The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-03-05

yesterday was devoted to reading and
considering petitions for roads, the pro-
bate judges and other reports, and lis
tening to eloquent addresses.
On Sunday evening last at the Method
ist church in this city, the Rev. F. A.
Riggin discoursed to'a large and attentive
audience from Mark, 8th chapter 80th
verse inclusive. Upon the close Of his
remarks the Rev. Vanorsdel arose and
added few appropriate and impressive
remarks-relative to the text.
We draw attention this morning to the
business card of Mr.. John French. Mr..
French is an experienced surveyor and
civil engineer, having been forty years in
the business. Our citizens and others
will find Mr.. French gentleman upon
whom they can At all times depend, and
whose special care and pride 1t will be to
have their work done IN IN accurate and
satisfactory manner.
Among the recent visitors to Great
Falls were Frank I.angford of Helena,
and his brother-in-law Birt Smith of Los
Angeles, Cal. They visited the large
smelter, phenomenal spring and beautiful
falls. Though just from the land of
fruit and flowers, Mr.. Smith was awed
and delighted with the grandeur Of the
scenery in the vicinity of Great Falls. Mr..
Langford il Col. Broadwater's secretary,
and took run down to the Cataract City
rs one of his semi-occasional visits.
The attention of our readers is directed
elsewhere in this issue to the card of
Messrs. Pointer and Patrick, proprietors
of the Silver Moon restaurant, which will
be opened on Saturday next on the cor
ner Of Second street ind Third avenue
South in this city. These colored men,
who have cast their lot with the people Of
Great Falls, are well-known throughout
the city as being steady, energetic and
attentive to business and are justly en-
titled to portion of the public patron
age-which they will undoubtedly re-
ceive.
The Rocky Mountain Gimlet has got
them bad. In the last number Of the
Gimlet it says it was never agreed to
allow Cascade county to have Barker
true, because Neihart was not agreed to,
the Rocky Mountain Husbandman, then
in the council, to allow Cascade county
to have the Barker mining district. The
and it can be substantiated by members
Barker mining district petitioned for
so did every inhabitant Of the Neihart
- h.
ex-councilman says otherwise he talks
crooked.
Redfield Proctor, secretary of war, Is
well-known, especially in the eastern
part of the country. He was born in
Cavendish, Vermont, June LIST, 1881, and
graduated at Dartmouth college in the
class of 1851, and he afterwards gradu-
ated at the Albany law school. At the
breaking out of the rebellion he entered
service as a quartermaster OF the Third
Vermont volunteers and afterwards was
colonel of the Fifth Vermont. From
1878 to 1880 he served as governor of the
State of Vermont. During the conven.
ton at Chicago he worked hard for the
nomination Of General Harrison and sue
ceeded in his efforts. He is man highly
respected in New England. His re.
ligious proclivities are towards the
Methodists.
John W. Noble, the secretary of the in
terror, was born in Lancaster, Ohio. Hi
brother, Henry c. Noble, is one the most
brilliant attorneys of Columbus, Ohio
and has lately been engaged in the noted
Deshlar will case. The manager of the
LEADER commenced the study of law in
his office. j. w. Noble has for Z Ions
time been engaged in the practice of Law
in Missouri. He is one of the leading
republicans of Missouri and is univer
sally respected by all classes of citizen
iu his adopted State. While We woule
have preferred more western man, like
Secretary Teller, of Colorado, or Swift o.
Estees of California, as these men ar
more intimately connected with the Wes
than a more eastern man; yet Mr.. Nobl.
is sound lawyer and will make one o
the ablest secretaries of the interior VIII,
ever held that Office.
Once upon time, as the story goes
several very bad men were arrested il
Fort Benton upon charge made by
Dutch milk -peddler, who accused then
of stealing his milk and stoning his mill
wagon. When brought into court TO
trial the Dutchman was asked by hi
honor if he recognized the boys. "Do
recon dey vhas nice poys," asked tn
Dutchman, ''no, dey vhas all ID pa,
poys; dey stole mine milk and throwe'
stones nit mine wagon" FROM all &C
counts those bad boys have removed witt
a great many other people to Great Falls
and on Sunday evening last were in tn
vicinity of the Presbyterian church-an'
while services were being held fastened
the church doors on the outside and the
stoned the building, greatly to the an
noyance of the minister and congrega
ton. An attempt was made to overhau
the urchins, who made good their Of
cape.
The bulky and open-mouthed man .
the head of the River Press is now er
gagged in the hopeless task Of inciting tn
people of Cascade county against thei
efficient board of county commissioner
The River Press daily devotes half
column to invectives against Cascad
county and about five inches to new
items. The paper does not speak we'll {
the enterprise of the good people of F
Benton. We hardly believe that they al
in sympathy with such wild and FOOLS
talk. Cascade county commissioner
acted on the advice of three of the be-
attorneys in Montana Territory, and "
have the utmost confidence that the
opinion is correct and legal one. tt