The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-04

Messrs, Hennessey and Allen opened
their sparring engagement last night at
the Park theatre. Hennessey, the victor
in the late contest in Missoula with Ram
sew. is undoubtedly the most clever boxer
| who has vet visited Great Falls. The
| four-round friendly set-to gave good sat-
isfaction to the admirers of the manly
artn who we're out In force TO see what
| Henpessey could do. Allen made a good
| showing, considering the disadvantages
he labored under. His opponent is much
taller. has q much longer reach In the
arms and 10 o great deal more active.
Mr.. Davenport announced last night that
on next Friday night Rogers and Smith
would have q 20-round contest at the
Park theatre with regulation gloves.
They have met in the ring before and
there IL much interest felt in the result
Of the match here. They are both con
sidered very plucky young Q They
will contest for a purse of $50.
We learn en- good authority that the
negotiations, which have been going on
for the past three years, between the
| Huds0n's Bay company and !. u. Baker
& Co., re the transfer o. the latter's, mer-
| camille business In the northwest, have
been brought to q successful Issue. The
transfer of the business OF l. g. Baker u
Co., at Lethbridge, Cal .ary and Macleod
=, TO the Hudson's Bay company will be
| made in about three months or about the
beginning of May. The transfer only In
+! clHdes the trading establishments of the
firm, as they will still carry on their
rauchlnC, banking and meat business on
a larger scale than ever. The firm of /.
| G. Baker & Co. is we'll and favorably
known In every section of Southern Al
berta, and was the pioneer establishment
of Its kind On a large scale in the country.
-Lethbridge News.
Park hotel arrivals: Jos A Baker, Ben
ton; F W Sheffield, ] 7 Weimscary,
Chicago; A p Butler, Geo w Ashton, u
Marx, San Francisco; v N Akers, New
York; s II Greenwood, st. Louis; John n
| Smith and wife, Glasgow; l. Dow, Truly
John Dazill, McCarteysville; w Munroe,
Neihart; 8 Harris, Thos Couch, Butte
o G Dallas, James M Wade, Otto F Sho-
enfield, r Keath, A Hasom, T J Toney,
P w Cornell, Parkell, Helena; Frank
WHISKY, Cora; Chas Crawford, Benton
w G Houey, Havre; E W McCune, St
Paul; Jno Largent, Jno Weber, Sun
River; Jessie Woods, Arlington; # l
Street, Monarch; F W Graf. Butte.
Messrs. II. Bently. and Howell Harri'
returned on Sunday from q weeks visit
TO Great Falls. Mr.. Bently reports tina
business Ia quiet in that town. They
have several things at the Falls, which
Lethbridge has not, such as Disc0un
Sales of Goods. Auctioneers selling good
on the streets, &c. He was highly
pleased with the appearance Of the town
, and thinks tina. 1t will have a prosper
GUS SUMMED. The foundation of severa
large business blocks are laid and build
ing operations will commence briskly in
the spring. Mr.. Bently returns from bis
trip more than ever satisfied with Leth.
bridge Lethbridgs News.
"'Tis an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" aud many will wonder what
good can come out of the present cold
snap except large bills for the plumber
and coal men, but this is just the kind oil
weather the Butte s. Montana CONNER
ciai company have been waiting for To
begin work on their stone piers. That is,
they want ice thick enough to safely hold
teams SO that stone may be hauled where
it Is needed. A large force of men were
yesterday put to work quarrying and
taking out rock, and If this weather will
hold ont a few days 1t will make ice
strong enough to enable the company to
complete this most essential part of the
work for their new saw mill.
The First National bank of Benton has
secured the corner rooms of the new
Bach-Cory building that were to have
been occupied by Il. F. Collect as a real
estate office. Mr.. Collect will have rooms
upstairs in the same building. Mr.. Jo-
seph A. Baker, the cashier of the bank, Is
now in town making arrangements for
the removal of the bank here. Upon It's
removal the name and style of the bank
will be changed to that OF the "Ncrth-
western National" bank.
Sheriff Houston is of the belief that the
man now being brought into Demersville
for preliminary hearing, charged with
being one of the McCarthyville murder
ers, Is none other than the notorious Jim
Cummings, formerly of the Jesse James
gang. The sheriff believes that, II at the
preliminary examination strong evidence
as to the mans guilt be adduced, he will
never he brought to Missoula alive, that
the people of that section would save the
county the expense of q costly prosecu'
] tion.-Missoula Gazette.
, The 1O-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs
| Edward Mann died at the Park hotel yes
terday morning of paralysis. snperin,
duced by heart disease. He was burieg
in the afternoon, Rev. Mr., Coombe Of
fciatlng. Much sympathy has oeea sA,
pressed for the parents, who live NJ Mann
n~ostotice u Cascade county.
John Atkins, who is working Ct the
| Roston & MOntana smelter, was Iippec
Nv Jack Frost q Ii tile yesterday. His In
iuries are not Of a very serious nature.
Jeremiah j. Kelleher has filed for
record 20 inches IF the waters of Ford
! creek for agricultural and domestic pur-