The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-08

with her brother, Mr.. Scherrer are de.
veloping a gold lead over in the White
hall country, they state that their show
ing is very encouraging and that they
intend spending the winter there work
ing the property. Mr.. Workman says
he expects o to make a visit home
for a couple of weeks.
Charles Cunningham, of Great Falls,
and one of the early pioneers of Monta-
Ma, has accepted a position at the Home
restaurant as head cook. Mr.. Cunning
ham is known to be one of the finest
workmen in his line in the state having
had over eighteen years of experience in
the business and comes highly recon-
mended. Call round and sample his
cooking whenever you want a square
meal.
During the absence of Mr.. Abbott,
our chief scribe, who in company with
W. H. Harrison is representing Neihart
in the republican state convention at
Helena this week, we have secured the
assistance of Fred Walker in the noble
work of trying to enlighten the demo-
cratic-populist side of the world. For
the length of time that Fred has spent
at the trade he is one of the type-stickers
we read about.
George Marelius has procured a fine
specimen Of the bird of freedom, the
American eagle, and has set it up in his
famous meat shop. George is an adept
at this business as many samples of his
work go to prove. Go in and see the
gray eagle. This is the bird that makes
our Fourths of July hallowed. 1t was
by the skillful craftsmanship of Jack
Tierney that he was brought from his
native mountain home.
Great Falls, Montana is situated in
one of the greatest sheep growing sec
tons of the world, says the Boston
Transcript. Last season there was
shipped from the place about 4,OOO, 900
pounds of wool. Senator Thomas G.
Power of that state, estimated in a
speech the number of sheep in Montana
on the 1st of January, 1894 to be $780,
9OS, valued at $3,16O,122, a loss since
1892 of $2,068, 144. Mr.. Power charged
the democratic senators with killing the
industries of the whole northwest and
protecting manufac turing interests of
the whole southeast.
The freight and passenger depot at
West Great Falls was totally destroyed
by fire at II o'clock last Sunday night.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
the building burned like finder. A
large amount of railroad stores was de-
stroyed. Several cars were partially
burned and only active and energetic
work on the part of the night yard
force saved a large amount of rolling
stock. The wind was blowing hard at
the time, making the fire a difficult one
to subdue by the department, which
quickly responded to the alarm sent in.
The Atlantic beer hall at Helena was
held up shortly after one o'clock last
Sunday morning by two masked high
waymen. There was over twenty Gus
toners in the hall at the time, who with
the bar tender, promptly obeyed the
order of 'hold up your hands," After
the robbers had cleaned out the cash
indicator and gone down the bar tenders
pocket after his months wages, which
he had just received, they made off with
their booty. amounting in all to about
$500. The police force was soon on
their tracks, but at last accounts the
officers had not succeeded making their
arrest.
Alex Wright, Marshal Murphy and
Others struck out early Friday morning
for the Middle Fork country, "loaded
for Il bear"-of course they wouldn't
mind wasting a round or two of am
muniuion on a buffalo, panther, deer Or
any other small game, said to abound in
that country, but their chief purpose is
to slay a grizzly bear and a mastodon or
two. The last seen of the party Mr..
Murphy was all out of breath chasing
a blue grouse up a hill side with a 1890
Winchester, while Alex was excavating
in a prehistoric prospect hole where he
said he thought a dragon had once upon
a time crawled in and died.
School commenced last Monday in
Professor Bryant's department and forty
one children reported for school. The
department under the supervision of
Miss Curtis remained closed on account
of that lady's attendance at the institute
held this week at the Spings. 1t is esti-
mated that she will have about fifty in
her class and the school will number in
all between ninety and ninety-fve
scholars. The present term will Occuny