Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-08-01
(From Saturdays Daily

LhluIul ItSOulCcS hllul G1llSs lAls SOullOl1y
predicts that Great Falls Will be one Of
the grandest cities i'll the northwest.
[From Saturdays Daily.
Professor Race has lately sold fine
piano to the proprietors of the Milwaukee
house.
Joseph Lessard, of Kibbey, and who is
also largely interested in Belt mountain
mining property, is in the city.
The Excelsior Band will give dance
next week. The announcement will be
made in due time in the Tribune.
There will be preaching in the old
school house tomorrow morning and ev-
ening by the Revs. Riggan and Van Ors-
del.
The Tribune staff were agreeably sur
prised today with a present of ice cream
and cake from Mrs. r. A. Wescotte and
Mrs. A. Willis of the festival committee.
Many thanks. m.3..
McCune expects to have his meat
market on Second avenue south completed
in day or two, and will be ready for
business the first of next week.
The engineer who was scalded in the
late wreck on the Manitoba is still under
the DOCTORS care at Minot. He is i'm
proving rapidly and will soon resume his
post as engineer. .......... ..
Some specimens of ore from the newly
discovered Tiger mines were brought in
today. tits claimed they will assay about
$500 to the ton. About 30 men are W. TX
ing there and more are going out.
Louigi Pribella, the Italian whose jew
was fractured by the breaking of the CO.
BILE while he was working on the Sand
Coulee branch of the Montana Cent? /,
Is getting along nicely and it is expe' d
that he will soon be out
John P. Beal, Chicago; j. F. Patterson,
Benton; J. T. Arlington, Belt; Joseph
Lessard, Kibbey; D Butter6eld, Detroit,
Mich; j. nj. Campbell, Cora; r. l. Hays,
Blackfoot, Idaho; Frank Higgins, Mis-
soula; Thomas McKenna, Choteau, are at
the Park
All of the young excursionists who
came in yesterday left this morning. They
were delighted with their visit. Most Of
them visited the falls, big spring and
smelter yesterday. This morning they
amused themselves in various ways and
obtained all the fun they could out of
their short visit.
A merry party of students, home for
the holidays, came to town yesterday
afternoon and returned to Helena today.
They comprised A. Zimmerman, T. Ray,
G. Renig, A. B. Kleinschmldt, R. L. Fisk,
W. T. Cullen, L. p. Sanders, w. M. Muir
ply, E. O. Hotter, N. B. Hotter, @. @.
Broadwater, E. Beattie, Howard Reeves
and B. G. Loeb.
NJ. Harris has received copy of the
centennial paper issued in Cincinnati by
the John shillito company, a firm founded
about SO years ago. It includes reprint
of the "Centinel Of the North Western
Territory" the first number Of which was
printed in 1893. This paper had no edi-
torials, locals or reviews, and only few
advertisements. The centennial sheet is
printed on brown paper, and profusely
illustrated.
Jack Woods, deputy sheriff of Sun
River, arrived in town today bringing
with him Mike Doyle, who is charged
with grand larceny. Doyle, who has
been working with scout Roensch at
Fort Shaw, cutting hay, came down to
Sun River and remained there two days.
While there he srolled" one armed man
and robbed him of considerable sum of
He will be held here pending
an examination.
Agent Kelley has been authorized by
General Manager Shelby to sell excursion
tickets to the Helena fair from August 10
to 25th at one fare for the round trip.
The tickets will be good to return August
20. He is also authorized to sell tickets
to Butte for one and one-fifth fare during
the race week which begins August 5.
These tickets will be good to return Au-
gust Is. Horses and vehicles will pay
regular rates to Butte, but will be brought
back free upon the presentation Of certif-
icates from the secretary of the associa-
lion showing that the horses had after
wards raced and had not changed owner
ship.
All the electric light poles have been
ond street as far as Third avenue, South.
IS we'll as business houses would be
lighted, Tribune reporter made inquiry
Of T. E. Collins, one of the directors o
The company. "Do you propose to i l I
he streets at presents" asked the scr 4.
4>Ou Jueo az PiCoeA1u, LAG shlus DuV WI
the town is incorporated, which WI
probably be next fall, we we expect to
place lights in the streets. OF course, +,
any parties desire to have poles and lish;s
erected at any one point, it can be do 1,
but for the present we shall confine !
operations to simply lighting the business
louses."
Slim Jim, who is now assisting Sol
Yates, the jailer, is man with curious
history. He came to this territory about
10 years ago. For some time he made
lis headquarters on the Yellowstone.
His livelihood was earned with his banjo,
IN which instrument he was an expert.
About five years ago he killed man
named Oleson in that section of the coun-
ny. He had been hard drinker before
this crime, but afterwards he
plunged even deeper into dissipation.
He came to Great Falls about year ago
md has been following the vocation of
banjo player around the different saloons,
to keep drunk most of the
line. Slim Jim is about 36 years of age
He is allowed to leave the jail in the day
time to oversee the few prisoners who
are smoothing brick for the inside wall
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