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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18
Application for Patent, No. 10.
u. S. Land Office. Lewistown, Mont.
Nav oDd 1893

L.. s. Land Office. Lewistown, Mont. !
May 2nd. 1898.
Notice is hereby given that Willard @.
Norman by his attorney in fact Frank f..
Wright whose post office address is Lewis
town, Montana, has this day filed application
for patent, unde the mining laws of congress
for 1I23.4linear feet of the Ralph Lode, claiming
5. Al w. 3SS it. and n. Al e. 1874 IT. from the
discovery shaft thereon, designated as sur. No.
52g2, and situated in Warm Spring unorganized
mining district, Fergus county Montana, in
fractionaltp. Is d., re-. 10 e., which. claim is re-
corded in the office of the recorder of Fergus
county, Montana, in vol, Two. page Pa OF
lode locations. at Lewistown Montana, and
described as ollows:
Beginning at cor. No. 1 of said survey No.
5292. from which cor. to secs 8, 10, Is and 10,
to. I6 n, rg. 10 e., bears n. 49, 80 e. 1I6 it.,
thence S. 81 50 W. 1l3l #, to cor. No. 2; thence
n. 45 55 w. 562 #. to cor. No. 3: thence n. 10
O6' e. 1l22.5 #. to cor. No. 4; thence 5. a 30 e
$50 #. to cor. No. L. the place of beginning,
containing an area of l2.13 acres, upon WHICH a
notice of application for patent was posted on
the 9th day of April 1895. There are no
conflicting or adjoining claims.
DAVID HILGER, Register.
First pub. May 4.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18

1t Has Many Cubic Feet.
Teacher-Tommy Taddles, what is q
centipede?
Tommy-It is a creature with a hun
bred feet, ma'am.
Name another many-footed animal.'
"a gas-meter."-Town Topics.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18
One, Anyhow.

Young Peduncle doesn't seem I'd
have any high or worthy object in life.H
80, but he has!" 7
"What is it?"
1.-THE tall Miss Bullion" - Chicago
Tribune. ,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18

JUDITH LODGE, NO. 80, 1. o. o. F.
Meets every Monday evening in the Stafford
Block. Visiting bretheren are cordially invited
to attend. Al NJ. CRoFr No
A. W. SToDDARD, Rec. Secy.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18

JAMES A. SHIELDS Posi- No -. G.
A. R., of Lewistown, meets on the last
Saturday of each month, at 2 p. M, in
G. A. r. hail.
THos. GREGORY, Com.
b. H. BOWMAN Adj.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18

men WANTED 5E HH e H&AA EShSH;
MACHINE AGENTS, anyone honest and
willing to hustle. We will pay good wages and
give steady employment. With our facilities
and personal help any man fully alive and will
ling to work, can win a paying position with
us. Apply quick, stating age.
l.. L. MAY e. CO.,
Nurserymen Sesdsmen, Florists. St: Paul, Mimi.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18
Cuite Likely.

Guite Likely.
81 think we have met before"
Quite likely: 1 used to be a bill col
lector."-Tit-Bits.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18
SCHOOL BOARD.

w. E. Cort, Chairman; F.. E. Wright, John
Vadnais, J. B.Thompson, X. q. Jackson, I.H
Mackey w. II. Culver. E. G.. Worden, Clerk.
Regular meetings first Saturday Of each month
at 8 d. M, at Cort & worden's office.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18

BIG SPRING, CAMP No. los. WOOD,
MEN OF THE WORLDS; Meets the second
and fourth Tuesday of each month at Stafford's
hall, Main street, at s p. m.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
The Use of the superlative.

From Macaulay very large assert
ment of bests, biggests and greatests
might be culled; a few will suffice.
William Pitt was the greatest master
Of the whole art of parliamentary gov
ornment that has ever existed and the
most powerful subject in Europe be-
fore he was 25. 1.-THE Task, incom-
parably the best poem that any English.
man then living had produced - 1.-THE
greatest work of Dryden was the last,
the ode on st. Cecilia's Day."
In the second series of "Obiter Die
ia" we have two notable critical awards.
In the first Matthew Arnold is quoted,
saying that Emerson's essays are the
most valuable prose contribution to Eng
lish literature of the century.
Yet we remember that Archbishop
Whately could not sufficiently ridicule
Emerson, and what the archbishop
Quoting from Bishop Copleston) called
"the magic lanthorn school,"
The other example, from Mr.. Birrell,
touches Pope and Milton. "To say that
the Rape of the Lock is the best mock
heroic poem i'll the language is to say
nothing; to say that it is the best in
the world is to say more than my read
ing warrants, but to say that it and
Paradise Regained' are the only two
faultless poems of any length in English
is to say enough"
Some readers will surely say more
than enough.
The mention Of Pope recalls his ia.
nous lines Oh Bacon in the Essay on
MAN.
II parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin'd,
The wiSest, brightest, n.eanost of mankind
Gentleman S Magazine.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
Government and the Citizen.

To what extent the government touch
es the private life of citizen Of the
United States is shown in very strik-
ing way by Professor Eugene VAN
baugh of the Harvard Law school in al
article in The Atlantic Monthly. From
the time that a man rises, all through
his business and social activity of the
day until he goes to bed again, the gov
eminent touches him at every step, pro-
viding for him, regulating him, telling
him what he may and what he may not
do, until there seems hardly the neces-
sity to discuss increasing the scope Of
government, SO rapidly is it becoming
wider and wider under the natural tend
ency Of the times
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
parkiss Of the Eastern Shore.

It is worth while to see them drive
into enc of the villages, SO y on q Sat
urt.ay when the country people are
Eather.u g to do their sho piping. One
will SEQ many an old negro come driv-
ing in at snail's pace, ella d in i'll fit
ting garments too big or too little, of
any color or no color, ragged and
patched. He slouches On the seat of his
tumble down wagon as if it were too
much trouble to sit erect or as if he
wera about to fall over into the bottom
Of the vehicle and 60 to sleep. His steed
is mule, small, bony, starved looking,
wabbling Ill gait, very caricatuTe of
his kind. One expects him every mo-
ment to stop and go to feeding OH the
grass that arrows near the gutter. The
wagon rattles from afar. Every belt and
screw is loose, the wheels seem about to
fall entirely off, the sideboards sway
end the seat moves from side to side,
apparently at the peril of the occupant.
The harness is composed largely Of rope
and Irvine. The lines are Innocent of all
accusation of being leather. One would
be willing to risk his life on a venture
that such team would never get down
the street to the hitohing place by the
pump, but the zigzag journey is safely
made, with no sign Of anxiety on the
part OF the driver, and he halls his
lounging comrades on the pavement
with guffaw that can be heard mile.
The voices of the i'll clad but happy
rroun Sound mellow and sweet and good
natured as they chaff each other. These
voices are the very expression of the
happy go lucky, idle, easy, careless life
Of these people, too INDECENT to sound
oil the syllables of their words. Yet
they are happy. To see and hear them
one would think there was no tomor-
row, nothing to be done in the world
and no such thing as care upon earth.
Calvin Dill Wilson in Lippincott's.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
A Pertinent Question.

Old Aunt Dinah was q colored wom-
an with remarkably strong voice who
would sing and cry glory" with such
vigor as to be heard above all the rest
OF the congregation, but she was of an
unpleasantly saving disposition. 1t
was the custom at the missionary meet
ings which she attended to take up the
collection during the singing Of the
hymn ely abroad, thou mighty Cos
pei, !" in the midst Of which Aunt Di-
nah always threw back her head, closed
hec eyes and sang away at the top of
her lungs until the plate had been pass.
ed. The collector, who was an old man
OF plain speech, observed this habit, and
one evening when he came to her seat
he surveyed her rapt countenanoe and
then said bluntly, Look a-heah. Aunt
Dinah, what's de good OBJ yo' a-singin
an a-singin Fly abroad, thou mighty
gospel, eff yo' doan' glib muffin to make
her fy"'-Exohange.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
The Disfiguring snake Up"

So long as we indulge in the barbar-
ism OF footlights some strengthening Of
the points Of the face may be needful.
1t Is indeed an excellent thing when
deftly done and the material causes Of
the effect entirely hidden, as they should
be. The clarity Ct whittier tint to the
general tone of the skin, the illumina-
ton OF eye and teeth by emphasizing
the brow and lashes and lips, the height
ening of the color-all these things can
be so done as to disguise the means by
which they are done. What is the
method actually pursued? White is laid
all over face and shoulders in thick
washes, like Pierrot's mask, masses
OF black pomade load the eyebrows and
eyelashes, great gobs of red are put upon
the ear lobes and ON and around the
lips like snapdragon, deep pink in and
below the nostrils and ON the eyelids
and masses of black or purple beneath
the eyes, projecting to the temples in
arrowheads.
All these things are perfectly visible
to large part Of the audience and are
opera glass they are shocking. The OBJ
jects which are obtained are the Cog
CLING OF the eyes, which can be thrown
about with the intensity of darky's,
and the display of the worries, which
produce similar effect to his. For pas
sion to show itself in such plastered
faces, for waves of emotion to spread
over them and for any refinement of
feeling to communicate itself 20 the au-
dience are as impossible as it would be
to expect these things from the painted
canvas They cannot cry, of course, nor
touch, nor be touched, without disaster.
Ellen Terry played disfguring scene
here one night, with the water stream
ing from all eye into which her loaded
eyelashes bad discharged themselves
Time and the Hour.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17

ting this on the outside Of the lids is
simrly waste of time. The eye should
be opened, the lids drawn back, and the
inflamed portion touched with a camels
hair brush dipped in the salt water.
Outside applications do not reach the
seat of the ailment. A teaspoonful OF
boracic acid in half pint of water pre-.
pared in the same way is excellent. If
there are granulations and very serious
inflammation, boil teaspoonful OF
alum in a pint of water until it is dis
solved, then strain or filter as described
and apply with camel's hair brush
several times a day. This is one Of the
most efficacious Of remedies. - New
York Ledger.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
George Eliot.

Much surprise has been expressed at
the keen sense for business shown in
the letters of George Eliot quoted in
Mrs. ELEPHANTS book about the Black
woods. But it turns out that the letters
were really dictated by George Henry
Lewes, who was an able business man
and looked after her affairs SO closely
that, in spite of the comparatively
small bulk of her work, she left large
fortune behind her, all of it earned by
her pen during career of 81 years.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
REF HEIGHTS.

Rev. w. III. Thrs III, of Huron, was
in town last week and gave an ex-
cellent sermon on Wednesday even
ing.
Mr.. James Moore was very i'll last
week, with the prevailing disease,
but is slowly recovering.
Glen Willet IL working on Mr..
Sonne's house.
Hattie Lacrosse is attending The
Lauzon school, and is stopping will
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix LauZon.
A car load of young cattle was le IT
here Sunday morning for Mr.. Ro lie.
witch, of Bramhall.
Fred Ayers who LETT several years
ago for Missouri, was calling on old
friends Tuesday. Fred was wee
boy when he left, but has grow SO
tall he had to tell people who he was.
He will visit awhile with his sister,
Mrs. Albert Wells.
Mr.. Suhn has been confined to the
house for several days with neural
gia.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
First publication Mch10t7
Summons.

=
In the Circuit Court in and for Hand
County, Sixth judicial Circuit. State OF South
Dakota.
John ID. Rockafelow. Plaintiff.
Herbert A. Cole Ida A. Cole. G. w.
Abel. Trustee. John r. Trevett. Trus
tee Mary NJ. pinkham, James II. Ed
munds, j amcs Il. Russell * Ii. =. Beach
Defendants.
The State OF South Dakota to the above
named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint of the plaintln IN
the above entitled action, which said
complaint will be flied in the Office OF the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Sixth j u
dicial Circuit OF the state Of South Dakota,
within and for the County 0i Hand and to
serve q copy of your answer to the said com
plant on the subscriber at hts Office in the
town of Custer City, in the county of Custer,
in said state OF South Dakota. within
thirty days after the service of this sum
mons upon you, exclusive of the day of such
service: and IL you fail to answer the said
complaint within thirty days after the serv.
ice OF this summons upon you, the plaintif
in this action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated February Sth 1898.
Attorney for Plaintiff, Custer City,
Custer County South Dakota.
To the above named Defendants:
You will please take notice that the con-
p.aint III the above entitled action was, ON
the Odd day oi February, 1898, duly filed in
the office OF the Clerk OF the Circuit Court
within and for the county OF Hand, Sixth
Judicial Circuit. state OF south Dakota, and
the same is now on file therein.
Dated Feb'y 23d, 1898.
ATTORNEY for Plaintiff.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17

L. S. Land Office Huron s. ID. January "a,
1898. Complaint having been entered at
tins Office by Richard Henry VI. ZONES, of st.
Lawrence, 5. D., against the heirs OF Nelson
j., Ballard deceased, for failure TO comply
with law as to timber culture entry No.
1O.223 Huron series, dated November 9TH,
1850, upon the southeast quarter section >
in township 113, n. of range SO. W. 9TH p.
NJ. in Hand county South Dakota, with a
view to the cancellation of said entry. con
testant alleging that neither the said Nelson
1. Ballard, nor his heirs. nor any OF them
have complied with the law in regard to
planting or cultyating trees. tree-seeds or
cuttings since year 1894, and that said land
PAS been absolutely abandoned since the
year 1895, and that Their" are no trees grow
lag on said land now and none have been
growing there since the said filing was made;
shat the only living heir of said Nelson +.
ballard is William ballard, his father to
his best knowledge. the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear at
this Office on the 18th day OF March,
1898, at 10 O'Clock a. m. TO respond
aud furnish testimony concerning said al
legged failure. JOHN VI. DAVE Register.
JOHN l., PYLE, Atty for contestant, Huron.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
First publication Jan.-13t9
4 IF 4 ArrdG

First publication Jan.-13t9
Lease of state School Lands.
Office of Commissioner 81 School and Public
Lands.
Notice IL hereby given thaton the 10th OF
March, 1898, all the Unbiased school and en-
,iowirlent lands In Hand county will be offer
ed for lease at public auction. to the highest
bidder, at the front door of the Court House
in said county The leasing will he Held be-
tween the hours of 10 O'Clock a. IN. and .
o'clock y. M. each day. until all tracts OF
School and Endowment lands have been
offered for lease.
Pierre. S. ID. January 9th, 1898.
J. l.. LOCKHART,
Commissioners OF School and Public Lands.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
Advertised Letters.

For the week ending Mar. IA, 'eS
the following letters remain uncalsed
for in the Miller postotiice.
Miss Lettie Callahan.
Parties calling for above will please
saw advertised. JOHN Pussy, =. NJ.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
The Aristocracy of Wealth.

Mamma, the De Smiths are saying
that they are richer than we"
"What nonsense, child! Our subur-
ban residence is assessed at 4S5 times
its real value, while theirs is assessed
at barely 32S times its real value -
Detroit Journal
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
I've Remedies.

One Of the simplest and hest RENE
dies for inflammation or strain is to
battle tho eyes in warm water. Another
good remedy is "a solution of ealt and
water made by putting teaspoonful Of
Tine table salt INFO a half pint of water
Let it bell, and VIXEN Geld strain it, re-.
moving aIE particles or sediment. Put
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17

Mr.. Beaumonde-How do you like
the new ooschnaan, my dear?
Mrs. BeaumonSe-Oh, he's splendid
His hair just matches our pair of chest.
nut carriage horses. London Fun.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17

1t Is not unusual for the Duke Of
Westminster's charity ball to amount
to eco, 900 @ year.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
First publication Feb24t5
Notice of Sherin's Sale.

First publication Feb24t5
Notice of SheriT's Sale.
,ss Court in and for
Sixth Judicial Circuit Hand County
William ID. Hale as Receiver of the
American Savings and Loan As
ISOLATION, Plaintiff,
VS.,
Emmett j. Lewis and Julia NJ Lewis
Defendants.
Notice IL hereby given that by virtue OF
Judgment OF foreclosure and sale in the above
entitled action entered on the l 7th day OF
February A. ID. 1898, and an execution is
sued upon said Judgment the subscriber
Dakota, for that purpose appointed, will sell
at public auction at the front door OF the
court house in the city OF Miller county of
Hand, state OF South Dakota. on Saturday,
March 26th, 1898. at IL O'Clock in the fore
noon OF that dav, the real estate and mort
gagged premises situate in thecounty of Hand
state OF South Dakota, and directed in said
Judgment and execution to be sold, and
therein described aus follows: Lots six 90
and seven ca i'm block forty two (42) in Porter
& Drivers Third Addition to the Town OF
st. La wrence as the same ia plated and re-
corded in the office OF the Register OF Deeds
OF said county, or so much thereof as may be
sufficient 10 satisfy said Judgment and costs
amounting in all TO Eight hundred and fif-
teen (S15) dollars and six go cents with in
terest thereon from the date OF said Judgment
and all accrung costs of sale.
Dated Miller, South Dakota, February 7th
1888.
JOHN j. STRUT.
Sheriff of Hand County
CHARLES NJ; STEVENS, Plaintiffs Attorney,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17
Attorney for Plaintiff, Custer
feb17t5
Notice of Sherih,s sale.

Sss in and for Hand
Sixth Judicial Circuit. County.
Abram Lllwood Mfg Co. Plaintiff,
NJ. J. Halloran and Rebccca Bush
Defendants. !
Notice Is hereby given, that by virtue OF Il
Judgment OF foreclosure and sale in the above
entitled action on the Tth dav OF February
a, ID. 1898, and an execution issued upon
said Judgment, the subscriber John j. Strut
Sheriff of Hand County, state OF South Da-
kotn, for TINT purpose appointed. will sell mt
public auction at this front door OF the court
house in the town OF Miller county OF Hand,
and state OF South Dakota.on Monday March
2lst. 1888, at ten O'Clock III the forenoon OF
that dny, the real estate and mOrtgaged
premises situate in the county OF Hand. aud
state of South Dakota, and directed in said
Judgment aud execution to be sold, and
therein described as sollows: The southeast
quarter tS.E.) OK section thirty three (3Bl in
township one hundred ten ,11O) north of
range siSsy seven ('jG west OF the Fifth l.. NJ
containing 1850 acres. or so much thereof IA
may he sufficient 70 satisfy said Judgment
and costs. amounting IN all to Two hundred
and ninety four t&Dil dollars and fifty (0OD
ceatS. with iatSie~t thereon from date o!
said Judgment. and all accruing costs of sale.
Dated Miller, South Dakota, feb s, 1898.
JOHN j. STRUIr,
Sheriff oi Hand CO., >. ID.
J. II. COLE, Plaintiffs Attorney
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17

GUARANTEE to effect a permanent cure of
the following diseases within a reasonable
length of time: Nervous Debility Liver, Biad-
DER, sidney Complaints, Heart Trouble
Piles, Structure, Ulcers, Fistula, Skin Dis
eases, Hydrocele and Rupture Write for
symptom blank and book as my system of
Home Treatment Ia SO perfect can guaran-
zee cure IN every case. Correspondence
sacredly confidential. 251-263-255 NicoIlet
ave. r. 2. BOX 1o5. Minneapolis, Minn.s
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-17

In the Circuit Court in and for Hand
County, Sixth judicial Circuit. State OF South
Dakota.
John ID. Rockafelow. Plaintiff.
The sun., 1898-12-11
SHOT BY HIS DOUBLEs

A Supposed Attempt at Suicide Now be-
lieved to Have Been a Murderous Assault.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 7-On June IA n man was
found wounded and apparently dying on q
bench in Forest Park. this city. A bullet hole
through his head and revolver lying at his
feet indicated an attempt at suicide.
The shot had severed the optic nerve. caus-
ing loss OF vision. The wounded man was
taken to hospital, where he gained sufficient
strength to be removed to the home OF his
sister in Kansas. He WAS placed in blind
institute there. where he died last November.
In the pockets of the wounded man was found
a card inscribed Edward @. Dolng, and nothing
else. 30 this was supposed to be his nag7e and
edge OF bank officials. in a town near Terre
Haute. who were looking for Doling, who had
embrzzled $4,000 while cashier. The officials
identified the supposed dying man as the bank
thief and further search was abandoned;
That wounded man proved to he Elliott L..
told the Indiana officials until to-day, Doling
had visited a brother living near Duckworth's
home. and the resemblance between the men
was commented upon. just before his death
Duckworth denied that he had attempted
suicide, but said that while seated in the Park
all was blank.
The theory OF the detectives now is that
Duckworth was lured to the nark by the fugi-
tive cashier. was there murdered, his pocs cts
riied and one OF Doling's cards left as a clue
to his identity. A. letter found by the dead
Doling 70 her brother arranging for a meeting.
though the men were total strangers. Detec.
tives are now searching for the embezzler and
suspected murdSrsE ~