Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-08-09

noted there and txtinRulshed and the
cause was undoubtedly incendiary,
though why the miscreant should de-
sire to burn down the property of
Mr.. Couch IL hard To determine.
Shots fired from the Teepee saloon
awoke a number Of sleepers and sew
eral members Of the fire department
assembled prepared for work. The
confiagration, however; was too far
from water To permit Of the use Of
apparatus, and the firemen only at
tended To assist in preventing any
other buildings from catching. No
danger in this direction vas feared
and the flames were left To do their
work. There was no insurance.
A considerable amount of money
has been found 10y the soldiers in the
Philippines. and among those So for
tunate Were members of Co. |. Ii APP
pears that soon after the boys en-
tered San Fernando Privatcs lTor-
top, Buser aud Edwards discovered
an old safe and upon breaking IL
open found $4,000 in Mexican silver,
amounting To $4,000 in American
money. The soldiers were unable to-
carry much with them and so al
lowed Other members OF thccOmpauy
to share In the good fortune. In
their knapSlcks each of the three
named carried away four hundred Of
the dollars aud upon reaching Ma
Mia converted il into American gold,
netting each one $500. Had it not
been for the Tact that they were well
loaded with cq Iipment and %rations,
no doubt they would have taken
away much more than they did.
Last week there was offered for
filing in the county clerks office
several notes which had been taken
by n hardware firm in payment OF
goods, the notes being in the nature
of a chattel mortgage on the prop
erty. While lying on the clerks desk
the attention of the writer wascalled
to an error which had been made in
one of them and which iscited merely
for the purpose Of illustrating how
careless some people are about the
contents of "A document which they
are asked to sign. This particular
note read with interest at the rate
Of twelve per cent. per month until
paid" The other notes each called
for one per cent per month Or twelve
per cent per year, and doubtless the
error had not even been noted by the
firm to which the note had been
given. Should any trouble, however,
arise concerning the payments the
farmer could he held to not only pay
S105 for the wagon, but $l5.W adj
ditiOnal as interest on that amount
for sixty days, the term of the note.
Rather expensive wagon, that.
The Plain Dealer of Wabash,
Indiana. OF August 4, contains a
column article concerning the Fisher
murder Ease and the handling Of the
appeal to the supreme court. 1t APP
pears that the prisoner and his aged
father, both becoming rather dis
couraged by the laws delays. obtain
ed the impression that Attorney
Blackford was neglecting the case
and from this conclusion, friends who
had contributed toward theexpenses
became doubtful of the disposition
of the funds. The Plain Dealer re-
ports an interview with Attorney
Cowgirl Of Wabash concerning the
progress Of affairs and says also that
the editor has n considerable amount
OF evidence to show that all possible
il being done by the Montana at
torneys. Surely no one III this sec
tiou, at all familiar with the case
and its present status, believes for
a moment that Attorney Black
ford and his associates, Ex-Justice
Dewitt Of Helena and +. T.. Strana-
han, are ~neglectiDg L.. the least the
interests Of the young defendant.
The reputation of the attorneys
would be all sufficient on this score
without knowledge Of the particular
case in question. The delay IL In the
supreme court reaching n hearing
and there IL strong probability that
the east will not be reached on the
docket before December.