The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-20

no doubt bring out quite q number O
horses for the contests. OF the purse
offered 60 per cent goes to the winner
30 to the second, and 10 to the third.
FROM SUNDAYS DAILY.
DR.. Ferguson has taken Office room
in the Mcknight building-rooms ID, /.
and Is.
Constable j. E. Huston has removed
his Office to Justice Fitzgerald's cour
room, over the posto6ice.
A marriage license has been issued tc
G. w. Barnes, aged 80, and Ella T. Allen
aged "a, both of Great Falls.
Already several entries have beef
made for the two races to come off mex,
Saturday at the Great Falls race track
The Sand Coulee Coal company closed
down their works on Friday, it being i'm.
possible to obtain coal cars for t~rauspor
tation. The miners express themselves
as thoroughly in sympathy with the
American Railway union now on a strike
The new sewer on Third street, neal
the postoffice, is in bad condition anG
ought to be attended to at once. Last
night q horse and cart passing over il
broke through, upsetting the cart and
throwing the animal. More serious &C.
cidents may occur.
Samuel Picker, an old-timer of Hell.
ena, died in that city on Monday last
He was an early-day settler, coming from
Denver to Montana in 1865. He followed
freighting up to the railroad period. In
the late war he served in the union
army. His age was about 20 years.
The following deeds were recorded
yesterday: Townsite company to John
Gallagher, lot 8, block l69, Fourth add.
ton, 5000; j. II. Morritz and wife to j,
A. Coran, lot 8, block lao, First addition,
$1,000; j. d. White and wife to B. o.
Written, land in section 81, township 81
north, range 4 east.
The orphans home at Twin Bridges
Montana, is about completed and will
be opened May l. About sixty orphans
have already been enlisted, which ie
more then than the present building will
accommodate. Additional room is being
prepared and the board expects to care
for about seventy-ive orphans this year
The man who has succeeded to a well
established business which he thinks
needs no building up is occasionally
heard to say: There is no need of ad.
vertising." He sometimes has his doubts
however, when he sees another man,
without his advantages, build up a bet
ter business in a single year in the same
street, or around the corner, by the aid
of advertising.
j. M. Davis, of Davis & Bells of Great
Falls, was exhibiting yesterday a new
patented door bell Of his own invention
which is a very curious and useful ar
ticle. 1t is a frame either OF wood OF
metal 7x16. On the top is a card receiver
for callers. Below this is a hollow round
receptacle, which on the button below
being pressed shows a card Sat home,
"Not at home, "Sick' etc. These cards
are changeable by turning a disk at the
back of the frame. This article will be
placed on the market at once.
Mrs. r. e. Collins and her two sons
had a narrow escape last evening. While
the carriage was near The Boston, on
First avenue south, the horse stampeded
and Mrs. Collins was thrown violently to
the ground. The horse continued uI
the avenue and when at the corner OF
Park drive the carriage collided with a
hydrant, wrecking the vehicle and throw.
ing the boys some distance. They were
badly shaken up. Bystanders gave the
boy holding the reins great praise for his
courage. Mrs. Collins received a severe
cut on the forehead,
At the meeting of the school trustees
last evening it was decided to have
school exercises on Tuesday, Arbor day,
and then have a vacation until Monday,
April %. The following committees
were hen selected by the board: Build,
ing committee-Holmes, Emerton and
Gockstet ,er; teachers committee-Pom-
eroy, EARL and Poole. 1t was decided to
op m a school at Sun River Leavings On
Monday, April %.
Keep cool and watch your
Great Falls still stands at the head OF
northwestern cities as the great CONNER
cial, manufacturing, mining and stock.
growing center.
Don't believe street reports. Read
THE TRIBUNE and keep posted on what
is really going On in the strike circles.