The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-12-09
! AND ABOUT THE CITY.
FALLS HAS A CLOSE CALL
-,,r FIRE FIEND---EvERYONE
ruRNED OUT AND GAVE A
HELPING HAND.
,,e trustees Of school District Number
-. place Twelve Thousand Dollars
,,surance on Our New School
Building.
,rcT COURT MATTERS.---A SUIT
Mv1IION-.-THE AMERICAN
,,,,,rDINC AND LOAN ASSOC1A-
r1ON DOING A RUSHING
BUSINESS.

r Taber, of st. Paul, is registered at
tho Milwaukee house.
+ D. Mansfield, of Minneapolis, is
doniciled at the Park.
The County Commissioners spent the
major portion of yesterday auditing bills
NJ Lawler has commenced work upon
,,wo-story building on Seventh avenue
South.
The heat from the fire yesterday broke
,,oss in buildings on the south side of the
avenue.
VIII Hanks slept nearly all of night
hofore last, and was feeling much better
Yesterday p. M.
Father Klein, from st. Peters Mission,
u,;1, offer mass at Minot Hall this morn
ing at 1O:3o a. III.
Yesterday evening small fire was dis
covered back of Israel's store, and was
promptly extingulshed.
Mr.. Theo Gibson's Office has been re-
moved from the Townsite Company's to
that Of his brother Phil.
The second annual party Of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen will be held
Monday evening at Arion Hall.
A fellow was brought up yesterday
morning before Justice Huy, for vagrancy
and was sent to jail for ten days.
Mr.. Dunn, of Cora Creek, is in the city.
He has been away from home for three
months on trip to the Pacific coast.
There will be services in the Methodist
church at II o'clock this morning and in
the evening at 7. Sunday school at 2 pm.
WIS. Wetzel has been laid up several
days by erysipelous, but is convalescing
and may be seen on the streets in a few
days.
James 7. Lee, Of Sand Coulee, having
received the sad intelligence of his
mothers death left yesterday for Kansas
City, Missouri.
Attention,i is called to the large adver-
tisement Of W. b. Raleigh & Co., on the
hst page. They are extensive dealers in
dy ygoods, and way up in the business.
Mtrustees of school district number
onephced $4,000 insurance upon the
school house yesterday. The insurance
iincompanies represented by Hanks s.
McClelland, Barness & Collett and Phil
Gibson.
The hardest dier we have ever known
is the Butte Miner. 1t has been ever
since the 9Th of November dying and
every time it is supposed to have given
vent to its last political gasp it wakes up
and gives one more yowl for free trade.
tides good deal harder than it fought.
Achip off the same block is the Great
Falls Tribune, edited by Tom and Jerry.
has been engaged in frantic death
struggle ever since the election and has
torn enough fur out of itself to stuff a
sofa.-Helena Record.
Mr.. c. A. Gale has been up in the
Neihart district for a week or two,
and returns to this city with some excel
lent specimens of high-grade ore, running
as high as 1900 ounces Of silver to the
ION. lie has had years Of experience in
mining in Colorado and Deadwood, and
says he has never seen as rich mines as
nose in the Belt Mountains, and when
good means of transportation are secured
sgreat impetus will be given to the de-
Velopment Of the mines. He has an in
terest III three mines in the vicinity OF
Nelhart, which will be developed during
the winter.
The American Building & Loan Asso-
cla1lon which was formed here two or
Mree months ago has been doing rush.
ing business the past two or three days
AF IT, IL. Coon, the appraiser of the Co.,
eame on from Minneapolis and has beer
giving his attention to the work of negoti
"llns loans. The Association is frs
elass one, and enables man to obtain ;
',0nle by monthly payments much less
ulah what histrental would be. 1t alst
furnishes money to those of its members
III need, upon good real estate security, a
"'o" rate of interest. The interest beins
sA per cent per anllum.
FROM the interesting accounts given il
0uf last two papers of the Wolf Creel
mines it will be seen that that district i
vecomlng prominent. 1t is believed :
nue 1or the railroad can he found from
ue barker mines, of easy construction
" nose on Wolf Creek, and thence int
ae Judith basin. However that may b
ROAD will pass close to the Vol
week mines, and the ore can be easil
N'Asported to our smelter. Another sea
1oA Will see the camp in full blast. !
Urge body of men will be at wor
~. '"e hllnes, developing them and takin
1nn w. o1e. The close proximity to til
,ua aa'''i Basin will make it good marke
nau n.;,, with Barker and Neihart this sectio
h,,:, a a'tract much immigration. Til
c.a 'ng OF the Belt railroad will give til
>"''' great impetus.
TN
Aut Fort N1,o,,,
dona u program, consisting of song
at ttes, 4ss : nfarces, laughable interludes ct,
'e rark Theatre Sunday nvan;nr