The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-20
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.

Several real estate deals are on tn,
tapis.
Dan'l Searles it is said has the coal
ache. 1t is doubtful if he recovers.
The goods in the new clothing estab
lishment are being arranged upon the
shelves, and make an attractive display.
Every stockman in the country nea,
Great Falls says the cattle were never in
3 timer condition than at the present
time. .tt
| About 800 acres of land east of town
have been fled upon during the last
week: Great Falls needs land office
and should have one right away.
The case Of Frank Churchill VS.. J. d,
Gore, on trial before Judge Dyas yester-
day afternoon will come up again this n.
m. at 1880. It is an action to recover n
book account amounting to 9216,
Ernest A. Ringwald, the county clerk
and recorder, contemplates paying visit
to st. Paul early next month. When he
returns it will not be alone, provided he
can persuade certain young lady to re-
Ten persons from Ohio arrived in Great
Falls recently, and they are looking over
the town and county contiguous. It is
understood that they will locate here
permanently. This is the precursor of
large influx in the spring
Carriers and buckles are the rage for
personal decoration now among fashion
able women in the East, costing as high
IS $500 a pair. They will be very at
tractive, with the high lat bottom) and
low lat top) styles of dress.
The Cataract Mill company are clean
Ing up 5000 bushels of Hard Scotch Fife
seed wheat. The ranchers are taking
advantage of the favorable opportunity
to secure excellent seed wheat and are
receiving their supplies at the the Cata-
ract mill.
Mr.. w. J. Harder Of the Benton Press.
with his bride, arrived Oh Monday from
England by the Manitoba train, and are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Todd.
We welcome Mr.. Harber home again to
Montana and, with his bride, wish him
and happiness.
After the calling of the roll and the
reading of the minutes the city council
adjourned last night until 7.3O Friday
evening. This was done in order that the
members of the council chit attend the
recherche society affair Of the season.
viz: The K. P. twenty fifth anniversary
reception.
The estimable wife of 5. N. Meade,
of San Jacinto, Cal, who owns fine
farm on the Mesa, not caring to do the
housework for hired man, concluded it
was preferable to hire a girl and do the
blowing herself. They have already
soWn 24O acres of wheat and she is still
blowing.
That was terrible accid ent, the cx-
plosion in the Park Centre hotel of Hart
ford, Conn. Twenty-Five dead bodies
have been recovered, eighteen persons
Ire in the hospital and ten are yet in the
ruins. The cause was the explosion of a
boiler in the basement. The engineer
has been arrested for manslaughter.
A meeting was held in the Townsite
;ompany's Office last evening to see in re-
gard to the coming of the legislature
lere Friday. 9. NJ. Webster, II. Ring
valid and f. P. Atkinson were appointed
! committee to collect money and provide
.or trains to take the legislators from tile
cars at the Smelter to Rainbow Falls and
Giant Spring.
The Helena Herald says that Messrs.
Y. D. Barclay, Donald Grant and Mr..
3ault, son Of Sir Alexander Gault, are in
he city on visit from Winnipeg. It's
understood that the trip of these gentle
nen is not without significance. It Will
)e remembered. that the elder brother Of
he Mr.. Gault who is now in the city visit
ID Helena last summer and his business
hen was a proposed line of railroad run
ling from the Gault coal mines in Canada
ia. Fort Benton to Helena for the princi-
,al purpose Of conveying coal cheaply
through Montana, the claim being that
oal could be shipped from the Gault
mines to Fort Benton at a rate of fifty
ents per ton, the coal being Of excellent
[uality and the mines SO situated as to be