The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-21
STREAkS OF LIGHTNING.
Miss Kate Putnam and troupe sail fo
Australia in June.

Miss Kate Putnam and troupe sail for
Australia in June.
Gov. Larrabie, of Iowa, has been in
dicted for criminal libel.
Bismarck is said to be outwitting Bay
ard in the Samoan matter.
The fires in the Calumet and Hecla
(NIich.) mines are still burning.
Stanley is again reported killed and
now with the addition that some of his
instruments have been sold by the ma
tives.
A gang of barn n-burners is reigning ter
ror upon the devoted heads of the people
of Carroll and Frederick counties, Mary
land.
The venerable Cassius NJ. Clay, cx-
minister to Russia, cousin Of the great
orator and statesman, called and dined
with Gen. Harrison on Monday.
James Elliston was killed by q. L.
Baldy, his ranch sup't, near Topeka
Elliston was one of the largest ranchmen
in western Kansas. He had accused
Baldy of being criminally intimate with
his wife.
The Baltimore Sun winds up long
interview with Mr.. Cleveland by repre-
senting his thickness with saying, "We
have nothing to hide" 1t would have
been quite proper If he had said he had
nothing to show.
A grand excursion is arranged by
American business men, for Canadian
legislators to take tour through the
United States, to start from Buffalo in
May next, to show them our resources
and work up an annexation sentiment.
The wife of the Rev. George A. Tewks.
bury, the young and popular pastor OF
the Pilgrim church at Cambridge, Mass.
having died, in process Of time he sought
the hand Of another, the choice falling
on Miss Virginia Phelan, the pretty sis
ter of Edmund 7. Phelan, the com
edian. His parishioners protested
against such union Of church and stage
Rev. George stuck to his virgin, his
congregation wouldn't condone such sacri
lege, and the reverend gentleman sent ir
his resignation.
The Minneapolis Tribune refers to sew
eral well-known citizens of Great Fall.
in very complementary terms. OF ou
genial G. NJ. Webster, secretary Of thu
townsite company, it says he was Zone 0
the brightest graduates of the State uni
| versity and formerly junior partner il
the law firm of Keith, Thompson & Web
ster of this city, OF our friend A. Z
Dickerman, the courteous secretary ant
treasurer Of the townsite company, i
speaks as a class mate Of the editor ant
a very superior young gentleman. Th
writer also has good word for Mayo
Gibson, designating him as "the fathe
| of Great Falls, who was several year
ago prominent business man of Eas
Minneapolis and a regent of the Stat
university"
A day or two since deputation fron
a conference Of colored men held
closed door consultation with Gen. Harri
son, at which an address was formulated
They declared themselves loyal to tn
republican party; that they reside il
| States which upon fair election woul'
| give their electoral vote to the republican
party by large majority, but such III
due influences are brought to bear tina
the desire of the republican party is con
stantly ignored. "We cannot doubt,
says the address, "that you agree wit
us; that the fifteenth amendment shoul
be maintained with fairness and vigol
and that you desire that its objects sha]
be accomplished in the interests of seve
millions Of American citizens who toda
in the south are practically disfranchise
and whose cause we represent and plead
We are profoundedly interested in tn
constitution of your cabinet, especially a
concerns the attorney generalship, an
realize the Importance and absolute neces
sity for the appointment to the positio
which we name of man who, in add
tion to great learning in law, is free frol
undue feeling and bias"