Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1890-01-08
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.
From Saturdays Daily.)

As witness amongst the TRIBUNE force
A sneezing editor and "devil."
Matt Dunn is one of the victims of la
grippe.
Be sure to read the Barker letter IN an
other column.
A. +. Schmitz Il Co. will put up a
thousand tons of ice this year.
1t is reported that there is a snow
blockade on the Northern Pacific rail-
road.
Chas. Z. Hall of Glasgow. who is the
"father" of that thriving little burg, is in
the city.
Treasurer Clark has disposed of his
ranch west of the city to Helena parties
at Il handsome figure.
This is the time when the water, milk,
ink, mucilage and all liquors, not alcoholic
are likely to be frozen.
Our merchants are all busy taking
stock, figuring on the profits of the past
year and the prospective ones of the next
The damage done by a small fire in the
Smelter office the other day was promptly
made good within "a hours by Phil Glib
son, the insurance agent.
Postmaster Taylor is rather overbur-
dened by the late mails, which often
come together, but he gets through a
great deal of work satisfactorily.
Mr.. Q. F. Douglass of Minneapolis,
father of Mrs. Phil Gibson, is again in
just returned from a long visit to the Pa
ciic coast.
There is a good deal of light sickness
in town. Among the sick people are
Messrs. Randall, Jerry Wolfe, Al. Lester,
Engineer Clark, both the Vances and
Mrs. Croker.
The falls are more attractive these
cold days than at any other season of the
year, although 1t is not so pleasant max
ing the journey there and back. Few
have that love for the beautiful in nature
to inspire them to undertake it.
D. r. McGinnis has been made Immi-
grafton agent for Montana and Dakota
by the st. Paul. Minneapolis s. Manitoba
railroad. This position will give Mr..
McGinnis an opportunity to employ his
energy and thorough knowledge Of the
country with success
Hon. Robt. ). Ford, wife and children
are at the Park hotel. They will depart
tomorrow for Helena and thence In a few
weeks will leave for the east, to spend a
portion of the winter. Mr.. Ford saws
he intends to return early in the season
when much of his time will be spent in
Great Falls.
Mr.. T. E. Collins and other Montanians
were recently interviewed by the San
Francisco Chronicle. They predicted g
bright and prosperous year for Montana
adding that many Californians would be-
come Interested in our mines this year
The Montana ~"colony" on the coast seen
to be enjoying life in the fullest degree.
Col. G. A. Broadwater went, east on to
days train and will be absent from the
state several weeks. He joins his fami.
!, ly in New York city and thence they
make a voyage to the Bermuda islands
The colonel who is an incessant worker
and who has at least a hundred "irons ir
the fire" is fully entitled to the pleasant
vacation he has mapped out for himself.
/ Regarding the weather the signal ser
vice report on Thursday said a cold wave
extends over the northwest, the tempera
t ture having fallen from 20 to 30 degree!
from the Upper Mississippi valley west
{ ward to the Rocky mountains, and it is 81
J degrees below zero in Montana, this be
ing the lowest temperature reported dur
ing the present season. For Nortl
Dakota, fair, colder. followed by raising
temperature on Friday; northerly winds
Mr.. Randall has compiled a Statement
of the land business for the year 1889 il
Tio,ooIo o.,r%, Tbo ,,Iov f l,.<
entries was as follows: Presumption, $40
timber culture, 179; homestead, "a; Goa
land, 81, and desert land, 81. Final proc
was made as follows: Cash entries, 1874
} homestead, %, and desert, 20. 1t follow
from this statement that apart from tn
coal lands, 10000 acres were entered
last year, estimating each pre-emptior
I and timber culture as a quarter section
and each desert land entry as q section
. On the same basis the final proofs repre-
sent an area of 1890 acres. No othe,
J part of Montana shows such rapid settle
) ment. All this is exclusive of lant
5 bought from earlier settlers by immi
! grants.
Col. Sanders has many admirers i.
town who are pleased at his so-callet
f election. There are ever democrats VIII,
2 NouAu plClCL HlI w otllCk lVpuUllSduc !
he had a Just claim. Mr.. Heidi sent hin
II telegram in which he said: "The King
dom of God and salvation has come
: Shake" The selection" of T. G. Powe
excltes surprise. 1t is deemed a blow a
: the West side republicans which they ar
not likely to forget. The choice is atrib
, uted to Sanders, who practically coult
4 have dictated who should he his mate. l
is limited that Power may have uset
: "boodle" to convince some of the ives
siders or rather to keep them fron
agreeing. 1t is said that Sanders an
Power will be Northern Pacific men an
not likely to be over friendly to Grea
Falls. Arlington voted for Mantle
HASTE for Hershfeld and Lochray 70
q Power on the first ballot on Thursday.
g Balmoral Skirt Patterns going at 5
each at Joe Conrad's