The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-16

condition of the county treasury the
commissioners have decided to postpone
the Improvement Of the poor farm.
A "r.!" amount of wool was expected
at IT, ureat Northern warehouse yes
terdd, Dut on account OF the rain and
muddy roads, was not received.
The June rains are pretty constant
this year, but few people seem to make
any objection to them because of their
great advantage to the country.
f. W. Smith of Monarch leaves today
by the Great Northern to visit his friends
at Riyer Falls, Wisconsin. Mr.. Smith
likes Montana and only goes away for a
few weeks vacation, during which he
will visit the Worlds fair.
The sui: of II, o. Chowen against the
Iownsite company restraining the COM
pany from tearing down the dam above
the railroad bridge has been compro-
missed ald the injunction withdrawn.
The dam will soon be removed.
Hector Mclver conveys by deed to
Kenneth Mclver, for a consideration of
81, lot /. southeast quarter of northeast
quarter and east half of southeast quar-
ter OF section |, township 20 north, range
two east, 1Gi acres.
Michael Byrne ct. al. convey. by war
ranty deed to Andrew f. M%athewson fo-
a consideration of $500, the southeast
quarter of northeast quarter of section
), southwest quarter of northwest quar-
ter and north half of southwest quarter
of section 8. township Is north, rang
o east, 100 acres.
United States patent to Michael Byrne
for the southwest quarter of northwest
quarter, northwest quarter Of southeast
quarthr and north half of southwest
quarter OF section 9, and southeast quar-
ter OF northeast quarter Of section 8,
township Is north, range Q east, 200
acres, is filed for record.
Waters IL Wales. the harness. makers.
have made an assignment to j. X. Best
for the benefit OF their creditors. T.. j..
Nye and A. j. Davidson of Helena are
made preferred creditors for SG10 and
$500 respectively, and other creditors,
mainly in the east, are mentioned next,
the total amount of their claims aggre-
eating S3,2l1.4S. 1t is thought the as
sets will nearly meet the indebtedness.
The firm owed very little in this city, it's
creditors being mostly wholesale dealers
in other states.
There was yesterday received at the
Great Northern warehouse 2S sacks of
wool from w. X. Floweree, this making
his shipments thus far Sc sacks, weigh
ing BOP pounds. a small lot of 2,026
pounds was received from Bannatyne
a Gibson and about 1000 pounds, 10
sacks, from L. H. Hamilton. This
makes the total amount so far received
approximate 03,GOO pounds. and no grow
er has nearly completed shipment. Flow
cree having $4,000 pounds more, and
many of the largest growers have not
been heard from.
There is a gentleman now stopping il
this city who has with him a large col
lection Of beautiful sapphires ard opa!s.
This gentleman is W. +. Billiard. who
for twenty-five years has beer prospect
ing in Montana. The stones that he
has with him are large and handsome,
and the samples which he shows. which
have been cut by Tiffany. the noted
New ! ork expert, are remarkably large
and perfect, exciting expressions of ad-
miration from all beholders. The claim
from which they were obtained is owned
by George Travers, j. w. Harvey, John
L. Dyas, and the exhibitor. w. +. Bull
ard, consists OF l,OiG acres, and extends
from Mid Canyon to Cascade. 1t was
first filed upon in February, 1892, but
the most of the gems were not discov-
cred until last winter. The gold OBJ
tanned more than pays for the work of
mining, and there are no stones yet
found which required more than four
feet of excavation. Mr.. Billiard is al
ways willing to have the grounds shown
and invites all skeptics to give the work.
ings a personal examination.
TUESDAYS DAILY.
j. II. Morrow of Lynn. Mass, has ar
rived here to take charge of the cleo
trolytiC refinery and all of the electric
appliances at the b. a. NJ. works. Mr..
Morrow is one of the noted electricians
Of this country, having been the second
in command of the General Electric
company, whose headquarters are at
Lynn. and whose works throughout the
country take precedence Of everything
Of the kind in the worlo. lie is only -
years old, and his specially is the de-
signing of electrical machinery. The b.
X NJ. is determined to employ only the
best talent in all departments, and in
Mr.. Morrow it has secured a man who
is at the head of his profession. His
mother has come out with him and they
will make their home in this city.
Two men went to the boarding house
at the b. Il NJ. smeltcr yesterday and
asked for something to eat. saying they
were out of work and had no money.
They were told they could have a meal
by paying for il, whereupon one of them
took from his pocket a fine new
knife which he said he would gladly
give for a dinner. The offer was accept
ed. and as soon as he could get away the
keeper of the boarding house came to
town and showed the knife to the peo-
pie at the Great Falls Iron works who
identified it as one purloined by the bur
airs on Sunday night. This clue may
lead To the capture Of some of the
thieves. Two men were arrested at Por-
tagc last night on suspicion and brought
back 10 this city. One of them had in
| his pocket one of the Iron Works knives