Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-22

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D from o to $4,000 and walnuts col
: tanning numbers. had been hidde
about the room and in sand boxe
above and below water. Thes
nuggets" were searched for by tn
participants and the lady and gentle
. man finding the most valuabl
nuggets" in the aggregate wer
Awarded prizes, Mrs. &. A. Tillotsol
and j. NJ. Croft being the lucky pros
pectors. The evening was yer,
pleasantly spent.
George Lamb and Miss Mary Alic'
Dickson were married at the home o
the brides mother. Mrs. Franz
Prouett, Monday, December goth
Rev. Vigus officiating. Both the
contracting parties are well known
throughout this section of tn,
country and at Philbrook, wher,
they have made their home tho
greater part of the past e years
They have a host of friends, t.
whom, while not a surprise, will be
pleased to note the announcement o,
their marriage. Young In years,
may it be their lot to live the full
span of life and find each recurring
year full of JOY and blessings. Mr..
and Mrs. Lamb will make their home
at Philbrook.
Invitations were issued this week
for a grand masque ball to be given
at Culver's hall Thursday evening,
December 31st, by the Pleasant Hour
Club, tickets $3.50. The prizes to
be awarded at the ball have been
contributed by several of the bust
ness houses of LewistOwn, viz:
Montana Hardware Co., c. +. Little,
Hobensack X Sloan, c. H. Williams.
Chas. Lehman & Co., Power Mercan-
tile Co., Bertrand & Hopkins. These
prizes will be given for the most
fanciful dressed lady and gentlemen,
the most comical lady's OF gents
costume, the most original, and to
the best lady and gentleman waltz
ers. All Mosques must be raised at
the door. This rule will be strictly
enforced and none but masquers will
night.
W. A. Hedges delivered at the
Presbyterian church last Friday
evening one of the most carefully pre-
pared lectures which it has been the
pleasure of a Lewistown audience to
hear. The subject was Montana,
It's History and Its Future" Mr..
Hedges traced the history of that
part of the Louisiana purchase from
which Montana was formed, from
the time of it's purchase by the
government to the present day and
made radiant forecast of it's future.
thirty minutes was taken for it's de.
livery, the speaker held the audience
without effort until the last word
and was freely congratulated. The
musical portion of the program was
very entertaining, the Brown boys
rendering songs and piano and man.
dolin duets. The receipts of the lee
ture, which amounted to about $40,
will be devoted to the Lewistown
Free Library.
Ed e. Walters of Utica, was given
a preliminary examination in Justice
McFarland's court Monday on the
charge of assault in the second de-
gree. The complainant il thecounty
attorney, who upon information fur
nished him by Geo. S. Creole, alleges
that Walters committed an assault,
with intent to- commit rape, upon
the person of Florence Creole, a girl
fourteen years of age, who lives with
her father on the latter's ranch four
miles from town. The offense is
alleged to have been committed at
the girls home early last week.
After hearing the testimony of the
father, Miss Creole and that intro
duced by the defendant, Justice Nc
Farland bound the prisoner over to
the district court. At the last term
of the district court an information
charging Walters with assault was
dismissed owing to the death of the
principal witness W. H. Babcock Of
Utica.
holders of the Citizens Electric Co.,
was held at the Office of II. Won Tobel
Tuesday evening. The committee
appointed at the first meeting to re-
ceive from Cyrus Stiles any PROPOSE
ton in writing that gentleman
might have to make. reported that
their chairman had notified Mr..
Stiles of the purpose for which their
committee was appointed, but that
no proposition had been placed in
their hands. Other committees pre-
viously appointed submitted their
reports, the articles of Incorporation
were read and approved except as
to a minor detail, the bylaws read
and passed and the following direc-
tors elected for the first three months:
ID. NJ. Crowley, 1. NJ. Hobensack, j..
q. War;, j. o. Gilkerson, Chas. Leh-
man, G. f. Little, g. w. Cook, Samuel
Phillips. f. E. Wright. Subsequently
the directors elected the following
officers for three months: president
&C. w. Cook: vice-president-D. NJ.
Crowley; secretary-C. F. Little;
treasurer-F. E. Wright. The stock
holders authorized the directors to
proceed to the surveying of a ditch,
the securing of a waterright and
location of a plant AT once also to
make a ten per cent call on stock.
The meeting then adjourned to the
call of the temporary chairman,
David Hilger.
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