The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-12-09
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Columbia Falls is erecting an oatmeal
mill to employ 100 men.
Col. Sanders and wife, of Helena, have
gone to Washington, ID. G.
At Columbia Falls the erection
of a $4,000 school house has begun.
j. j. Caldwell, of Butte, was fined 800
for practicing medicine without a license.
The Missoula schools have been closed
for d week on account of several cases Of
diphtheria.
The peoples party OF Missoula are
about to begin the issue of a new paper
styled The Populist.
Rabbi Schulman, of Helena. has resign
ed his position to accept IA better offer
from Kansas City.
Jacob Iehtner, who came to Montana
in 1865. died last week at his home near
White Sulphur Springs.
1t is reported that an English com.
pany will erect "a 81 100000 smelter in
the vicinity of the Osburn mines.
Prof. Il. y. Stecre, principal of the
city schools at Dillon, will assume the
office of state superintendent on Jan
uary LIST.
4 Great Falls lumber company re-
Gently ordered 100000 feet of lumber
from the Great Northern mills at Col
umbia Falls
Joe I~laines. a former stage driver on
the Bozcman and Virginia line, is the
newly elected democratic sheriff Of
Madison county.
Geo. r. jewell recently shot IA mount
ain lion in Beaverhead, measuring over
six feet in length and weighin.
over 10 pounds.
The Montana Democrat of LeWistOwn
complains of the fact that the daily mail
from Great Falls to that point has been
changed to 4 trl- weekly.
About 100 men will be engaged dur
ing the winter in getting out $4,000
ties for the Great Northern railroad in
the mountains above kalispcli.
A. J. Burns. one of the board of ON
m%issioners of Lewis and Clarke county,
died at Helena. last Saturday. Mr..
Burns lone was at Marysville.
Frank Renols. "a young Euglishman
living in Butte at ii fast rate, has been
sentenced to tive yearsof penal scrvitude
in the prison at Deer Lodge for forging
checks.
DIR. W. y. Burlcigh. formerly a resi-
dent Of Miles City was recently chosen
a state senator Tor South DakOtd. but
has been stricken with paralysis and
is now in a critical condition.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company. is arranging to put in tele-
phone lines between Livingston, Mis-
soula and Intermediate points. \ cop
per wire will be strung the whole dis
lance.
Ben If. Dettmer an old Montanian
has returned to Butte after a " years
sujOum in Nicaragua. lie is now or
ganizing IA company in Butte for the pur-
pose OF carrying on gold mining IN
Nicaragua.
The woInan's department Of the
Worlds fair for Montana has chosen the
bitter root a. the state national flower,
This is also tine state flower of the W. &.
+. t.. The scientific name Of the bitter
root is lcwisia redIyiya.
+. ". poindeXtrr. ST.. the head Of the
pOindcXtcr Commercial company. Of Ini-
Ion. says that the report ol the assign
ment of the company was incorrect, being
founded on the fact that the business
has been transferred to T.. II. POindeYtcr.
~ H., Hut,n Minor has Gren suad nv the
rnmnany and makes a counter clairn for
s1InO0 altered TO be due him ON ac-
count the defendants answer occupies
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