Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29

son and had q talk with him in Glen.
dive the day before Gleason was kill
ed in the wreck on the Northern Pa
cific.
Home rendered lard Is the best
at the Lewistown Meat & Provision
Company.
Are you a sport? Do you fish. hunt,
or play base ball? II you do see the
Montana Hardware ad. in this issue
and II will tell you where to get the
best sporting goods.
The old reliable Phoenix Fire In
surance Co. OF Brooklyn. N. Y. Kelly
& Moulton. Agents.
Mayor George w. Cook returned
yesterday from Chicago. where he has
been for the past three weeks buy
ing goods and fixtures for his new
grocery store opposite the Argus Of
fee.
Use fo~rmaldehyde. the sur proven
titive in wheat and oats. For sale
at McKechnie & Allan's.
Jack Ain and Dummy Rowan have
been Professionally matched to box
twenty rounds in this city on May
10Th. Silent Rowan anu Kid Harris
will go on for a limited round bout
in Gilt Edge on the 18th.
Strictly clean timothy seed at 3h
cents at Lehman's.
Elections are coming fast and Of
ten in Lewistown these days. It's a
poor week in this city when We can't
have an election. Tomorrow the free
holders vote on the Montana railroad
franchise question.
Four room furnished house for rent
during May, June and July. Refer
ences. Address p. o. box 5. Lewis
town.
James (Pat) Mclean. who formerly
worked In the Lehman department
store. has accepted a position with
George w. Cook in the new grocery
store. His many friends are glad to
see him back in Lewistown. He ar.
rived yesterday from his home In
Adrian, MINI.
Fresh bread. cakes. pies and every
thing in the bakery line delivered at
your homes. Telephone 1877.
Butte is described as the mecca of
the confidence men since they have
been driven out Of Minneapolis and
Seattle and several OF the smaller
Montana towns. The reform wave
which sweeps over the country per.
iodically keeps the knights OF the
green cloth on a continual move.
II you want a nice carpet for your
parlor, made up nice with a border at
Chicago prices, see w. S. Smith.
Mrs. Anna Doolittle. living near Mis-.
soula. is the latest victim OF the Ia
tai spotted fever. II Is said that the
eastern expert, who is in Missoula for
the purpose of investigating the cause
of the fever, is firmly Of the opinion
that the wood tick Is the origin OF the
contagion. Mrs. Doolittle is in a crit
ical condition.
Kelly & Moulton have some excel.
lent bargains In lots, houses and
ranches.
T. Guy lander, who claims his home
in Honolulu, was arrested in Billings
last Saturday for attempting to pass
worthless checks. He claimed to
have 81, 900 on deposit In a Honolulu
bank, but the Billings bank would
not take his word for IL. and different
stores about town to whom he a
given worthless checks had him ar
rested.
The Norwich Fire Insurance Society
oil England Is one Of the strongest In
the world. Kelly & Moulton. agents.
Prof. II. C. Good. principal OF the
east side public school at Bozeman,
was last Saturday sentenced to pay
s35 and costs for beating Elsie Cor.
nell. a pupil. with a rawhide. Good
acknowledged thath g had taken severe
measures with the girl, but said she
wac impertinent. Subsequently the
father OF the girl and another man
called at the house of Good and pro-
ceeded 10 finish him up in a style
which. II not under the Marquis OF
Q%ueensbury rules, was OF a kind to
meet the necessities Of the occasion.
Only the best or meats kept or hand
AZ the Lewlstown Meat Market.
A writ OF habeas corpus was grant
ed Tuesday by Judge IIeadle In the
case of Ira Booth, who was tried and
fined $40 for faiIng to exhibit hides
of beeyes for ten days after killing
the beeyes. The cattle were killed In
Dawson county and the defense main.
tanned that Justice Mcfarland had
no jurisdiction in the case. Booth
will probably have to face a trial In
Dawson, as Inspector Nichols has In
formed the officers OF that place Of the
AFFAIR.
Seed oats at Lehman's.