Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-23
vast, ancient city, where it is thought
$4,000, 900 worth of plunder may be

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found
The Kansas City coal dealers are
engaged in war of prices, an1 the
price of soft coal has been brought
down to S2.75 to 81 delivered; hard
1926 from $1,000
The railroad subsidies granted by
the Mexican government in the full
flush of the new era," few years
ago, entail burden Of 100000 a
year on the taxpayers.
William Henry Hurlburt wrote the
attack on Bayard in the North
American signed arthur Richmond"
Bayard neglected to give.Hurlburt &
diplomatic position,
The Cherokee council has reduced
the tax on non-citizen labor from ST.
to so cents month, and has granted
authority to construct telephone
line from Tahlequah to Muskogee.
The New Mexican people have
found that there is such an affinity
between Indians and Elood hounds,
that the latter would be of no value
to hunt the redskins as they would
fraternize
W. K Vanderbilt has bought the
island of Iekye, near Brunswick, Ga,
for q winter residence. Carnegie,
the millionaire, owns the adjoining
island, has spent $15O,0O0 on it.
The Lovejoy Monument associa
Of Alton, ILL.,, are trying to raise $10,-
900 with which to erect a monument
to the martyr, Owen Leyejoy, who
was slain in the old anti-slayery con-
fict.
c. Fenton, postmaster of High
grove, Ky, was arrested and taken to
Louisville for refusing to turn
over the postofice to his sue
cessor, ". F. McCormic, recently ap-
pointed.
Fifteen French spoliation claim
cases are on the January trial docket
of the court of claims, some Of which
have been ready for trial for several
months, the briefs having been filed
in July. .
The late Hon. Francis James of
Weschester. Pa, was the oldest
Pennsylvania excongressman. He
was in congress with Webster, John
Quincy Adams, Polk, Harrison, Clay,
and Stevens.
The young women Of Connecticut
town have organized 'The Tongue
Guard Each member drops pen
nv in box every time she says a
word against anybody. The money
is given to the poor.
Lieut.. Gov. Dewdney proposes to
labor nightly ut the coming session
of the dominion parliament to have
the license system substituted for the
prohibitory Hliquor system of the
Northwest Territory.
After all the fuss, Horace Niles OF
Springfield, Mass, who disappeared
under suspicion of being bond de-
faultsr, returned home smiling on
Sunday, happy as bird, Says he
felt sick and took a brief rest.
The deaths by small pox in Mont
real from April, 1882, to Jan. 1, were
3,O78 anon Roman Catholics, who
generally opposed vaccination, and
only 81 among Protestants, who gen
orally approved the process.
Some sports used the Mount
Pisgah Presbyterian church neal
Pittsburg on New Years night for {
} cooking main. The sexton coming
Saturday morning found the floor or
fire an feathers and blood in profu-
sion
A colored msn OF Charleston, S. c.
who worked several months in Phila
delphia, not having money enough tt
got home, but owning boat, rowee
all the way to Charletton in two
months, arriving there Saturday.
. The militia companies in Alabam;
9 are kicking against a recent order o
! the governor requiring two full-dres'
drills month to entitle them to stat'
aid. Companies claim they will wea
out their uniforms, which are expen
, siye.
South Australia, New Zealand ant
New South Wales remain out OF th'
new federated Australia, which EN-
braces Victoria, Western Australia
Tasmania, Fiji and Queensland. Th
legislature of the five united colonie
: :. Will meet on Jan. Is.
/ Louis Schaefer OF Canton, Ohio, i
trying to arouse public interest in th
: case of steptima Randolph neikle
ham, Jefferson's grand-danghte,
who is living in poverty at George
town, D. G. He has offered her
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