Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-02-22
Wednesday,. Feb. 20.

At the Methodist parsonage at 8
o'clock Monday evening, Rev. f. A.
Riggin officiating, Stanley ID. Oliver and
Miss Susie Hahn were married, a few
friends witnessing the ceremony. Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver will reside on the North
side.
At its regular annual mt citing the Sun
River Consolidated Mining and Develop,
ment company elected j. G. Adams
president, II. B. Strong vice-president,
B. A. Robertson secretary and treasury.
The board of trustees for the ensuing
year consists of J.. A. Largent, j. G..
Adams, Fl. b. Strong, M. l.. Strong and
II. Mlnteer.
-Four days of chinook winds have
cleared the vicinity of Great Falls of the
last vestige of the unusually heavy 10Y
that fell during the six weeks previous,
and the bare ground is visible every
where. The soft weather has been a god
send to the cattle on the ranges, who
between the deep snow and the cold
weather found ''rustlng' for a living
,ather a hard proposition.
A man named Lovett was arrested
Monday on a charge of stealing coal from
a car near the freight depot. He was
caught in the act by Specia! Agent
Brosnan, who is employed by the com
pany to break up the systematic theft of
coal that has been going on for a long
time. The man pleaded guilty, and AS
he had a wife and three children de-
pending on him, the police magistrate
let him off with a rine Of 81 and costs.
The populist club held its first meet
ing since the campaign Monday evening
at Groves hall. More than 100 mem
bers were in attendance, and a very
lively meeting resulted. The coming city
campaign was talked over and it Was de-
termined to hold another meeting Of the
club a week from next Monday night at
the same place. at which time a number
of new recruits will be sworn in by Staff
Captain Ewing who led the meetin"
Monday night.
During the recent visit of President
Sam Hill OF the Montana Central it was
learned that arrangements had been
definitely completed for the establish
ment of a large wholesale grocery house
in Great Falls. The capital of S22JO,C00
has all been raised, and within sixty
days the new company will open business
here. It will be an exclusively wholesale
and jobbing house. and the company
expects to capture this class of business
in northern Montana.
County Superintendent Swan has
graded the papers of the applicants for
certificates at the recent teachers exam
~ination. Miss Lou +. Bowers received a
first-grade certificate. Misses Edna
Craig and Bessie Murray passed a grade
which would have entitled them to a
first class certificate, if they had had
twelve months experience. Two others
received second. class certificates, and
two applicants secured third class.
The ladies who are interested in equal
suffrage met in the parlors of the Grand
Central yesterday afternoon, when the
question of forming a permanent as
ISOLATION was discussed and decided
upon affirmatively by a unanimous vote.
The following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. II. p, Rolfe; first vice
president, Mrs. Amos Desilets; second
vice president, Mrs. o. ii. Perry; record
ing secretary, Mrs. S. w. Ferguson; cor
responding secretary. Mrs. G. II. Robin
son; treasurer, DR.. Isabel Gliddon. A
meeting was called for next Tuesday
afternoon for the purpose Of finally
adopting the bylaws and otherwise com
pleting the organization.