Fergus County argus., 1898-03-02

anu fnlDrOOk were at the count
9 seat this week. among them th
: rustling merchant, George Bach.
An iteresting communication fror
a prominent local gentleman wa
0 received too late for insertion thi
: week, but will appear next issue.
!, Mrs. George Easton gave a yer.
pleasant party at the James Fergu
ranch on Armells Friday evenin,
last, ssme seventy guests attending
John Shea cut his right wrist yer,
severely on broken bottle Tuesday
evening and was brought immediate
ly to town for surgical assistance
The flesh was cut to the bone anC
the main artery severed, bleeding
being profuse.
| DIR. j. FL. willard, who was ap
pointed one of the delegates to the
meeting of the Pacific States Wool
growers association, to be held al
The DaIles, Oregon, this week, was
very anxious to attend but found il
impossible to do SO. 1t is not
thought that any delegates went
from this county.
Charles Calbreath, of the Judith,
last week closed a deal with Benson
Bowman, of Castle Butte creek, by
which Mr.. Calbreath acquires the
Bowman ranch of 800 acres in ex-
change for $500 in money and horses
valued at $1,000. Mr.. Bowman in
tends taking the horses to Dakota
and disposing of them for cash, two
of Mr.. Bowman's neighbors, Mr..
Flowers and Mr.. Monroe. having
found shipping horses to Dakota n
profitable business.
A correspondent from Philbrook
writes that "the work of tearing
down the parsonage at Philbrook
has been going on for the past two
days. 1t is being hauled to Pleasant
Valley, where it will enter into the
construction of a new parsonage.
The excavation has been made and
the foundation will soon be laid for
new cHuTCu. vi luc cNehiuk vi
March 10th the ladies will hold a ba-
zaar and festival for the benefit of
the church,
Pauling & stuart have secured the
Hanson building on the corner of
Main street and Fifth avenue for
their gents and household furnish
ings. A considerable part of their
stock has already arrived or ia on
the road from the railroad. 1t was
announced some weeks ago that
Mr.. Brown, who intending opening
a department of the Golden Rule in
Lewistown, had secured this build
ing, but as Mr.. Brown postponed
closing the deal and manifested such
a degree of uncertainty, Mr.. Hanson
made deal with Stuart & Pauling
and they took possession yesterday.
The notorious j. B. Fetzer, who Ia
now serving a term in the state
penitentiary for bounty frauds, has
board OF examiners. in which he pre-
tends to relate the true story of his
criminal career. Among other acts
he pretends to have presented wolf
skins to the county clerk of ChOteau
county. and had them punched a
second time. This part of his con-
fession is evidently an unadulterated
lie The punch used in Choteau
county is of IL size, considerably
larger than prescribed by law and
takes off so much OF the ear that the
pelt could not be presented the
second time without detection.
Besides being a self-confessed thief,
Fetzer must be a monumental liar
whose oath is as worthless as his
reputation.-River Press.
C. III. Perrine, of Ubet, was in town
this week. Mr.. Perrine says that he
never saw stock i'm finer condition
this time of year than they are now.
The gentleman submitted a commu-
nication in reply to the questions
concerning wages sent from this
office to- every sheep man in the
county whose name appeared on the
last assessment roll, and the same
will be published together with mat
ter obtained from other wooIgrow-
ers as soon as a sufficient number of
replies have been received to justify
the drawing of deductions as the
average opinion Of Fergus county
sheepmen. Those who have not al
ready responded and contemplating
doing SO will favor us with an early
response. The wish of those who
desire their names withheld will be
strictly observed.
w. F. Burgy came in from Great
Falls Saturday. Mr.. Burgy says he
made no bid for the stage contract
from Great Falls to Lewistown for
four years from July 1st, next, hav-
ing learned that one bid of less than
1000 per year was to be made, and
he did not feel that he could do the
work for that figure. Mr.. Burgy has
learned that at least three bids were
submitted to postmasters at Great
Falls or LewistOwn, among them
being one from G. NJ. Stone and one
from Oscar Johnston of Benton line.
The other bidder is thought to have
been Frank Lewis, of Arlington.
The bids were received up to the 18th
of last month and 1t is thought that
very soon it will be known to whom
the contract has been let. The sue
cessful bidder is quite as likely to be
some man i'm the south or east as
one of the local bidders, for bids
were received at the department as