Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-08-18
A full force of carpenters are at

A full force Of carpenters are a
work on the Shaules building.
Seymour Addison was on Monda
bound over to apper at mex term c
the district court by Judge McFal
land, charged with assault with
deadly weapon on H. w. Chase.
The timber culture contest Of E. L
Brock VS.. w. T. Leavens was thi
week decided in favor of Brock, tn
contestant. F. Z. Smith appeare,
for contestant, X. Won Tobel 10
claimant.
Billings Gazette: John p. Nader
man and Mrs. Johanna l.. DOeritzes
both Of Elso, Fergus county, arrived
in the city Friday and were unites
in marriage Saturday morning al
the residence of Judge A. Fraser.
Husbandmun: Smith Bros. Sheer
Company sold VIM. Rea, of Trevor
Wisconsin,, feeder. their entire fiocL
of lambs amounting tn ten or eleven
thousand head, for 81 60 about ten
days ago.
Mrs. Austin War; and child re.
turned from Helena Friday. Mr..
War; expected to- have smiled from
Southampton for home on the 14th
inst. in which case he may be i'm
Lewistown by the 18th of this
month.
Ibr. DAILY left for Chippewa Falls.
Wis, Monday morning, via the Ben
ton coach to join his wife who il i'll
at that place. Mrs. Days health is
reported to be precariOus and the
doctor will take her as soon as she
is able to travel to a more favorable
climate.
County Attorney Cheadle has pur-
chased Of Daniel Quinby, the latter's
residence on the North side, at pres
ent occupied by r. G. Cooper. The
price paid was 81 1000. Mr.. Cheadle
expects to occupy the house upon
the return of his family from the east
in December next.
Nels. Jensen came in from the Dry
Wolf mining region last week. He
has not been in Lewistown for over
u year and some thought he had left
the country. MIR. Jensen says he IL
going to Alaska next spring,
although he has good properties ON
the Dry Wolf. Mr.. Jensen ia familiar
with placer mining.
Remember the entertainment 20 be
given at Maiden. next Wednesday
evening, the program Tor which was
last week. The .Colored
Cake Walk" will be a new and in
teresting feature, while the concert
will be well worth the price of ad-
mission. Adults, SOC; children 25c.
Supper at midnight, SOC.
Billings Gazette: The petition for
the estate of the late
James H. Schnall of this county has
been filed in the Office of the District
Clerk Williams, who has set the Goth
day of August for hearing. The es-
is valued at $40, 700 and consists
entirely Of range stock and
moneys. Fred w. Handel il the petit
David Hilger, Oscar Stephens, Jas.
Fergus & Son and William Fergus
are contemplating the building of a
line bet their ranches.
II the present plan IL carried out the
line will probably be erected this
TALL and extend from LewistOwn to
Dog creek, thence across to
the Fergus ranches and to the
Stephens properties, about seventy
miles In all.
Jas. w. Laidley, the head man
Of the dry-goods department ofChas.
Lehman 4 Co.. has gone up to
Great Falls to meet w. j. Bryan the
great Populistic leader. MI. Laidley
formerly was IA strong Democrat
but il now n Populist and Is work
Ing hard for that party as he is sure
that Mr.. Bryan is going to be our
next President and he expects to
get n fat office under him..
A hunting and fishing party left
town Monday morning for the head
of F1atwillow. 1t consisted of Rev.
Pfaus, James Croft, Chas. Kelly, DIR.
Hanson and X. q. Cooper. They
will be absent four or five days.
Messrs. Croft and Kelly left on their
wheels but are likely to find some
rough travelling before reaching their
camping ground. A bottle OF milk
was said to be the strongest liquid
refreshment carried by the party.
Great Falls Tribune: The last
sizable sale of wool to- be made at
this point was closed yesterday,
when George A. Wells purchased
1000 pounds from Opheim & Teigen
of Grass Range, 40 miles beyond Lew
istown on Mcdonald creek. The
price was l2x. One small clip ol
1900 pounds Is yet to be marketed
here. While figures are not avail.
able, il is thought by those who
have kept quite close tab on the
sales that about the same amount
of wool has been shipped from Great
Falle as In 1896.
Perry McHugh left last Saturday
for Big Timber where he will meet F,
A. Wuttwer and return with him to
Lewistown. When his leg waf
broken, early in the spring, Mr.
Wuttwer was taken to Junction
City but soon after moved to Forsyth
where he has been the greater
part OF the summer. While recover
ing from the injury he was taken IL
| with typhoid fever which, together