The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-12-19
spRAY OF THE FALLS.
SUNDAYS DAILY.

SUNDAYS DAILY.
|ho odd Fellows who went to Sand
pc from the city Thursday night to
Pn',tn Valley City lodge No. AZ report
lu' been royalty entertained. After
ny Iodpe had been instituted thirty
pew Jew members were initiated. The
~ returned to town early yesterday
rning.
.,,,t G. p. Ahern, T~wenty-ffth in
', has been detailed by the presi-
~ professor of military science and
[.;as At the college of Montana at Deer
y? in that state. Lieut.. Ahern is at
I.sut on temporary duty in the Office
The chief engineer of the department
G. paul, and expects to leave at once
his station at Fort Missoula, Mont,
will shortly after report at the col
lie expressed himself as highly
Eesej with the detail, which has sew
n advantages, not the least of which
n hc an excellent opportunity to prose
20 , course of study he has mapped
He is a bright and affable young
inar and is certain to become popular
lie new position. Pioneer Press.
Theodore Douglas, a prominent resi-
.nt If the south fork of Sun river and
did timer. died at Sun river on Sun
~ NIGHT. the 9Th inst. The remains
eIra buried at Augusta on Tuesday. A
umbcr of relatives from this place were
attendance. Mr.. Douglas has been in
"a country since 1851. we believe, with
te execution of a short visit to his boy
(ood's home in Canada. lie was a broth
[ip.law Of Jacob Smith, of this place.
LARGE circle of friends and relatives
FoIrn his death. He leaves a wife and
[mily in good financial circumstances.
lontanian.
# is reported that, after the jury had
rought in a verdict finding Williams
kuilty last evening and had been excused
Until Monday. a slight mistake in the
[prdict was discovered. The name of
Haley. instead of Williams, was in the
Errdict. Thereupon the sheriff was
FAILED on to bring the jury back that the
ERROR might be rcctitied. They are said
to have come back and rendered Il YER
|ict finding the right party guilty.
J.J. Jackson was in Judge Races
court Yesterday after a warrant to arrest
tbe proprietors of a First avenue south
Mace for alleged bodily injuries. As he
could not produce sufficient evidence the
warrant was not issued.
John Morgan. who was recently con
yicted Of petit larceny in snatching
money from the hands Of a passenger on
the Montana Central. was sentenced yes
terday to ninety days in the county Jail.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
4. J. Brewer of the Sweet Grass hills
who was arrested early last week for re
reiyjng bounties from the state illegally
was tried at Benton Saturday. Judge
Dubose fined him $3.50 and gave him the
privilege of paying the same or serving il
out at 81 a day. County Attorney Tat.
ten had the best of evidence to the eff.
feet that Brewer had fixed up" la
coyote and wolf scalps, receiving there.
from a second bounty of - for each
scalp. BY tho time he makes good his
tine he will probably arrive at the con
clusion that repeating" may work in
political contest but not in scalp gather
ing,
Peter Larson, the railroad contractor
who has had large pieces of work OF
almost any road of any consequence tina
has been built in the northwest in tht
last ten years. is in the city. He recent.
closed a contract with the Great North
ern to build so miles of road from thu
summit Of the Cascades towards thu
sound. He will commence On the worl
as soon as possible and hopes to have /
finished by next September. a larg'
part Of the work lies in a mountaneou
country and it is considered to be abou
as heavy work as there is on the line.
II. VI. Boorman. formerly of this city
vas in town yesterday from his SUI
river ranch. MI. Is. is thoroughly i'm
bued with the spirit of the country ant
says he thinks there is no life to be com
pared with one spent on a Montan'
ranch. lie says he has gained iifteel
pounds since he went to ranching.
Sheriff O'Neil of Choteau count,
passed through yesterday en- route TO
Deer Lodge where he will place
prisoner in the penitentiary. The latte
is one of the Blood Indians recently IN
rested on the Blackfoot reservation TO
horse stealing. He was sentenced to
nine year term.
j. p. Bouscaren,t the Choteau engineer
and John Ellis and William Bruce re
turned to town yesterday from Dee.
creek where they went to inspect tn
Laura Lake canal. They are at the Tin
house.
Everyone had to speak Of the beaut
full weather yesterday. 1t was really to
fine to overlook. Montanians are indee
to be congratulated short, we're il
luck.
Going to Washington.