The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-24
SPRAY Of THE FALLS.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.

Born, in Great Falls, Feb. Is. to the
wife of L. A. Jones, a daughter.
Lawyer +. w. Murphy came IN from
Fort Benton Sunday and will return to-
day.
+. William Sinners and Jennie Miller,
of Shelby Junction, Mont, were granted
a marriage license yesterday.
Ex-Sheriff Maurice Sullivan of Lewis.
town, Fergus county, is after the United
States marshalship of Alaska.
Supt. Stephenson will hold a teachers
examination at the north side school
building on Saturday, March llth.
p. II. Hughes of this city, is an old
Colorado miner. and has the honor of
having taken the first lease ever given on
a silver mine in that state.
The wife Of Joseph Herring died in
the Sisters hospital Saturday night of
consumption. The funeral will take
place from the Methodist church this
afternoon at > o'clock.
Eleven ears Of orc-thrcc from the
Queen Of the Hi, three from the Moul.
ton and one from tue Benton, were
shipped from Nrihart last week to the
Great Falls snciters, 50 suys the Miner.
Tho beard Of appraisers, $. y. Dickcy,
chairman of tine boaId Of county com
missioncrs, &. u. Elliott, assessor, aud
David Rice, Uy-asscssur, met Yesterday
and commenced work on the annual as
sessment.
Frank NcL.eish came in from the
ranch in the Sag Saturday and informs
US that Mcl.eish IIros.' total loss out of
a band Of over 1000 sheep has thus far
been but six head.-Bcnton Press.
George Fudge of Great Falls, who re-
comfy purchased the drug stock of w.
D. Miner, came up On Mondays train,
and has taken charge of the store. Mr..
Bulge is "A thorough druggist and a very
aifabie gentleman.-Neihar Miner.
The Sand Land ~ Cattle compan
have had excellent success with their
sheep, of which they have four large
bands along the Teton Just below town.
so far they have lost but nine head this
winter.-ChOtcau MOntanian.
\ patent from the United States to
Kate f.. Muzzy for the east half of the
southwest quarter of the northwest of
the southwest quarter and lot No. | Of
section 81, township 20 north, range 3
east, was filed in the recorders Office
yesterday.
1t is stated that two additional quar-
ter sections of land are now involved in
the dispute of the Kalispell Townsite
company versus j. Bookwalter, making
the amount of real estate in question
valued at nearly a million dollars.
One day last week three COWS entered
a vacant shack IN the north side of the
river IA few miles below the smclter, and
after getting in the door of the shack
was pushed shut. cutting Off their chances
Of escape, \ passer-by on Saturday no
ticed them in the shack and let them
out. They had evidently been confined
for several days and were almost fam
ished Tor food and water.
The coming racing season in Montana
will bo Il lively one Over 10000 will
be hung up in purses and stakes, and
every effort is being made to attract
good racing stock. The dates, as at
present arranged. are as follows: Dill.
lon, July > to o; Missoula, July 10 to 13:
Anaconda, July l. to %; Butte. July 81
to August lG; Helena, August - to 90:
Great Falls, August % to Sept. :.
Mather 7. Allen, of the firm of Man
gan a Allen of this city. was called to
the bedside of his father in Helena yes
terday, the physicians having given up
all hope of the old gentleman's recovery.
A. L. Allen is "A pioneer of Montana. hav-
ing arrived in Montana in 1864, and is
well known throughout the state. He
has been bedrast for some three months
with stomach troubles. and last week
dropsy developed.
The reports of cattle losses il this sec
ton, caused by snow and cold weather,
have been greatly exaggerated. The
only losses of any consequence sustain
ed thus FAR has been among those bands
OF southern cattle, brought over the
trail, and which arrived here late in the
season and in a poor condition. Native
cattle are all right as are those which
had ii chance to get acclimated. The
loss among this class will not exceed
that of prcriOua years. Glasgow News.
john Lepley, one of the leading cattle
owners of northern Montana. has a vast
empire OF land in the Big Sag country.
Choteau county, all under fence. and he
puts up between three and four thous-
and tons of hay every season. During
the winter he has fed upwards of $500
head of cattie-this includes the weak
COWS and calves Of his herds. lie is "A
firm blierer in winter feeding. 1t is only
a question Of time when all Montana cat
tie growers will feed all of their herds
during the winter months.
John Harris and Thomas Clary, who
have been out for a few days looking
after their cattle interests along the
Marias range, nave returned to Fort Ben
ton. says the Press, and state that while
there has been considerable loss on the
range, it is not nearly SO great as they
expected. The splendid condition of
the cattle when the storm struck them
and the abundance of feed on the range,
were mainly instrumental IN bringing
about this good result. Another reason
why the loss was not very considerable
was because the Marias cattle were all
natives and free from dogies.
WEDNESDAYS DAILY.
In 1872 Kerosene oil sold for $40 per
gallon in Montana towns.