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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-14

The idea of setting apart one Sunday in the
month of roses for services in which children
take large part is good and growing one.
Too often the sermon and the hymns and pray
ers contain little to interest or attract the
Younger members of the family. Yesterday
vas Schildren's day" in many city churches,
and the occasion was made pleasant with an
abundance of flowers, music and suitable ad-
dresses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-14

Aldermen in Chicago come cheap. Some of them
are said to have been glad to take $1,000 to put a
franchise through. How the $4,000 members of
our own Common Council must look down upon
their brethren of the bOundless West!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-14

Four colored men have recently been discharged
from the Custom House. 1t is also announced that
the negroes who have applied for places on tie
police force are likely to get the cold shoulder.
Assuredy lite is not all rOseate in hue for the col
pred race in spite of the Myth Amendment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-14

Roin NJ Squire says that experience has taught
him that when a man is spending public money he
can find plenty of useless positions for political
hangers-On. The poetcsl Commissioners expert
ence in the Public Works Department has not been
all III vain. lie has really learned something.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
%lncinerated Horses.

Intelligence has been received from
Fort Custer, that on the afternoon of
the Goth instant the stable of Troop
NJ (Harris), First cavalry, was burned
to the ground, together with the en-
tire contents. The stables contained
ffty-eight cavalry horses, including
five horses from Fort Maginnis, Mont,
and these, with the horse equipments,
the camp and garrison equipage be-
longing to the troop and a considera-
bic amount of other public property,
make the loss to the government
quite large. The horses alone cannot
be replaced for much less than s 1000.
The fire is, with good reason, believed
to have been the act OF an i~ncendiary,
as no fire has been allowed in the
stable or near it since the recent fire
at the fort, which was thought to
have had a similar origin. The fire
was discovered at the south end of
the stable, and spread SO rapidly and
the smoke was SO dense inside that It
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
The Dog Helped Himself.

In New Mexico an agent Of the
ranchman paid his semi-annual visit
to q distant grazing ground only to
find the pastora or sheep herder dead
and the sheep quietly feeding in a
fertile canon near by, jealousy gaurd-
ed by his dog. In the rear of the
corral, into which the sheep were
driven every night, lay the bleaching
skeletons Of a dozen or more sheep.
Astonished at the sagacity of the dog,
the ranchmen secreted himself and
waited until night. As the sun be-
gan to sink the sheep came trooping
in, with the dog in the rear. They
crowded into the corral through a
narrow opening, and as the last one
pushed forward the dog seized and
killed him, and dragged the ~lifeless
body to the real Of the corral, where
he made a comfortable supper off a
portion of the carcass, leaving the
balance for future meals. He had
been doing this ever since the death
of his master, and would probably
have continued his guardianship over
the flock until he died.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
After EN-,

Regarding the new Lewis and Clarke
county court house. over which
there has been so much fuss, and which
finally eliminated in a mass meeting at
which a committee Of fifteen were APP
pointed to investigate the work already
done on she structure, &c, the I%ndepend-
ent says: s'Ihe executive committee of
fifteen on the new court house have not
been idle. AS soon as organized they en-
ployed +. ". & j. X. Toole and W Wal
lace, j., to make such legal examinations
as would enable the committee to act ju-
diciously and effectively. The work was
delayed by the fact that these lawyers
were prevented from making the neces-
sary Investigations by their previous en-
gagements in the supreme court. They
have, however, completed part of their
work and made a detailed report to the
committee Monday night. So conclusive
were the opinions rendered that the CON-
mittee at once resolved to
a suit to enjoin the county commissioners
from expanding any more moneys, until
such time as the condition Of the work
already done can be fully ascertained,
and until it is determined what changes
are necessary for the successful compile
ton of the work"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
A Strange Case of Abduction.

Little Erine Emory, a winning and
extremely interesting girl of seven
years, while out for a stroll on Fifth
avenue, last Wednesday morning,
with a female relative, suddenly and
strangely disappeared from sight. At
least, this is the story told by her
cousin, the relative above referred to,
Instead of at once reporting the fact
to the child's grown sister, Grace
Emory, or to her guardian, the cousin
seemed to treat the affair with indiff-
erence, and only casually REFER ed to
the disappearance of the child about
an hour after her return home.
The CONSERVATION of Grace Emory,
a young lady well known in the best
society of New York, may be imagin-
ed on learning that her beloved sister
had not been seen for some hours.
The most intense excitement prevail
ed IN the alarmed household, and in
less than fifteen minutes after reeeiv-
ing the startling intelligence, Grace
Emory herself was at the police head
quarters, invoking detective aid in
the search of her lost sister.
Detectives at once put upon
the case; and one of them. on visiting
the Emory mansion, to make inqui-
RES which he deemed essential to
give him a trustworthy cleW, learned
that Grace Emory has as mysterious
ly disappeared as her little sister.
This was a startling surprise, and the
detective was amazed and perplexed.
With the aid of a bright young re-
porter, he took up the trail in quest
of the missing girls, both Of whom,
he soon learned, were prospective
helresses to a vast property. How
the detective succeeded in unrayeling
this remarkable case of abduction is
fully detailed in the stirring story OF
THE MURRAY HILL MYSTERY" just
in No. 12 Of the New York
WEEKLY. Send for sample copy con
tanning this story. 1t will cost you
nothing. Address STREET & SAITH,
Publishers, 81 Rose street, New York.
2. @. Box 2734
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
The Hudson Bay Scheme.

T. D. Moore. a prominent Winni-
peg merchant, while in st. Paul speak
ing about the Hudson Bay route, he
said:
There is no doubt but communica-
ton will very soon be established be-
tween Lake Winnipeg and Hudson
bay. 1t will be rail communication,
though there is considerable talk of a
water route. Both the Nelson and
the Hay rivers run from the lake to
the bay. The Nelson route is not
practicable because OF its numerous
falls and cataracts. Some of these
are one hundred feet in height, and
as grand as that OF Niagara. To
make it navigable would take a mint
of money. The Hay river is not SO
bad. It only has one or two falls, and
these are caused by large boulders
which have been dropped together by
the ice. Dynamite would readily re-
move them. One lock would be all
that was necessary. The river is very
deep and narrow, and could be made
nayigable at a cost of about $25,0O0,-
600 Or S26,0O0,000. The one thing,
however, that would operate against
a waterway to Hudson bay would be.
the necessity OF transfers, because Of
the i%mpossibility to run a boat
through. There would have to be at
least three or four transfers, and this
would consume all the profit. The
only communication that can be es-
tablished is that by rail, and the indi-
cations r that this will be given us
in the near future.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
Sun River Notes..

Correspondence Tribune.
The town has been exceedingly dull the
past few weeks, owing to the low temper
ature. Hopes are expressed that with
the coming of a Chinook some signs of
life will be manifest.
Mrs. II. D. Blossom is very i'll and it is
feared that she cannot o
It is hoped that the contractor will have
the canal completed before the spring
%freslet, for the way we are now situated
there is a probability of us being washed
away should the river break. Work on
the canal has necessarily been suspended
during the greater part of the present
month on account Of the severity c. the
weather. Fears are entertained by not a
few that canal will not fully answer the
purpose for which it is intended.
Among the better and more enlighten-
ed class of our inhabitants, the TRIBUNE
is highly complimented for its course in
the Choteau county middle. 1t hurt.
Col. Brooke, commanding at Fort Shaw,
returned last week from Fort keogh
where lie was attending a court martial.
BY the way, it is reported on what is
apparently good authority that Fort
Shaw will be abandoned during the COM
ing year. The same authority saws a
new post will be established north of
Choteau, in the vicinity Of Blackfoot
agency.
Adolph Roensch, government col at
Fort Shaw, was at tie Crossing n day
last week. Adolph is the same genial,
whole souled fellow as of yore. He is
held in high esteem by the officers at the
post, and his services could i'll be dispens-
ed With.
John Devine sti | holdeth down tie old
establishment, and is reaping more gold
en- ducats than the balance of the town
combined. That hearty welcome which
he extends to all, is a bread winner and
worth q fortune.
An escort left here Friday morning 10
meet the paymaster at 2s-sIile Springs.
Sun River has, as you are probably
aware, a Gun Club. The members make
plenty of noise, but it would not be safe
to gamble on their shooting qualities.
VERATIs.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
Introduced by Mr.. IooIa,

Delegate Toole has introduced a bill
providing for a permanent reserve
for the use Of the several tribes of In
dams in Northern Montana; that the
portions Of the territory which lies
west Of a line drawn due south from
the national boundary at the western
extremity Of the Sweet Grass hills to
the Marias river shall be assigned to
the Peigan, Blood and Blackfeet In
dians belonging to the Blackfeet
agency, and other lands provided for.
The lands within certain boundaries
shall be held by the president as a
whole for the occupancy and benefit of
these Indians, or shall be patented to
them in seyeralty if congress shall SO
direct. Mr.. Toole also introduced a
bill to grant a right of way to the
Cinnabar & Clark's Fork Railroad
company across the northern portion
Of the Yellowstone Park to the head
waters of Clark's fork of the Yellow
stone river.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS
Echoed From up the Road and
Pronounced Correct.
4 Corps of Engineers Under Col Dodge
Said to Running a Railroad
Survey From Helena
to This Point.

Although there has been various rail
road rumors atloat for some time past, in
which Great Falls figured prominently,
we have been 10th to give them publicity
until the matter was more perfectly de-
veloped and had assumed tangible form.
At this date WE feel warranted in saying
that a railroad scheme is evidently ma
turing which will connect Great Falls
and the Sand Coulee coal and iron
field with tho outside world. 1t is un-
q~uestionably intended to form one of the
various links of a gigantic combination
which is destined to work a revolution
throughout Northern Montana, and in
which Great Falls will pose as a central
figure.
Following will be found clippings from
St. Paul and Minneapolis papers touch
ing upon the subject:
Special to the Evening journal.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 2O.-Ihe work of
locating the line. of the Helena & Red
Mountain railroads. about half finished.
though progressing slowly on account of
the extreme cold. As soon as the work is
completed, the anne party will locate Il
line from Helena to Greas Falls. The
survey party will make this city their
headquarters for three months.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press of the 22nd
inst. says:
So soon as the proposed line of the
Helena Il Red Mountain road has been To-
Gated, the local surveyors will run a line
from Helena to Great Falls.
The following letter from Mr. Rolfe
further says:
HELENA, Jan. 81, 1886
VIII Hanks, Editor TRIBUNE.
1t is reported that a survey party left
this morning for Prickly Pear canyon to
Il a line to Great Falls.
II. P. RoLFE.
Special to the Tribune.
A corps of engineers under Col. Dodge
are working in the upper canyon, headed
for Great Falls.
(Signed) X.
The above would seem ample evidence
to prove that something was in the wind.
The chief engineer, Col. Dodge, is we'll
acquainted with the country through
which the road will run, and it is likely
that the route will be decided upon with
out unnecessary delay. That the road
will be built, there is, seemingly, no CUES
ton.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
New Rates to Montana.

The lines interested in Montana
and Idaho freight traffic give notice
that the special rates named in pages
10. %, 26ll and 81, records Of Montana
and Idaho freight traffic, will be ex-
tended until Feb. %, as per advices
from the Union Pacific and Northern
Pacific. The recent reductions order
ed by the Union Pacific have made a
revision of the through tariff necessa-
so that the following rates will here
after apply between Missouri river
points and points in Montana:
First class. So: second, $3.50: third,
50: fourth, S175: fifth. s1.70; A, $50;
B, s1.35; c. SIPS; D, ST.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
x Wierd Wall.

It was only q few years ago that a
snowstorm like the present would
have brought waists herds of buffalo
from the high or prairie lands to the
Teton bottom. Now the land is COW
cred with domestic cattle whose light
coats are more vulnerable and their
flesh more sensitive to the keen blasts
Of winter than the heavy robe and the
tough hide of the prairie monarch.
The buffalo are gone, and there is no
more sport for the boys and no GER
tainty Of meat for the winter.--Calu-
met.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
4 Cowboys Programme.

The Daily Tombstone publishes the
following programme OF dances used
at ball recently given by cowboys in
Arizona:
1, Grand circle roundup march; 2,
Horse hunters quadrille; 3, Catch
horse waltz; 4, Saddle up ~lancers; 5,
Broncho racquet; 6, Captains quad
rifle; 7, Circulars gallop; s, Round
up lancers; 8, Cutout s~chottische; 10,
Branding quadrille; II, Cow and calf
racquet; II, Night-horse lancers: Is,
First-guard waltz; Il, Second-guard
quadrille; Is, Third-guard Newport;
10, Fourth-guard quadrille; IT, Day
herder's waltz: Is, Mavericks polka;
IS, Bull calves medley; 20, Stampede
all.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
Dead With His Dogs.

Cheyenne dispatch says: An old
hermit living a few miles west of
North Platte, where he has kept a dog
ranch, was found frozen to death re-
Gently. There were thirty-two dogs
around his dead body, and the officers
were forced to kill seven of them be-
fore the dogs allowed them to APP
proach the body. The officers found
S67 in nickels and dimes in his hat.
He subsisted and fed his dogs on the
animals which were killed by the cars
and OH rabbits,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
PIenticoes Turns the Tables.

The Grow chief Plenticoes, says the
Billings Gazette, whose stock was
run off by white horse thieves last
week, returned from the chase last
Saturday, and reports having COM
pletely turned the tables on the
thieves. He and his braves tracked
the horses through Prior Gap and in
to Wyoming, and finally oyerhauled
the band between Stinkingwater riv-
er and Gray Bull creek. The thieves
had halted to lay in a supply of beef,
and when first seer had just killed
one of Nh. Lovell's steers, at some
distance from their camp and the
horses.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
We Don't Want 1t

J. j. Browne, ofspokane Falls says:
The dispatch from Helena that the
people of Murray, Idaho, L clamor-
ing to have that section Or any other
part of that territory attached to
Montana, by reason of It's mining
laws; is all a mistake. AS liberal
mining laws will be adopted at Olym-
pia, where the legislature is in ses-
sion now, as those Of Montana. The
fact is the only natural dividing line
between Washington Territory and
Idaho is the spur of the Bitter Root
mountains, which bars all of that
part of Idaho north of them from
Boise City by q natural barrier.
When Washington Territory is adj
mitted, which may be this session,
we expect to get the capital at
Spokane, and as we are soon to have
a railway to the Occur d'Alene country
and to Snake river, Northern Idaho
ans would find themselves very near
their capital.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
A Honest Gambler.

Talking about honor and honesty"
said an old convict, Il tell you, folks
have queer ideas about them. Ill
give you an instance. | was over in
Cheyenne years ago, broke. A we'll
known gambler befriended me, and
when he proposed to put up a burg
larry [ stood in at once. I'm rather
clever with the tools. He wanted me
to open the safe of a faro bank and
get che cards out for him to fix up,
and then | was to return them, the
idea being that he could win the
banks money with the marked cards.
Well, I opened the safe and got the
cards, when all at once it struck me
that my friend was going to a lot of
unnecessary trouble, for there, in a
couple of sacks, was about $4,000, all
the banks money. So put the cards
back and, being always an honest
man, took the two sacks to my friend,
the gambler, and told him to give me
what he thought was right Dam
your soul, do you think I'm a tnlef2
he yelled, getting as angry as a man
could. DO you think I'm a thief2
Take back the money right away and
bring me the cards" Il tell you.'
continued the burglar, .sthat man was
as mad as a man could be-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

There is something strange and anac-
countable connected with the warm Chi
mock winds which sweep across Montana
at intervals during the winter. 1t Will
favor a certain valley with its desirable
presence for days at = time, and not bulge
an inch from its boundaries. Last Friday
a Chinook wind favored Suilivan's valley
with its presence, reaching down as far IS
St. Peters Mission, while at Sun River
Crossing, a distance Of less than Is miles
as the crow tlies-the mercury remain
ed below the cipher. A similar freak oc-
CURED last winter. A Chinook wind
blew on the west side of the Bird Tail
divide for nearly a week before its in1u-
ence was manifest on the opposite side in
the least. VIII some one explain the why
and wherefore of this? Don't all speak
at once.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
Same Here.

Nathan Hockett came in from his
range on Powder river and Alkali creek
on Wednesday, and says that neither of
the three previous winters which he has
spent here have been half so favorable to
stockmen as this. He says cattle are do
ing better than he ever knew them to do
at this season of the year; that they are
staying well back in the hills, where feed
is plentiful, and that it his honest opinion
that they are fatter now than they were
two months ago. Mr.. Hockett is mana
ger for Bonn, Henry Il IIockett, and is
constantly travelling over the ranges.
During the winter he has seen thousands
of thrifty live cattle, but not q single dead
one, nor one that looked like it was going
to die. In fact he has not seen q man who
has seen q dead animal on the range
Stockgowers' Journal.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
The Contract Let.

The board Of directors Of the North
ern Pacific have authorized the let
ting of the tunnel, two miles in
length, through the Cascade noun
tains, to Nelson Bennett of Deer
Lodge, Montana. The tunnel will
cost something under 5000 600, and is
to be completed by May. 1888.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

A former military officer stationed in
Alaska for a number of years has, during
the past few months contributed a num-
Der OF articles to this paper on its esourc-
es and possibilities, which have been read
with interest by many if not all our pa
irons. On the first page of this issue will
be found another contribution from the
same writer, relating to the same subject
which will be found very interesting and
worthy of pernsal. Alaska is at present
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30
E%xpIaines Itself.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 8, 1886.
Prof. g., G. Sallow, Helena, Montana:
DEAR SIR-Montana is entitled to
send a cadet to West Point. I have
not had an opportunity to select a
candidate, [ am desirou1 Of promot-
ing the aspirations of the brightest
boy in Montana, and to that end have
concluded to leave the selection to a
competitive examination, to be conduct
ed by a committee consisting of your
self, DR.. 6. W. Monroe and Hon.
Cornelius Hedges, at such a time and
lIace as you may designate. Candi-
date will be expected to reporthere in
June next for final examination. Will
you kindly request the Territorial
press to give publicity of this?
Yours truly,
J. K. TooLE.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

Stone is being hauled to the foundation
commenced by Ed. Canary last.spring, and
upon which ne learn a large and hand
some stone business building will be
erected in tbs spring.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

claiming more or less attention through
out the United States, which is predicted
will end in a stampede before the close
of SO, Already, every boat bound for
that land carries. a full load of passen-
rers.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

The railroad up Ten Mile from Helena
has been commenced. 1t is just possible
that this road may yet tap the Sand Cou
lee coal field.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

The Helena, Great Falls and Benton
express and stage line, operated by Geo.
Warner and W. 0. Dexter, is growing in
popular favor rapidly, and is doing all
the business between the above named
points.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

hessrs. Durham and Malonsy of White
Sulphur Springs, were here this week.
They purchased some very desirable
property on Central Ave. and will begin
the erection of a commodieus business
room early in the spring, which they will
occupy. Great Falls is to be congratulate
ed on the accession of these gentlemen,
who are shreTd business men and capt.
alists.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

was impossible to enter at either end
to remove the horses. Quite a breeze
was blowing at the time, and the
thermometer indicated 10 degrees be-
low zero. It was only by the utmost
vigilance and energy Of the entire
command that the other stables were
saved. A board Of officers has been
assembled to investigate, and if the
guilty party is discovered he will
have speedy justice dealt out to him.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

The local weather prophets say that
the backbone of winter is broken. We
hope so, but are a little skeered, for fear
that the fracture may heal.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-30

Thousands of head of range cattle drift
ed down on the bottom along the river op
posite this place during the late cold
snap. They returned to their haunts fur
curry started up grade.