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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
The Finest Train i'm the World.

DIR. w. S. Williams. now professor
OF veterinary medicine at Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, N ", who recently
removed with his family from Boze-
man, Travelled via THE Northwest
ern Line" from st. Paul to Chicago,
and writes: I'VE found the North
Western Limited" all that il il adver-
tised; the sleepingc ears superb and the
dining n service all that could he
desired"
from the mammothe engine. patterned
after thefamous 1893" Il thelast
i'll the train, is brand new. and repre-
sents the latest and BEST ideas for
absolute comfort and luxury whila
travelling.
Besides the splendid buffet smoking
library coach, which is really a club
room on wheels, there il a private
compartment sleeping car, which is
Just the thing for ladies, families, and
those who desire privacy; luxuriously
appointed standard sleeping cars,
and the most ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ever offered to the travelling public.
The"New Northwestern Limited"
via the North Western Line. leaves
Minneapolis every night, 7:3O. st. Paul,
$40, for Milwaukee and Chicago.
Tickets via this popular line may
be secured from agents of the North
ern Pacific Railway, who will also
make sleeping car reservations; or,
apply to Capt. NJ. NJ. Wheeler.
Travelling Passenger Agent, Miles
City, Mont. or to II. W. Ieasdale,
q. Il. A. st. Paul, MINI.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
BIRTHPLACE.
A Rude Log Cabin I'm the wilds o
Kentucky.

A Rude Log Cabin in the wfIds of
Kentucky.
Abraham Lincoln, our great war presi-
dent, was born in Larue county, Ken
lucky, in a rude little log cabin. This
cabin has recently been restored, and,
SO far a possible. made exactly as it
was So years ago, when q little baby
boy was born to Thomas and Nancy
Lincoln, or "Linkhorn," as the name
was then spelled-humble Settlers"
who had moved to the neighborhood
from Washington county four years be-
lore.
The few living people who remember
Thomas Lincoln, the father, say that he
was a rather improvident man,, not
working long at any one thing. He was
a hard worker, but was a poor manager;
and the little family was often without
more than the simplest necessaries of
life. Thomas Lincoln cleared a few
acres around his cabin, and raised a
small crop of corn and grain. Then he
became a carpenter and tinker, work.
ing at such odd jobs as he could find
among the pioneer neighbors. He was
away at work at the time Abraham was
born.
The neighbors heard that Mrs. Lin
coin was in the cabin all alone with the
little baby, and had little to eat except
cor and potatoes. They at once Wis
tied the Lincoln cabin, taking such deli
cacies as their houses afforded. The IA
Their returned. i'm a few days; and the
baby was named Abraham Lincoln,
after his grandfather, who had been
killed by the Indians when Thomas Lin
coin IA a little boy.-George Fl. Ieno-
wine, in St. Nicholas.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
DO YOU WANT A BIG GUN7
II You Do, Uncle Sam Can Furnish You
One.

II You Do, Uncle Sam Can Furnish You
One.
Uncle Sam has invited the Soldiers
Monument associations, the grand
army posts and municipal corporations
of the United States, to have a gun with
him.
Uncle Sam is moved to this liberality
by the fact that he has on hand at the
Brooklyn navy yard a large quantity
of big and small guns and cannon balls
for which the naval service has no use.
Anybody who wants n gun must write
to the secretary of the navy.
Most of the guns which Uncle Sam
wants to unload are located at the
Brooklyn navy yard, but there are a
few in the navy yards at Boston and
Portsmouth, n. H.. 1t is ordinarily the
custom of the government to sell all
these things, but congress took the
matter in its own hands in this instance
and provided that these engines and
munitions of war should be given
away. Evidently the government wants
badly to get rid of them.
There are, all told. about GOO guns,
of which have outlived their use
fulness. They are all obsolete weap-
ons, and hav been condemned by the
ordnance Office. None of them are light
weight, and the smallest of the old
stagers weighs more than 5000 pounds
Thirty years ago they were considered
mighty fine weapons, and their yawn-
ing mouths seem capable of dealing
enough death and destruction for half a
dozen nations. Inventive progress, how
has left him far behind.
They were all of the type that were
used during the civil war. They were
cast for use during that conflict. and
the of the surplus
ordnance that the government found it.
self in possession of when hostilities
ceased. From year to year various
plans have been suggested to make use
of them. They have grown old and
rusty in idleness, and now. past all re-
demption, they al only frown as grim
mementos of the days when the nation
was on a war footing.
Among this aggregation of old-time
~thunderers there are 80 13-inch NOR
tars, with Sc mounts. Each of the
mortars weighs II. pounds. and eaels
mount weighs 1000 pounds. The best
use, it is considered, to which they can
be put is that of ornament at the base
of a soldiers monument or at tn. en-
to a park In addition to the
mortars there are o 11-inch guns, of
h old muz~zle-loading variety, each of
which weighs 1880 pounds. There
are, besides, o than $4,000 projec-
tiles. old-time cannon bals-Boston
Globe.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
The Plague in bombay.

The bubonic plague, n disease closely
akin, if not identical with the "black
death of the middle ages, is raging in
Bombay To an extent which occasions
great alarm Up to the first of the
year the number of cases was over 1000,
and death was the result in n large
proportion of the cases. One-half of
the population of Bombay is reported to
have fled from the city, and there is
grave danger that the disease will thus
he spread. Comparatively few Eu-
ropeans have been stricken with h
plague, but the ~unsanitary conditions
in which the native population live pro-
mote it's spread among them. and their
tenacious observance of the principle
of caste makes it difficult to secure the
s~egeration of the sufferers in such a
way as to check the spread of h con-
tagion-Youth's Companion.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
come DIR. John b. briggs, a missionar.

come DIR. John b. briggs, a missionary
from Delaware. The doctor says that
''she wore her full line of jewelry-a
safety pin dangling from n ear"
A curiosity is exhibited by a man in
Blue Rapids, Kan. 1t is the head of a
rabbit which has eight horns, ranging
in length from ~ to 2h inches. One
of the horns sprouts from the nose and
the others are around the jaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barry, OF Milton,
Mass, recently celebrated the sixtieth
anniversary of their wedding in the
house where the wife was born, where
the marriage took place and where the
couple have ever since resided.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
G PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Homer-"Is your husband of
on the road to-day" Mrs. Traveller
II shouldn't wonder a bit. lie went out
ON his bicycle this morning."-Yonkers
Statesman.
-feast-"Do you believe that story
about Samson losing his strength by
having his hair cut?" Crimsonbeak-
Certainly ] do; the BARRIERS have many
o time made me feel tired talking to
me."-Yonkers Statesman
Her Justification-'But why do YOU
encourage him if you never intend to
marry him?" Mercy! l wouldn't be so
presumptuous as to tell him / can't mar
ry him before he asks me."-Philadel-
phia North American.
Mamma" said Willie, do you paw
Jennie s15 a Month for looking after
me?" "No, &c." said .She is
"a good nurse, and deserves it," well,
| say, ma; I'll look after myself for ten
dollars. You'll save six dollars by it,"
-HarpePs Young People.
One day a malicious person said to
Alexandra Dumas fills: Your father
WIS a mulatto, was he not?" Dumas re-
Piled: "Yes, sir. My father was a
mulatto, my grandfather n negro, and
my great-graIdfather n monkey. Ny
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
KNOWN BY HIS MUSIC.
A Great Composer Whose Face Was
Little

A Great Whose Face Was
Little
Signor Arditi, the veteran conductor
of Italian opera, seems to be a man of
ready wit, to Judge from an anecdote in
his "Reminiscences"
On one of his American tours he re-
ceived one day n check from his mana
ger. 1t was already near the expiration
of banking hours, and having need Of
the money, he jumped into "A carriage
and drove hastily to the bank. On hand
ing the check to the teller, however, he
was met by the statement that it would
be necessary for him to be identified.
but don't you know mc?' asked the
musician. Il am Signor Arditi."
The teller still shook his head. He
was sorry, and all that, but he couldn't
pay out money without an identified
ton. A sudden idea came to Arditi-
do you ever go to the opera?' he in
quired.
"Yes, often" was the ~teller's reply.
swell, then, see here;" and at the
word Signor Arditi turned his back
upon the teller and took off his hat, en-
posing his bald head, with the sight of
which all opera goers had reason to be
familiar. Don't you know me now?"
A smile spread over the teller's face.
"Yes," he said. you are Signor Arditi."
money.-Youth's Companion.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14

NOTICE FOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN States Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Mont. on Monday,
ALEXANDER M'MILLAN.
who made homestead entry No. 81 for the
eK mex. ek sell, sec II. tp Is n. rg Is e.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land:
Abraham HoQeland of Deerfield. Montana.
Daniel Walton. John X, Mason and William
Mason of Lewistown. Mont
DAVID HnGER, Register.
First publication Apr
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
geneaiogy begins where yours ends

SchSdioHy utSins WuciS youiS chnS
Tit-Bits.
And you asked her father for her
hand?" yes" WAS he ~violent?"
.Veryi He said / must be an IDIOT TO
think of such a thing" What did you
reply ?" 81 told him that, of course. he
knew his own family better than / did,
but that 1 was willing to take my
chances."-Household Words.
The Requisite.-"He is very NICE"
said the young m And he bears
an illustrious name" Eyes" replied
her extremely practical mother, but
titles don't make any difference in my
mind unless they have some standing in
the recorders Office. In my opinion.
what this generation ought to demand
is deeds, not words."-Washington Star.
An Did Scottish woman had gone
ON a visit to her soldier son at a garri-
son town where an evening gun was
fired. When the gun doomed forth the
hour she was very much startled.
"Whatna noise is that?" she asked, in
alarm. "Oh, that's sunset" answered
the son. "Losh keep u.s." she ex-
claimed. 81 didna ken the sun gaed
down wi a dunt like that."-Tit-Bits.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
Home.

Home is the residence, not only of the
body. but of the heart; it is a place for
the affections to unfold and develop, for
for children to love and learn to play in.
for husband and wife to toll smilingly
together and make life ~ blessing. The
object of all ambition should be to be
happy at home; if we are not happy
there. we cannot he happy elsewhere.
1t is the best proof of the virtues OF .
family circle to see a happy fireside--
S I Louis Glohe-Damocrat.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
SheriFs Sale.

Thomas Matlock. Plaintiff, VS.. Louis Beau.
pre- and William Graham, Defendants.
9Th day of May A. d., 1897, at 2 O'Clock p. m. on
the premises, in the village of Gilt Edge
County of Fergus, State of Montana. to the
highest and best bidder for cash in hand the
following described roperty to wit:
Lots numbered seven (D and eight (S), BLOCK
numbered one "a, TOWNSHIP of Gilt Edge. Fer,
gus county, Montana, together with a story
and a-half frame building eighteen by twenty
four Qsx2D feet, situate on lot numbered eight
(Sl.
Dated April IA. A. ID. 1897.
JOHN d.. WAITE, Sheriff.
By w. H.. Simons, Under Sheriff.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14

~ States Land Office, Lewistown. Montana,
April 8. 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at LewistowD, Montana, on Fri
day, May 2lst, 1897. viz:
JOHN TREPP,
who made homestead entry No. 80, for the
ets neA. swA nel4, nwA sea, sec q, tip 16 n, rg
Is e.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
Michael Trepp. Henry Shipman, Peter Mar
tinoli and ThomasG eorgetta, all of Lewistown,
Montana.
DAvID HILGER. Register.
First publication Apr IL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.-U I'm
~ States Land Office. Le&istoMn. Mont:

AZ States Lane Office, Lewistown, Montana.
April 5. 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown. Mont, on Friday.
May IA, 1897, viz:
SAMUEL b. SCOTT,
who made homestead entry No. 1856. for the
ST. SEX, seA swk. sec q, nek neh. sec ~. tip IL
n. rg IL e.
He names the following witnesses to. prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
Jonathan S. Phillips, BENJAMIN F. Sink. Ed
gar F. Hersey of Utica, Mont, and Frank
Lamb of Lewistown. Mont.
DAVID HILGER. Register.
First publication Apr ..
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF.-Notice
~ for Publication-United States Land Office,
Lewistown, Mont, April 3. 1897. Notice is
hereby given that
JOHN ID. WAITE,
assignee of Andrew o. Helseth, of Lewistown,
Fergus county. Montana, has filed notice of
intention to make proof on his desert-land
claim No. ISL, for the ea swL, lot 4, sec 10. lot I,
sec 30, tp 10 n, rig 10 c. before the register and
receiver at Lewistown, Montana. on Thursday.
June 3. 1897.
the complete irrigation and eclamatio of said
land:
Lewis L. Wright. Benjamin ID. Mcleod. Ed
gar Darnell of Utica. Mont, and Walter A.
Waite of Lewistown. Mont.
DAVID Ia Register.
First publication Apr ..
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14

WILLIE had a little brother go to
Heaven last night.
Bobbie-Oh, that's nothing. j had n
little brother come from Heaven last
night
Willie latter thinking a moment)-
Maybe it's the same baby!-Boston
Globe.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won.
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of e. G. G. to-day; 10, %, so cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14
Must HIVE Been m Relief.

Critic-Where did you get the idea
for that poster picture?
Painter-Out of my head.
you must be glad it's out.-Tit-Bits.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14

TIME SCHEDULE.
Northern Pacific time card, in effect
March 18th, 1897:
TRAIN NO. l., PACIFIC EMPRESS.
(wEsr BoUND.)
Arrives billlngs -....--..-..-".l % a. IN.
Dig 800 a m
Helena ...-.--.--..-.-..- 9-5o a. IN.
TRAIN NO. g. ATLANTIC EXPRESS.
(EAsT BOUND
htriNes p IN
Big 5.oo a. m.
Billings ..-...----.-. 7.3O a. IN.
Throuh tickets to Japan and China, via
Tacoma and Northern Pacific Steamship
Co.
For Information, time cards. maps and
tickets. call on or write
A. D. EDGAR,
General Agent, Helena, Montana,
OR
CHAS. 8. FEE,
Gen1 Pass. and Ticket Agent.
ST. PAUL. MINI
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-04-14

Patrick Flanagan. ST.. owner Of the follow
ing brand: on ieh ribs Of cattle and same on
lsft shout der Of horses. Vent same on let
thigh. Rang Sc on the upper Judith. 1. D. sddress
Utica, Fergus Co.. Mont
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-12-29
INDIANA REPUBLICANS.
They Hold a Big Conference to Consult
on Plans.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 28.-Five
hundred epresentatives of the repub-
lican party in Indiana, outside of the
city of indianapolis, attended today's
conference, The meeting was for talk
and little else, and was the largest
"off year" meeting of the party ever
held. The meeting was held little
later in the year, In order that the
United States senator from the state
and the republican presentatiVes
might be here, and they all came. The
influentiai men iii the party were en-
couraged by statements of the senator
and representative that there is hope
for currency reform, not remedied
legislation, but action that Will tend
TO set the party right before the people.
The unanimity of the party in the
state on the proposition that the cur
rency must be reformed was sur
price to q good many men attending
the conference. The Democrats, it
was averred, will declare for fre, sill
yer in the next state Platform, al i the
republicans will, Of course, take the
opposite ground. In the event OF the
failure of congress to take action
looking to reform of the currency,
the party in this state would go into
the state campaign embarrassed and on
the defensive from the start. In the
hotel lobbies there was great deal of
talk against the civil service law, but
came largely from men who made ap-
plication for office Immediately after
the nomination of Mckinley, and
have been disappointed. Prominent
men of the party agreed that no one
need fear the republicans of Ipdians
will ever work against the law.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-12-29
SECRETARY GAGE
WANTED TO RESIGN.
But the President Refused to Lis
ten to the PROPOSE
tiOn.
THEIR VIEWS ARE THE SAME.
Gage Thought His Policy Was Embarrassing
to the Administration, but Was
Mistaken.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Asslstant
Secretary Vanderllp, when asked to-
day concerning the report that Secre.
tary Gage had rendered his resigna-
ton, and President Mckinley had re-
fused to accept it, said: "There is
nothing in it,"
The report in question gave Van
derlip as authority for the assertion.
Secretary Gage himself left New York
this morning.
Mr.. Vanderlip, when questioned
further, SAID that so far as he was
quoted as authority for the assertion,
he could say there was nothing in it,
for he had never 50 stated to any per
son. AS to whether or not Mr.. Gage
had offered to resign, and MIR. Mo
Kinley had refused to accept it, he
(Vanderlip) could say nothing, for he
did not know whether it was so or
not.
1t is believed IN some usually we'll
informed circles that the report is sub
stantisllY correct, but there was no
formal tender of the resignation. 1t
is regarded as probable that in some
conversation with the president, Mr..
Gage, in an informal way, said be
would resign if his financial views
were embarrassing to the admins
tration, and that the president in re-
ply stated very positively that he did
not want his secretary of the treas
ury to do any such thing.
1t is learned. furthermore, that at
the time of this conversation the pres
ident informed Mr.. Gage that their
views were in accord, and that he
must not think OF resigning. II is re-
garded as certain that Mr.. Gage will
continue in office.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-12-29
Superintendent Beauprie PilOted
a Party TO Brunswick
Yesterday.
THEY CHARTERED The TUG INCA,
Aud Rode About the Harbor, Looking at
Wharvss and Places Where
Wharves Will Be.

A party OF prominent rallroaders
reached the city yesterday morning,
inscribed their names on the Ogle-
thorpe register, and proceeded to see
the town.
They not only saw the town, but the
waters that lie around about the town,
charterIng the tug Inca for the pur-
pose, and making detailed inspec-
tion of the various water-fronts.
The head of the expedition was the
big bodied and big-hearted w. r.
Beaupre, division uperintendent of
the Southern railway, whose vIse-like
grip makes you remember that you
met him for years afterward. Mr.
Beauprie did not say exactly what the
object of the party was, but there
we're those who suggested that the
routine of a railroad officials life
sometimes drives him to necessary re-
taxation; and trip to Brunswick
offered pleasing variety, which was
promptly adopted.
With Mr.. Beauprie were Messrs. c..
A. Cowles, W. L. McGill and Fl
Hatcher, of Atlanta; Messrs. Harden
Miller, II. r Dover, J.. L McCleskey,
and G. I. Alrey, Of Macon, and Col.
John j. Seay, of Rome. They formed
jolly party.
In the afternoon the gentlemen
chartered the tug Inca and took ride
around the harbor. They went as far
as the Southern wharves and inspected
them. They also took a view OF the
Plant Systems extensive improve.
ments,and of the water front gener-
ally. On returning they took q trip
around the city.
Mr., F. d. NJ. Strachan was one of the
local pilots of the railroad men, and
helped them to have good time.
They left last night.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-12-29
Cattleman Killed.

Baker City, Dec. 28.-A telephone
message to the Democrat from Canyon
City brings the news of the killing of
Peter French, prominent cattle and
landowner of Harney county, by
man named Oliver. 1t is reported
that the deed was cold-blooded MUIR
der. The victim was shot in the back
of the head, the bullet coming out be-
tween the eyes.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-12-29
WHERE'S THE TROPHY?
That Rifle Match Prize Has Not Yet Been
Located

Atlanta, Dec. 28.-That Hilton trO-
ply won by the Georgia team at Sea-
girt in September has not been To-
Gated. General Herries, commander
of the militia of the District of Co.
lumbIa, Gays today that the trophy
was shipped on December IS. Local
Agent Montgomery of the Southern
Express company says:
"If it had been received by the ex-
press company in Washington we
would have received bill of ladIng
Immediately. We have had no bill of
lading and | don't believe it was ever
shipped"
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-12-29
Gladstone to Celebrate Another of
His Birthdays To-
day.
OLDEST STATESMAN ON EARTH.
He Is Now Feeling the Weight of His
Years in Reduced Physical
Vitality.

London, Dec. 2S -England's grand
old mar, the greatest living states
man, will reach the SSth milestone of
his most eventful life's journey to-
morrow.
Seventeen years ago Gladstone was
reported dying from old age, yet today
he comes out firm in intellect and the
author of new books of prose and
verse. But at last his physical self is
yielding, and he says that his life
work Will be done when be makes one
more :speech on home rule. One of
he mos remarkable things about this
wonderful man has been his family
life, W hich has been most delightful.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone have gone to
the same church together for sixty
years every morning tor an hour of
prayer after breakfast. Their seven
children are not particularly clever,
but are all good, There is only one
grandchild, Dorothy Drew, who is
her grandfather's idol.
Gladstone is unique in his genera
tion, and will go into history as the
OnlV EuOiiahmAn whO has avar darad
dictate to the queen, and the only man
whom her majesty obeyej.