Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-11-17
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.
Iron Wednesday's Daily. ]
Central ave-, Great Falls, N. 7

Coughs and colds are rather numerous.
Tenders are invited for a tri-weekly
mail to Sand Coulee.
Dan Mckay was conspicuous by his
absence from the late fray.
Charles Wegner will make a good al
derman if he did miss being commissioner
by 12votes. @
M. @. Larkin, Dick Oatey and Lew
Caster took their departure for Kibbey
and Clendinin today.
The election returns being all in, de-
feated candidates can now secure berths
in the Salt river boat.
Boys and girls are now more concerned
about the approach of Thanksgiving day
than the recent election.
1t has been decided that the city Ulcers
elect are to be sworn in on Monday, when
they will formally organize the new mu
nicipal government. M.
While the public were waiting anxious
ly for bulletins the other day, the vote in
Poundridge, N. Y, came to hand. 1t
numbered about go votes in all.
Parties having prizes due them at G. P.
Thomson's dry goods house should claim
them or have them transferred to their
November and December gift cards.
The board of aldermen will meet under
the presidency Of Mayor Gibson on Mon
day evening. They will organize and
proceed to business. The committees
will be announced later on.
Judge Bach arrived from Benton to-day,
court having been adjourned over until
Friday. He will return to-morraw to
renew what will probably be the largest
term of court ever held at Benton.
The footings of the votes received by the
candidates for assessor did not appear in
our table yesterday We are glad to re-
port, however, that Mr.. Gorhan, the pres
ent encumbent and democratic candidate,
was elected by a majority Of &c.
All the luxuries Of the season are on
the handsome bills of fare which the
Manitoba dining cars furnish. The sup
per bill includes oysters, steaks, lamb
chops, chocolate and preserves. Each
meal is rs cents. The butter used comes
all the way from Rochester, MINI.
The commissioners did not accept the
Jail yesterday, because it is not quite
completed and for the further reason
that there seems to be some trouble be
tween the contractor and sub-contractor.
extending even to those who furnished
labor and material in the construction of
the building.
The old school house is sadly in need
OF repair and general renovation. Great
Falls ought to be able to provide heater
building for present use. The high school
building will, of course, be better, but
meanwhile three days work at painting
and carpentry would make the other look
bright and comfortable.
1t makes no difference who circulated
the bogus tickets on election day, there
were plenty OF them at the polls and
they We're printed at Rolfes blacksmith
shop in the rear of the Minot building,
AS to democrats who couldn't stand" the
democratic candidate for probate Judge.
the returns show pretty clearly there is
someone else majority Of the voters of
this county could not stand.
George Bird Grinnell of New York and
party, who have<been hunting and fishing
al ST. Marys lake for several weeks past,
returned to this city Sunday and left to.
H.J ~ WIG oaol. MI. OFlunell Is con-
nected with "Forest and Stream" and
for four successive years has visited the
st. Mary's Lakes region, where he sue
ceeded in capturing many trophies of the
forest and stream.
The sheriff received telegram yester-
day from the sheriff of Jefferson county
1nstructlng him to arrest and hold MI.
Delaney who was passenger on the
regular east bound train Deputies Burns
and Hurley proceeded to comply, and
were not little taken back when thew
found they would have to likewise take
into custody Mrs Delaney and three
small children, The family was taken to
the Milwaukee house, but were released
this morning, as atelegram to that effect
was received from Boulder. 1t seems
that the arrest was made on accused of a
debt OF $104 said to be due Boulder par-
ties by Delaney. r.
There are four murder cases on the
docket Of the district court now in session
at Fort Benton. One case, that of Cor
don, who murdered Lavelle at Choteau.
has been disposed of, resulting in his
conviction of murder in the first degree.
1t seems to have been cold-blooded
murder and without the least proyoca-
ton. Max Hoppe, the itinelant jeweler,
who murdered a travelling companion
near Conrad, is next on the list and is
likely to meet the same fate as Gordon
Fitzgerald, who killed a negro at Benton
recently, and an Indian held for murder
committed on the old reservation are the
remaining cases.