The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-28
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.


We have a new carrier. Should any
of our subscribers fail to receive their
papers, we will thank them to inform us.
Mr.S.McDonald, of Santa Barbara, Cali
fornia, arrived in Great Falls last even
ing and took his departure by this
mornings stage for Choteau. Mr.. Nc
Donald is the father of Charlie Mcdonald,
the prosperous young wool-grower of the
Upper Teton.
Information was received in this city
last evening that while opt riding horse
had fallen with Mr.. Joseph Allen, of
Sand Coulee, and that MI. Aliens knee
was broken between the knee and ankle.
Medical assistance was Immediately dis
patched to his relief. =
ID. Richards, the Minneapolis con-
tractor and builder, is registered at the
Milwaukee house. Since arriving in
Great Falls Mr.. Richards has visited diff
ferent points in the city and is very ell
thusiastic in his praises of our private
and public residences.
Deputy Sheriff William Haden, of
Choteau, arrived in Great Falls on Tues
day evening last, having in custody one
W. $. Murray, a sheepherder charged
with insanity. Mr.. Haden and his pris-
oner proceeded by last evenings train to
Fort Benton, where Murray will be ex-
amined by the proper medical authori-
ties.
The knights of Pythias have received
sample suits for the uniform rank
K. of P. and they are Ga exhibition at
Ringwald & Carriers. They include blne
coat d brass buttons, helmet with gay
plumes, forage cap and glitsering sword
Arrayed in these appendages the gay and
festive knights will attract great admira-
tion from the eyes of the fair.
W. d. Deaton, foreman of the Judith
Basin Cattle company, whose ranch is To-
Gated on Warm Springs creek in the
the Judith basin, passed through Great
Falls yesterday enroute to different
points in Texas. Mr.. Deaton informed a
LEADER representative that there was
scarcely any snow in the Judith basin
The effects of the recent storm was but
slightly felt there and stock of all des-
crintinnc ic rn11inr fat
Attention is drawn to the new an
nouncement of Mr.. A. Nathan, the cloth
ier. He is a live dealer and does not per
NIT anything in his line that is attractive
or valuable to escape his notice. He an
nounces this morning what will be
GOOD NEWS TO our citizens, the arrival
Of large stock of new goods, fresh, fine
and Of the newest and latest styles Mt low
prices. Go and see the elegant gentle
mems furnishings now opening.
DIR. c. E. Clingan, u prominent pl4ysi
clan of Sioux Falls, Iowa, has been visit
ing Great Falls and vicinity for the past
two weeks. DIR. Clingan is brother OF
E. r. Clingan of Belt Creek and in com.
pany with that gentleman departed by
the yesterdays western bound train for
Portland, Oregon, and other points on the
Pacific slope. The doctor visited Great
Falls two years ago and expressed him
self as very much pleased, but surprised
at its rapid growth and development
within SO short period. The gentlemen
will return in about thirty days, when il
is understood the doctor will permanently
locate among us.
1t is to be hoped that the enterprising
citizens of the Cataract City will not lose
sight of the opera house project. The
erection of suitable auditorium for the
accommodation Of reputable play com
panies would add much to the felicity Of
amusement-loving and cultivated resi-
dents Of Great Falls. The salntary in.
fluence Of the drama is everywhere rec
ognized, and its votaries are everywhere
found throughout the civilized world
The highest and best in human nature is
often the prototype of good characteri
zation, and men have been known to stel
into the theatre with an imprecation upor
their lips, and leave the play breathing
u heartfelt prayer.
Our citizens will have noticed the
fitting up in brilliant style in the Dunn
block Of the Boston Clothing House. Thu
display Of staple goods in the clothin!
line is one of the finest ever made il
Montana. Among the many handsome
stores in Great Falls the Boston is one o
the handsomcst. Its central locality, also
with the fair dealing their patrons ma,
| be assured Of, will secure them a libera
patronage.
Mr.. Jensen, the popular shoe man, for
merly below the postoffice, has joinet
hands with the Boston Clothing House
Mr.. Jensen is the most captivating shoe
dealer in the West. If he cannot sui
the most fastidious belle that ever pu
her foot into sealskin, then there's n
man OH earth need try it on.
S. c. Chesum, of Chotcau, Mont, re
turns from Deer Lodge d happy man. II
was arrested Il few days ago under su:
picion of being the party who killed tw
men in Wyoming in 1877. Mr. Chcsul
was taken to Deer Lodge. After bein
brought in the presence OF the unitc
had not the least resemblance to the ma