The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-07-14
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.


CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.
Remember the elegant Delmonico din
ner today.
John Castner of Belt, was in the city
yesterday.
We regret to learn Of the serious i'll
ness of Mrs. E. A. Ringwald.
Hon. E. R. Clingan, the enterprising
merchant of Belt was on our streets yes
terday.
r. s. Ford of Sun River, helped enter
tain the wool growers that remained in
the Falls yesterday.
The household goods Of John Higgin
botham were sold at auction in front Of
the r. .. yesterday by Judge Dyas.
! F. Scotch OF the firm Of Scotch &
Stanton, left yesterday. for two weeks
visit among friends and relatives in St.
Paul. .-~..
Col. Merry of the Helena Journal and
D. r. McGinnis of the Manitoba railway,
illuminated the LEADER sanctum by
their presence yesterday.
A. A. Smith, editor of the Greencastle,
Ind) Times, en- route for the Pacific, ac
corded the LEADER sanctum fraternal
call yesterday.
Mr.. Dan Henderliter, an Indianian who
came to Montana in the sixties, and one
cf the mcst successful stockraisers Of the
/ Belt creek region, was in town yesterday
on business.
D. L. Thompson started with 5000 lbs.
, of provisionsyesterday for the great sheep
ranch of Severance and McVay on the
American Fork of the Musselshell, 40
miles east of this place.
I The Great Falls boat club accompanied
, the Helena visitors back to the capital
f yesterday. The club will take in Butte
and the excursion at Central Park today,
: and return home Monday.
i Mrs. NJ. ]. Myers of Kansas City, Mo-,
i who has for the past week been visiting
!, her niece, Mrs. r. ). Ford, started home
y yesterday, by. way of Helena, where she
will stop to spend few days with her
son who resides in that city.
. A mournful reminder of the recent
= bloody tragedy was witnessed Oh our
q streets yesterday when the wagon and
u team of the hapless victims were put up
i ut public auction and sold by Judge Dyas
to j. o. Littrel. Price paid $500.
e We place the card of the Pacific hote
:, and Lenoir house in the columns of til,
l. LEADER this morning. Mr. B. 0. Lenoi
&c is proprietor Of both houses and is ;
e thoroughly experienced and capable
is landlord. His efforts to make his guest!
comfortable are untiring and he has .
happy facility of making them feel al
ways at home.
Capt. J. Q. Gregg Of Fargo, Oak, is
again among us,lookiny clear and smil
ingly as ever. Our citizens always vel
come Cayt. Gregg to Great Falls, because
u he is both thoroughly conversant will
the resources and attractions Of this vicin
ity and actively employed in making then
known.
Mr.. F. c. Gremm Of Helena, father Q
Mrs. Gibbons, accompanied by MIR. Gill
bons, the Great Falls saddle and harnes
Is King, paid their respects to the LEADEl
sanctum yesterday. Mr.. G. is delighte'
with our city and, this being his first vi'
q it, he will remain few days, take in IT,
T. sights, see the falls and the Giant sprin.
id the great coal ines of Sand Coulee an
doubtless return to his home we'll repa!
40 and with new conception Of our attras
s5 tions and resources.
20 Mr.. Patrick Joyes, one Of the soil
" " business men of louisville, kentuck
10 and the father of Mr.. Joycs, constitution
,50 III delegate, was among the Helena visi'
ors of Friday. Mr.. Joyes expresse
himself as highly gratiticd with his IT
It. ception by the people of Montana in ger
III eral and most particularly with his tri
to our city;hc says he confidently expect
.e to see our city become the great colnmel
sm cial centre of the Northwest within u FEY
IA years.
~ ~ Mr.. and Mrs. j. ~ Erskine Of St. Clai
,oo yraced the banquet Friday night. NJ
E. has located in Chestnut, one of til
choicest valleys in Montana; and frol
IL the time he set his stakes there, his Sc
ed tlement has steadily progressed. NJ
r. Mortag, Mr.. Erskine's book-keeper,
es building a very handsome frame res
h. dencc which, when completed, will be a
to ornament to the town. The work {
taking out portion Of the Missouri I,
irrigating purposes is progressing fav"
ably and will he chief factor in the II
a' clamation OF much valuable land, a
- though this beautiful section has bee
~ occupied for many years by thrifty stocl
lie men, they are beginning to be reconcile
= to the inevitable and welcome as neigl
bors and friends the very excellent elias
Of settlers attracted thithcr through NJ
~ Erskine's eXertions.
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