Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-03
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.

SPRAY OF THE FALLS.
See change in the Cataract Roller Mill
advertisement.
J. r. Wilton was up from Benton sew
eral days the past week.
Miss Ella Brownson, of Sun River is
visiting with friends here.
Mr.. Huy expects his stock of goods to
be here by the middle Of the month.
Another raft containing 10000 feet Of
lumber, arrived here last week for Hotter
s. Bro.
Bert Huy started for Helena Monday, to
meet his mother, vino is coming here on
q visit.
Ed. Ripley, of Galena, H., is visiting
with George Field and family in the
coulee.
The Misses Smith, Mittendopf and Ev-
| ans, of Benton, We're in attendance at the
dance here last week.
L. w. Peck has the cellar under his
property, occupied by Murphy, Maclay&
Co., nearly completed.
DR.. Fairfield has returned from Benton.
He contemplates a couple of weeks sport
in the mountains shortly.
GO. Beardsley, wife and son, of Marys-
vile, and Mr.. Hyde, of Deer Lodge, made
the Falls a visit this week.
Charles Wegner, of Hotter Bros, re-
turned this week froma brief visit to his
family and his company's mill.
Work on W. 0. Dexter's ferry boat is
being pushed forward, and the boat will
be ready for service yet this fall.
Grant McKain, brother and uncle start
ed for the Sweetgrass Hills this week.
Grant has closed his Johnstown saloon.
Robert Vaughn crossed his recent pur-
chase of cattle over the Missouri this
week and drove them to his Deep creek
ranch.
Mr.. Arthur is erecting a building near
Hotter Bros mill, in which he will put a
stock of groceries. We understand the
stock is o en- route.
A. n. Bridges, Howard Criss, and prob
ably one or two more, will make a hunt
ing party which will shortly explore the
mountains up the Missouri.
Henry Fry has closed up his saloon, and
will probably go into some other line of
business. He says he is not shaped prop
erIy for a successful beerierker.
alessrs. Hamilton and Morrison will put
in here Immediately a new set of 6-ton
scales. 1t would seem that this enter
prise would prove profitable; at least, it
will be a great convenience.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Coon, of Sand Coulee,
with commendabie generosity, made
handsome bouquets for everybody in
Great Falls on the evening of the ball.
They were beauties and models of artistic
arrangement.
John Glass, of Choteau, made Great
Falls a visit this week. Mr.. Glass is in
terested in this place to the extent Of
some unimproved lots, which, he says, he
values at $4,000, and would not take a
cent less for them.
James Glib, the popular landlord of the
Largent House, Sun River, made this
place a visit this week. Mr.. Glib says it
does one good to look at Great Falls, and
that inside of the next five years it will
be the most important point in the Terri
tory.
The show given here last week by the
Wizard was well %patroniZed and he both
amused and astonished his auditors for
two hours with clever and exceedingly
well executed tricks. By the way, Wy
is we'll up in the business, and gives
value in return forthe admission charged.
A couple Of Benton sports came up to
Great Falls, with the intention of clean
ing up all the loose coin in the town.
They lost their grip before they had fair
~ commenced the task, and if Providence
hadn't interviewed in their behalf they
would have been obliged to walk out of
town.
The dance given here last Friday even
in Mr.. lIuy's new building, was a
success so far as numbers and enjoyment
was concerned. The light fantastic was
being tripped Saturday morning when
old Sol made his appearance, The sup
per was given at the Great Falls hotel, by
VIM. Wamer.
Parties returning to their homes up the
river, in the early dawn of the morning
following the dance, when at a point OPP
posite Ira Myers & Co.'S mill, cried fire
times. The effect was astonish-
ing as we'll as ludierous, as the parade
made by friend Myers and his employees
in full undress uniform, in the cold and
air, was amusing and enjoyable.
H. P. Rolfe and family have moved to
this week, where they will reside
the coming winter. Mr.. Rolfe's business
being of such a nature as to require his
presence in the capital the greater por-