Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

the young fish will probably b
brought from Bozeman in the spring
the appropriation for 1897 havin
been exhausted.
A chinook set in Saturday an,
much of the snow on the ranges ha
been removed. On Box Elder yer.
little of the beautiful is left excep
in drifts, while all over the Basin an,
north of this county the peaks ar
cleared. No reports from the soutl
side have been received.
G. b. Diehl has sold his ranch Oh
lower Spring creek to John Chatter
& Bros. of Missoula, for 81, 500, VIII,
will & 1t as "a cattle ranch, moving
their stock to this range as early il
the spring as possible. Mr.. Dieh
will remain in this vicinity for 4
short time and then move to Mis-
soula, where he has purchased som,
city property. Mrs. Diehl and tn,
children have already gone to tn,
west side.
Mrs. j.. B. Elliot writes from La
vina, that her husband is i'm New
Brighton feeding sheep and thai
Rufus Thompson is entertaining lie,
Jacobs, at Seward, Neb., where Mr.
Thompson is spending the winter
Mr.. Jacobs is suffering from rheuma.
tism, i'm his right side and can hardly
hold a pencil to write. Unless he
shortly improves he will come To
Hunters otSprings. THERE'S about
one foot of snow on the Musselshell.
Monday evening. December 9Th, at
No. 80, /. o. o. F., occurred the cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing term.
The following brothers were chosen:
Noble Grand. NJ. Croft; Vice Grand
j. w. LeQuatte; Recording secre.
tary-A. w. Stoddard; Financial Sc
cretary-F. c. Stiles: Treasurer.
w. Laidley; Trustee-Cyrus Stiles:
IL. A. Moulton was unanimously
chosen for the appointment of Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master.
Charles Scovil, aged thirty-five
years, died at the home of his moth, r
Thursday last, after a years confine-
ment with consumption. Thursday
his physicians realized the almost
hopelessness condition of their pa
tient, but determined to do their ut
most and an operation was per-
formed. The lungs were found SO
nearly gone that recovery was i'm
possible and the young man died that
evening. Mr.. Scovil, father OF
Charles, died in the same house two
weeks before and Mrs. b. T. and Mrs.
Charles Scovil were prostrated
with grief. The funeral was held
Saturday, the remains being inferred
at the side of the deceased's child and
father, on Beaver creek. The many
friends and relatives of the family
have the sincere sympathy OF the
community.
No mails arrived on Wednesday
or Thursday of last week, but on
Friday morning at $50 a. m. four
mails reached this Office, being those
due Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday and since that the
mails have arrived a hours late,
Friday the postoffice was over
whelmed and 1t was late in the
morning before the delivery window
was opened. Horace Hill, who held
the positisn of superintendent of de.
livery in al Iowa town for several
years, assisted Postmaster Stephens
for several days, but now business
is running smoothly without exit a
help. As soon as it can be trans.
ported Postmaster Stephens will re.
ceive a new case, much larger than
that in use in this ot~ficefOrfOur years,
which will include many more lock
boxes than the present case, and
other improvements for the conven'
fence of patrons.
Patience has ceased to be a virtue
with the consumers of electric light
in Lewistown and they have taken
'NN ~ III vi vi II SfNi
zens Electric Company. For months
the lights have been SO poor, that
not only have they been a strain
upon the eyes, but in i'm several places
them with lamps, causing a doubl,
cost. During the past week a paper
has been circulated among promi
nent consumers with the view to tn,
Incorporation of the new company
and Tuesday evening subscription,
of4l9 shares at so each had beer
secured, with pledges for about 2,
more from parties prepared to sigT
as soon as one-half the st is taken
the capital stock of the new com
pany being fixed at $4,000. Their,
seems little probability of the at
tempt being a failure for several o
the largest business houses are will
ing to take 81 900 or more, but it il
the wish of the promoters to limit
single individual to $500 and have a
many of the consumers represented
as possible. The promoters guaran
tee to furnish, first-good light
second-cheaper light, and hope t.
have all p~reliminaries arranged g,
the plant may be shipped in with tn
opening of spring. Those who hav
subscribed for 10 or more shares O
the capital stock are: D.. NJ. Crowley
Power Mercantile Co., F. f. Wright
T. X. Carson, G. j. Wiedeman, Johl
War;, G. F. Little, 1. NJ. Hobensack
j. ID. Waite, Gilkerson & Kearney, c
III. Williams, j. L. Stuart and Chas
Lehman & Co.
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