The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-08
City andCountI News Items,


An Experienced Cenvasser Wanted
At this Office immediately-on who can
bring good references. Apply to the man.
ager of the LEADER.
The city licenses ara being paid prompt,
ly and cheerfully.
The new front to the Park livery stable
is nearly completed.
Mrs. W. F. Sandes, of Helena, is a
guest of Mrs. H. p. R1fe.
Mr.. Joseph Bickets deputy sheriff OF
Case Cascade, has been Y the city several
c. N. Fernald and Paul Kramger, of
,lPa s.: Paul, are registered at the Milwaukee
The case of Allen -. Downing tried
before Judge Huy, Wy. decided in favor
George Wright, Of 81 Paul, and j. A.
Robinson, of Glasgow,iare stopping at the
Minneapolis house.
Valerie, last night, was presented by
fNAAoe OSUOInc 6uO tkWWpSs WIN ShVe
good nights sensation. -.
John Hunsberger, VINO has been spend
ing few days at the River metropolis,
came in yesterday morning.
Among the recent arrivals at the Park
hotel are: E. j. Moore, st. Louis; Geo.
jackson, London, Ont; G. H. Merrill,
Newport, Me. .ss
The county clerk and recorder is in re.
ceipt of some very dne record books
They are gotten up In IN artistic and dur.
able manner.
Sheriff Downing and his deputy E. A.
Ringwald arrived yesterday from the
capital. Sheriff Downing attended the
sheriff's meeting.
Jerry Collins is at home On account OF
the illness of'one of his family, a child
eighteen months old. We hope the ILL
ness will not prove serious and that il
may have speedy recovery.
Mr.. Green, former member of the
Montana legislature and the husband OF
Sally Pratt Mclean, She authoress OF
Cape Cod Folks, was on yesterdays train
going East.
While the blizzard is raging in New
England and Minnesota the people OF
Montana have their doors and windows
open with the thermometer 60 to 70 de-
grees above zero.
The bill to admit women to practice
the law rightfully passes the house. We
venture to say that there are plenty OF
women in the territory who could in
argument totally annihilate the would-be
funny Legislators who spoke against the
bill
A large number Of Odd Fellows will
go to Cascade on the excursion tonight
The train will leave this city at Z p. nj
and return about 5 O'clock tomorrow
morning. The event is one calculated tC
commemorate the completion of the Odd
Fellows hall at Cascade.
Mr.. Rolfe has commenced plowing a
ten acre tract near his house, upon which
he has raised first-class crops for five sea
sons without irrigation. During the dry
year of 1886 he raised splendid crop OF
potatoes and two successive crops of oats
the last one being volunteer crop.
The many friends of w. E. Kern, county
surveyor, were sorry to receive the intel
ligence yesterday morning of his painful
accident. About 8 o'clock yesterday
morning Mr.Kern started for Belt; short
distance from the city the buggy tongue
broke, and he was precipitated violently
| upon the ground. His left arm was
broken and the side of his face badly
bruised. DR.. Gordon has dressed his
wounds and hopes for his speedy re-
covery.
w. NJ. Merritt, of Barker, is in the city
He is contemplating visit to the Black
hills, where he has considerable mining
property. Mr.. Merritt also has large min
ing interests in the Barker district. The
gentleman has had sixteen years expert
ence in mining and considers the mines
of the Belt mountains peculiarly rich
He believes that for richness and magni
tude the mines in the vicinity Of Barker
and Neihart are unsurpassed, and that
they are destined to attract universal
attention.
The bill introduced by our councilman
Collins, to transfer Barker mining dis
trict to Cascade county, is q just one
When the county of Cascade was organ
ized this district was supposed to be il
the county, but it was unsurveyed land
and upon running the lines of surveys, il
was found that the county line was toe
far north. 1t was made obligatory upon
the county of Cascade to pay the sum OF
$4,000 to the county of Meag CHER, for this
district. Every person living in Barker
mining district and all but two in Nei
hart signed the petition to become par
of Cascade county. They naturally be
long to this county. Between them and
White Sulphur Springs is range o
mountains, while down the Belt there ART
good roads leading to the county seat O
Cascade county. Within the next six o.
seven months IL railroad will he bull
along this grade, and the miners of Nei
hart and Barker will lie connected will
Cascade county seat by steam commune
cation. 1t being almost the unanimous
wish Of the people interested, the bill
should become law.
| Railroad Rumors.
Helena Independent: A gentleman
from Great Falls brings the information
which he clans to have from reliable
source, that the Montana Central con
template at very early date building
branch to Lethbridge, in the Northwes
Territory, to tap the coal fields at tina
point. At different times it has been re
ported that the Gait line, which runs in t.
Lethbridge, intended building into Mon
| tana as far as Butte, 1t NAV be POSSIBLE