The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-05-21

Mr.. Race Of Minot, Dakota, arrived in
town yesterday.
Geo. Mullery makes splendid foreman
of the grand jury.
Upper Belt gave republican majority
for Webster and Mckay.
John Hopkins Of Deep Creek, is in at
tendance upon the court.
The democrats are kicking against the
bossism of the Collins outfit
VIM. McLaren and Doc. Armington are
IN attendance upon the court,
Charles Gordon went to Neihart ves-
terday on some mining business.
Geo. NJ. Watson, one Of the rustling re-
puhlicans from Belt, is in the city.
And now AL Hacketts tuneful voice is
heard throughout the length and breadth
Of the city.
1t is rumored that several car loads of
steel rails were brought on to the oppos-
ite side Of the city.
Thirty y-seven hundred head of blooded
cattle will arrive for the ranges in the
vicinity Of Great Falls within the next
ninety days.
W. G. Stark has opened in the hay,
grain, horse feed of all kinds and will
soon have supply of the Deering now
crs and rcapers.
Mrs. d. F. Major has handsomely fur
nished front room for rent to =
couple of nice gentlemen, with or with
out board. See her ad.
Paris Gibson is spoken of by the Hell
ena papers as jolly bachelor. This is
rather rough on man who is grand
father several times over.
Thomas Geer of kibbcy, is in the city.
Judge McSweeney from Stanford, was
shaking hands with his old-time friends
from Barker and Neihart yesterday.
Mr.. Dickerman was gla,ldened yester-
day by the arrival Of two Of his friends
from St. Paul who will start bank at
Cascade, the lively town 80 miles south
Of us.
Quite number of settlers from the
head of Ming and Boston coulees were in
town yesterday. They are all anxious to
know whether the survey of their lands
is going to be made this summer.
Steve Pierce, one Of the quartz mag
mates of Dry Wolf, Judith Basin, visited
the city yesterday. He purchased large
ly of supplies Of all kinds for his en-
ployes working in tile mines in that vi
cinity.
Mr.. A. B. Allen, the yentlemanly rep
resentative of the Pioneer Press printers
warehouse made the LEADER
office happy again yesterday by relieving
us of very large order for many of the
new features in printing material
Special Agent Haley of the L. S. land
department. returned yesterday to his post
at Helena. We understand from Prof.
Morrison, who accompanied him, that out of
$50 square miles, only about Is square
miles will be reserved as coal lands. !
This conclusion has been reached after a
careful examination and the taking of
much testimony on the subject.
A. certain teetotaller who gets half-seas-
over periodically, just for variety, be-
thought himself Of I'roadwater bay and
betook himself on the longest way round
to Capt. Taylor's boat-house, where lie
was soon ensconccd in the stern sheets of
a snug little craft aud rollcking off be-
fore the wind at a ten-knot rate by the
log. The homcwafd bound voyage was
made in unusually good time and, as she
was rounding to at the dock, teetot, to
make safe jump ashore, stepped upon
the gunwale and over she went, dipping
md filling and sending teeot on bee
line gravitatiny towards the bottom of
The bay. Mr. y. B. Allen of st. Paul
to be near by. caught the poor
[and-lubber as he was going down for the
last time or it would have been the last
If him. When he was hauled ont of the
water dripping with GOODNESS, he was So
Der as Judge striking example of the
efficacy of the cold water cure. His
name: No-youdon't.
Arrived in San Francisco,
SAN Francisco, May 20.-The steamer