The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-04-18
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.

CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.
The College Reporter of the Montana
Business college for April has come to
hand--neat and nice as ever.
Charles s. Gibson, the sheep man,
passed through Great Falls yesterday on
his way from Helena to his home.
Our young and esteemed friend WI.
Skinner left yesterday for White Sui
phur Springs to seek relief from O'Dyna-
inter and other ills.
Al. Davidson, the chairman of the
Territorial democratic committee, pass
ed through the city yesterday en- route
from the East 70 his home in Helena.
John Hurley, the late policeman of the
city yesterday afternoon for visit to
Granite. We predict that he will return
in short time to his old home at Great
Falls.
Mr.. Renner says that the great Louisi
ana lottery has yielded $2,500000 to the
State for charitable and educational pur-
poses and that by the terms of its charter
it pays about $2oo, 600 annually to these
laudable objects.
w. F. Parker, Esq, has been appointed
by Judge Blake to the position of clerk
of the U. s. court for the Helena or first
judicial district. Mr.. Parker is a young
man of fine legal ability. He was for a
considerable time resident of Great
Falls.
Another runaway took place yesterday
morning and attracted large crowd on
Central avenue. These runaways
are becoming too frequent. No
one should leave team without hitch
ing 1t or being at han; where they
can control it.
Butte Inter Mountain: Major Horn
brook, resident agent of the company,
reports the shipment of an average of
700 tons of silver-lead ore per month
from this point to the Great Falls smell
ter, and anticipates a considerable in
crease before long.
A large tract of country is being plowed
up in the vicinity of Great Falls, and the
farmers are busily engaged i'll putting in
their crops. Large fields of wheat and
grain are springing up and seem to he in
q flourishing condition, though little
rain would give them better start.
Notwithstanding that large number
of settlers have located on lands near
Great Falls, yet there are hundreds and
thousands Of acres of vacant land. No
where In Montana can better farming
land be found. Upon them have been
raised 60 to 80 bushels of oats to the acre
and 80 to 40 bushels of wheat for the
past five or six years. tits truly the gar
den spot of Montana.
The people of Glasgow and Chinook
are rustlers. Their prominent men have
raised purses and keep men out on the
trains all the time looking after immi
grants. Benton is doing the same thing
When the immigrants come into towl
they are warmly welcomed by the people
who devote no small amount of time AM
attention in showing them the best 10
cations. Great Falls should not be behind
these other towns.
Although the LEADER is CONSTANT.
hearing bad toings against Jerry Collins
most Of which it has carefully refraine'
from publishing out of regard to hi
friends, yet the checklist proposition
Jerry ever made was to telegraph t
Governor White to send copy Of hi
proclamation, and to send the messag
: to the governor "collect," The LEADE
regrets that he should be reduced to sue
. an extrmity that he could not raise ?
cts. necessary to pay his own message
especially when telegraphing to repah
) licau governor. Rather than to have tn
1 name Of Great Falls newspaper men su
{ fer from snch an imputation, hereafte
the LEADER would much prefer to loa
him such small sum needed,
I. To the courtesy OF our excellent frien
Stacey, of the popular house OF W.
Wetzel, is due the thanks of the LEADE
y office for tho copious effualons Of Pill
ner's Milwaukee which cheered and irr
gated-not inebriated-the Arbor Dt
dedication proceedings of the trees plan
cd in observance of the governors pr
~ clamation. The typos will rememb
him and, when the trees shall spread OF
will delight, under the branches theret
to toast the memory of Wetzel and STAGE
~ "Woodman, spare that tree
Touch not u single bOugh;
In youth 1t sheltered ME
II And III protect it now.
- Twas our own typos hand
~ That placed 1t near this cot;
= Then, woednlan let 1t stand
Thine ax shall harm 1t not.
Great Falls Choral Union.
n The regular rehearsal Of the Chor
Union was held last night. The mel
bers were not all present, but the prs
IS tice was exceedingly satisfactory.
It must be 4 great source OF pleas'
at as we'll a. benefit to the society to ha
the services of SO eminent musician
Prof. Werner, who is the director of t
r society.
- President-Thomas E. Brady.
First Vice Pres.-Ernest A. RingWa
Second V. P.-Mrs. Rev. F. A, Rigg
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