Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-06-27

competitors. MI. Martin VIII be IN Urea
| Falls good deal during the season.
| .- From Mondays Daily
S.H. McIntire of Fort Benton is il
| town.
Wild June roses are in bloom along the
river bank.
The Fern brought in cargo of wool
Saturday from up the river
]. B. Leslie is expected to return from
Kentucky soon with his family.
The side-track to the wool warehouse is
completed except the surfacing, which is
Icing done today.
A branch road has been constructed to
rhaws brickyard to facilitate the hauling
of brick to the smelter. mmm"# ..M.I
The Misses Horst of Butte, daughters
Of Col. Horst, are on visit to their uncle,
Mr.. Horst, of the Park hotel.
Numerous tents have been set up along
the river bank near the Hotter mill. The
place looks like military encampment.
The house of the Rev. John Reid was
ransacked by a burglar last evening, who
only took pair of trousers which he af-
terward threw away.
w. NJ Cockrell is attending to the dut-
les of deputy clerk and recorder during
the absence of MI. Ringwald. He will be
assisted by Louis De Lestry.
About twenty emigrants came in from
Pittsburg Saturday with view Of settling
here It is understood that the men in
the party will so to work at the smelter
today. %"
Work is being pushed rapidly on Mrs.
Wellingtons new building on Second
avenue south. Mr. Lawler, the contrac-
tor, expects to have it completed in about
ten days
The boat houses did brisk business
yesterday. There is no finer sheet Of wa
ter for aquatic sports than BroadWater
bay, and the young folks took advantage
of the fact to enjoy a row on it.
The ground for the yards of the Mani
toba railroad on this side Of the river have
been staked out and work will be COM
menced in a short time, when all the
buildings on the other side will be moved
over.
Mr.. Dick erman's elegant country resi-
dence near the Giant Spring is an attract
i've place on Sunday. It must be cold
and cherries Sabbath that there are not a
dozen or more at the ranch, and the latch
string is always on the outside.
Ben Webster, who is again represent
ing the well known commission house of
Justice, Bateman & Co., is in the city
looking after the interests of his firm.
Mr.. Webster will be in Great Falls
good share Of the time during the season.
The railroad company have placed
notice at the end of the bridge warning
all persons other than employees not to
cross it. There is considerable danger in |
walking over this bridge. In fact there
is no necessity for the public to cross now
that the wagon bridge has been com
pleted.
Harrison was not the favorite in Great |
Falls and the news of his nomination
was received with anything but enthusi-
asm. Here as elsewhere in the country,
Blaine was the popular candidate and
the republicans were hopefully looking
forward to the expected "cyclone" that
would make the man from Maine again
the standard bearer.
Among the arrivals at the Park hotel
are s. II. Mc1ntire Benton; D. L. Tracy,
Mansfield, Ohio; B. McNeal, Grand Rap
ids. Mich. D. R. McGinnis, St. Paul; II.
G. Alone, Fort Assinniboine; Mrs. NJ. A.
Stickney, Saltwater, Mimi; Ben Webster,
Benton; J. q. Hample, Helena; W. @.
Listman, Sioux Falls, d. t.; E. X. Camp
bell, j. H. Thomson, San Francisco; B. +.
Schwartz, New York; ]. T. Arlington,
Belt.
Traffic over the wagon bridge yester-
day was very heavy. In the morning two
six-horse teams with a portion of o. G.
Cooper's wool came across, followed by
numerous other teams. The number Of
pedestrians was larger than on any day
since the completion of the structure.
Apropos Of the bridge, a good joke is told
on the toll-keepers wife. A man came
along and rendered a bar check on the
Park hotel bar. The little lady thinking
it foreign coin and not noticing the 1917
cents in trade on the face of it, gave the |
man ticket and Is cents in'change.
D. r. McGinnis, of the Manitoba rail
road, who showed the editorial party Da-
kota and Montana with so much success,
revisited Great Falls yesterday and will
he in this region for about month"; Mr..
says the editors were delighted
with their visit here and were favorably
impressed with the country He says
that Dakota has been benefited by the
heavy rainfall and appears like a green
ocean. 1t the wheat plants escape the
frost he expects that there will be heavy |
crop. He looks for good prices, as the
visible supply Is smaller than it has been,
since 1889, while the general yield this
year will not be as great as heretofore.