Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-03-30

at that place, of Dan. Tovey, fOI
many years a stage driver and wei
known throughout Fergus county
The nj of death was Bright
disease from which Dan. had suffered
for eight months. In 1887 Dan. go-
lost In II blizzard In the Cypress hill
and suffered exposure which nearly
resulted in his death and made hin
a cripple for life.
Three gentlemen aud one lady
from Iowa, who are coming to Lew
town, have been doing u profitable
business at Benton for some time
In advance of the departure Of eact
coach they had themselves billed fol
passage. but in consideration of q
money inducement gave way to
others more anxious to face the pre-.
vailing storms than were they. This
was repeated evera times, but the
party is expected In his week.
The controversy between Frank
Moshner and Butts Bros. and the
Ammon Stivers Mining Co. has been
re-opened, as will be seen by court
proceedings. 1t appears that the
plaintiffs secured a default in this
case several months ago, but had
later filed an amended complaint.
This complaint was not served ON
the defendants and upon this ground
j. A.. Walsh, attorney for defend
ants, secured the setting aside of the
default and the case will now be
tried ON it's merits. This, while
doubtless just, is disappointing, for
1t was hoped that at least one step
toward the settlement of the litiga-
ton involving these Gilt Edge mines,
had been settled beyond recall.
In the criminal case against H. d..
Daniels, which resulted in a SEN
tence Of n year in the ~penitentiary,
w. NJ. Blackford assisted the county
attorney and handled the case very
skilfully. Mr.. Cheadle closed for the
state I'm an exhaustive review of the
testimony. Daniels conducted d
meat market in Lewistown for some
time but the source of his supply was
unknown until Mr.. Nc Williams dis
covered at the Day ranch some hides
stored there by u pedler who had
purchased them from Daniels, and
among which was one which Mr..
McWilliams positively identified as
having been taken from a calf owned
by him. OF twenty-three hides found
all but three or four had the brands
cut out.
David Hilger reports the Dog
creek telephone line now in opera
ton from the James Fergus ranch to
the Hilger ranch on Dog creek and
by the end Of this week the wires will
have been strung. the Instruments
placed and the line open for COM
from the Townsend
ranch to the viii Fergus ranch on
lower Dog creek. This completes
the line except that portion from
the Townsend ranch to Lewistown,
which section will be i'm operation by
April 18th. The length of the line of
communication established il about
~ miles and will afford great ac-
to the settlers of that
section, as well as providing a valu-
able feeder to the long distance lines
Lewistown north and south.
Wednesday evening of last week,
Capt. Preston Of Company 1, Mon
tana National Guard, appointed the
non-commissioned officers:
LIST sergeant-W. w. Badger, 2nd-F.
c. Stiles, 3rd-T. ID. Barton, 4th-D.
E. Hemphill, 5th-Edmund Wright;
Noble NJ. Walker, 3rd-J. w. Le-
Quatte, 4th-H. C. Brown. ID. E.
Hemphill was also assigned to duty
az quartermaster. Fifty-one uni
forms have been ordered from NJ. c..
Lilly & Co., of Columbus, o., through
the Lewistown Commercial Com
pany. The guns are expected here
by the first of April. A school for
officers has been
established and will meet every Fri
day night. Perry McHugh was
mustered in Wednesday evening.
Spectators In the distric court
room Friday evening were much
amused and interested i'm the difficult
ties encountered by two young peo-
nIn n-hn dnSirnd 20 .tnttn fhnir Tor
tunes, for better or for worse. The
young man was Stainslaus Fleaury,
of a well-known family of mixed
blood, and Miss Mary Louise Walker.
good looking girl of o%ne-fourth In
dian blood and the groom was gen.
orally looked upon al an unusually
fortunate groom. Miss Walkers
parents were both dead, she had no
guardian and was under Is years of
age. In these circumstances a license
could not be issued without action
by the court and after much parley
i'm securing the appointment of a
guardian, this permission was OBJ
tanned. The court appointed ID. NJ.
Crowley guardian, but this gentle
man declined to serve If bound by an
agreement to give his consent to the
girl marrying Fleury. AS Judge
DuBose would not agree to leaving
the matter optional with Mr.. Crow
ley, Isadore Berger was appointed
and he promptly acquiesced in the
girls choice-in fact he seemed to
have been the match maker. When
the clerk called on Fleury for the fee
of ~ for the license, the groom &C.
cured the amount fron his bride, and