Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-04-12

first rate and stands a fair show of re-
covering from the wound received from
William Hall of Belt.
e. II. Murray of Wolf Creek is in the
city
Mrs. Nat Collins the Cattle Queen"
came in from her ranch last night.
Thomas w. Murphy came up from
Benton yesterday and will make his
home here hereafter.
Daniel Ilanley and 4. G. Clarke, two
well-known citizens of Helena, are in
town and are stopping at the Tim.
Sheriff Waite of Fergus county re-
turned yesterday from Warm Springs,
where he placed James Mct'arlane, an
insane man, in the keeping of Mussig-
brod & Mitchell. Mr.. Waite leaves for
Lewistown this morning.
A horse and buggy found by w. Nc
Cumber on the North side are awaiting
identification at the City stables. A
pick and shovel were in the buggy,
which gave rise to the rumor that a
body snatcher's outfit had been cora!ed.
In the municipal election at Fort Ben
ton the citizens non partisan ticket car
ried without opposition, the following
being elected: Mayor, Chas Rowe.
Aldermen-F'irst ward, G. ID. Crutcher;
Second, JOS Sullivan; Third, Thos f.
Healy.
A. b. Hennessy, an ex.prize fighter,
was before the police magistrate yester-
day to answer to Il charge of vagrancy.
AS he was possessed of six dollars and
two bits, and consequently was not
vagrant, he was discharged with instruc-
tions to leave town or get to work,
w. A. Allen, d we'll known advertising
man has returned to Great Falls after
an absence of three years While away
he visited the principal cities Of this
country and Mexico and returns to
Great Falls unchanged in his opinion
that this about the best town of its size
in the United States.
1t is rumored that r. G. Trent, repre-
senting the Utah & Montana Machinery
company Of Salt Lake, has secured the
contract for furnishing the Anaconda
company with "a large hcisting engine
for the Never Sweat mine. The engine
will be expected to raise l3 tons from d
depth of $500 feet.-Butte Miner,
While Fort Benton is not enjoying a
building boom, a number OF improve.
ments are being made at the residences
Of several of our citizens. The homes of
DR.. Crutcher and Messrs. Green, Merger
and Bartley are undergoing changes and
engagements, and Mayor Rowe has
added considerably to the improvements
upon his residence property at the foot
of the butte. River Press.
In the United States court at Spokane
the case of the city of Great Falls VS..
Thesis. Foster ct al, to enforce payment
Oh certified check for $1,000, the de-
murrer to the complaint was overru.ed
and defendants given until April - to
answer, This is considered a point in
the city'e favor in the long drawn out
battle with firm Of bond brokers'
NJ Il. Miner. the principal owner OF
Miner Live Stock company oi Fort Ben
Ton and Malta. has Been ia tie gity for
the past two days Mr.. Miner recently
returned from the West Indies. wheto
he spent an erjoyabIo winter lie ex-
presses himself as firm in the belief that
Montana Cattle will bring good figures
in Chicago this year.
II. S. Mct,wen well knowH in Mon
tana as agent for Streets Stable Car
company, has arrived from the east and
will remain in this vicinity for several
months looking after cattle shipments.
Mr.. Mcl%en has severed ms connection |
with the stable car company to repre-
sent Clay, johnson II CO., live stock |