The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-04-12
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.

Settlers for Greet Falls are arriving in
crowds.
The above from the Benton River Press
Is the true doctrine.
The first Monday in May the new city
administration comes In.
| Men have been at work for several
days past npon brick addition to the
Park theatre.
This eventdg the1e will be 4 meeting
Of the stockholders of the fair association.
Every one Is expected to be present.
$500 has been subscribed for the fall
association and 1t is expected that the re-
manning amount necessary will be readily
obtained.
]. W. Mcknight of TT. Shaw, who was
arrested, was bound over for several days
In the sum of $1,000 to appear before
Judge Dyas.
The smelte1 near the Black Eagle falls
has plenty Of ore at present. We under
stand that the first of next month five
furnaces will be in running order.
Miss Bessie Ford, the accomplished
lady superintendent, is in Great Falls.
She will hold q public examination in
about two weeks for the benefit of teach
ers.
The handful calls for meeting of the
democratic central committee. 1t il sur
missed that W. A. Clark left some of his
h10 has <h1 -
bad.
Paul Romsey brought in the skins Of
six coyots yesterday and obtained the
bounty of 81 for each skin. Thus these
pestiferous animals are made to bite the
dust.
Mr.. Enrich was among the arrivals
from Helena yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Enrich is connected with the smelter
works, and 10 at present located in Hell
ena.
Messrs. Taylor & Williams will run a
horse herd this season. They are expert
enced and reliable gentlemen and will
guarantee satisfaction to their patrons.
See their ad.
Lwelvs new weekly subscribers yes
terday. Every day makes large acccs-
sions to our weekly subscription list.
The Weeklp LEADER is the most pop
ular paper in Montana.
Master Howard Mccoy of Lakota, Da-
kota, was a passenger on the west bound
train yesterday to Great Falls. He
leaves today for Stanford on visit to his
uncle, Mr.. Hosea Fisher.
The county commissioners will hold a
meeting today. Among some of the
matters to be taken up is the division Of
the county registering district as provided
under the new registration law.
Excavations have ,>'sen commenced for
the erection of the pump house just
above Myers saw mill. This looks like
business. The LEADER is in favor of
water, and plenty of it. Let it come.
At last Great Falls has a fashionable
boot and shoe maker who is up with the
times in making comfortable and we'll
fitting shoes. Give him call. Shop in
rear Of Rocky Mountain Telegraph office.
The boring of artesian wells in the vi
cinity of Great Falls has met with good
results. We believe artesion water can
be found in the vicinity of TT. Benton, al
any rate it is certainly worth the attempt
to find 1t.
Helena Journal: Col. w. F. Sanders
is said to have made the best speech OF
his life, in response to the toast "The
State of Montana" at the Grand Army
banquet Tuesday evening. 1t must Ger.
tainly have been an eloquent effort.
People in Helena and other camps Of
the Territory will find it to their Interest
to examine the furniture stores of thif
city before purchasing elsewhere. Fur
niture is sold here one third less than ir
any other town in the Territory.
| tt the fair association committee ar
expedicious in obtaining desirable
grounds and laying out the race-course
there is no Intermediary obstacle, so ia
as our optice are concerned, from having
an interesting hore race on the Fourth o
July. .....
1t is to be hoped that the fair grounds
will be located on this side Of the Mis-
; souri, river, thereby saving the expens
of toll and paying tee money for trans
portation to our own liyerymen rathe
, than send it to st. Paul for the benefit c
. the railroad.
River Press: Under the supervisio
of Mr.. Stocking, the Board Of Trade ha
determined to have some wells sunk o
the bonch lands in this vicinity to sho
settlers that water can be found near til
surface. Mr.. Stocking put his men
work this morning:
y One of the finest sections in Norther
Montana is the region between Gre'
Fails and tho Belt mountains. Whe
} the Belt railroad reaches that section "
y shall expect to see the commencemei
: Of a prosperous era for the settlers {
we'll as the miners of the Barker distric
The Hon W. A. Clark, late candida'
n for Delegate to Congress, passed throug
Great Falls Yesterday. Mr.. Clark pr
: diets that Montana will come into tn
Union democratic State. Since Ia
i, November stock in Mr.. Clark's predi'
tions has fallen wonderfully.
It If there are any moss backs in nortl
arn Montana they had better crowd the
= wardrobes into their seamless sacks ar
nrepare to walk out. Northern Montan
, from this hour forward is to be the the
tire of one of the most wonderful and a
tive immigration transformation seen
ever witnessed in the world. The mo
back. the idler, the croaker, the man-wl
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