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A COOL REQUEST.
An Escaped vagrant Wants His Papers
Returned.

An Escaped vagrant Wants His Papers
Returned.
Great Falls. Sept 21.-Tony Grillen-
berger, who for the past two days has
been acting as chief of police. nearly
tainted when he received the following
letter:
Dawson City, N D., Sept. Is, 1885,
Chief of Police, Great Falls. Dear Sir:
On or about Aug. Is, 1899, Charles ].
Fields was arrested in your city for
vagrancy. l am that person, and write
you in reference to a diary, red cover,
kept in Spanish, and some other papers
which were taken from me. l owe you
an apology for not staying and serving
my sentence on the stone pile. How
ever,
The hammers were heavy
The stones were hard,
And l got lonesome in your back
yard;
The food was bad and there was no
pay,
So l climbed the fence and got away.
II am working here and would con-
slider it as a personal favor did you
send me the papers. I enclose s cents
in stamps to cover postage. Yours re-
spectfully, CHARLES j. FIELDS"
The cool gall of the request is enough
to stun the most phlegmatic person.
Fields was run through the ordinary
course of the police court and given a
short sentence in jail. When he was
sent out into the yard to break stone
for the betterment or the damage of
the city streets, he climbed the fence
and "lit" out. AS a matter of fact, his
departure was a source of relief to the
city officials, for the fewer Migrants
they have on hand. the better they are
pleased, but the GOODNESS of the re-
quest rather corks them. 1t is proba-
BILE that an answer will be sent back
that If the fine is forwarded. the men,
orandum book will be promptly re-
turned.
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the people who owned property in the
addition, as well as to the detriment
of the value of the property in such
addition; that this menace was of such
force as to render the value of the
property absolutely nothing. For all
these the company asks the court to
enjoin the city, county and their Off
GERS from using this property as pest
house, now and forever. In the mean
time the poor fellows who are supposed
to have smallpox, chickenpox, rash,
mumps or something else are likely to
be thrown upon the streets.
The disease. whatever the doctors
may finally decide to call it, is evil
IDENTIFY spreading, and now makes its
appearance in Belt. The following ac-
count of a case there was received here
to-day:
There has been considerable excite
ment the past week caused by the an
nouncement that Miss Phoebe Inter
mill was afflicted with smallpox. Miss
Intermill was engaged to teach the Lee
land school. Last Monday she reported
for duty, but shortly afterwards was
taken sick and had to return to her
home, the Grand Union hotel DR.. An
thony was called to see her, and as she
had symptoms of chicken pox or small
pox, he had her isolated in a building
in the rear of the hotel, with strict or
ders that no one but nurse. be per-
mitted to 60 near her.
DR.. Vidal was called in consultation
and Sunday evening the case had devel-
oped so that the physicians were justi-
fed in pronouncing it smallpox, al
though a very mild form.
At first there was doubts as to
whether 1t was case of chicken poX or
smallpox. The two are so nearly re-
lated that they have to reach a certain
stage before the physicians can decide
definitely what it is. The doctors here
did not wish to create a scare by pro-
nouncing it smallpox if later it might
prove to be chicken pox; and on the
other hand, they did not wish to pro-
nounce it chicken pox when it might be
smallpox, and thus subject the com
munity to infection. Every precaution
is being taken to prevent the spread of
it, and as no suspicious cases have been
reported, it is hoped it may be stamped
out.
In speaking of the case here and the
one he had at Bowers Bros. DIR. Vidal
says while this case is the mildest form
of the disease he has seen, that in the
basin is of the most virulent form
4 number of parents who have chill
dren in the public schools of Great
Falls have visited the office of the
Standard and asked why the schools
We're not closed, in view of the presence
of few cases of illness which may be
smallpox or some other contagious dis
ease. They say that every day chill
dren are being sent home because of
suspicious eruptions on the face, and
that many are taking their children out
of school rather than expose them TO
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DISEASE IS SPREADING
Boston Heights People Have a
Kick Coming.
INJUNCTION ASKED FOR
Object to the Selection of a Pest House.
A Case OF Supposed Smallpox
in Belt - Want the
Schools Closed.

Great Falls, Sept 21.-Another phase
of the smallpox scare developed to-day.
The people who live in the Boston &
Great Falls addition to the city have
been complaining that the city, by APP
propriating the use of the old hospital
as a pest house, has been directly de-
preciating the value of the property in
that section and exposing the citizens
there to the ravages of the disease. The
city and county authorities, when they
picked out the old hospital for a pest
house, were no doubt sincere in their
belief that they then had place where
suspects could be confined and treated
without danger to the population at
large, but the people of Boston
Heights, as they now call the place,
think differently, and have induced the
Boston & Great Falls Land company,
which owns the larger part of the land,
to attack the matter. There are not
many people living in that portion of
the city, but doubtless they think their
welfare as important as that of any
other portion of the town, and to-day
the land company filed an injunction
suit demanding that those who are di-
recting the quarantine movement be
restrained from sloughing all of the
disease off on to that particular section
of the city. The suit which was filed
to-day in the district court is entitled
the Boston & Great Falls Land
company versus the city of Great
Falls, ]. A. Collins, mayor. A. f. Longe-
way, part owner of the property tthe
pest house,, and County Physician B. 2.
McNair, chairman of the board of
county physicians, and DR.. c. A. Brady,
secretary of the city board of health
and city physician.
The complaint recites that plaintiff is
a corporation under the laws of New
Jersey and owns this certain add ton
to the townsite of Great Falls; that It
has erected numerous dwellings thereon
and is now renting them to various ten
ants; that there is on the addition q
school building, where two or three
teachers are employed and where a
number of pupils attend; that the
school house building is on property
which it sold to three doctors seFeL al
years ago, and which now goes under
the name of the Great Falls Hospital
company, and who are supposed TO own
it; that for the past four years II mas
been occupied as private dwelling,
and not for hospital purposes at all;
that it is but 500 feet from the afore-
said school building, and that the pre-
yailing wind in Great Falls, which
blows more than all of the time, is
from a quarter which would convey
tbe germs of contagious disease di-
reetIy to the aforesaid school house;
than on Sept. IS the city, county off,
Gals and the health officers conspired
to select pest house which was a
menace to the children who attended
the school and to the peace of mind of
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the danger of catching they know not
what. So long as the schools have
but about one-half of their normal at
tendance, there seems to be no good
reason why they should not be closed
entirely, and to the average outsider it
would seem as If such a closing would
be an excellent preventive % further
spread of the mysterious disease. OF
course the doctors have not agreed just
what the disease is, but two weeks Of
vacation just now would not hurt the
children, and it would only delay by
that time the imported teachers, who
plan each year to spend their summer
vacation in the East. So long as the
county officials have deemed the pres
ent epidemic of sufficient Importance to
establish pest house, the school board
would be fully justified in closing the
schools.
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CITY IS THE DEFENDANT
Mccormick Wants Damages for
Flooding of Property.
NEGLIGENCE is CHARGED
Failed to Remove the Obstruction in the
Sewer = Condemnation Proceed
ings for New Pipe Line
From the Big Hole.

The city was made the defendant in
a suit filed in the district court yester-
day, growing out of the heavy rains Of
last July and August, which did much
damage to property about the city,
among other things, flooding the prop
erty of John Mccormick at the corner
of Granite and Arizona streets. In his
complaint the plaintiff, John McCor-
mick, asks for $4,000 damages on one
count and 1928 on another, alleging that
the city negligently allowed the storm
sewer which has it's mouth at the in
tersection of Dublin gulch with Copper
street to clog up, causing surface wa
ter to overflow the premises of the
plaintiff. who further alleges that he
notified the city of the obstruction to
the sewer, but the city's officers failed
and neglected to remove the obstruc-
tion. Plaintiff also alleges that he
duly presented his claim for damages
to the city council and that 1t was by
that body denied; wherefore the plain
tiff asks for judgment for $1,000 on the
first count in which the damage is al
legged to have been done on Aug. 9, 1899,
and 1928 on the second count, in which
the damage is alleged to have been
done on July 20, 1899
Proceedings were instituted in the
district court yesterday by Eugene Car
roll, as receiver of the water company,
against Patrick Kirley, James PEN
nngton, Milton Keller and Henry Arm
strong as administrator of the estate of
Benjamin Armstrong to condemn prop
erty for the right of way for the pro-
posed new pipe line from the Big Hole
for the purpose of bringing city water
from that source. According to the
complaint the pipe line is being con-
structed from Maiden Rock on the Big
Hole to Butte, and the ground sought
to be condemned is situated on the
Midland and Milton fraction placers, in
Silver Bow county. The plaintiff sets
up that the public interest requires that
the conduit be constructed; that the
plaintiff has endeavored to agree with
the defendants as to a price for the
right of way, but has been unable to do
so, and he therefore asks that the usual
course in such condemnation proceed
tngs be taken.
The defendants in the case of John
Floyd ct al. against John M. Barber
ct al, to enforce an alleged contract to
sell, filed their answer in the district
court yesterday. The answer admits
that the defendant, John NJ Barber, is
the owner of lot Is, in block of Ber-
nard's addition, but denies that his
wife. Lottie Barber, has or claims any
right or dover in the property; denies
that the defendants or either OF them
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entered into a contract at any time to
sell the property to the plaintiffs for
1880 or any other sum, and deny that
on Sept. 6, 1899, the plaintiffs rendered
to the defendants $500 for the pur-
chase of the property mentioned. The
defendants ask that the plaintiffs take
nothing and that the defendants be al
lowed their costs.
In the case of Charlotte S. Eager
against Antoine Strasser, the attorney
for the defendant yesterday filed a
motion to set aside the order for the
publication of summons on the ground
that the showing made in the affidavit
therefor is insufficient to warrant a
judicial officer in making the order,
and that there is no authority in the
judge to make such order, it being pro-
vided by law that such order must be
made by the clerk of the court
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The appeal papers in the case of H.
H. Hanson against ]. P. Collins, admin
istrator of the estate of Angus Mcleod.
were filed in the district court yester-
day. The case is one in which DR.. H.
II. Hanson sued to recover $100 for pro-
fessional services alleged to have been
performed for Angus Mcleod, deceased,
and obtained judgment for SIS and
costs, amounting all told to $S4
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Owing to the amount of litigation
that has piled up since the Pennsyl-
vania case has been on trial, Judge
Clancy has decided to take a day off
Saturday and hear motions, all of
which will be satisfactory news to
lawyers and Htigants who have been
patiently waiting for weeks on the big
case,
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The defendants in the case of James
H. Maloney ct al. against Silas King
ct al, involving apex rights, filed
motion yesterday for permission to ex-
anime and survey the workings of the
Plymouth lode claim. The motion Is
supported by an affidavit made by
Wakeman Sutton, one of the defend
ants, who recites that THE plaintiffs
assert the ownership of portion of the
Plymouth lode claim that the defend
ants answer sets up that they (the de-
fendants) have been following and from
which they have extracted ore, apexes
on the Silver King and wholly within
the Silver King surface lines. and runs
east and west the entire length on the
Silver King claim, lying north and ad-
jacent to which is the Plymouth; that
since the beginning of this action the
plaintiffs have sunk a shaft on the
Plymouth, which Is claimed to have
been sunk on vein or crevice, that
following the crevice the shaft is said
to be down 20 feet on the south incline
and that go feet down the plaintiffs
have drifted through the country ROCK,
following no vein, and have cut into
the lode of the Silver King, wherefore
the defendants ask for an order of
survey.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-04-12

JUDITH LODGE, NO. 80, /. o. o. F.
Meets every Monday evening in the Stafford
Block. Visiting bretheren are cordially invited
TO attend. JAS. NJ. CROFT, NC.
A. w. SToDDARD. Rec. Seey.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-04-12
The Regularn.

In brilliant actions by sea and land
the navy and the army have won for
the United States a new empire and for
themselves imperishable glory. They
may well appeal TO the considerable
judgment of mankind upon their per-
~formances, confident that when carp
ing criticism shall have been silenced
they will receive their fitting reward
in the thanks and praises of the gen
erations yet to come. We hope that the
coming year will show that the lessons
of the war will not be lost upon the
country, and that the regular army will
be reorganized in its department, as
the regular navy has always been in
its sphere, as the bulwark of the ma
tional defense. When Gen. Knox de-
clared that a national militia was the
cheap defense of nations, he had in
mind, as his often misquoted letter will
show. a people trained to arms as they
are to-day in Germany and France. lie
aid the greatest stress upon the need
If such training, and until congress
provides for it, as il is provided for
abroad. the trained soldiers of our
'egular army must be, with their com
beers of the navy. the country's re-
nance for tranquility at home and Sc
curity abroad.-Army and Navy Jour
nal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-04-12

father can write to DR.. Pierce and receive
medical advice free. Thousands have done
it. Thousands of homes lave been made
happy by it. Thousands of weak women
suffering with the pains and facilitating
drains of a diseased condition of the dis
tinctly feminine organism have followed
DR.. Pierce's advice and become again bloom
ing, vigorous, loving, cheerful and loved.
DR.. r. v. Pierce is chief consulting ply
stefan at the world-famous Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. ",
and during his thirty years practice here
developed his great family medicines-Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery.
Mrs. Claus Nelson, Of Pico Heights. Los An
geles, Cal, Box 81, writes: 81 send you my pic
ture taken with my little boy. do not look so
sad now as I do in the picture; I was sick then
and ! thought my days would not be long, but
your kindness and medicine would not let me
die. You have my heartfelt thanks for your
your book which / received two years ago, and
which I could not do without. II is all the Doc
tor / have had since | got IL. / had female
trouble, and DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
together with the advice given in his book,
cured me of five years sickness"
The book Mrs. Nelson mentions is DR..
Pierce's 1000 page Medical Adviser, " the
most useful doctor book " published. A
copy in stiff paper-covers sent On receipt
of 81 one-cent stamps to pay expense of
mailing only; in cloth binding ten stamps
extra. DR.. X. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-04-12

rifles either side o. the creek without
seem from three to nine deer. Neigh
bors wasn't so considerable nigh TO-
gether 60 years ago 'monrst thesa hills,
and most o. the roads was trees blazed
this way and that way through the
woods.
"0ne day. think il was Ia the fall
o. '35; yes, ] know il was, cause little
Jephtha Hounds was two years old
that very day, an | was goin' ON an err
rand iigt on accouI of it-I'ncle Jeph-
tina says: Better take your gun along
an bring in a saddle of vcnison.' So
1 took my gun along, an | remember
the day so particular cause 12 deer
jumped up almost under my feet in
the four mile | was goin'. If I'd been
huntin I'd n killed the whole 10 o. EN-,
but as | was goin' on IN orTaEd / only
knocked over and hung up six o. EN-.
"It's an honest fact ard I don't he
lieve you'd think a man with only one
ieg would tell a lip-that deer was so
c~onsid":'ble thitk 20 years ago that 1t
was a common thing for q Teller to
hlaze away in the woods at = buck, and
when he went in TO cut it's throat find
that he had knocked over a doc that he
hadn't seen at all, and maybe a tnwn
or two that happened 10 be in range.
Yes, sir. Why, | done that very thing
once myself. over the hill yonder OH
the edge of Ilumpy's pond. That
rather made me shy when | was out
in the woods after deer. and If | didn't
want 4 lot of venison. Id he pertic'ler
TO make sure there wasn't any more Of
the family of the buck | was on the
point o knocking over standin' round
loose in the bushes. If there was Id
edge round so as TO get 'em out o.
range, and then bore a hole in the
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throat before my old tlintlock joined
in the music. Ii sang so loud that the
panther iumged - feet. and when he
lii he paved M considerable more than
a rod % two G. earth. and then ceased
to continue helm "A livin' creature.
IF that doe hadn't been scared to
death she couldn't have been broke up
worse than she was over bein' woke up
so sudden. She stood there, shiycrin'
and shakin'. | knew that the chances
was that the ranther's mate was nosin'
round there. and that it would Ilore
than likely gather the doe in anyhow,
so, TO save lor. I turned my old hintlock
on her, too, aud put her out o danger.
She never knew what a favor | had done
her. But the saddles was nice and fat
and Juicy. an I took my pay out o.
them for doin' her the favor.
"Yes. it's bad you wasn't here co
years and better. You'd q seen some
fun then for sure. Good day. If you
go by little Jephtha Hounds step in.
He'll give you a tin cup of nice cider,
and maybe play you Money Musk on
the fiddle.'-N. Y. Sun.
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ii OLD HUNTER.

fol yourself about things that made
the woods lively. Now, for deer, yes.
There's quite a smatterin' o. deer in
the woods, and seems to me as If bear
don't git no scarcer. But they're wis
domer. Considerable much wisdomer.
Now, it used to be that you could go
out and circunlvent around most any
where's and git the best of a bear, but
l notice you can't do it no more. No,
sir, you can't. Fact of the matter is, a
hear'll circumvent around and git the
Rest o. you, if you don't look out. Yes,
a.r, he will. Every time, most. Pan
thersP No, sir. Not one left, and hain't
been one in the whole spread o. the
state for 40 years and more. Yit, L
killed nine n year so nigh where I'm
settin' at this moment that if you was
there l wouldn't have TO boiler very
loud for you to hear me. Panthers was
plenty then, and good reason for it.
There was fun for 'em in the woods, be-
cause deer was plenty. And there
wasn't only fun for the panthers-there
was fun for the hunters. We didn't
have to ram powder and lead for nothin'
in those days. Seemed as if the deer
was huntin' you. 1t wouldn't o. been
safe to bet that you could walk three
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-04-12
Night Work.

1t has always been said that the en-
gineer of a railway train has n great
deal of unpleasant responsibility. hut
according to n little incident told by an
engineer, the wife of a man in his oc-
cupation has her trials as well. Its
trying work on the mind, sir, is engine
driving" said the engineer, in reply to
some friendly questions, land ii amt
all over with when I go home, either.
TIL switchesand signal lights and side
tracks get into my head, sir. and they
bother me when I'm asleep. And they
bother my wife. too. sometimes" he
added. "Thc other night she walked
up crying: Murder. Murder! Are
you trying to kill me, Henryg And
there ] was, sir. pulling her arm almost
out of its socket. with my foot braced
against the foot-board, trying TO re-
verse!"-Youth's Companion.