Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-16

portions of the state have been posted
in the land Office. The only township
in the Lewistown land district men
toned in the notices is townships north
of range 80 east.
d. NJ. Nicholson, an agriculturist OF
Upper Trout creek and w. F. Hannah of
Rockford, were guests at the American
House Saturday. The gentlemen were
pleasant visitors at the plant of the
ARGUS, and wishing to keep pace with
the swift moving panorama of public
events, left their names for a years
subscription to the only wide-awake,
up-to-date journal published in Fergus
county.
DISTRICT SCHOOL TEACHER WANTED
The board Of directors of school district
No. % are authorized to hire a teacher
for the spring season, which commences
April 1, 1901, at Lewistown, Montana.
He must be a man sound in mind, body
and intellect and not afraid TO use the
ruler. Wages ten dollars a month and
board around. Applicants for place will
present themselves at Culver's hall Fri
day evening, January 25th, where the
pupils of the ''old deestrict school will
be assembled to meet them, by order of
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The story is going the rounds of the
press that a minister down in Missouri
found his people too poor to purchase
hymn books, and being offered the
same book free by a patent medicine
house, provided they be allowed to in
sert their advertisement, ordered three
dozen for the congregation. He was
elated upon receiving them to find no
''ad' in them. The next Sunday he
distributed the books, telling the
brothers his good fortune and request
ing they sing one hundred and twenty.
His chagrin may be imagined when
they sang the hymn asfollows: "Hark
the heavenly angels sing, Johnson's
pills are just the thing; angelic voices,
meek and mild-two for man and one
for child"
Dan Dewey, Jr., who has represented
the Boston wool house of Dewey,
Gould & Co. in the Great Falls market
for several seasons, and is well known
to the wool growerso of this county, has
brought suit against the Montana Cen
trail Railroad Company to the amount
of $4,000 for injuries sustained while
passing over their line. Dewey was
injured in a wreck at Trask siding on
the Montana Central last June and was
laid up for some time. He complains
that he was compelled to pay $1,000 to
another man to represent him in the
Great Falls wool market while he was
disabled and that his doctor bill was
8 $500. These, together with the men
tai and bodily anguish he endured, he
thinks, entitle him to the amount men
toned above.
Rev. l. G. Martin, who very appropri-
ately styles himself the Truth Teller
from Missouri" has been conducting a
series of revival meetings at the Metho'
dist church the past week. The subject
of his discourse Sunday night was
Modern Dancing Yin which the evange
list introduced some very convincing
arguments to prove his own opin
ions of the custom. Mr.. Martin
is somewhat of n humorist, but there /.
a thread of good, sound, common sens'
running through the strand Of his dis
course that makes 1t both interesting
and instructive. No little good has re
suited from his visit here, several hav
ing been brought to the church through
his ministrations. The meetings hay'
been well attended and will continu,
all this week.
Mrs. Marion /. Burke and children
arrived in town last Wednesday from
Utica and are quartered at the Da,
house. Mrs. Burke informs us tina
Mr.. Burke, who was the Democrat,
nominee for county treasurer at thu
last election and is a former well known
resident and business man Of Lewis
town, is yet in California, his presen
address being No. 10 3rd St., San Fran
cisco. His visit to California has thu
! far been a most pleasant one and h
will continue it for probably a montl
longer, but does not contemplate estab
fishing a permanent residence there, a
he thinks the business opportunities o
California do not compare at all favor
ably with those of Montana. Mrs
Burke will remain in Lewistown dur
ing this month.
The state supreme court has set Jan
uary 18th as the date for hearing tn
, first case coming before II this year
The number Of cases assigned for argr
: ment is larger than ever set before an
: the session will be a lengthy one, tn
last case being set for May 18th. Tn
only case coming before the court c
} interest to Fergus county is that c
Donovan VS.. Ammon, set for hearin
r Feb. 57th. The case was probably sen
up from Cascade county, as it does nc
appear upon the records of Fergu
I county, and so far as we can learn
involves the rights to certain propertie
S at Gilt Edge. The case Of the state VI
e Milton o. Howell, convicted Of murde
e in the first degree, will not have a heaI