Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-04

Fire sale OF millinery still on at
Madam Gieason's.
Rudolf Won Tobel made a business
trip to Kendall Friday.
DR.. +. +. Attix had professional
business in Kendall Sunday.
Undenherif T. M. shaw made q
business trip to Kendall Friday.
H. U. Kendall Of New York, has &C.
cepted q position as electrician for the
Kendall Mining company.
J. L. Bright is having q one story
stone Office building erected on the
lower end OF the Electric building on
Upper Main street.
Reliable data on all matters Of gen.
eraI interest are contained In the
World almanaes, IS cents each at the
Argus office.
According to the Chronicle. several
Fergus county miners left last week
for the Saltese district In Missolua
county. where some good prospects
are being opened up. They will be
lucky II they find anything better than
they left.
In the Fifth avenue room formerly
occupied by the telephone company.
Mrs. Hoffman is conducting lessons
In dancing and physical culture.
Dancing Monday and Thursday at 1880
p. m; children, Saturday, $3.50 to s
p. m: physical culture. Wednesday
evening.
January 1903. has offered something
remarkable In the weather line. Not
withstanding this is usually the cold
season. there were but two days. the
18th and goth. when zero was recorded,
while the mean temperature for the
month was 20 above. The now fall
was Ats inches. In January O year
ago the cold wave came on the 23rd
when four below was recorded, % be-
low on the 26th and the cold continued
until February End, when IL below
was the lowest. Winter broke on
February 10th. the temperature rising
to 80 above; there were no more be-
low zero days that season The snow
fall In January 1902 was SIS inches and
In February s inches. But February
1903 shows no intentions Of rivaling
that of a year ago and unless winter
' starts pretty quick 1t will encounter
the statute OF limitations.
Shorty" Deaton Is clearly Of the
opinion that there are q lot Of things
worse than spending q week In the
Lewistown jail. He went up to the
Lyons hotel last week at the request
Of Magistrate MACEDONIAN to visit ten
days for Juggling around an unsee
piece Of heavy artillery. When he
went he had not had q square meal for
three days and his attire would hardly
permit him to mingle with the fash
ionables In Picadilly-in fact. his
clothes were pretty badly worn. torn
and generally d~ilapidated. He not
only fattened up while In durance vile
but came out with a good suit Of
clothes which the boys got for him;
and presented a more respectable ap-
pearancethan he usually does. He
says he is now going to work and act
decent" but there are a lot of PEG.
pie around here from Missouri.
The American team has formally
withdrawn from the Lewistown Bowl.
ing association its resignation being
filed with President r. A. Hanke OF the
association last Thursday. The resig.
nation. which is a literary production
Of more than ordinary merit, states
that the team is compelled to acknowl
edge their inability to successfully
cope with their competitors In the race
for the medals, having been ignomin'
iously outbowled by the other three
teams, q misfortune which does not
detract from the lustre Of the Ameri.
cans themselves, but simply empha-
sizes the superior bowling attainment
of the Mavericks, Defenders and Sham.
rocks. The muse lent her aid to give
a fitting climax to the resignation and
the result vas three verses Of poetry
with have a strictly Byronic swing.
a~postrophizing Burmaster. Ziegler and
Hanke, the members OF the Maverick
team whom some think will win In q
walk. But there are others who think
differently.