Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-08-22
From SATURDAYS Daily,

Iron Saturdays Daily,l
| W. H. Barnes, of Helena, is in town.
Charles Marley, of Wardner, Idaho, is
at the Park hotel
| Robert Vaughn came in from his Deep
Creek ranch yesterday.
Nat McGiffin of Sand Coulee was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Z. Gurley, of Glasgow, lively town on
the Manitoba, is in the city.
Board reduced to popular prices, So a
week, at the st. Elmo restaurant.
E. L. McNair, formerly of Dansville,
N. Y, but now Of Utica, Mont, is in town.
! Ftp. McMullen, agent of the Edison
Electric Light company, has returned to
the city. @ ...
J. T. Arlington, of the firm of Seims
u Arlington, of Belt, arrived in town
yesterday.
3. E. Coffee, formerly of the Rocky
Mountain Telegraph company, of Helena,
is in the city.
The democratic senators have held a
caucus on the fisheries treaty and resolved
not to 1llbuster.
William B. Shaw, a travelling salesman
from st. Paul, is at the Park. He repre-
sents large house.
Mrs. Hurley and Mrs. Prichard, two
ladies from Barker, are in the city and
guests at the Milwaukee.
1 E. Fl. Becker, chief engineer of the
Montana Central, arrived yesterday and
is stopping at the Park hotel.
Frank Langford, COL Broadwater's pri-
vate secretary, was among the arrivals on
yesterdays train from Helena.
The American party convention in
Washington are split up. James L. Cur
tbs of New York was nominated for pres
ident.
The surveyors on the Belt mountains
| branch were camped on Belt creek, near
Cashiers, last night. They are evidently
doing quick work.
Alex Lapeyre,J. Sinclair and some other
sportsmen have just returned from a
hunting trip. They had good luck and
bagged quite a lot of game.
Attention is called to the advertisement
OF the st. Elmo restaurant in today's Dri-
bune. Mr. Dickinson has reduced the
price of board to $6 week.
The American Express company have
received their letter press and scales.
The balance Of the furniture and office
fixtures will arrive in few days.
We understand that R. S. Ball has sold
two of his ranches, horses cattle and
sheep, to I. G. Baker & 60. The consid-
GRAFTON for all, including the receipts
from the sale of wool, amounted to about
$4,000.
Sam Mitchell and brother arrived yes
terday from the Teton range with 100 head
of dry cows, which he had sold to G. N.
Dickinson of the Great Falls meat mark
ct. They are said to be fine animals and
just as fat as they can stand.
Sol Yates held the fort last night in a
Second street sporting house which has
fallen into financial trouble. The deputy
sheriff admired the fine works of art on
the walls and had many visitors who sup
posed the house was in the old hands.
Next door pianos were playing in utter
disregard for "Bessie's" troubles,
Hugh Kirkendall and P. Larsen. the
great Montana railroad contractors. ar
rived last evening to look over the Belt
Mountains route, with view of bidding
on the work. These men have practically
built the Montana Central railroad and
they are not liable to let any one else get
away with this contract.
Mr.. @. B. Power, son of Commodore T.
G. Power, arrived in the city last evening,
and today went out to his fathers ia
nous stock ranch at Ida, one of the su-
burbs of Great Falls. Mr. Power re-
Gently graduated with honors from. the
famous college at Georgetown, near
Washington city, and is now a student of
law.
Leo, the aerial artist, is the latest star,
His performances on the horizontal bar
are simply astounding. His performances
alone are sufficient to draw crowd. He
is ably seconded by Eugene de Marbelle
as the clown, who is a conscientious artist
and is but sample of all who play at
this theatre John Germ is to be com
mended for his efforts in securing these
attractions.
Col. W. D. Dickey of Newberg, New
York, was so favorably impressed with
Great Falls that before leaving he pur-
chased from the Bank of Great Falls rs
feet front on the corner of Central ave-
nue. and Third street, adjoining the bank
building, paying fer the same $4,000 in
cash. This is considered one of the best
corners in the city and the price is the
highest that has yet been paid per front
foot for Great Falls dirt.
The resultof the competitive rifle prac-
Mce o. Fort Smelling Is % follows; De.