Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-10-03

Guild At the home of Mrs. j. NJ. Nroo-
man. Saturday afternoon at 800 o'clock.
BY order of the president.
The proceedings of the council Mon
day evening were very interesting Rs
the matter Of a fran chise for the cleo
tric company received much attention.
That il might be fully covered we omit
report of proceedings until Saturdays
issue, space forbidding the full recount
today. The proposed ordinance was
rejected.
The town council last evening reject
ed the electric light franchise offered
by the company two months ago. the
vote being five to one. Alderman Ed
ridge who voted in opposition to the
action taken, did not favor the fran
chisc as offered, but thought the coun-
Gil should make such amendments rs il
chose and adopt the measure in some
form. This view did not prevail but
City Attorney Cheadle was entrusted to
redraft the ordinance in accordance
with the wishes Of the council and il
may he heard from again later.
The case Of the State against Henry
Van Goor and viii Rambo, who were
charged with the offensc Of driving
the sheep of Alex Morrison from their
customary range, was tried Yesterday
afternoon before Justice f. +. Mac.
Gowan. The defendants were both
found guilty and sentenced 10 pay a
fine of SIS each. L. X. Chcadle prose.
cuted on behalf Of the state and Black
ford ~ Blackford defended. This
morning the same parties will he tried
before Justice MacGowan upon a scpa.
rate and distinct charge of having will.
fully injured the sheep of Mr. Morrison.
As briefly announced IN saturday,
issue Jos. MeAnally, nominated by the
Democratic convention for clerk Of
court, has been compelled To pull OF
and the committee has named i. T..
Barnes to succeed him. We learn that
Marion Burke in disposing Of Mr.. Me-
Anally, he having decided that the lat
ter was in the way of his own success
as treasures and Mr.. Burke having late
ly become a high chief in the party.
pushed the obstacle aside. That Mr..
Johns and his subordinates, Messrs.
Slater ct al, should have placed Mr..
Barnes on the ticket may seem surpris-
ing to the unsophisticated, but not at all
to those who know how bitterly Mr..
Barnes has fought Mr.. Johns in the
past and how certain Edmund Wright
is of reelection. 1t is an easy way of
~disposing of the old war horse-that is
all.
In the opinion of one of the best
authorities on sporting matters in the
city the prize fight which took place at
Culver's Hall on Friday evening be-
tween Billie Dwyer, of Chicago, and
Jack Farrell. of st. Paul, was not such a
rank exhibition Of the manly art rs has
been asserted by some of those who
witnessed the bout. Farrell weighs
only 1870 pounds, while Dwyer is a much
heavier mar and tips the beam at l57
pounds, When Farrell came to Lew.
istown he supposed he was Ia meet a
man somewhere his own weight, and as
soon as he saw Dwyer realized that he
had but a slim chance of staying the
10 rounds against an opponent with so
much advantage in weight and reach.
Rather than to disappoint the crowd,
however, he consented to enter the
ring and determined to put up strict
ly defensive battle, seeking to avoid
punishment and a Knockout. This
made the affair seem tame and was far
from satisfying the bloodthirsty in
stincts of the crowd. At the end of the
tenth round the sports assembled in
the hall showed their ~displeasure of the
contest by demanding that ii continue,
but in the eleventh round Sheriff Tom
Shaw interfered and refused TO allow the
fight to go On. The fight was for the
gate receipts and was refereed by Dick
Jones, of Gilt Edge. The referee de-
clined to make a decision, declaring
that there had been no contest.