Williams, ten: DIR.
Clark about the same number and
James Nagues few. The horns dc
not do much good for fighting the
wolves off, AZ they kill six and sever
year old cows with long horns and
also four year old horses. There were
sixteen in one pack the other day
Ed. Holiday saw the tracks of ont
pack. There has. been n number %
other packs i'm the last week OF nin'
tn twenty all big wolves. They arr
not afraid OF being shot at, az they
will not run from a gun until the!
are hit. Mr.. Williams killed severa
coyotes and one wolf in the last few
days with tablet strychnine.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10

She-Iou were well OFF before you
married, We're you not?
He-Yes, and | didn't have any
thing either.-Puck.
Ambling Anderson-I see 10y de
paper dat de new t'ousand dollar
notes is badly printed on bum paper.
Facetious Farrington-Is dat so?
It's funny ] amt noticed it.-New
York Evening World.
Arthur would marry that girl
but for one thing.
Chester-Afraid to pop the ques-
ton?
Arthur-No. Afraid to- question
her pop.-Brooklin Life.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10

When most needed it is not un-
usual for your family physician tn
be away from home. Such was the
experience of Mr.. j. Y. Schenck, edi-
when his little girl, two years of age
was threatened with severe attack
of Group. He says: "My wife in.
sisted that go for the doctor but
as our family physician was out oi
town purchased Al bottle of Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy. which relieved
her Immediately. l will not be with.
out it i'm the future" % and % cent
bottles for sale by C.. +. Little, Drug
gist.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10

The street railways of Berlin, Ger.
many, comprise 30 different lines, oi
an aggregate length of 226 miles.
One hundred and sixty-four millions
of passengers We're carried i'm 1898
The number of regular employees is
4,95l. The heaviest traffic ia at the
Potsdamer Platz, where there il an
average of 24I cars per hour.-Uh
lands Wochenschrift.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
First Impressions of the Vatican.

1'he ordinary tourist first sees the
Vatican from the square as he ap-
proaches from the bridge of SAINT An
gelo. But his attention is from the
first drawn to the front of the church,
and he but vaguely realizes that lofty.
unsymmetrical building rises on his
right. He pauses, perhaps, and looks
in that direction as he ascends the long,
low steps of the basilica, and wonders
in what part of the palace the pope's
apartments may be, while the itinerant
vender of photographs shakes yards of
poor little views out of ther gaudy red
bindings, very much as Leporello un-
rolls the list of Don Giovanni's
quests. If the picture peddler sees that
the stranger glances up at the vatican,
he forthwith points out the corner win
dows of the second story, and informs
his victim that "Sua Santita" inhabits
those rooms. and promptly offers pho
togruphs of any other part of the vati-
can but that The tourist looks up GU
riously, and finally gets rid of the ven
der by buying something that he does
not want, with the charitable intention
of giving it to some dear, but tiresome,
relative nj home. And ever afterward,
perhaps, he associates with his first i'm
preston of the Vatican the eager, cum
ming. scapegrace features of the man
who sold him the photographs. - +.
Marion Crawford, in Century.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
the SPARROW.


His Nanbsr Kept Down An Londsa BY
the Use of Cats.
If left to himself the London sparrow
would probably multiply exceedingly
for there is enough waste from every hui
man household to keep at least one
pair of sparrows. That would give
something like 100000 sparrows to the
area of greater London. But these
figures do not represent actual facts.
The sparrow population is vigorously
kept down. not by want of fecundity,
for, at the zoo, for instance, where
food and shelter abounds, the birds
seem to breed ut all seasons of the year,
hut the operations of the natural en-
envy, that great fact in all wild life,
which even the progressive London
sparrow cannot avoid. The natural en-
envy in this case is the London cat. II
anyone will count up the number of
houses in his or her~knowledge which
do not possess n cat. the number and
ubiauity of the natural enemy will be-
come apparent.
Poor people keep more cats than rich
people, so the small houses abound with
eats. Rich peoples cats, which have
large houses as a rule. catch the spar
rows on their own estate but poor eats
have to poach at large, and theE raw
ages among the young sparrows is pro
digious. II has been observed that a
sparrow-killing cat bags, on the aver
age, two young birds n day. Nc
amount of correction seems to prevent
their indulgence in this form of sport
They know it is wrong. but it is too fas.
,inating. One young cat of the writer's
acquaintance went into a fit after a
mild beating for killing young spar.
rows. and as soon as he recovered went
,fr to catch another. \ cat in the same
house which was surprised with two
naked nestlings in its mouth slipped
them underneath a mat on the stairs
when it saw its mistress coming. Ma
ture is too strong for them, and the
drawing-room pussy seems no more
able to resist the taste for sport than
the stable cat.-London Spectator.
Fergus County argus., 1896-12-10
The Wonders of Iceland.

Iceland offers such exceptional ad
vantages and opportunities to the
sportsman, the tourist. the naturalist
the mountaineer and the seeker o;
health. that, in no distant future. it is
destined to become the tourist field OF
Europe. The glaciers of Switzerland
the fjords, the salmon rivers and the
midnight sun of Norway are all there,
and, moreover, the volcanoes. grot.
toes and solfataras of Italy, on grand
er scale: the pure and clear atmo'-
phere of Italy. the mineral springs OF
Germany. and the Geyses, or hot
springs. of the Yellowstone park, are
all found there. Nowhere has nature
been so spendthrift in assembling
wonderful phenomena on one spot
Detroit Free Press.