The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-19
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

uG DUAEu VI IAU0 mC0ES IOulIuV.
f. D. Haskins, of St Louis. is in the
city.
Mr. James J.awler has a good residence
to rent
Mayor Gibson arrived from Helena last
evening.
Don't forget Bob and 10, when you
want a delicious steak or chop.
The latest fad in stationary at Race Bros.
Also nice line of fresh candy.
Geo. Raben, book-keeper at Sand
Coulee, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. c. A. Gale will start for Neihart to-
day to look after his mining interests at
that place.
Mr.. Howard Crosby is performing the
clergical duties of Mr.. Cockrell during
his absence.
There are four hundred and eleven men
in the Colorado penitentiary and only
three women.
Rev. Reid called at the LEADER sanctum
yesterday. The gentleman wishes the
! LEADER success.
Mr. Will Hanks numerous friends
We're pleased to see him upon the street
yesterday afternoon.
The "B & b. restaurant has been
moved to Central avenue opposite A.
| Nathan's brick building.
The public schools will have two weeks
vacation during the holidays and the
children will make the most of it.
Miss Ora Wellington has been quite i'll
i'll Minneapolis. She is now recovering
from all attack Of lung fever, and her
mother il expecting her home.
The spire Of the High school building
is gradually rising into view. The roof
of the school house will be covered with
tin in few days.
Northern Montana has been having
June weather during the whole month of
December. All day yesterday men were
working with their coats off out of doors.
The house formerly occupied by the
B & B restaurant is for rent. The house
contains five rooms and is situated close
to the business part of town. Enquire of
II. P. Rolfe.
Two hundred and thirty-f four indict
ments were found at the present term OF
court at Provo. Utah, for violations of the
Z. s. statutes to suppress polygamy and
polygamous living.
4. J. Davidson, of Helena, is in the city
He is delighted with our beautiful tow,
and, like many other excellent gentle
men, is thinking of making Great FALL
his home in the near future.
III. p. Rolfe was happy yesterday tues
day morn) over the birth Of one of tho
most beautiful girls ever horn in the ter
> ritory of Montana. Tho LEADER cxtcnd
congratulations to him and his wife.
Several sales of land east Of Grca
Falls are Oh the point Of being consum
mated. There is q feeling of confidence
that there will he demand for acre pro
perty as well as town property next spring
Mrs. Will Hanks with Mrs. Ink and he
son expect to leave for California tomor
row. DR.. Ladd having pronounced NJ,
Hanks out OF danger. The family l,a'
expected to go the day after the acciden
and had their trunks all packed for tn
> journey.
T. J,r hat 1r.,cs.0n;,t ('o11inc
Of the First National Bank Of Grea
Falls, has offered to take at par 500 800 i
six per cent county bonds, to he used t
nav off the debt to Choteau and Meaghe
counties, which Cascad" assumed whe
organized.
Fourteen bricks of silver weighing II
pounds each arrived from Butte las
evening en- route to the mint at Philade
phia. They were sent by express by th
Boston IL Montana Milling and Minin!
company and are worth in the aggregat
J S28. 900 or $4,000 cach.
Mr.. James Lawler will soon commenc
work upon two-story brick residenc
near the Minneapolis house on Secon
, avenue South, for Mr.. +. w. Ewing. {
! New York city, who will come to Gre'
Falls with his family in the spring. NJ
Lawlcr las erected thirty houses
this city during the past year.
The drain running from the cu]vcrt
the railroad grade to the river is no
: completed. 1t is 600 feet long and Tx:
inches in the clear, and from three
eight feet under ground. Street Supe
visor Lux, assisted by four or five men
engaged upon another drain running fro
the flat piece of ground back Of NJ
= knights to the low ground between Fir
, and Second avenue South, whence Il
water is carried to the river through Il
drain first above mentioned.
The corner lot adjoining the lot upc
which the Bank Of Great Fails is locate
was sold a few monthsaYo to Coz. Dick'
for $4,000. Lapcyre brothers purchase
the property few days ago for $4.N
and ar, offered the sum Of $1,000 for
This is valuable piece Of property I
account of it being centrally located. II
7 10, has Il frontage Of twenty-five fr'
There is no dimin,tion in the price
real estate in Great Falls. but on the 60
trary there is Il noteworthy enhant"mct