Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-11-24
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.
Central ave-, Great Falls, NJ. T.
From Wednesdays Daily.1

liio1h "Wednesday DAl1y.J
The ice on the river has melted ava,
considerably.
Satan is the queer name of horse tina
was in town today.
Mr.. Wernecke announces freight TO
Lewistown and Choteau.
The election placards on the walls lool
as IT they were year old.
James Currie has killed Is deer in two
days at the head of Sand Coulee.
R. S. Ford and wife arrived today from
Fort Benton, where they had been visit
ing few days.
Thos. Matthews, the efficient stock in.
spector on the line of the Manitoba, ar.
rived in the city today.
Col. T. B. McShane of the Bay State
Livestock company, went to Helena to.
day and will return tomorrow.
Mrs. Child arrived from Helena las,
evening and will reside with MIR. Child
in their fine house at the smelter.
jerry Collins majority in the joint dis.
trict for councilman is 203 and that of E,
Z. Garrett for representative 1885,
George Steel and wife arrived in town
last night. On learning of the sad death
of James Dyas they set out at once for
the city.
John Lepley who has been east several
weeks attending to the sale of his beeyes
returned to Benton today and will visit
his Great Fails friends in a short time.
Pat Hughes won a suit of clothes. three
hats and horse on the election. All ex-
cept the horse bet have been duly settled
The lucky miner has at least hats
enough for the winter.
NJ. }. Haney, the gentleman who putin
the piers of the Fort Benton bridge. has
been awarded the contract by the domin-
ion government for constructing the canal
on theCanadian side Of the Sault Ste Marie.
The contract is fat one, amounting to
$1,20000O.
Advices from Chicago say that in the
week ended the 10th inst cattle took nm
upward turn of % to 50 cents per 100
pounds Range steers from Montana
were bought freely last week by local
slaughterers at $3.50 to $500. Montana
sheep sold at $2.65 to 1885.
The Rocky Mountain Telegraph COM
pany today completed the stringing of
third wire from Helena to here. This
gives the company two wires for general
use and thus doubles it's business capac-
lty. Mr.. King, the chief operator, was
present at the completion of the newline.
About 100 men, chiefly laborers are en-
ployed at the smelter. Roasting furnaces
are at work, preparing the ore for the
smelters. Mr. Nelson has been busv
with preparations for the winter. His
partner has been away and in conse.
quence all the boarding house manage
ment has devolved on him. He has soma
good COWS and about SO hogs in his
yard. A''
Col. Wheeler, who is in town. notes
steady improvement on all sides and is as
cenhdent as ever that Great Falls is on
the road to permanent greatness. The
colonel is something of prophet. too.
lie SHOWS memorandum recorded last
. ane, IN which he made bet in the train
Will with Colonel Stevens of Minneapolis that
Montana would go 5000 republican this
! Ia, lie met here last evening Colonel
ollne, who served in one Minnesota reg
imeht While Col. Wheeler served in an
other Both are from New York and
differ only in politics, Col. Uline being
stalwart democrat.
President Hill, Col. Broadwater and
party, who went with Mr.. Paris Gibson
Yesterday to the Sand Coulee mines, left
Today about a. m. for Helena. It is m
derstood that steps were taken to nro-
mote the more rapid development of the
coal fields. The visitors were we'll
pleased with the excellent progress mada
Under General Manager Anderson hnt ,
ook for much larger output when tho s