Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-02-16

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APurs Craps Cream Of Tartar Powder.
10 YEARS TIE
Thomas O'Hanlon died at Chinool
yesterday afternoon.
Friday evening next is the date se,
for the annual ball of the knights O
Pythias. The committee in charge
is preparing to entertain handsomely
a large number of guests and with
favorable weather they are more
likely to see even a greater number
attend than they anticipate.
Monday there was filed i the Of
flee of the county clerk a bond for
deed given by Chas. Young, of Gilt
Edge, to E. E. Lonabaugh and w.
s. Metz, of Sheridan, wyo., for an
undivided one-half interest In the
Chicadee Fraction lode, such deed to
be given Immediately upon settle
ment of the adverse claim of grantor
to the Peerless lode. which adverse
claim Is now pending In the local
land office. a portion Of the Chica-
dee, Fraction and Peerless ground
conflicting. The consideration was
nominal.
Judge j. E. Murray, ex-post-
master, has been quite Ill for several
days and his many friends were
alarmed. The old gentleman has
been a sufferer from brights disease
for many years and has been grow
ing feeble for some time. He is
one of the pioneers of Montana, hav-
ing come to the territory in 1865.
from Colorado, where he was one of
the early m in the gold excite
ment OF Pixies Peak. For several
years an honored official of MeaRher
county and for twelve years a resi-
dent OF Lewistown, his circle of
friends Is large and they sincerely
trust he may soon again be about
his accustomed haunts.
For the second timein the momory
of the Oldest residents of Great
Falls, the Missouri river went dry at
that point Saturday morning last,
no water flowing over the Black
En 0la Enl1a md IN po-ca-,onAo %Ln
power plants were compelled to
shut down. The scarcity of water
was caused by the completion of the
Canyon Ferry dam and until that
dam had filled up and the water
again commenced to flow. the river
bed below the dam was dry and one
could walk W. dry shod, the fact
that the Sun river and other streams
empty into the Missouri below the
Canyon Ferry dam and above the
falls not giving sufficient water to
make a difference. The first time the
river went dry was several years
ago and was caused by an ice jam.
The Falls papers say that but two
70 IA ShS companies "ulCh put
in a stock of Ice have been able to
cut this winter and and ice famine
next summer is apprehended. The
River Press says but little ice has
been cut at that point.
Prof. B. T. Hathaway lectured at
the Presbyterian church last evening
to a fair sized audience-fair, because
vaudeville is, rs a rule, more attrac-
tive to Lewistown people than u
lecture. The professor ia an enter
tanning speaker, and his is
one of great earnestness. He spoke
for fifteen minutes on four distinct
subjects: Bismarck, John Bright,
the noble Englishman who mani
tested such strong friendship for Lin
coin and the United States during
the rebellion, the Nicaragua canal
and the cause of the Cuban patriots.
Prof. Hathaway is a great admirer
OF Bismarck, and feels that the
patriots of this country owe a mon
ument to our foreign allies in our
two great wars-Lafayette and
Bright. His remarks on Cuba and
the great struggle now going on for
the independence of the Gem of the
Antilles met enthusiastic endorse
ment from his audience, for the cause
of the Cuban is very nee the hearts
of the American people at this time.
The speaker considered the Nicara.
qua canal an absolute necessity Oi
this country and he cited many
figures to show of what advantage
it's building and control by the
United States would be to us. Az
the nineteenth century opened with
the Louisiana purchase, extending
our territory from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, Prof. Hathaway believes
the century should be rounded out
by bringing these extremes into
closer touch by the building of the
Nicaragua canal. The receipts OF
the lecture will be devoted to the
Free Library, whose patrons, though
they may not have attended the lec-
ture, will owe a debt of gratitude to
the professor. through whose efforts
a considerable number of new books
: may be purchased.