Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-09-01

Three surveying parties, SUPP osed tt
be at work in the interest Of the Unior
Pacific, are now in the field between Ana
| conda and the head of Bitter Root valley
Hon. Jesse F. Taylor left this morning
| for Chicago to receive his beef cattle
which will be shipped from Big Sandy
They will arrive there in two or three
days.
Will Floweree left today for Big Sand.
| to superintend the shipment Of his bee
cattle Of which there are 800 head. The
| first herd will arrive Friday and the bal
ance two days afterward.
Higgins g. Mitchell, owners Of the 81:
cattle outfit, will ship beef steers from
Big Sandy. MI. Higgins left here today
for that point to superintend the loading
of his cattle.
Matt Furwell and wife, and Thos
, Clarey, wife and child, are in the city
They came down from their Sun river
ranches to spend few days in the cata
ract city.
The fixtures and other necessary ap
purtenances of the steam heater in the
Minot building have all been finished anc
everything is in readiness for the cold
weather.
O.. A. Parsons of Shonkin, and j. A
Bright and Mr.. Boyle of Highwood
ranchmen, are In town. They find good
market here for their produce, which
commands good prices
j. P. Hoag, Salt Lake; Oscar Ellinger
Helena; G. H. Farmer, Choteau; Q. A
Parsons, Shonkin; ]. A Bright; High.
wood and Thos. Graham, Sun River are
registered at the Milwaukee house.
VIM. B. Edgar, representing the lumber
firm of Gilchrist Bros. & Edgar, of Hell
ena, is here looking after his interests
Mr.. Edgar disposes Of large quantity Of
lumber at this and other points of north
ern Montana.
B. Faryan of the International hotel
who purchased lot last January, arrived
yesterday. He has had several offers, but
seeing the marked improvement in the
city since his purchase, he has decided to
hold it longer.
Mr.. Norman J. Berge, an expert dry
goods man, for several years in charge OF
the silk department of Donaldson's glass
block store in Minneapolis, arrived here
recently to take position in O. P. Thorn
sons dry goods house.
Harry W. Child and Val Laubenheime1
propose to take an outing for few days
this week. They will 20 first to Mr.. Arm.
ington's ranch on Belt creek and then ac-
companied by that gentleman, will go tc
th 4, Mountains RI r. oh orH h,1,t
R. LETTER, representing large brewery
in St. Louis, is in the city talking "beer'
to our merchants. Great Falls seems tC
be the Mecca for travelling men. The
merchants all buy literally and are rated
commercially speaking as high as in any
place in Montana.
If any one should see picket-rope
reaching from the smelter to the Minot
building attached to horse, said rope
and horse should be returned to j. s
Tod, whose cayuse every now and then
evinces violent desire to take trip to
the city and play high lonesome hand
leaving his owner to foot it.
There will be an informal gathering o.
the friends Of the Misses Laura anc
frankie Horst at the Park hotel tonight
These ladies' are about to take their de
parture for Butte, and the party is give1
in their honor. About twenty couples
will be present. Prof. Races orchestrs
will furnish the music. -
| Funeral services owe" the body of Har
ry Emmons were held at the Presbyterian
church this morning at nine o'clock, Rev
Reid officiating. He spoke of the man,
good qualities of the deceased and tn
rest and peace of the hereafter. Til,
remains were then borne to their las
resting place at Sand Coulee. Quite
number attended the funeral, as Mr.. EN-
mons had a large number of friends.
Among the arrivals at the Park are W
K. Floweree, @. Boseman, A. X. Porter
VIM. D. Campbell, John Sturrock, VIM
B. Edgar, J. Barrett, g. L. White, Hele
wife and child, Sun River; G. J. Nc
New York; H. ?. Brown, Minneapolis
Jesse II. Taylor, Choteau; John P. Dyaa
Gorham, and R. LETTER, St. Louis.
From 3. F. Jones, the American ex
press messenger, it is learned that tn,
Manitoba is doinga land office bushes
in passenger traffic. Many of the passen
gers get off at different points on the new
ly opened reservation, and their tents cal
be seen along the line. The reservation
is settling up fast and by the most indus
trious class Of eastern farmers.
The Park hotel, Milwaukee house ant
Minneapolis house have all adopted thu
free transfer service from the depot t,
their respective hotels Hereafter thu
cry will be, "Here you are for tile Parl
hotel, finest hotel in the city," or 9Th
Milwaukee house downs them all, here'
the boss cab for the Milwaukee," o
minneapolis house cab, best house ii
town"-and others of similar nature will
greet the ears of the bewildered passen
ger as he alights at the depot.
A runaway occurred this morning
wherein milk wagon, numerous can
! and team of cayuses all played prom
| inent part. A train of tactical fluid mark
ed their progress. Tt distributed itsel
literally and promiscuously in all direc
tons and gave the low browed cayuses
the appearance of milky white circu
horses. The only damage done was the
loss of several gallons Of milk and a gen
eral distribution of the wagon, which lat
ter part was performed in highly artis
tic manner by the aforesaid cayuses.
A case of "diamond' swinaling CANT
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