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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08
THE DREADED
CONSUMPTION
7. A. slocum, M. c., the Great Chemist and
Scientist, Will Send Free, TO the Afflicted,
Three Bottles of His Newly Discovered
Remedies to Cure Consumption
and All Lung Troubles.

Nothing could be %fairer, more philan.
thropic or carry more joy to the afflicted,
than the offer of T. A. Slocum, NJ. c., OF
1S3 Pearl street, New York City.
Confident that he has discovered an alb
solute cure for consumption and all pulmo-
nary complaints, and to make its great
merits known, he will send. free, three
bottles of medicine, to any reader of the
FERGUS COUNTY ARGUS who is suffering
from chest, bronchial, throas and Jung
troubles or consumption.
Already this new scientific course OF
medicine" has permanently cured thous.
ands of apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers it his religious duty
"a duty which he owes to humanity-to
donate his infallible cure.
Offered freely is enough to it,
and more SO is the perfect confidence OF the
great chemist making the proposition.
He has proved the dreaded consumption
to be a curahle disease beyond any doubt,
There will be no mistake in sending-the
mistake will he in overlooking the generous
invitation. He has on file in his American
and European laboratories testimonials ol
| experience from those cured, in all parts oil
the world.
Don't delay until it is too late. Address
7. A.. SlocuIn. NJ. c., 9S Pine street, New
York, and when writing the Doctor, please
give express and postoffice address. and
mention reading this article in the FERGUS
COUNTY ARGUS.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08
THE GOLD IS THERE.

You stand fully as much chance as any
other person. Do you want to be one oil
our first? If so, write at once, securing
passage and berth.
Our special transportation offer is the
best now before the public.
Send for free copy of THE ALASKA
NEWS" and also Tor our special offer, in,
Guiding transportation to the klondike and
food for one year for Six Hundred Dollars.
This will interest you if you intend going;
if not, our stock offer should interest you,
and you should become one of our stock
holders.
A limited amount OF stock has just been
assigned to the western agency for sale at
S1.0O per share. A man or woman oil
small means has the same opportunity as
a rich person. II you cannot go to Alaska
nothing should prevent your being a profit
able shareholder
Our companyi is composed OF men OF tried
business regulations, some of whome are
the following:
Hon. VIM. E. Mason. U. S. Sen. from Illinois.
Milwaukee.
w c. Rinearson. Gen. Pass. Agt. c. n. o. &
T;P. X. r., Cincinnati, o..
Vicksburg, Miss.
J: B. Legnard, Capitalist. Legnard Building.
Frank II. Hecht, of Chas. Kaestner & Co.
d. q. Edwards. Pass. Traffic Manager, c. II.
Charles Fl. ROCKWELL. Traffic Mgr. C. l. & L.
RI lNIonon Route, Chicago;
T. III. Foster, Fostoria and Nicksburg. Miss.
J. NJ. Phillips. Cashier First National Bank.
For information address and make all money
payable to w. l.. DUDLEY, General Agent,
Halter Building. Seattle. Wash.
EDWARD BRASSEY. Agent. Lewistown. Mt.
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A HISTORIC HOTEL
The FavsFits Hestsly In Ante BsIum Days II Often Patrsnizsd By
Abraham lneeln-From It's vsranda Stephen A. Douglas Dslv-
cred Great SpeechEAgaI the Scene Of an Important Event.

Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell Thompson run the
historic Cuyler House at Plymouth, Ill. a hos
telry where Abraham Lincoln often slept,
where Dick" Yates, Lyman Trumbell and
Richard Oglesby bought refreshments for the
inner man in ante-bellum days, and from the
veranda of which Stephen A. Douglas de-
livered one Of his great speeches.
This article has not so much to do, how
ever, with this historic hotel, as it has with
the landlords thirteen-year-old laughing,
oright-eyed, r~osy-cheeked daughter Ollie.
As one sees her to-day, the picture of per-
feet health, it is hard to believe that nearly
nine of the thirteen years of her life were spent
On the bed of invalidism, that for months she
never walked, and for years suffered the pain,
misery and distress of -infiammatory rhcuma-
iism in its worst form.
Able physicians were employed but no
permanent benefit resulted.
Mrs. Thompson heard of a wonderful cure
which had been effected by DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and was influ-
tnced by il to purchase some of the pills for
her daughter.
Before she had taken half a box. there was
marked Improvement in her condition; when
the had taken two boxes she was completely
restored to health. To-day. there is not a
healthier child than Ollie Thompson.
The case came to the attention of the editor
ct the Tri-County Scribe, and a reporter was
detailed to learn the story of this remarkable
cure from Mrs. Tkompson's own lips. Sine
collie was Q hearty, well-developed child
from the time she was born until she was
three years old. In 1887 she was taken down
with infiammatory rheumatism. For nine
years she was never entirely free from the dis
ease, and much of the time was in an alarm
ing condition. At times, she could not walk,
and her spine was drawn out of shape so that
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

she could not stand straight. One of the doc
tors said If she became well she would be q
cripple for life.
DIR. Grigran, of Augusta, was the first
doctor who had her case. He doctored her
through two serious times of the disease and
finally told us he could not cure her. We
doctored her most all the time, but wheI she
was ten years old she had an unusually severe
attack, and we called in DIR. Kreider, of Prai-
rie City, where We were then living. He
tried hard to cure her but finally gave Il up.
He said, Il can do nothing further, the case is
the worst / have Witnessed
I'VE nearly gave up hope then, but called
DIR. Mcdaniel who doctored her after we came
to Plymouth, but no benefit was derived
Then ! heard how Uncle Wesley Walton
for Pale People. Knowing the condition he
had been in, j thought if the pills cured him,
they might help Ollie. Consequently ] bought
a box for her, and before she had finished il
she was much better. She continued taking
them, and when the second box had been used
she was well, and has never had rheumatism
since.
Il cannot say too much for the DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills for l believe Ollie would
have been dead long ago, if she had not taken
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of September. 1897.
W. s. RoMICK. Notary Public.
I hereby state that ] have examined Miss
Ollie Thompson, and find no outward ap-
pearance of rheumatism.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of September, 1897.
W.. S. RoMICK. Notary Public.
All dealers sell DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, or they will be sent post
paid on receipt of price. 80 cents a box or six
boxes for $3.50 (they are never sold in bulk,
or by the 1OO), by addressing DIR. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08
OBITUARY.

Mrs. Matilda Winter was born in
the state of Ohio, Oct. IS, 1Sil. Her
maiden name was Allen. She was
first married to Alfred $. Prouett in
October, 1857, who died just after the
civil war February Is, 1867 She
was married a second time in 1871
to John w. Winter. who died a few
years ago at their home at Philbrook,
leaving her to finish life's tolls alone.
She was twice n war widow; the
mother of six children, three living
and three dead.
Frank P%rouett, a much respected
citizen of Philbrook, is the only child
of the first marriage now living.
Those of the second marriage now
living al Mrs. Eva Suttin and Mrs.
Alice Peacock, both living near Phil
brook and prominent in the com
munity. A few months ago Mrs.
Winter had a stroke of paralysis,
from which she was fast recovering,
when, on Tuesday of last week, while
returning from Utica, her horse be-
came frightened and threw her from
the buggy. She was taken up in an
unconscious state, from which she
never recovered. She died on Thanks
giving night, Nov. 18th, at her home,
and was buried Saturday, Nov. 9th.
in the Philbrook cemetery, by the
side of Mr.. Winter. The day was
very cold, yet many OF her neighbors
followed her to her las earthly rest
ing place. The services held at the
home were brief but appropriate, the
writer conducting.
Mrs. Winter was for long years a
trustworthy member of the NJ. f.
church and in the front of the battle.
She died at her post and is now rest
ing in her tent awaiting the bugle
call and His second coming.
She came to Montana in May. 1869.
n of the pioneer white women on
the Judith. She numbered her friends
only by the circle of her acquaint-
ance. In her death her children have
lost a loving mother, the community
a respect ted and the church a true
and tried member. w. ID. LUTHER.
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LARGER BOUNTY DESIRED.
The North Montana Roundup Association
Wants q Bounty of $40 on Gray Wolves.

HELENA, Nov. 29.-Members OF the
executive committee of the North
Montana Roundup association, met
here this afternoon to consider var
ious range matters. Owing to the
delay in trains which prevented
several large stockmen from arriving
until late this afternoon little was
accomplished and an evening session
was held. The chief business of the
meeting is to prepare for the next
seasons work and hear the reports
of the attorney, the secretary and the
detectives.
The bounty question was quite
generally discussed. The opinion
seems to be that ii larger bounty
should he offered for gray wolves,
one member, VI. L. Miner of Malta.
advocating so for every one of the
animals killed and 81 for coyotes, an
increase of 81 in the former case and
a decrease of 81 in the latter. This.
he claims, Is more in proportion to
the damage wrought by the animals
and makes up for the harder task Of
killing the gray wolves.
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WYOMING GOLD SENSATION.
billings Gazette.1

ofhsuk oeScee
Wyoming has a Klondike of it's
own and the stampede is now on to
the newly discovered gold fields in
the Sierra Madre range on the Con-
tinental Divide. The stories of the
fabulous richness OF the Wyoming
fields read like fiction, but it is said
they are the truth just the same. A
number of Billings people have been
taken with the fever and are prepar-
ing to join in the rush for the new
Eldorado. A Wyoming dispatch to
the san Francisco Examiner says:
1T is wyoming's first gold excite.
ment and from every part of the
state, and indeed the whole west,
people are making a rush to the
banks of the Grand Encampment
river. Where, in a territory of more
than 300 square miles, there lived
eight weeks ago not to exceed fifty
people, today are being erected hum
dreds of log cabins, while tents and
temporary abodes of every kind are
dotting the hill-sides and canyons.
A new mining camp has been started,
a hundred prospect holes are being
sunk and n hundred shafts are being
sent down upon the golden veins.
"In the heart of the foothills of the
Sierra Madra range of the Continen-
tai Divide is believed by many to be
a. GOLD belt aa fertile az the EloDdike
or the Transvaal.
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LIBERTY OR DEATH.
The Fighting cubans VIII Refuse All Com
promises and Continue the Battle.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The Cuban
constituent assembly, which met re-
Gently at Camaguey, to remodel the
constitution and elect a new presi-
dent, issued a manifesto, which has
reached the Office of the Cuban junta
in this city today. The document is
dated Layaya, Oct. 30, 1897. and is
signed by Domingo Mendez Capote.
as president of the assembly. The
manifesto is addressed by 'the repre-
sentatives of the Cuban people to all
those who have the independence
and future welfare of Cuba at heart"
The document says that the assembly
before a~diourning deemed it its duty
to proclaim among other things
that:
mo special laws, no special re-
form or autonomy, nothing in short
that the Spanish government may
be willing to grant that means Span
ish sovereignty over Cuba, shall be
accepted by the Cubans as a settle
ment of the war.
Independence or death shall be
the u~nalterable and sacred motto of
the Cubans.
1.-The Cubans have not resorted to
arms in order to obtain any politi-
cal measures which do not once and
for all solve the Cuban question.
That is the 5 we will accept
nothing short OF absolute independ-
ence. 1t is u purpose to constitute
an independent state, orderly. pros
porous and happy, over the ruins OF
a WORKOUT colony. We are firmly
determed to carry on the war until
victory OF death crowns our efforts."
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$4,000

Will buy 160 acres of first-class land
situated about 16 miles from Lewis
town and exceptionally well adapted
for the care of stock. Adjoining the
ranch are 500 acres of pasture land.
A great part of the 16O acres is
seeded to timothy and produces in
ordinary years upwards of 100 tons
of hay. There goes with the prop
erty a new mower and rake. 2 har-
rows, and a full complement of farm
ing utensils; good hay corral, 2
large stables, a shed for the comfor-
table accommodation of 100 cattle,
good milk house; 1Sx22 frame house
with a 16x2O stone cellar underneath;
fine spring on the ranch which never
freezes; plenty of wood on the ranch
and timber convenient; large lot of
slabs suitable for farm use; house.
hold utensils, etc. etc.
1t is n bargain. For further par
ticulars or terms address this office.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

about the things which most closely con-
Germ her future happiness If she is sub
ject to any weakness of the delicate, spe-
cial organism of w~omanhood, make it your
business to see that this is properly cor
rected, and that she starts upon woman
hoods career with full womanly strength
and capacity. She will bless you for it all
her life.
There Is no need of Examination" and
"local applications" Sound professional
advice may be obtained free of charge, by
writing to DR.. r. v. Pierce, chief consulting
physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surg
ical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y, whose
thirty years occupancy of this position
has made him recognized among the most
eminent of living specialists in the treat
mcnt of woman's diseases.
Every case submitted to him by mail re-
eeives careful consideration. Efficient and
inexpensive home-treatment Is prescribed
whereby delicate, feminine complaints may
be promptly alleviated and cared. DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the only
proprietary medicine in the world designed
for this special purpose by a regular physi-
cian-an educated, experienced expert
Miss Cora l. Russell, of Leemont, Accomac Co.,
Va, In Q letter to DIR. Pierce says: From April,
verely from painful menstruation. For about
twelve hours before the appearance Of the menses
would feel giddy, have a severe headache, pain
In my back, in fact I felt as If every bone in my
body was breaking. Nothing did me any good.
] wrote to DIR. Pierce and he recommended his
sFavohte Prescription and after using three
bottles Of II I am glad TO say I am cured"
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THE nESSAGE.
CONTINUED from First Page.l

asked. A military force is also neces-
sary, and the establishment OF some
sort of flexible government. If start
ling reports as to the possible shor-
tage of food for the miners be fully
verified, every effort should be made
at any cost to carry them relief.
In conclusion the president ad.
monishes congress not to increase the
estimates for the maintenance of the
government. They should admit o.
decrease in many branches, and it is
a commanding duty that the appro'
priations be kept within the receipts
Of the government and thus avoid q
deficit.
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GOLD FIELDS OF ALASKA!
Che ALASKA CranSpOrtatiOn.
and development Company
OF CHICAGO, ILLS.
Capital, Five Million Dollars.

This company is the largest, strongest
and best equipped transportation and
merchandising company in the Alaska gold
field.
Three large and commodious steamships
will leave Seattle June LIST, and regularly
thereafter, carrying both freight and pass
engers.
These steamers are especially fitted for
the convenience of passengers and are
capable OF carrying 500 each.
Our passenger and freight service on the
Yukon River will be the best. The hand
ling of merchants freight made a speciality.
We are the only company that guarantees
prompt delivery at Dawson City. We
guarantee you a years supply of food and
a safe and speedy arrival.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08
1t Must
Be Seen

The New North estern Lin
ted" trains Minneapolis and ST.
Paul to Chicago must be seen to
tell their own beauties, and must
be ridden on To be thoroughly en-
ioyed and appreciated.
This famous train is the finest
in the world. 1t leaves Mime
apolis every night in the year 7:30
p. m; st. Paul STOP. m; arriving
Milwaukee $50 n. M; Chicago
$3.50 a. m.
Your home agent will sell you
tickets via this ~first-class line and
an illustrated folder and further
Information will befurnished you,
with pleasure, on application to
T.W. Teasdale, General Passenger
Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
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Notice to Creditors.

Estate of William II. Babcock, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of the estate of William H Bah
cock, Deceased, to the creditors of and all per-
sons having claims against the said deceased.
to exhibit them. with the necessary vouchers.
within four months after the first publication of
this notice. to the said administrator at his office
at the Bank of Fergus County, in Lewistown,
in the County of Fergus.
Dated at Lewistown, Mont. Nov. p, 1897.
FRANK +. WRIGHT.
Administrator of the Estate of William III.
Babcock, Deceased.
Rudolf Won Tobel. Attorney for Estate.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

NOTICE o PUBLICATION United
~ States Lane Office at Lewistown, Mont,
November 25, 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following
hamed 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 Fri
day, January ., 1895, VIZ:
y +. PRIDDY,
h made homestead entry No. 404. for the
SIC SEX, e12 swA. sec s, tip Is n, re- u e.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Robert Sullenger. John Sullenger. Frank
Day and All Sullinger. all of Lewistown. Mont.
DAVID HILGE Register.
First publication Dec. 1.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF-Notice
~ for Publication-United States Land Office
at Lewistown. Mont, November Is, 1897. No
tice is hereby given that
CHRISTINA WILSON,
formerly Christina Pirrie. of Halbert, Fergus
County, Montana, has filed notice of intention
to make proof on her desert land claim No. ia
for the sig sell sec 81. tip 3 n, re IS e. and lot )
and SEX nwl4 sec 3. tp 3 n. re- 10 e, before the
register and receiver at Lewistown, Mont, on
Wednesday, December %, 1897.
She names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation of said
land:
Willard F. Trask of Lavina, George Pirrie of
Halbert. Donald Fowler of Lewistown, and
James Wilson of Flatwillow, Montana.
DAVID HILGER Register.
First publication Nov. IL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08
Thousands are Trying 1t.

In order to provo the great merit of
Ely's Cream Balm. the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, We have pre-
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS, Sc Warren St, n. Y. City.
suffered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since a boy, and 1 never hoped for
cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do
even that Many acquaintance have used
it with excellent results.-Oscar Ostrum,
As Warren Ave-, Chicago, Ill
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug Price,
SO cents. At druggists or by mail.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

Allow us, through the columns of
your paper. to- sincerely thank our
friends and neighbors for their kind
assistance in our recent trouble i'm
the loss of our dear mother.
+. Z. PRoUETT,
EVA A. SUTTIN,
ALICE A. PEACOCK.
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Application to Cut and Remove Timber From
the Public Lands.

Notice is hereby given that. at the expiration
of three weeks from the date of this notice, !
Secretary of the Interior, to cut and remove
10000 feet of pine and 5000 feet of fir timber
from the following described public lands
in Fergus county, Montana. viz: e1f sell
sec. 2. sell sell sec. II, ne4 ne4 sec. Is,
nw4 sec. Il, tip. I3 n of rig IL e. c. c. LONG.
November -. 1897.
First publication Nov. "a.
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Notice of Contest.
United States Land Office.

United States Land Office
Lewistown, Mont, Dec = 1sy1.
COMPLAINT having been entered at this office
by James III. Charters against Arthur Nj. Good
rich for abandoning his homestead entry No.
lSs, dated September 23rd. 1881, upon the s1i
sci. sec. /, nwl4 nea. nei4 nw4 sec. II, tp IA n.
re- y e. in Fergus county, Montana. with a view
to the cancellation of said entry. the saaid par
ties are hereby summoned to appear at the U.
). Land Office, Lewistown, Mont, on the 10th
day of January, 1885. at 10 O'Clock a. M, TO re-
spond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment.
JOHN p. BARNES, Receiver.
First publication Dec. 8
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Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most Won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of e. c.. c. to-day; 10, p. so cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION United
~ States Land Office at Lewistown. Mont,
Nov. Is. 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his clai IN, and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Lewistown, Montana,on Thurs
day, December 23rd. 1897, viz:
EDWARD w. CARVER.
who made homestead entry No. 93. for the
swl4 SEX. sell swl4, sec Is. WIZ neA sec 81. tp
Is n. re II e.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
Theodore A. Gray, Charles E. Hess, Louis
Seguin and Henry Montgomery, all of Phil
brook. Montana.
DAVID HILGER, Register.
First publication Nov. II.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

Whatever may be the cause of pre-
maturely gray hair. it can be re-
stored to the same color as in youth
by Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re
newer.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-08

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION United
November Is, 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 Fri
day, December 81, 1881, viz:
JOHN NJ. STUART,
who made homestead entry No. HOS. for the
nIa sw4 sw4 swA sec IL, sell sch sec 10. tip Is n
re- II e.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
William Martin, William V. Lewis. Eugene
Lewright and George NJ. Stone. all of Phil
brook, Mont.
DAVID ULCER Register.
First publication Nov. "A.