Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-17
NEWS OF II T

Chester, Pa, is to have an $50. OOC
opera house.
There was a heavy frost in portions
of Georgia, last week.
The militia force Of British Colum-
bla foots up 276 men.
There are 1878 United States sold
iers in Washington Territory.
Judge Henry Green, of Eaton, Pa,
is building a hennery 100 feet long.
A buffalo calf was born in Central
Park, New York, a fewnights ago.
The dominion treasury showed a
defect of over 5 100000 OIL April 1.
Sam Randall. and Abe Hewitt are
reported to be breaking down physic-
ally.
There are now 10000 Democrat
postmasters in the service of the gov
ernment.
The New England Kennel club
opened its dog show in Boston with
over 700 entries.
Gov. Stockley of Delaware thinks
Secretary Bayard can work up a pres
idential boom.
One hundred land fifty German
famil,ys have settled near Mobile,
Ala.
The English syndicate's Louisiana
purchase embodies territory larger
than the state Of Delaware.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, founded
in 1929, has just:taken possession of a
new and elegant building.
Passenger travel on the Ohio river
steamboats, is almost discontinued on
account of the railroad facilities.
The remains Of Capt. Crawford,
killed by Mexican troops, have been
sent to Cearney, Neb., for interment.
An inside party says the most cor
dial relations exists between the pres
ident and the members Of his cabinet.
The Canadian inspector of prisons
reports 2,605 insane persons in the
five public asylums of the dominion.
More than 5000 bills. have been in
troduced into the F%orty-ninth con
aTess: more than 1900 in the house
alone.
The Canadian Pacific after May 1
will furnish the Winnipeg newspa-
pers with full lines Of dispatches oven
its own lines.
The Philadelphia. Musical associa-
ton has put on the war paint, and
Will fight against the importation of
foreign musicians.
An attempt waa made to wreck a
train on the Kansas & Gulf Shore
railroad last week. The engine was
badly wrecked. Nobody was hurt.
Montreal's next ice carnival will
take place during the week commenc-
ing Feb. 7th, 1887. A design for a
very elaborate palace is in course Of
preparation.
The friends of John Mccullough
have abandoned the project of erect
ing an elaborate monument to his
memory. It is difficult to raise the
money.
General Master Powderly of the
Knights of Labor, has powerful back
ing in Pennsylvania for the governor
ship, and it is thought he can be
elected without any difficulty.
George Washington's own copy Of
the acts of the First, Second and Third
congresses Of the United Strtes is ex-
hibited in the window of a Chestnut
street store in Philadelphia.
Geo d Italia published in New
York. announces the arrival of 1000
Italian laborers under contract, and
adds that 1000 more are to be here by
The middle of this month.
The House has made several chang
IS in the rules for its own governma Mt
One of these changes was the repeal
Of the rule requiring a yea and nay
vote to be taken on every general ap-
preparation bill.
An Italian astronomer declares thai
he inhabitants of Mars are making
to the people of this country.
Their object is unknown, but if they
want to come into the Union they
will stand no show of having their
gratified by the present Con-
yress, unless they a prove that
Mars gives a Democratic majority.
A letter recently received in Wash
ngton from an officer Of the United
States vessels cruising in Chinese wat
US, says that the vessel caught fire
hree times from the electric lights on
he way across the Pacific.
The Chinese cultivate oyster beds
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