Fergus County argus., 1898-05-11
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

William Fergus spent several days
in town this week. He reports ex-
cellent results from lambing thus far.
Great Falls Leader: The little town
ing lot of men to the front. We
doubt very much if any other town
oi similar size in the United States
has done as well.
In another column we give the pay
allowed officers of the United States
army of the rank ofsecond lieutenant
and higher. Below that the pay per
month is as follows: Hospital
stewart. $45; sergeant major, $23;
quartermaster sergeant, $23; first
sergeant, $25; sergeants, SIS;
corporals, Is; private soldier, $13.
Billings Gazette: The suit brought
against Tom McGirl, the Huntly
fiockmaster, by the wool commission
house of Macnaughton Bros, of New
York for the purpose of recovering
the sum OF 81 900 as a drawback on
a consignment of wool, has been
compromised and stricken from the
docket of the district court. Mr.
McGirl paid the firm $500.
Yellowstone journal: Lieutenant
Rowen, who has been detailed by the
war department to make his way
through the Spanish lines and hold a
conference with the insurgent
generals, is a brother of Mrs. w. W.
Anderson of this city. He will be re-
membered by friends of the lady as
having paid her a visit about two
years ago during which he became
well acquainted here.
Owing to the lateness of the hour
at which the mail arrives from Great
Falls, causing an unusual amount OF
work between the hours of u noon
and p. m, Postmaster Stephens an
nounces that it is impossible to make
any deviation from the rule, but that
the mails for Great Falls and Billings
coaches positively close at IL O'Clock
noon. Mail deposited after that hour
will be necessarily delayed until the
next day. He is anxious to accom-
modate the patrons, but must have
his mail ready for the coaches at /
p. m.
Husbandman: Butte and Lewis
town have the reputation of being
the boom towns of the state at this
writing. Butte is said to be better
than ever before in the history of it's
existence, while Lewistown is having
what it probably never enjoyed
before, a genuine boom. The busi-
ness houses of town are rapidly in
creasing and the people have sudden
ly, it seems, awakened to the fact
that it is the center of a large and
wealthy district and are tumbling
over each other to get into business
in the town.
The articles of Incorporation of the
Billings & Fergus County Telephone
Co. were filed with Clerk Perkins the
first of the week. The incOrporators
are H. F. Scott, F. B. Scott, Ludwig
Lehfeldt and Nj. F. Trask of Lavina
and Edison Hungerford of Billings.
The company is capitalized for So, 900,
81 900 of which is paid up. AS will be
seen by an article in the Billings Ga
zette. published elsewhere in this
issue, the company proposes to at
once build a telephone line from Bill
lings to Lavina and to extend the
line to Lewistown before fall.
Alex Graham, accountant of the
First National bank of Billings, died
suddenly at his home last week De-
ceased was well known and univer-
sally liked by many Fergus county
citizens. His wife is a connection of
Mrs. o. Z. Bennett of Lewistown.
The funeral was one of the largest
ever held in Billings, the Maverick
Hose company, Troop A, n. G. NJ,
knights o. Pythias and other orders
and societies joining in the process
sion. Mr.. Graham was a sergeant of
A troop and expected TO leave with
them for the front in few days.