Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-30
G. n. WILLIAMS.
The Leading
Druggist.
LeWistOWn, nOntana.

A grand masquerade ball will be
given at Gilt Edge on Feb. 92nd, under
the auspices of the Gilt Edge brass
band. Handsome prizes will be given
for the best, most comic and most orig
inal costumes. and il will be the effort
of the committee Of arrangements to in
sure to all in attendance a pleasant So
cial time. The ball will take place at
the commodious Rafter hall, splendid
music will be furnished and the band
boys expect to make thisevent the most
pronounced success of the season.
+. w. Mettler, court stenographer of
this district during the incumbency of
Judge DuBose, has accepted a position
as stenographer with M~clIattan Il Cot
ter, a leading law firm Of Butte. Mr..
Mettler was an applicant for the posi-
ton of court stenographer under Judge
Clements. who was one Of the judges
elected in Lewis and Clarke county last
fall. but the plum was secured by Ar
thur Pelletier. who is well known here,
having been stenographer for I. c.
Power & Bro. a few years ago.-River
Press.
VIM. Munroe, a mining engineer who
for many years resided at Neihart, but
who is now located at Great Falls,
arrived in the city on the Sunday coach
from the latter place, Mr.. Munroe is
quite we'll known in the mining camps
of this section, having been employed
at various times by the Great Northern
NJ. & d. Co. at Gilt Edge in engineering
work on their properties, and this time
he comes for the purpose of completing
some unfinished SURVEYS and other work
for the New Year gold mines company
at New Year.
Friday evening Lewistown lodge No.
As, A. o. U. w., installed officers for the
ensuing term in their hall in the Stat
ford building. The installation cere-
monies were conducted by Deputy
Grand Master Workman c. w. Burton
of Helena and the following are the
officers installed: +. c. Stiles, =. VI.
W.; T. Warren, NJ. W.: I. l. Vehawn,
Foreman. C. L. Richards, Overseer; l..
G.. Worden, Recorder; Phillip LauX,
Financier: w. II. Miner, Receiver: =. Il.
Gray, Guide; II. p. Nelson, |. c.: James
skinner, o. c.; Trustees. +. +. Mac
Gowan, s. Il. Gray and L. l.. Skinner.
L. C. Lehfeldt, the Musselshell stock
man, left yesterday, after a days visit
in Billings, for his ranch, accompanied
by Mrs. John Staffek, Mrs. ii. +. Me,
Farlin and Mrs. +. l.. Mann and chill.
dren, who will spend several days a,
his hospitable home. Mr.. Lehfeldt has
just completed the erection of a fine
large dwelling on his ranch and he will
have a house warming on Friday, when
a number of people from Billings and
the country surrounding his ranch will
be present. Messrs. Staffek, McFarliu
and Mann will go out today. Musicians
from Billings will leave tomorrow
morning for the Lehfeldt ranch.-Bill.
ings Gazette.
Misses Mary and Emma Simpson were
rendered a very pleasant surprise Fri
day evening by the students of the higl
school and friends at the home of Their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Simpson
on EAST Main street. As is usuallx III,
case, the young ladies were prepared t.
receive their guests, and Don aftel
their arrival dancing began and con
tinued until midnight, when the entire
company was seated and served with re
freshments and lunch. Following tn,
lunch dancing was resumed and KEEP
up until long after the ghost had ceased
his weird perambulations, when tn,
merry company departed, 10th to leav,
such pleasant surroundings.
The body of the late Captain william
ii. Brown of the Forty-fifth United
States Volunteers, who was killed il
action Aug. II, 1900, at S~alvacien, Lu
zon, p. l., will, at the request of hi
mother, Mrs. M. S. Brown of Helena
be buried in the national cemetery a
Arlington. Mrs. Brown has received
letter from Quartermaster w. y. Pat
ten, U. S. A., at Washington, unde.
date of Jan. IL, informing her that thu
remains of Capt. Brown will be shipped
from the Philippines to San Francisco
as soon as practicable, and will be for
warded to the depot quartermaster a
Washington, ID. C., for burial with mil
itary honors in the national cemeter,
at Arlington, Virginia. The deceased
captain was an officer in the First Mon
tana from the organization of hat reg
iment until it was mustered out of III,
service, returning TO Montana with tn,
regiment, although he had previousl.
!, made arrangements TO re-enter the ser
vice as a captain in the Forty-fifth. H.
was known throughout the First Mon
tana as a Woodworking, efficient office
and possessed many warm persona
: friends among both the officers and en-
listed men of that organization. Il
writing of his funeral at Mabrie, =. /.
a brother officer Of the Forty-ifth says
! 1.-THE funeral was held at 2:3O in tn
/ afternoon, the colonel, ]. II. Dorst, i
? the absence OF a chanlain. reading IN