Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-02
Thursday last Mrs. Chas. Lehman

left LewistOwn for Great Falls b
private conveyance accompanied b
her SON., Charles, who has been col
fined to his home for some time pas
with Brights disease. 1t was deeine
necessary to take him east for treat
ment and from Great Falls they Wi
proceed to Milwaukee whore the,
will be met by two other of tn
Lehman boys Gustave and Louis
Where the invalid will be taken fo
treatment will be decided after the,
reach Milwaukee. Charlie IL a yer,
popular young man and his illness Il
a cause of deep regret to his many
friends. who hope that he may sOOI
return, restored to his usual vigOr.
Mason Gudgell is lying at his home
in a semi-comatose condition, the re
suit of an ARRAY at w. A. Shaules
saloon last Friday evening. 1t ap.
pears that Gudgell had been warned
by Shaules not to remain in his
place while in q drunken condition
and on this occasion was ordered
out by the proprietor. Not comply
ing with the order Shaules removed
him and in doing SO, eye witnesses
state that much brutality was
shown, measures being more rigorous
than seemed necessary. the result
being that Gudgell is suffering from
a broken leg. bruises upon his
chest, he,td and back and bis physi-
clan is unable at this time to say
whether there are internal injuries or
not.
The following from the Associated
Press eel the father of Louis
and Herman Lehfeldt well known
fiockmasters of Lavina, and is a
rare tribute to the honesty of that
gentleman: The dispatch is dated
Des Moines, May 2lst: Estate Treas
urer Herriott today received from
State Senator Rudolph Lehfeldt of
Crawford county the warrant for
$67S mailed to the latter az pay for
his services us senator during the
special session Of the legislature.
Senator Lehfeldt explained that he
had not earned the money and could
not accept it. His action breaks the
legislative record i'm Iowa. Senator
Lehfeldt was elected to the senate
against his will. He opposed the
special session and only came to Des
Moines when important matters,
such al the liquor manufacture bill,
~necessitated his vote. He is a Repub-
lican elected in n Democratic district
in the landslide of 1885,"
Moss p. Teigen came in from Grass
Range Friday bringing the sad in
telligence of the death of his partner.
Ole Opheim, for many years n well
known fiockmaster Of this section.
Mr.. Opheim had been subject to cpl
leptic fits for several years and the
attacks had recently become more
frequent. Thursday Opheim was
working about the sheds near the
creek and a half hour later wasfOund
in the stream, death resulting from
drowning. Mr.. Teigen said that from
appearances of the body it was evil
dent one of the epileptic attacks had
come upon deceased and he had fall
len in the water, which though not
deep, was sufficient to drown him as
he lay. Deceased had many friends
who will grieve to learn Of his up-
timely death. He had been a hard
working careful sheep man and not
withstanding depressed times was
doing well i'm his business. The re-
mains were laid to rest on. the ranch.
The bank force has been rather de
moralized the past week, owing to a
combination of accidents. For two
weeks past Assistant Cashier War;
has been troubled with his eyes, the
sense of sight being entirely lost in
one and affected i'm the other. Thurs
day evening Cashier Wright was
thrown. out of q cart by a runaway
horse and his spine fractured about
two inches from the terminus and
anticipated the injury will confine
him to his home for three weeks,
The same evening that F. E. Wright
was injured, his brother A. T., em.
ployed a Is bookkeeper, was suddenly
precipitated to the floor resulting in
his left elbow being dislocated, and
though again in the bank he will
not be able to do efficient work fol
some days. President HobsOn wal
called from Utica and is assisting the
force, which is also supplemented by
Mrs. A. w. War; for a few days.
School closed Friday of last week
the closing exercises being held al
Culver's nall at 2 p. m, at which time
diplomas of honor were presented to
twenty-nine Of the children who had
been neither absent or tardy during
the term and graduating diplomas
conferred upon Frederick w. Schmitt
and Frank A. Spragg, two young
men who had completed their course
in this school. Although Other
pupils nave completed the studies il
Lewistown this was the first occa
sion of formal commencement exer
cises. Each delivered an grafton
MIR. Schmitt upon the subject
Montana" and Mr.. Spragg having
for his title, Sunshine" and dwell
ing largely upon the subject O
physics, while the former enumerated