The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-23

Inc lOuge realized $30O.
The snow in the Park this side o
Butte on the Montana Central railway /
!, reported very deep, the drifts in place
being as high as the roofs Of the cars.
Miss Lizzie Moylan of Cascade, ha,
accepted the position of teacher TO
school district No. 6, Choteau county
and will open the school next Monday.
A contract was recorded yesterday
from A. w. Spencer to A. j. Bischoff fol
the east ten feet of lot 6 and wesI
twenty feet of lot 7, block IS, Boston &
Great Falls addition, 1890.
The Jury in the case of Richards Man.
ufacturing company vs. Josephus Ham
ilton, for claim and delivery, on trial in
the district court yesterday, returned 9
verdict in favor Of the defendant.
The passengers on the Neihart train
which arrived yesterday report the epi
demic OF pneumonia as subsiding in that
camp, though not before it caused six OF
eight deaths, which are greatly deplored
The following deeds we're recorded
yesterday: John III. Kullmer and wife to
Geo. G. Fenner, lot 10, block 24l;
J~osephus Hamilton, sheriff, to w. j.
Winters and W. 2. Beachly, west half of
the southeast quarter and the south
half of the northeast quarter, section ID,
township Il north, range 3 east, $500.
Sunday evening Chas, Mcintyre, of
Fort Benton, says this Press. received
notification that he had been appointed
to take charge Of the work of construct.
ing a complete system of irrigation for
the Fort Peck Indian reservation in
Valley county, under direction of the
Indian agent, Capt. H. w. Sproale. By
the work all of the reservation will be
brought under irrigation. The work
will employ about 300 Indians and will
occupy nearly two years.
WEDNESDAYS DAILY.
The United States district court will
meet in Helena Monday, April 2.
The annual meeting of the Montana
Stockgrowers' association will be held
al Miles City April II.
Yesterday the body of Barnard Mat
thews, who died recently at Neihart, was
forwarded to Philadelphia.
Reports from Barker say that over
eighteen inches of snow fell in that Sec
ton on Sunday and Monday.
Sam Dodd says he has over 500 cords
OF wood between Logging creek and
Barker ready to ship to Great Falls.
A marriage license was issued yester.
day to d. L. Chamberlain, aged 81, and
Carrie Turner, aged %, both Of Aiming
ton.
The sun having crossed the line last
night, the approach of warmer weather
may be looked for. 1t is also more thar
probable that the %equinoctial storm is
now over.
In the case of Thisted, Brosnan & Co.
VS.. Josephus Hamilton, tried in the dis
trict court yesterday the jury returned a
verdict in favor of the defendant.
A placer location notice for a stone
quarry was filed yesterday by Thomas
Jones, covering a portion of the nw4 of
the sell of section 80 in township 20
north, range 3 east.
The Tongue river at Miles City is
higher than has been known for years.
No material damage has been done 1t is
said, but the mud and water are ex-
tremely troublesome.
The democrats of Helena will hold
their city convention on Wednesday |
evening March %, for the purpose OF
nominating candidates for mayor, treas
urer and police magistrate.
The TRIBUNE is in receipt of the
annual report for the year 1893, from +.
W. Wright, state treasurer. 1t gives a
clear detailed account of the state
finances, and is an exceedingly valuable
paper for refer ence.
S. w. Searls, live stock agent of the
Great Northern railway, was in the city
yesterday. Mr.. S. is a rustler and what
he don't know about the cattle shipping
is not worth knowing. He will
again make Great Falls his h~eadquar-
during the stock shipments.
Barney Cannon's trial came off in the
police court yesterday on the charge of
being a general rounder, resulting in his
conviction, and he was sentenced to pay
fine of S25 and $3.50 costs. Being un-
to pay the fine he was consigned to
the chain gang for seventeen days.
Miss Ella Knowles. one of the leading
lawyers Of the Helena bar, met with an
accident at Butte on Saturday by which
one Of the ribs on the left side was
broken close up to the breast bone. The
many friends Of the estimable lady in
Great Falls hope for her speedy re-
:overy. She is at her home in Helena.
The following deeds were recorded
yesterday: T. E. Collins and wife to S.
.. Atkinson, lots IL to lG, block 7; ! to
} and IL to 16, block -; IL to IA, block
a, and IL and II, block %, West Great
Falls, $4,000; B. H. Jones to w. Il. Hous-
,on, lot 3, block $40, $50; w. T. Hous-
on and wife to Mary j. Lynch, lot 3,
block $40, 1915.
Yesterday the county attorney filed
IN information against Thomas Wegner
md Elmer +. Young, charging them
With robbery. They were arraigned in
he district court and pleaded not guilty !
o the charge. A motion was made for /
continuance to the next term and
'ffidavits will be submitted to the court
its decision today.
A. X. Yerkes, Of the Bozeman Chron-
Gle, president of the Montana Press ae-