Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-05-26
C. P..THOMSON,
Reliable Dry Goods House.
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.

Sun river will now be painted black in
stead of red by the Fort Shaw boys.
Ben Rumney, foreman of the Detroit
and Montana Cattle company, is in town.
Mr.. Rumney expects to go east shortly on
an extended trip.
All bills against the county must be
filed before the first day of the session or
they will not receive attention until the
succeeding regular meeting, This is the
order of the board.
The wagon bridge is nearly completed
In a few days more the ferry boats will
be tied up or removed to some other
point on the river. Their occupation
here will be gone.
John Lepley, the we'll known stock
man, is expected in the city in a day or
two While here he will complete
arrangements Tor building a fine brick
block on his First avenue south property.
Dan Mckay says that great interest
was displayed in the proceedings at Liv-
ingston. About fifty people from Helena
were present. The republican club here
will be organized next month. He saws
the Blaine sentiment was very strong at
the convention.
Col. Shelby to Helena Independent re
porter-"fhe Sand Coulee coal is as good
heating coal as there is, and it will not be
long before it is used by everybody in
Helena. But refer you to Col. Broad
water. He knows all about the mat
ter and will explain"
The Milwaukee house will be open to
the public June 1. 1t has thirty-two
rooms, and is fitted up in the latest style.
The charges will be reasonable-tWo dol
lars per day for transient and six dollars
per week for regular day boarders. Mr..
Mathes, the proprietor, intends to make
this frst-class hotel and is using every
effort in that direct.
The A. 0. U. W. will give public en-
tertanment next Monday evening. in
which there will be music by well known
Great Falls musicians, addresses by gen
tlemen from home and abroad. Among
the latter are expected Moses Morris, the
well known Helena merchant, P. G. NJ.
W. Kinsley and the poet laureate of Hell
ena, John W. Eddy.
Gus Jansen says that Hans Hanson,
who jumped into the river on Sunday,
was a Norwegian and not Swede. He
worked for Jansen and used to say: 81
will get out Of this world; | will take a
dip in the river He was constantly
drunk and would sing in saloons to oh
tain beer or whiskey. He had a brother
in Norway. Hanson was once lieuten-
ant III the Norwegian army and had been
about II years in this country. Why he
choose to jump from the Fern instead of
the river bank no one can tell.
The cclored troops who fought bravely.
accord ing to the old war phrase, are at 1T,
Shaw, where some folks who have never
seen darkies in uniform regard them
with surprise. The post is under com
mand of Col. Van Horn. The other Off
GERS aresCol. Bentzoni, Capt. fully, Lieu
tenants Frost, Ahern, Miller and Glenn.
Lieut.. Glenn is post quartermaster; Lieut..
Hodges, post adjutant. Capt. Reade will
arrive with another company Sunday.
Capt. Hale, with Lieutants Mccoy and
Neary, will leave the same day for Sisse-
ton, Dakota.
Nh. Treat, formerly night clerk of the
Park Hotel, but now acting as mail
weigher on the Manitoba, reports that on
his last trip west he saw four buffalo at a
point few miles east of Fort Belknap.
The strange group comprised Il COW, calf,
yearling and bull. They were moving
south toward the head Of the Little Rocky
mountains along the trail followed when
there were literally millions of buffalo in
that region, and destined doubtless for the
rugged region of Cow creek. We trust
that these animals, the remnants of
mighty herds, will not be disturbed by
inc hunter.
Robert Vaughn returned Tu s v
from trip to Helena, Deer Lodge and
Butte. While at the latter place he wit
messed the experiment at the Boston &
Montana Con. smelter with the Sand Cou-
lee coal and reports that it was entirely
successful as far as he could judge. The
furnace in which Sand Coulee coal was
used worked apparently as well as the