The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-26
FEBRUARY 1889
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.


his trip to the coast.
Mr.. Collins, of the Helena Independ
ent, greeted the LEADER sanctum with
his aifable smile yesterday.
Messrs. Paul l. Fletcher have dissolved
partnership. Business will be continued
by Mr.. Paul Go and see him and
| square up.
Messrs. Webster, Dickinson and Ring
valid, the committee appointed by the
board of trade was assiduous in their at
tention to the visitors.
Col Daniel Searles visited the Sand
Coulee coal mines yesterday afternoon,
and on his return he announced that his
coal-ache was improved.
Among the many callers on the LEADER
sanctum yesterday was the Hon. Clinton
II. Moore, representative from Silver
Bow, who is one of Msntana's solid and
comprehensive law-givers.
Pat Finnegan the yard-master who was
injured some two months ago while step
ping off train langered till Sunday night
when he died in the Benton hospital,
from blood poisoning.
Prof. Beggs' complimentary benefit
this evening at Kingsbury hall. Let the
Professor see that his labors to impart
the elegunces and graces of the dancing
art are appreciated in Great Falls.
Mr.. Cunningham, proprietor of the
Ken More house ut Sand Coulee, was in
the city yesterday. He says the coal
mining force at the Coulee is being aug
mented considerably and everything is
booming in the young city.
X. Beidler says the Park hotel is the
biggest wickaup he ever ate game in. X.
says his stock of stories has run low. He
is living on the thanks Of the former leg
islature and hopes that the present one
will give him something more substan-
tial.
Among the passengers by yesterdays
train from the east were: Mr.. and Mrs
j. II. McNaught, of Fort Benton, who
are cnroute to Martinsdale in the Mus
selshell Valley, where they will reside
Il in the future. Mr.. Mcknight will en-
gage in wool growing
Sheriff b. +. O'Neal, ex-Sheriff W. II
Black, Hon. Jerry Sullivan, Col. Daniel
Searles, editor of the Benton Press; John
Murphy, G. II. Goodrich and John Hunte
berger arrived in the city by this morn
ing's west bound train from Fort Bentol
to see the visiting legislators.
A letter from w. II. Race to til
LEADER states that everybody he ha
seen in the east is excited over the cit
of Great Falls, and he says settlers t
! this country arc coming, Father Abra
ham, 100000 strong. He suggests tbs
the board of trade appoint committe
to look after their wants.
We draw attention to the card of Messr
Scotten and Stanton, Civil Engineers an
Surveyors, in this morning LEADEl
They are young gentlemen of fidelity All
capacity. Our citizens may rest assure
that all work entrusted to them will |
done in u throughly accurate and sciel
ti1c manner. 50
in This is Capt. Cochrans forty mint
,+s birth day. Besides being the venerabl
10 foreman of the LEADER office, he is vete
10 al soldier of the war for the Union.
n is proper there fore that this day shou
be commemorated; and while our legisl
tors are jubelating, the "day we celebrate
should not be forgotten.
George E. Boomer has struck the Ike
note of business. He is out in this NOR
ing's LEADER with an announcement
coal for SO per ton and ranging up
*4.4O, according to quality. This is .
important step. 1t proves that Gre
Falls can furnish cheaper coal as we'll
cheaper beef than any other spot on Il
continent.
Representative Moore was accosted
member of the Dakota Territory leg
4 laturc who suggested to him that Il
was Il woderful climate. "Climate," sa
Moore, 81 should think it was. Do "
me? (pointing to his own light frame)
have been in the Territory only six weel
but here is a gentleman (pointing to t
gentleman from Custer who weighed
pounds) who came here as light in weig
as am, and has been living on nothi
but air and climate since he came he
and you see what the result is? The
is nothing like the glorious climate
Montana"