Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

HliIl'liN rCiltbbl listS 'IitflStu iToii
~ u. IN. To 2::'O y. m.
IBoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. JOIN
Trcsch of Beaver creek. on the Isl
inst, a girl, weight = pounds.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
with Mrs. Parrott on Thursday al
Up. IN. All members are invited.
The ARGUS has "a few World Alma
nacs for lN91 on sale. Only afew and
il you want one call at once. Price
- cents.
Read the advertisement of the
Power Mercantile Co. on first page.
Note the reduced prices on n large
number of articles.
Charley Mahana will give a dance
mt his place in Cottonwood on Fri
daF, February 9Th. Everybody in
vited. Good music and supper.
ON this page will be found the
fpur-column advertisement of G. +.
Little. Read what he has to say
about pure drugs and correct COM
pounding.
j. -. Long of Sycamore, ILL.,, who
is in the city, has purchased from +.
e.. Poole of Stanford about 5000
wrthers, which will be shipped
from Armington.-Great Falls Tri-
hume.
The Sunset club entertained at
cards Friday evening last, the first
of n series to be held, al the close Of
which two prizes will he presented
those having made the most points
ut whist.
Frank T.. Wright and John ID.
Waite returned from Helena last
week. They were accompanied by
DIR. r. II. Monahan, who has been O
jouring in Spokane Falls, Wash, for
II few weeks.
George Bach Of Utica. was in town
last week. George does not oft,n
come to Lewistown. attending
strictly to his large and growing
mercantile business at Utica. His
mission this time was the purchase
of II large consignment of Hour from
the Lewistown Milling Co.
Fred &. Poole and Mrs. NJ. A. Cur
tiss were married yesterday evening
at the Park hotel. Mr.. Poole is n
resident of Stanford and is One of
the leading sheep raisers of Fergus
county. His bride has resided near
stanford for some time and is well
known and very popular. Mr.. and
Mrs. Poole will go To Stanford to-
morrow.-Grcat Falls Tribune.
The county treasurer informs us
that sale Of property for taxes has
been postponed from day to day,
but sale must be completed by Fri
day. February 9TH, Immediately after
all personal property upon which
taxes are delinquent will he seized
and sold. Parties who are behind
in their taxes should bear this i'm
mind and save additional expense
by settling up at once.
\ dance will be given at the hotel
in Cottonwood on February 18th,
the proceeds from which will be
given to the school fund of the dis
trict to he used in continuing the
school term, which will otherwise he
shortened as the funds are running
low. The supper will be served by
the ladies and all who can are re-
quested to- attend, enjoying the dance
and aiding Al good cause.
Joseph Bertrand and William
II.,lSn- b.xua fnYrnnl IN rn rtnnrShir
in the general mercantile line and
will carry on the business in the
Hoguc building as heretofore. Mr..
Bertrand has built up "A good bust
ness in the past few months and
with additional capital the new
firm will endeavor to meet every
demand of their rapidly growing
trade. Mr.. Hopkins is the son of A.
Hopkins of Cottonwood and besides
being we'll and favorably known is
energetic and reliable. At the top of
this page will be found their large
advertisement in which they have
something to say under the head of
Ready for action"
Il. W. Noble is circulating a petit
ton for his ointment by the in
coming secretary of the interior as
special inspector for this district, the
position now occupied by Col. Root.
Mr.. Noble was in the lumber bust
ness for ear il thoroughly quail
fed to fill the position and his action
upon the grand jury at Helena last
month is sufficient assurance that he
will not only give heed to the viola
ton of the law by the poor ranch
man hut by the mOneyed corpora
lions. Mr.. Noble is receiving prac-
tirnIIy universal Endorsement and
the department could hardly find n
man better qualified or more de-
serving of the position.
Tuesday evenings entertainment
at the Presbyterian church was well
attended. the proportion of children
being especially large. iev. Pfaus'
lecture ON the subject, "Around the
World in 100 Minutes" was illus
trated bp s~tcreoptican views fmany
of tie most interesting g abroad
and i'm our own country. 1t was the
most complete set that has been
shown here and the audience evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed them. Asthem machine
cost n considerable amount Mr.
Pfaus will repeat the lecture at
other points in the Basin, dividing
the proceeds with the church., aiding
the cause as well as, in a measure, re-
paying him for the outlay. The re-
CENTS Tuesday evening were $37. 30.
all of which went to the church.