The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-03-19
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.

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G. d. Hand Of Helena is registered at
the Park hotel.
j. F. Shurr started for Missoula county
yesterday with his family.
Mr.. ]. L. Neihart, Of N eihart, has been
In the city for several days.
| Bryson the woman killer Is to be hang
ed on Friday, August 9, 1889.
Mr.. Perkins, connected with the new
day.
Sportsmen say the ducks and geese are
quite plentiful in the vicinity Of Great
There was considerable stir on the
lively.
The city elections are approaching. The
democracy are on still hunt. Look out
for them.
MIR. William Albrecht, the wide-awake
furniture dealer, keeps his delivery W az
on busy nowadays.
There is some talk Of building a first
class opera house in this city. Let the
work be commenced soon.
Duncan Macleod is putting up a hand
some livery stable at Belt, IS by 60 feet
and plenty of room to enlarge.
Mr.. Clarity, manager of the company's
store at Sand Coulee, visited Great Fails
yesterday and took in the horse race.
The Northwestern Farmer and Breeder
quotes approvingly the LEADERS, article
entitled" "Artesian Wells on Bench Lands"
There will be meeting Of the Board of
Trade Wednesday evening. 1t is to be
an important meeting. Everyone should
be present.
Messrs. W. B. Raleigh & Co., the en-
terprising drygoods merchants of this
city, are just in receipt Of car load of
spring goods.
One of the bench land farmers near
town who has been raising good crops
on the bench, without irrigation, for four
or five years will put in thirty acres of
grain this year.
Ben. Franklin, the great printer and
statesman was clear-headed, like the
craft generally, when he said, ~ judge
man by his eyes, but woman BY her
lips" Me too, Ben.
Mr.. T. E. Collins returned yesterday
from the East. He informed LEADER
representative that the iron for the water
works had been purchased and will lie
shipped a. soon as possible,
The brick to be used In the construc-
tion Of the Quesnelle building on First
avenue South are on the ground aud
work upon the superstructure will be
commenced in day or so If the weather
is favorable.
Profiting by the Anaconda's calamity
the Great Falls smelter has placed An In
surance Of $250,OOO on It's constructed sec
tion. distributed as follows: Phil Glib
sons agencies, $125,0O0; Messrs. Hanks &
Atkinson, $75,U0O; the balance by Helena
agencies.
Mr.. John Clinton expects soon to open
an office on Central avenue. Mr.. Clinton
has had much experience as an architect.
He will help to build up the Cataract city
in a substantial manner. Mr.. Clinton
possesses knowledge Of the recondite
parts of the art, and is thoroughly com
petent.
About 400 people witnessed the horse
race yesterday afternoon. The Sand
Coulee horse, owned by Tom Miller,
seemed to be the favOrite from the start.
Mr.. Pencc's five-year old is by no means
a slow traveller, and came in close behind
the Sand Coulee equine, The race took
place near the river and was for 800 Il
side. Considerable money changed
hands.
The Montana Central passenger train
was delayed several hours Sunday at the
south end of tunnel No. 10, six miles this
side of Butte by the falling of an i'm
mense mass of rock, which shivered the
timbers like pipe stems. A frei ght train
passed through the tunnel short time
before the rock fell. The delayed pas
senger train arrived at Great Fall ut 0
o'clock p. IN,
Capt. Cochran, foreman of the LEADER
Office, has become granger. Within a
few days he has located land about six
miles east, not far from the Great Falls
and Giant Spring boulevard, erected his
house and made his arrangements for
seeding considerable breadth in oats.
That's business. He'll have something
better than lath and brickbats to feed his
blooded bays on next fall. The Cap. has
not forgotten the exhortation of the
Father of his Country: agriculture Is the
most healthful, the most useful and the
most noble employment OF man."
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