The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-24
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.
Mrs. Burgess and two children are re
istered at the Park.

Mrs. Burgess and two children are reg
istered at the Park.
Mr. H. W. Child was one of the pas
Helena.
About fifty couples attended the Arion
ball night before last and enjoyed them
selves Immensely.
The American Building and Loan as
sociation is doing land office business
In Great Falls and its workings give
good satisfaction.
Major Field came into the city yester-
day from Sand Coulee to look after the
news. He Is much elated with the pros
poets of Statehood.
A party of fifteen Ohio people have
been in the city the last day or two, and
they intend to locate in the fine country
adjacent to Great Falls.
S. G. Atkinson, assistant cashier of the
Montana National Rankis in the city vis
iting his brother and looking after the
interests of the Cascade National Bank.
The LEADER yesterday received an or
der for 500 copies Of its beautiful Holi-
day Edition. The public are not slow to
appreciate true worth and home talent
and industry.
Robert Vaughn and his niece Miss
Vaughn were visiting Great Falls yes.
tsrday. Mr.. Vaughn in a short time will
take up his residence at this place and
will undoubtedly build handsome
home here.
Mr.. Harry Taylor, the assistant bag
gage agent at the Manitoba depot, is in
defatigable in his efforts to oblige the
passengers and patrons of the road. As {.
baggage-smasher he is one Of the most
mail line to the Pacific.
According to the Helena papers we
may expect the Dakota and Montana leg
islators to drink at the Giant spring on
Monday, and possibly Washington Terri
tory legislators will join the party. We
hope the storm will be over so as not to
mar the enjoyment of the visitors.
Persons just arrived from the East over
the Manitoba railway report the country
along the line through the Milk River
valley rapidly filling up with squatters.
who are preparing for spring work. A
large breadth of land will be sown and,
if the season is but usually favorable,
heavy grain crops will be harvested.
Helena Herald: Dakota has a large
debt to divide, though it was incurred
for the erection of public buildings which
have been SO distributed that they will fall
about equally between the two halves.
Montana has neither debt, public build
ings or anything else to divide. Her
people and interests are united in her
area.
E. A. Pinney, the gentleman1y and po-
lite conductor of the Montana Central
railroad, brought in his wife and family
yesterday and will make Great Falls
hereafter his home. He has purchased a
lot and is building house on Sixth av-
enue North in splendid location, and
will have one of the finest little cottages
in the city.
The cold for the last two days is the
worst we have experienced this winter
Farmers believe the storm will have a
salutary influence on the crops There is
now sufficient snow on the ground to
make excellent sleighing. The grain
that was sown about two weeks ago will
not be injured by the snow or cold, but
on the contrary it will be benefited.
s. H. fowler, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
and NJ. P. Dunford, one Of the leading
shoe merchants Of Columbus, Ohio, have
been in the city for several days looking
over its advantages with view of locat
ing in the coming city of the Northwest.
Although these gentlemen arrived in the
worst storm we have had this season,
they appear very much pleased with the
outlook for the city.
Mrs. Robinson, a lady living on Seventh
avenue South, possesses a tailless cat
whose mother was brought to this country
from the Isle Of Man by some English
people. Like their mother the kittens
were all born without tails. They are
crinose and in other respects resemble
the ordinary house cat, with these single
exceptions. If p. T. Barnum, or some
other curioso heard Of this feline he would
be after it with both feet.
Our councilman Collins seems in favor
of increasing the expenses of the county.
His proposed printing bill increases the
amounts to be paid for printing in almost
every case. Last year the Tribune COM
pany put the county to an enormous eX-
pense for their big printing bills. Jerry
is sly dog, and hopes by hook or crook
to beguile the Legislature into getting
another large slice. Unfortunately for
Jerry, the Sun River Sun has exposed
some of his schemes.
Mr.. A. A. Campbell, formerly Of the
Benton Press, arrived in the city from
Fort Mcleod, Alberta, on Friday even
ing. He reports the snow general over
the range westward and northward to the
Canadian Pacific line. He says the chief
railroad talk in that section is about the
railway to connect Calgary and Great
Falls. At Mcleod and elsewhere on the
line to Calgary the feeling is intense for
railway connection with one or more Of
the American lines.
A contigent of some thirty or forty
young and middleaged persons from
Ohio, with their families, just arrived.
They will locate land in this vicinity.
They have come to stay, to grow up with
the country and make homes and fortunes
for themselves and their fraternity. Sue
cess to them. They hail from the grand
est State of the Union and have come to
Montana-just in time to vote for the
new constitution and share in the honors
Of The Keystone State of the Northwest.
New Northwest: President Brou..-
water, of the Montana Central Railroad