The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-12

capltdllSt6I Tor SDU,OUU mat U. r. Dor
land 4 Co. are doing development work
on two gold leads -one on Trout creek
and the other in Bull Run. Messrs.
Burghardt, Averill & Stowell are adding
a rock crusher to their mills in New
York gulch. A number of parties are
working at placer mining. Very little
snow bad fallen and stock on the ranges
doing fairly well.
THURSDAYS DAILY.
The hay market is we'll supplied and
the price ranges from So to So per ton.
Yesterday Judge Benton granted final
naturalization papers to Heppallet An
dries, a native Of Belgium.
John G. Gustard, a native of England,
yesterday declared his intentions to be-
come a citizen of the United States.
Great Falls was not represented at the
state convention of school teachers held
in Butte last week. Don't let this oc.
cur again.
The offices of the Odd Fellows lodge
were installed last night. Hereafter the
Odd Fellows will hold their meetings in
Masonic hail.
The jury in the case of the Monarch
TOWNSHIP company VS.. +. p. Atkinson,
returned a verdict in favor of the de-
PENDANT for s637.Sl.
Married, in Great Falls, Jan. 3, 1894.
by Rev. Father j. j. Dolls, Joseph Con
neau OF Sand Coulee, and Cesarina Mar.
tin of Ontario, Canada.
According to official figures there are
2,25i, 30 head of sheep in Montana. val
ued at $780, 1G. There are los, 732
sheep in Cascade county.
Two vags were up before Judge Haw-
kins yesterday and as they are experts in
their line of trade they we're each given
six days labor in the chain gang.
The editor ot the Choteau M~ontanian.
like old-eastrrn newspaper editors, will
take vegetables, meat, hay, grain. wood
or cash in exchange for the Montanian.
The following cases set for trial in the
district court were dismissed yesterday
by Judge Benton: Haines VS.. The
Goodrich Lumber company; Hayzlett VS..
Albers and others; Warren Segar COM
pany VS.. S. d. Anderson.
This morning a change takes place in
TRIBUNE job room. Mr.. Davis has
sold his interest in the business to Mr..
Ridgley, who will run it 10 future by
himself, Mr.. Davis devoting his whole
time to the Montana Farmer and
Breeder.
Samuel Cole, the switchman, who was
q day last week at Black
Eagle Falls station, died at the Colum.
bus hospital on Tuesday evening. He
was a single man. His body was ship
ped esterday afternoon to his Wiscon-
sin home for intermcnt.
Yesterday G. G. Davenport made COM
plant before Justice Race against G. n.
Frost charging him with stealing a
sum of money from him on the 18th
last November. On being arraigned,
Frost pleaded not guilty and the hear
ing will come off at 10 o'clock this fore
noon.
What a year ago was an uninhabit-
IDLE gulch in the main range OF the
Judith mountains has become, under
he tireless efforts of miners and me-
:hanics, the lively little city of Gilt
Edge, having hotels, stores, shops and
everything else pertaining to a new
town,
The Security is one Of the solid bank
ng houses of Montana and the business !
nen of Great Falls know this fact. The !
'tatement published yesterday Of the
condition of the bank on the Let day of
anuary, 1894, is a good one and shows
hat the president, Charles M. Webster, {
8 a t%inancier and that the bank is safe
md reliable and came through the great ,
financial blizzard with flying colors. !
Ed. Cook has the distinguished honor ,
f being the first boy convicted under
he new ordinance prohibiting boys I'M !
Ter age from lettering about saloons. Ed.
1as in the chain gang yesterday hard at !
and will spend two more days at :
abor for the city. The police are deter
1ined to enforce the ordinance and every -,
10y under age will be arrested. Take !
boys, and stay at home at !
lights and keep away from saloons at
II times.
Fort Benton Press: The Great a,
'orthern railway company are cutting
own their force all along the line, and
force at Fort Benton depot has been
the same as the rest. Charles
Varneman, who has held a position f,
ere for three years past, was laid of =
esterday. and leaves tomorrow for =
Falls. 1t is the intention to run
,e affairs at the depot with the present n
rec until next seasons heavy freight a
'ceipts and shipments begin.
Cattlemen and tiockmasters in all
arts of the state say that in years
,yotes and wolves have not been so 4,
on the ranges, neither have u
sses by them been so great. Large
ack wolves are reported numerous in
me sections. Some of the cattle COM
mics are employing hunters and pay
G five dollars each for the hides Of
wolves or coyotes. Stockowners
y that they will lose thousands of
'ilars worth of stock this winter
rough the ravages of these pests.
Notwithstanding the general business
preston throughout the country
east, west, north and south-the past ~,
ar, the merchants of Great Falls en- -
ved a trade equal to former years. The
mes were quiet for two or three months
t the increased trade when business r.,
gan to look up, more than made up -
the dull months. The holiday trade Or
10 far in excess Of anticipations and tai
eat Falls enters the new year in ex- oy
lent condition financially, morally and flo
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